Monthly Archives: December 2011
Acer: Ultrabook Prices Will Dive Through 2013
Acer expects ultrabooks to drop in price around 20 percent early next year, according to company president Jim Wong.Wong is quoted in Taiwanese publication...
Scale-out Storage Adoption Will Become Pervasive
Scale-out Storage Adoption Will Become Pervasive
It won't just be for high-performance environments anymore. Users are looking for higher value and return from their investments;...
Facebook, Google Get U.S. Court Order to Remove Fake Chanel Websites
As congressional lawmakers debate a sweeping anti-piracy bill, a United States judge has ordered Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove links to...
Facebook to Open Engineering Office in New York City in 2012
Facebook announced Dec. 2 that it is opening a new software development and engineering office in New York City to augment its current Menlo...
Google Admeld Buy Cleared by DOJ
Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) $400 million bid to acquire Web display ad specialist Admeld has been approved by the Justice Department, both parties confirmed Dec. 2.The...
Google Flight Search Results Now Indexed on Google.com
Google released the first fruits of its ITA Software Flight Search data back in September, providing users with flight schedules and prices to compare...
Unknown Startups Landing Big Cloud-Based Storage Deals
In today's IT world, you don't have to have a well-known brand to make a big sale. It's all about how well the IT...
Kindle Fire Review, Take 2
Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire has been my primary tablet for the last two weeks, and while I still find its user experience to be...
10 Apple Missteps That Surprised the Mobile Market In 2011
It's not often that Apple makes mistakes. Over the last decade, the company has been offering some of the best products to consumers without...
Apple iPhone 4S Drawing Strong Satisfaction Ratings: Survey
Apple's iPhone 4S is apparently drawing high customer satisfaction ratings, according to a new survey from ChangeWave Research, a division of analyst firm The...