Monthly Archives: July 2012
Intel Lowers Prices on SSDs, Adds 240GB Drive to Catalog
People who work in and carefully watch the solid-state disk industry are generally pretty optimistic that prices are going to continue to come down...
Nokia Lumia 900 With Windows Phone 7.5 Now $50 on ATandT
Nokia chose a Sunday to announce it has halved the price of its Lumia 900 smartphone on the AT&T network. The 50 percent markdown...
Report: Maritz Out as VMware CEO, EMC’s Gelsinger In
According to a published report late on July 16, Paul Maritz is headed out the door after four years as CEO of VMware. He...
iPad Mini Increasingly Likely, as Industry Runs Ahead
Apple's iPad inspired what is now an industry of touch-based tablet devices. With the company now readying a smaller iPad, that industry has run...
Microsoft Touts Office 2013 Integration With Skype, Yammer, Cloud
SAN FRANCISCOMicrosoft introduced the customer preview release of its Office 2013 productivity suite that introduces the concept of Office as a service, noting that...
Why Microsoft’s 16-Year Experiment With MSNBC.com Ended
The first experiment in networking conventional television media with the Internet came to a close on the evening of July 15, when both Microsoft...
IT Unemployment Rate Remains Steady, Better Than National Average
Despite worries over the global economy and continued corporate belt-tightening, the unemployment rate for IT professionals is holding steady. The second-quarter 2012 jobless rate...
iPhone 5 Won’t Be A Major Update: 10 Reasons Why
Apple's iPhone 5 will be launching this fall, according to most reports. And when that happens, the company is expected to offer up everything...
IT Asset Managers Need Strong Communication, Admin Skills: Gartner
Recruiters looking for qualified IT asset managers, or ITAMs, should consider six key skills required to do a job that is ever increasing in...
Cyber-Criminals Craft Malware Kits to Zero In on Java Flaws
By: Robert LemosThe underground developers behind the Blackhole exploit kit updated the framework the week of July 9 with a module that can easily...