Monthly Archives: October 2012
Google Privacy Policies Assailed by EU: Report
Google is again being sharply criticized by European officials about how the search engine giant uses the data it collects about its online users...
British Hacker McKinnon Wins Long Fight Against Extradition to U.S.
A British man accused of hacking U.S. government computer systems finally won a long-running legal battle against extradition.Gary McKinnon, 46, had been fighting extradition...
IBM’s 3Q Earnings Flat as Revenues Dip 5 Percent
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced third-quarter revenue of $24.7 billion, down 5 percent from the same quarter last year.Despite the dip in revenue, IBM delivered...
Microsoft Sets Surface Tablet Pricing at $499
Microsoft has finally revealed pricing for the Surface tablet computers that will go on sale Oct. 26 but are available for online preorder now,...
Microsoft Adds to Cloud Storage with Acquisition of StorSimple
Microsoft has been making storage news for most of the past year, with the launch of the updated SkyDrive cloud storage service, a deal...
Hadapt Boosts Hadoop With Interactive Apps
Hadapt, provider of a big data analytics solution, has announced version 2.0 of its Adaptive Analytical Platform.Cambridge, Mass.-based Hadapt said the new release features...
Google, YouTube Let Friends Unite for Presidential Debate, Virtually
Google's YouTube unit will bring the second presidential debate live Oct. 16 to groups of friends who gather in Google+ Hangouts to watch the...
New York State Reveals Digital Health Accelerator Participants
NEW YORK — The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) along with the New York State Department of Health and the Partnership for New York...
Sony Vaio Duo 11 Ultrabook
Sony Vaio Duo 11 Ultrabook
Using what Sony calls a "Surf Slider mechanism," the Duo 11 can transition from an untraditional but powerful laptop into...
Softbank-Backed Sprint Is a Threat to T-Mobile, AT&T: Analyst
The two major telecom deals announced this month—Softbank's $20.1 billion acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Sprint and Deutsche Telekom's merger of its...