Monthly Archives: December 2011
HP to Set webOS Free: License and Timetable Unspecified
This morning, HP shared, in vague terms, its plans for the webOS mobile platform that the company picked up (before dropping, and then sort...
Google Attacking Amazon With Same-day Product Delivery
No doubt many people have read about and have had time to parse the ramifications of Google allegedly (NASDAQ:GOOG) building a rival to Amazon's...
If the Price Is Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is
If the Price Is Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is
The first and most important rule is to use common sense: If someone...
Twitter Redesign Courts Businesses, Catches Up With Facebook, Google+
Social networking company Twitter announced a slew of changes to the online and mobile versions of the microblogging site Dec. 8, including a simplified...
Cloud Security, Onsite Capacity Top Storage Trends in 2012: Symform
The coming year will herald in a "storage revolution," according to Symform, which released its top cloud and storage predictions for 2012. Over the...
Caringo, CTERA Networks Partner on Storage-Based Cloud Platform
Object storage specialist Caringo and CTERA Networks, a provider of hybrid cloud storage and data protection solutions, announced that the companies have integrated Caringo's...
Google TV Gets Zynga Poker for Living Room Texas Hold ‘Em
Zynga, which is preparing for a $900 million-plus initial public offering, has made its popular Zynga Poker gaming application available for Google TV.Available on...
Facial Recognition Apps Carries Risk of User Privacy Violations, FTC Warns
The Federal Trade Commission would take a hard line on companies that violate consumer privacy using facial recognition technology, the agency's chairman said at...
IBM Unveils Cloud Drug Discovery Platform, Donates Chemical Data to NIH
IBM has introduced a new cloud analytics application to allow researchers to speed up their searches of massive amounts of patents and scientific journals...
Blue Coat Acquired by Thoma Bravo for $1.3 Billion, Will Go Private
Blue Coat Systems has agreed to be acquired by a group of investors led by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which intends to take...