Monthly Archives: August 2011
Dell Refreshes EqualLogic Storage, Upgrades VM Firmware
Dell launched a refresh of its virtualization-aware EqualLogic storage systems Aug. 22, and at the same time tightened integration with VMware's latest hypervisor, vSphere...
Microsoft Drops Stealthy Regenerating Supercookies from MSN
Microsoft has removed the tracking cookie from MSN.com that could stealthily track users on the site even after the user deleted all cookies from...
Ex-WikiLeaks Employee Claims He Destroyed Whistleblower Documents
Banks and other enterprises aren't the only organizations worrying about former employees stealing or destroying data when they leave the company. A former employee...
Full Clearwire Buyout Necessary for Sprint Long-Term Survival
The recently revealeddiscussions between Sprint Nextel, Clearwire and a handful of cable operators are leading inexorably to a foregone conclusion. Sprint will have to...
Microsoft, Motorola Mobility Lock Horns Over Android Before ITC
The intellectual-property war between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility is reaching a crucial phase, with the International Trade Commission's Aug. 22 hearing into whether the...
Fake Antivirus Declines After June Raids Shut Down Credit Card Payments
After the recent crackdown around the world on companies allegedly distributing scareware programs, the fake security business seems to be in full retreat, according...
Novation App for iPhone, iPad Helps Hospitals Manage Supply Chain
Novation, a health care contracting services company, finds that VHA PriceLynx, a business intelligence application for the Apple iPhone and iPad, allows it to...
Google Acquisition, Windows 8, Office 365 Outage Marked Microsoft’s Week
From a behind-the-scenes perspective, Microsoft's week must have been enormously busy. Between archrival Google announcing its intention to acquire Motorola and hardware partner Hewlett-Packard...
RIM’s PlayBook Holds On, Despite Widespread Tablet Destruction
Research In Motion's BlackBerry-branded Playbook has won the tablet wars.Actually, no, that statement probably deserves a little bit of adjustment: RIM's 7-inch tablet hasn't...
HP Strategy Faces Immense Challenges, Oracle, IBM
Hewlett-Packard's shocking one-two punch-that it would discontinue making its webOS mobile devices, and look to shed its PC business-is the sort of thing that...