Monthly Archives: July 2012
Amazon Planning Smartphone to Rival Apple iPhone: Report
Online retailer Amazons low-cost Kindle Fire shook up the tablet market upon its release in November 2011, and now it looks to be going...
DARPA Officials Aiming for More Efficient Robots
The Department of Defense is asking for help in building more energy-efficient robots.The governments Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a notice...
Apple Sued for Siri Patent Infringement
Its been a litigious week in the technology world, with Nokia telling Google and Asus to pay up for patents, Toshiba receiving an $87...
Microsoft Readies Patches for 16 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft plans to release nine security bulletins July 10 to cover 16 vulnerabilities as part of the monthly Patch Tuesday software fixes.According to Microsoft,...
Google Nexus 7 Teardown Prompts Big Love from iFixit
Tablet teardowns are losing their spark with repair site iFixit's teardown team. But with Google's new Nexus 7 tablet, the team found their love...
BlackBerry 10 Is ‘Fantastic,’ RIM to Emerge ‘Stronger,’ Says Executive
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has a message to deliver.RIM has delayed the release of BlackBerry 10, its save-the-company product; is poised to let...
Samsung Galaxy Chat Offers Ice Cream Sandwich, Dedicated Keyboard
Samsung launched a new Galaxy smartphone in Seoul July 4, the Samsung Galaxy Chat. Featuring a 3-inch QVGA touch-screen and a dedicated QWERTY keyboard,...
Oracle Health Sciences Network Recruits Trial Participants in the Cloud
Oracle has introduced Health Sciences Network, a set of cloud applications that will de-identify patient data, link health care organizations with information from clinical...
Digital Information Costs Businesses $1.1 Trillion Annually: Symantec
From confidential customer information, to intellectual property, to financial transactions, organizations possess massive amounts of information that must be collected, retained and analyzed to...
Cloud Computing in Health Care to Reach $5.4 Billion by 2017: Report
Although regulatory and security concerns have held back the health care industry from widespread adoption of public clouds, the overall cloud computing market in...