Monthly Archives: August 2013
Skype Video Conferencing Arrives on Outlook.com
Nearly four months after announcing plans to integrate Outlook.com and Skype video calling, Microsoft finally flipped the switch, allowing users in select countries to...
Storage Startup Maginatics Gets $17 Million from Intel, Others
Startup storage vendor Maginatics is getting some more high-level support, this time from the likes of Intel Capital.Maginatics, which is looking to offer a...
AMD Expands R-Series Embedded Portfolio With New Chips
Advanced Micro Devices is adding to its lineup of embedded chips with new quad- and dual-core offerings aimed at workloads that need high-performance computing...
Apple Hires Blahnik From Nike, All but Confirming Smartwatch Plans
Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn't officially confirmed that the iPhone maker is working on a watch, but on the topic of wearables he's enthusiastically...
Mobility, BYOD Benefit Federal Workforce: MeriTalk
Federal agencies and taxpayers benefit from a mobile federal workforce, but outdated infrastructure hinders mobile potential and productivity gains, according to the results of...
Call Centers, IVR Systems Lack Testing, Monitoring
Most companies do nothing or call manually to discover whether their customer service systems are delivering superior service, according to an Empirix-sponsored LinkedIn survey...
Icahn’s Challenge to Dell Deal Dies With Judge’s Ruling
Michael Dell should be looking at a clear runway to buying his namesake company and taking it private, barring any unforeseen problems.Between the agreement...
Facebook vs. Hackers: Win One, Lose One
Facebook is one of the world's most popular social networking destinations and a favorite target for hackers and security researchers alike. Two incidents this...
BlackBerry Explains Why Key Apps Are Still Missing From BB10
BlackBerry, after years of hard work and disappointing delays, introduced its brand-new, from-scratch BlackBerry 10 mobile platform Jan. 30, with more than 70,000 apps...
CloudFlare CEO Talks About Fighting Off Largest Recorded DDoS Attack
In March of this year, cyber-attackers launched the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Internet ever reported. At the heart of efforts to...