Monthly Archives: November 2012
Microsoft Hosts Global ‘Appathon’ to Promote Windows 8, Phone Apps
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. – Microsoft invited software developers to come here and to 109 other locations worldwide on Nov. 9 to learn about how to...
Is Intel Intentionally Blurring the Line Between Itanium and Xeon?
As each year passes, Intel's frontline Xeon chips for x86 servers and personal computers add more cores and get more powerful. They also get...
AT&T, Verizon Offering Windows Phone 8 as Nokia Hits New Low
The Nokia Lumia 920 and 820, the first Lumias to run Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 operating system, became available on the AT&T network...
Google Pumps Up the Speed, Storage for Its Cloud SQL Database Service
Google's Cloud SQL database services just got faster after the company ramped up several technical specifications aimed at increasing cloud performance for its enterprise...
Obama Re-Election Clears Uncertainty About Health Insurance Exchanges
With the re-election of President Barack Obama on Nov. 6, the states and software vendors will have more certainty now that Obamacare is here...
Twitter Issues Apology After Password Debacle
The microblogging site Twitter—which recently made headlines, thanks to the executive power cast off by the recently re-elected president—has issued an apology following an...
Microsoft Tweaks Windows Phone Store Design to Boost Mobile Comeback
Microsoft is tweaking the design of its Windows Phone Store to draw users and generate sales as it strives to catch up with competing...
Half of Smartphone Users Research Health Information on Web: Pew
Half of smartphone owners are now using their devices to research health information, according to a new report by The Pew Internet & American...
Intel, HP Unveil Next-Gen Itanium Chips, Enhanced Integrity Servers
Itanium 9500
Intel's newest high-end Itanium processor, formerly code-named Poulson, offer significant improvements in performance, scalability and energy efficiency. It also holds 3.1 billion transistors.
A...
Obama Open to Fiscal-Cliff Fixes but Insists on ‘Balanced’ Approach
President Obama gave a seven-minute speech in the East Room of the White House Nov. 9, establishing his position on addressing what has become...