Monthly Archives: February 2012
Google Chrome to Support ‘Do Not Track’ Privacy Policy
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Feb. 23 said it is embracing the "Do Not Track" policy to streamline consumer privacy on the Web, and plans to support...
Google Sells Clearwire Stake at a Big Loss
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is selling its 6.5 percent stake in struggling mobile broadband concern Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) for $47.1 million, roughly a $453 million markdown on...
Pocket Use Case #1: Precise Software Moves to the Cloud
In the interest of saving time on delivering new and useful information, The Station is trying out a new feature here today. It's called...
The Station Stops the Presses to Explain a Few Things
The Station wants to apologize to all of his readers. We've been spectacularly inconsistent with our posts for a long while, but that's now...
Dell Acquires Application-Recovery Provider AppAssure
Dell, forging ahead with its strategy of morphing into more of a cloud infrastructure and services company, on Feb. 24 acquired Reston, Va.-based backup...
Apple Buys Chomp App for iOS, Android App Searches
Apple has used some of its nearly $100 billion cash pile to purchase app-search service Chomp, according to a report from TechCrunch. The free...
Visible Technologies Debuts VI-Lite Social Media Monitoring Platform
Visible Technologies, a provider of social media monitoring, analytics and engagement software and services, announced its entrance into the SMB market with an offering...
x.o.ware Launches ExoNetwork Security Products
Network security specialist x.o.ware Inc. introduced the ExoNetwork, a secure exoskeleton for small and midsize business (SMB) networks that protects a local network from...
IBM Migration Factory Brings Competitors’ Customers to Big Blue
In an aggressive move against its key competition, IBM announced new resources to help customers migrate from competing hardware platforms while also claiming Big...
Cisco Systems to Acquire Optical Networker Lightwire
Cisco Systems, hot on the trail of ways to improve the innards of its switches and routers, revealed Feb. 24 that it has acquired...