Monthly Archives: November 2011
BlackBerry PlayBook Faces Price, Availability Confusion
Research In Motion's PlayBook is due to receive a major software update in February. However, many other details surrounding the tablet-including its price and...
ARM Launches Free Toolkit for Android App Developers
ARM has released a new tool for Android application developers, the ARM Development Studio 5 Community Edition, a free version of its reference software...
IBM Overtakes HP in Server Revenue: Gartner
IBM rose and Hewlett-Packard fell in a worldwide server market that grew in both shipments and revenue in the third quarter, according to market...
Run a Backup—Now.
Run a Backup—Now.
Yes, it sounds trite, but we're often surprised at how many companies don't do their backups often—or as completely—as they should. We're...
Motorola Xoom 4G LTE Priced $199.99, Competes With Kindle Fire
Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) aren't content to sit idly by and let Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) gobble all of the Android tablet sales with...
Attackers Gearing Up for Cyber Monday With Scams, Deals
Holiday shoppers planning to search for that perfect gift are gearing up for online deals on Monday after Thanksgiving. Security experts warned that scammers...
Kinect, Windows 8, Gates Dominated Microsoft’s Week
Microsoft's week involved gearing up for the future.On Nov. 22, the company revealed it is prepping new Kinect hardware especially designed for Windows, the...
Google, Apple to Challenge Carriers With Mobile Wallets: ABI
Mobile wallet services from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will claim market share from similar services from carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T and...
SCADA Attacks, Holiday Shopping, Android Malware Lead Week’s Security News
After public reports on Nov. 18 of a network breach at a Springfield, Ill., water utility were "downplayed" by the Department of Homeland Security,...
Carriers, Manufacturers Called Out for Failing to Update Android Phones
Security firm Bit9 on Nov. 21 released its "Dirty Dozen" list of insecure smartphones. The list focused on Android smartphones because approximately 56 percent...