Monthly Archives: October 2012
Microsoft Profits Drop 22% Ahead of Windows 8 Launch
Microsoft reported a 22 percent decline in profit and a dip of 8 percent in revenues for its first fiscal quarter of 2013, as...
Iomega Gets 12TB into New Desktop Storage Device
Iomega keeps cramming more and more capacity into its toaster-sized network storage machines for a desktop at home, at a small business, or at...
Zero-Day Attacks Escape Detection for Nearly a Year: Symantec Study
Attacks exploiting unreported vulnerabilities, commonly called zero-day attacks, are both more numerous and more stealthy than previously thought, according to an academic paper released...
Apache OpenOffice Becomes Top-Level Project
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced that Apache OpenOffice has graduated from the Apache incubator to become a top-level project (TLP).Though relatively new...
Sprint Buying Majority Stake in Clearwire, AT&T Concerned
Sprint and partner Clearwire have filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that seeks to change the terms of their arrangement and...
LGTmedical Introduces Medical Diagnostics Interface for Mobile Devices
Mobile health company LGTmedical has announced plans to launch a signal-processing platform to enable vital-sign monitoring using smartphones, tablets and laptops.Announced on Oct. 17,...
Data Aggregation Project Preparation: 10 Best Networking Practices
Identify the Sources of Data
With the vast amount of irrelevant data floating around behind the firewall and across the Web today, it is more...
Nokia, Waiting for Windows Phone 8, Posts $1.3 Billion Loss
Nokia anticipated a difficult third quarter, and it got one.The ailing Finish smartphone maker, pushed from its position as the global mobile phone market...
Apple Loses Appeal Against Samsung in Tablet Patent Case
It's no secret that Apple and Samsung are warring over the design and functionality of their smartphones and tablet devices, with the latest victory...
Google Data Centers Give Off a Blade-Runner Vibe
Hovering Above the Floor
A view from above the floor in Council Bluffs, Iowa, shows the scale of the data center begins to take shape....