Monthly Archives: September 2011
Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure Launches
Hosting and cloud services enablement specialist Parallels announced the availability of Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure, a scalable solution for service providers to deliver...
Amazon’s New Tablet Design: 10 Reasons Not to Get Excited About It
As the technology world prepares for theunveiling of the Amazon tablet later this week, consumers and enterprise users alike are wondering what the device...
Amazon Tablet Threatens Apple iPad, Nook, RIM PlayBook
Amazon is widely expected to unveil its long-rumored tablet Sept. 28 at a New York City event.According to an early September posting by TechCrunch's...
Android Hits 43%, iOS Stuck on 28% Share: Nielsen
Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system commanded 43 percent of U.S. smartphone market share through August, up from 40 percent in July, according to new...
Oracle Takes Aim at IBM With SuperCluster T4-4 System
Oracle executives are looking to aggressively expand their data center offerings, both horizontally and vertically, as the company ramps up its competition against IBM...
Senators Question OnStar Policy on Data Collection
Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are questioning the recent announcement by General Motors subsidiary, OnStar, that it would...
Broadcom Building NFC Chips for Google Wallet-Type Services
Throw a rock and you'll find high-tech companies that are betting big on near-field communications (NFC), the wireless communication standard that enables short-range communications...
Small Business Economy Struggling, Few Plan to Hire: Report
Newtek Business Services announced the release of the Small Business Authority Index for August 2011, which reached 108.06 points. The SB Authority Index is...
Oracle to Show New Database Appliance at OpenWorld
Not long after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010, it did some rebranding and ported over its 2-year-old, Hewlett-Packard-boxed Exadata Database Server to its...
Microsoft’s Windows 8 Security Includes UEFI Secure Boot
Microsoft is detailing some of its security procedures for Windows 8.Key to Windows 8's "platform integrity architecture" is its Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI),...