Monthly Archives: August 2012
iPhone 5 to Be ‘Biggest Handset Launch in History’: Jefferies
The launch of the Apple iPhone 5 "will be the biggest handset launch in history," Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote in an Aug. 17...
HP Spinning Off webOS Business to Create Gram
When technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced it was giving away its Linux-based mobile operating platform, webOS, to the open-source community, analysts and industry experts expected...
iPad Mini Is Coming: 10 Ways It Could Change the Tablet Market
Apple's iPad Mini has been the source of many rumors over the last several weeks. However, in the last couple of days, the device...
Samsung Disputes Apple’s Damages as Patent Trial Winds Down
Witnesses in the patent infringement trial of Apple versus Samsung challenged Apple's estimates of damages caused by Samsung's allegedly copying Apple's designs for the...
Google Boosts Bug Bounties as Fewer Chrome Flaws Found
Google is raising the rewards it pays to security researchers who find bugs in its Chrome Web browser, following a decline in the number...
Sophos Mobile Control Platform Aims at BYOD Businesses
Data security specialist Sophos announced the launch of Mobile Control 2.5, the latest version of its mobile-device-management (MDM) platform, which features an updated Web-based...
Zyxel Launches Series of 10G-bit, G-bit Switches
Broadband networking and routing specialist Zyxel announced the launch of its series of Web-managed 24- and 48-port 10G-bit switches (XGS1910) and G-bit switches (GS1910),...
Xirrus Upgrades Central Management Tool
Enterprise wireless network maker Xirrus released version 6.2 of its management system on August 14 with enhancements that focus on locating and providing additional...
U.K. Refuses to Grant WikiLeaks’ Assange Safe Passage to Ecuador
The British government has refused to allow WikiLeaks head Julian Assange to leave the country for Ecuador despite the Ecuadorian government granting him asylum.Since...
FCC to Approve Spectrum Transfer Deals Between Verizon, Cable Companies
The Federal Communications Commission will approve the sale of spectrum by a group of cable companies to Verizon Wireless, according to a statement released...