Monthly Archives: January 2013
Instagram Seeks to Placate Irked Users with Revised Terms of Service
Instagram emailed users Jan. 17 to say that it has updated the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for its popular photo-sharing application and...
Intel Stays on Financial Targets for Fiscal Year, Q4
Intel on Jan. 17 said that it reached its expected business goals for fiscal year 2012, reporting full-year revenue of $53.3 billion, $11 billion...
Microsoft Cloud OS Vision Unfolds With New Products, Services
Microsoft recently announced a series of products and services that help outline its Cloud OS vision.In a Jan. 15 press briefing, Microsoft described how...
AT&T Extends Apple FaceTime to More Users, but Not Everyone
AT&T continues to adjust its stance on Apple's FaceTime video-conferencing application. The carrier prefers to frame its changes as an evolution; critics liken it...
Google Donates $3.7 Million to Foster Open Government Data Standards
Google is donating $3.7 million to two organizations that are working to make government data more open, available and transparent to citizens in the...
Phishers Use Bouncer List to Fix Scope on Targets
In the world of cyber-crime, even the list of people who made their way into an attacker's club of victims is getting exclusive.Researchers at...
Nokia to Cut 300 Jobs, Transfer 820 in Last of Strategic Moves
Nokia is completing the last of the belt-tightening measures it hinted at during a June 2012 strategy announcement. In addition to transferring "certain activities"...
Cisco Brings Jabber UC Features to Virtual Desktop World
Cisco Systems is bringing its Jabber unified communications platform to the virtual desktop environment.Cisco officials are unveiling new software—the Virtualization Experience Media Engine, or...
IBM Enlists Ingram Micro and Tech Data to Sell Power Systems, Storage
IBM has expanded its distribution strategy and has authorized two national distributors—Ingram Micro and Tech Data—to sell IBM Power Systems and enterprise-class storage products...
Blue Coat Appliances Used by Governments to Monitor, Censor Web Traffic
A group of researchers urged the United States and the international community to take a close look at technology companies that provide network-filtering appliances...