Monthly Archives: January 2014
AT&T, Vantiv Partner on Mobile Payments for Businesses
Communications giant AT&T and mobile payment solutions specialist Vantiv are teaming up to help businesses of all sizes implement on-the-spot mobile payment products and...
Smartphones Impacting Consumer Shopping Habits: IDC
The smartphone is enabling shoppers to be more informed and more confident in their shopping decisions, as many consumers reach out to their trusted...
Augmented Reality Tech Finds a Home in the Enterprise: Gartner
While the adoption of augmented reality (AR) technology, exemplified by gadgets such as Google Glass, is still in its infancy at the enterprise level,...
Office Depot Expands Selection of Health, Fitness Devices
Office supplies and services provider Office Depot announced it is expanding its technology product offerings to include health and fitness devices designed to give...
IBM Intros X6 Architecture to Boost x86 Servers for Cloud, Analytics
IBM announced a new X6 architecture, which optimizes x86-based servers for analytics and cloud workloads.The X6 architecture is the sixth generation of IBM’s X-Architecture...
DDoS Attacks Abusing Network Timing Protocol Flood the Web
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can take on many different forms, as those who commit them leverage different techniques to drown Websites under a flood...
China Mobile Presells ‘Millions’ of iPhones Ahead of Jan. 17 Launch
China Mobile, as part of a deal that's been anticipated for years, will begin selling the Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C Jan. 17....
Convirture Adds Microsoft Hyper-V Support to Its Middleware
Anybody who's ever taken an algebra class or can identify a cliche knows what "lowest common denominator" means. IT management software provider Convirture has...
SGI Still Feels Effects of Government Shutdown
SGI continues to feel the impact of the Congress' highly partisan budget debates, with officials at the high-performance computing vendor saying that the government...
Microsoft Enables Speech in Windows Bing Translater App
The Bing Translator App for Windows now accepts speech input, bringing one of the standout features of its Windows Phone 8 counterpart to Windows...