Monthly Archives: August 2011
HP Confirms Cutting PC, webOS Businesses, Autonomy Acquisition
Aug. 18, 2011 may well turn out to be a pivotal day in the 72-year history of Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest IT provider.The...
FTC Fines Mobile App Developer $50K for Violating Kids’ Data Privacy
The Federal Trade Commission's fining of a mobile-application developer for collecting children's personal information without parental consent sends a strong message to other developers...
Array, SentryBay Partner on Anti-Spyware for Remote Desktop Access
Array Networks, a specialist in application, desktop and cloud service delivery, announced a partnership with SentryBay to provide SentryBay's EntryProtect anti-spyware capability for Array's...
Google, Motorola, T-Mobile a Holy Trinity?
I was going to write about how Motorola Mobility's latest legal setback versus Microsoft, but because I woke up in a better mood I'm...
Disgruntled Employee Wreaks IT Havoc at Japanese Drug Company
A former IT professional at the United States subsidiary of Japanese pharmaceutical firm Shionogi pleaded guilty on Aug. 16 to charges of computer intrusion....
Nexsan E5000 Family Features Toshiba Solid-State Technology
Nexsan, a provider of disk-based storage systems, and Toshiba, a specialist in the development, design and manufacturing of storage solutions, partnered to boost the...
HP’s webOS Never Stood a Chance: Analyst
Less than two years after it acquired Palm for $1.2 billion, and only a few months after unveiling ambitious hardware plans centered on Palm's...
HP May Acquire Autonomy for $10B, Spin Off PC Business
When Hewlett-Packard's board of directors selected former SAP CEO Leo Apotheker as its new leader to replace Mark Hurd in September 2010, they knew...
Protegrity Report Finds Citigroup, Epsilon, Sony Data Breaches Preventable
In an analysis of recent data breachs at Epsilon, Sony and Citigroup, Protegrity observed that cyber-criminals have shifted their focus from targeting financial information...
IBM Unveils Chip Prototypes That Mimic Human Brain
IBM researchers have created prototype computing chips that mirror the human brain, enabling them to not only collect and analyze information, but essentially learn...