Monthly Archives: December 2013
Amazon Delivery Drones Could Hike Flight Risks in Crowded Urban Skies
Flying into a big-city airport is a complex task under the best of circumstances. Pilots approaching an airfield must make a constant series of...
Apple Gets Big Data Analytics, Buys Topsy Labs for $200M
Apple has long provided devices and software people use for social networking, but now it's moving into the business of analyzing what all that...
Microsoft CEO Search: Mulally and Nadella Take the Lead
For months, Ford CEO Alan Mulally has been considered the frontrunner in the search for Steve Ballmer's replacement as CEO of Microsoft. However, the...
Google Celebrating ‘Giving Tuesday’ With Online Hangout for Donations
Google will host its first-ever "Hangout-a-thon" on Dec. 3 to allow online visitors to make donations to their favorite charities as part of the...
IBM: Mobile Traffic Soars in Holiday Online Shopping
IBM, which has been closely tracking online commerce over the past weekend, reports that mobile traffic continues to be strong on Cyber Monday, following...
Facebook Tops Bing’s Social Searches
Social media was ruled by Facebook in 2013, at least according to Bing. In its review of Bing's top searches for the year, Microsoft...
Software Solutions, Economics Squeeze Video Conferencing Revenues: IDC
The video conferencing market continues to be impacted by an uncertain global economic environment and the trend toward lower-cost and software-only solutions, according to...
Linux Mint 16 Improves Cinnamon Desktop
Linux Mint 16 Improves Cinnamon Desktop
by Sean Michael Kerner
Linux Mint 16 Introduces Cinnamon 2.0
The Linux Mint 16 distribution includes the latest evolution of the...
Migrating Critical Applications to Virtual Servers: 10 Best Practices
Migrating Critical Applications to Virtual Servers: 10 Best Practices
By Chris Preimesberger
Determine Changing OS or App Licensing Provisions
Depending on where you are migrating your application,...
Alcatel-Lucent Turnaround May Be Taking Hold
Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, which seems to have been in perpetual reorganization since its creation in 2006, may be seeing its turnaround efforts finally...