Monthly Archives: October 2012
More Banks Come Under Denial-of-Service Attack
Capitol One and SunTrust Banks have become the latest targets of hackers who have leveled attacks at U.S. financial institutions in alleged retaliation for...
Samsung Wins Reprieve vs. Apple for U.S. Galaxy Nexus Smartphone Sales
Samsung and Apple continue to battle in court over patent-infringement claims, but Samsung has scored at least a notable victory involving its aging Galaxy...
Apple iPad Mini Event Now Rumored for Oct. 23
Apple invitations to an Oct. 17 event in honor of a mini version of the iPad didn't arrive in in-boxes Oct. 10, as some...
Ground Zero for HP’s Workstation Business
Ground Zero for HP's Workstation Business
Hewlett-Packard's Fort Collins, Colo., location was established in February 1977. Jim Zafarana, vice president and general manager for HP's...
Dell Adds Windows 8 to Multiple Brands, Offers Four PCs for Pre-Order
Dell this week took a backseat to frontrunners Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard, each of which was pleased to see it had out-muscled the other during...
Will T-Mobile, MetroPCS and Sprint Deals Change the Industry?
Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile—the nation's four largest wireless carriers, respectively—along with their millions of wireless subscribers, are likely to be affected, to...
Quant5 Analytics Startup Helps Harness Big Data
Quant5, a predictive customer analytics software as a service (SaaS) startup, and Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm, have teamed...
Firefox 16 Re-Released After Serious Security Flaw Is Patched
The Firefox 16 Web browser is again available for downloads and installation, less than 24 hours after Mozilla removed the latest Firefox browser from...
AMD the Latest Victim of PC Market Struggles
Advanced Micro Devices officials are lowering their financial forecast for the third quarter, offering the latest piece of bad news for tech companies tightly...
Sony Vaio Duo 11 Ultrabook Is a Convertible With a Style All Its Own
Sony's tablets look unlike its competitors' offerings, and now the same can be said of its Windows 8 convertible. Sony calls the Vaio Duo...