Monthly Archives: June 2012
iOS 6 Offers 200 New Features, Including Maps, Better Siri
Apple kicked off the first day of its Worldwide Developer Conference with, as promised, an introduction to iOS 6 thats headed for iPhones, iPad...
Apple Updates MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Introduces iPad-Like MacBook
Apples Worldwide Developer Conference kicked off with a number of device introductions, including updates to its MacBook Pro and MacBook Air lineups, as well...
Sprint Launches Kyocera DuraXT Rugged, Push-to-Talk Phone
Workers that rely on push-to-talk devices to collaborate on the job have a new 3G option. Sprint has introduced Kyocera Communications' DuraXT phone to...
Lenovo, Macheen Offering Mobile Broadband Plans for ThinkPad Users
Lenovo is taking connectivity a step further. On June 11, the PC maker began selling Lenovo Mobile Access, a no-contract mobile broadband service through...
Flame, Stuxnet Creators Collaborated, Researchers Say
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found what they believe is a direct link between Flame and the Stuxnet malware that was discovered targeting uranium...
Seton Hall to Give Nokia Lumia 900s to Incoming Freshmen
ORLANDO, Fla. Nokia, AT&T, Microsoft and Seton Hall University announced a partnership in which the university will give Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia 900s...
Microsoft Component Vendor GrapeCity to Acquire ComponentOne
ORLANDO, Fla. With Microsoft's TechEd 2012 opening up comes news of GrapeCitys acquisition of ComponentOne, a key distributor of Microsoft components.GrapeCity, based in...
Micro Focus and Microsoft Team to Boost COBOL Programming Via Visual Studio 2012
Micro Focus, a provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, in partnership with Microsoft, today announced it will jointly launch Micro Focus...
Tablets Now Owned By 1 in 4 Smartphone Users: Comscore
Tablets are now used by one in four smartphone owners, Comscore reported June 8, putting a finer point on the industrys efforts to break...
Google Android Activations Top 900,000 Daily
Googles Android leader Andy Rubin took to Twitter to brag about the success of the open-source operating system, boasting that there are more than...