Monthly Archives: December 2012
Apple Products’ Vaunted Reputation for Quality: 10 Major Shortcomings
Apple’s products are widely viewed across the market as the finest available. From computers to smartphones to tablets, today’s customers believe that if they...
Google’s Cerf Warns that ITU Treaty Talks Bring Threat of Web Censorship
As the International Telecommunication Union was preparing to start 11 days of meetings on Dec. 3 in Dubai, Vint Cerf, Google's chief Internet evangelist...
iPhone 5 Headed for South Korea, 50 More Countries
The Apple iPhone 5 is headed for new corners of the world. The smartphone will arrive in South Korea Dec. 7, and in more...
JavaScript Virus Spreads Racist Message Through Tumblr Blogging Site
A fast-spreading JavaScript virus jumped between accounts on the Tumblr blogging service on Dec. 3, prompting the company's engineers to respond by temporarily suspending...
Google Buys Shipping Lockbox Vendor BufferBox
Google is buying BufferBox, a Canadian startup that offers customers locked storage sites where they can pick up packages from online vendors instead of...
Toshiba Unveils 4TB Hard Drives for Big Data Loads
Although it often seems like it, storage hardware news isn't always about solid-state development.Old-school hard-disk drives, which have been around and doing yeoman's work...
SevOne Tackles Big Data Growth With Mobile App, Appliance
Network monitoring and reporting solutions provider SevOne announced the Nov. 29 release of an appliance targeting large enterprises facing massive network growth, data center...
Network Switch, Router Market Slows in 3rd Quarter: IDC
The worldwide Ethernet switch market, which had grown in large part due to the adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology in the data center,...
SAP SME Event Focuses on Mobile, the Cloud, Entrepreneurs
New York City Small-Business Scene
In New York City, 99 percent of businesses are considered small. According to Nov. 29 SAP report, 94 percent of...
10 Mac Apps Every New iMac Owner Should Download
Apple's Keynote
PowerPoint might get all the attention in the presentation space, but Apple's Keynote is arguably a better program. Keynote comes with more design...