Monthly Archives: October 2012
Sprint Doesn’t Have to Sell Itself to Softbank: 10 Alternative Moves
Sprint is in the midst of a major transition. The company is currently trying to keep pace with AT&T and Verizon Wireless while struggling...
Google Delays End of Export Support for Old Microsoft Office Formats
In late September, Google Docs announced plans to stop allowing users to save and export their Google Docs-created files using older 1997 to 2003...
Samsung Galaxy S III Mini: There’s Now Something for Everyone
Samsung has introduced a Galaxy S III Mini, a "compact" version of its Galaxy S III smartphone, the company announced Oct. 11—exactly the day...
Irish Google, Yahoo Domains Taken Offline Briefly After Security Breach
Google and Yahoo's Irish iterations were temporarily knocked offline Oct. 9 after their domain name server records were changed due to a security breach.The...
Panasonic Launches Toughbook SX2 for Rugged Business Use
Panasonic has given a processing and battery power boost to its rugged business notebook line with its new Toughbook SX2.Launched on Oct. 11, the...
Blame the Plans
Blame the Plans
Want to find out why so many people hate carriers? Look no further than the plans. Most of them are hard to...
Cisco Survey: Execs Reluctantly Embracing BYOD
Corporate executives continue to be uneasy about the mobile computing and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trends, but understand that the momentum will only grow and that...
SAS Adds Hadoop to High-Performance Analytics Server
Analytics and business intelligence software provider SAS has announced that its High-Performance Analytics Server now supports even more analytics, including text mining and optimization.In...
Cloud Data Centers Getting Greener, Motivated By Savings
A Microsoft data center in a former bean field in Washington made headlines in September, after The New York Times sent reporters to take...
Sprint, Clearwire May Be Sold to Softbank, Japan’s No. 3 Carrier
Sprint is in "advanced talks" with Softbank, Japan's third-largest wireless carrier, which is interested in buying the United States' No. 3 carrier, according to...