Monthly Archives: January 2013
Nokia, For First Time in 100+ Years, to Hold Shareholder Dividends
Nokia officials tipped off investors early that the company’s Jan. 24 earnings announcement would be a positive one, and indeed it finished the fourth...
BYOD Programs Essential to Business Success: Dell
Businesses need to embrace bring your own device (BYOD) or risk being left behind: That’s the indication based on the results of a a...
Samsung Overtakes Apple as Global Semiconductor Customer: Gartner
As consumer electronics titans Apple and Samsung battle each other over patent suits and mobile device market share, the two companies dominated semiconductor demand...
Internal Threats Top Security Concerns for IT Pros: Wisegate
Specific threats like the latest virus or distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against household name banks are not the most urgent security concerns to address, rather...
AT&T Buys Alltel as Carriers Rush to Snap Up Wireless Spectrum
Once again, AT&T is trying to acquire another cell company, but unlike the ill-fated T-Mobile deal, this time AT&T will probably be able to...
iPhone Demand Could Start to Wane in 2013: 10 Signs of Trouble
Apple’s iPhone isn’t what it used to be, some say. The device, while still wildly popular and selling more units each year, has been...
Nokia 808 PureView with Windows Phone Coming This Year: Report
When Nokia introduced the photo-fabulous, Symbian-running 808 PureView smartphone at the 2012 Mobile World Congress show, officials promised to bring the device's advanced camera...
Virut Botnet Crippled in Multinational Takedown Effort
The Virut botnet has taken a serious hit as security researchers joined forces to go after the botnet's infrastructure.The takedown effort involved researchers from...
Microsoft Azure Media Services Cloud Streaming Is Open for Business
Microsoft announced that the company is ready to let the public start using the cloud-based platform's video-streaming capabilities of its Windows Azure Media Services...
Microsoft Delivers Windows Phone 7.8 SDK Update
Microsoft has released a software development kit update for Windows Phone 7.8.The SDK update for Windows Phone 7.8 adds two new emulator images to...