Monthly Archives: December 2011
Microsoft’s Windows 8 App Store Will Challenge Apple, Google
With its newly unveiled Windows Store, Microsoft is aiming for a market long dominated by Apple, and coveted by other rivals such as Google....
SuccessFactors Acquires Jobs2web for $110M as SAP Waits
SuccessFactors (NYSE: SFSF), which SAP (NYSE:SAP) Dec. 3 agreed to buy for $3.4 billion, is itself swallowing a smaller fish.The company paid $110 million...
Datawatch Monarch Professional Offers Data Mining for Businesses on a Budget
Companies of all sizes are starting to appreciate the value of archived and historical data, yet accessing and analyzing that data has proven to...
Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile Bested by Smaller Carriers: Consumer Reports
When it comes to mobile phone carriers, smaller may be better, according to a satisfaction survey of Consumer Reports' online subscribers. At the top...
Adobe Zero-Day Exploit Targeted Defense Contractors
Attacks exploiting an Adobe Reader zero-day vulnerability appear to have targeted defense contractors and other organizations, according to security researchers.Adobe issued a security advisory...
Android Market Tops 10B Downloads: Google
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) said its Android Market application store exceeded 10 billion application downloads this past weekend, clearly helped by the fact the more than...
IT Pros to Find Demand for Skills, Low Risk of Layoffs in 2012: Dice...
Demand for tech professionals will remain a bright spot as 2012 begins, according to nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters surveyed by IT...
Riverbed RiOS 7.0 Offers Support for HTTP Video, IPv6, UDP
IT performance specialist Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) announced new features and capabilities for its Optimization System (RiOS) that broaden the company's support for enterprise...
Aruba Mobile Platform Enables iPhone, iPad Deployment at Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) in Ottawa, Ontario, has announced it will use Aruba Networks' WiFi Mobile Virtual Enterprise (MOVE) to connect 3,000 Apple devices...
Hackers Update PlayBook Jailbreak Tool After RIM Closes Security Flaw
Less than a day after Research in Motion patched a flaw that allowed users to jailbreak the PlayBook, hackers have found another security hole...