Monthly Archives: January 2014
T-Mobile Offers Strong Incentives to Ditch Rivals’ Wireless Contracts
At T-Mobile's Jan. 8 press conference, CEO John Legere, best described as moderately profane and unabashedly pugnacious, challenged the other carriers for practices that...
New Toshiba Chromebook, First LG Chromebase Announced at CES
Toshiba and LG Electronics have unveiled new Chromebook devices at CES, including LG's all-in-one desktop machine, called a Chromebase.The new offerings mean that eight...
T-Mobile Rips Up Final Contract, Offering to Pay Switchers’ ETFs
T-Mobile, as expected, announced it will pay individuals and families to switch from AT&T, Verizon or Sprint to its network."It's not a promotion; it's...
‘PowerLocker’ Project Shows Criminal Interest in Ransomware Growing
An underground programmer's initiative to build better ransomware has some security professionals worried that the software's popularity among cyber-criminals will continue to rise in...
LenovoEMC Launches Two New Four-Bay NAS Units for SMBs
Not everything being unveiled at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas necessarily involves consumers.For example, LenovoEMC Limited on Jan. 6 made...
Palo Alto Networks Buys Security Startup Morta
Palo Alto Networks is bolstering its cyber-security capabilities by buying startup Morta Security.The acquisition of Morta—a small company started by veterans of the National...
Apigee Acquires InsightsOne for Big Data Analytics Expertise
Apigee, which provides API management technology, has acquired InsightsOne, a technology company that provides big data predictive intelligence to help businesses understand consumer preferences.Apigee...
Valve Unveils Steam Machine Linux Gaming Console at CES
When gaming vendor Valve's co-founder Gabe Newell told the Linuxcon USA conference audience last September that Linux is the future of gaming, he also...
Microsoft: Top IT Sustainability Trends for 2014
A new year offers new opportunities for environmentally friendly technologies, and Microsoft is constantly scanning the horizon for ways to advance its efforts to...
Razer’s Project Christine Aims to Make PC Building Easy
Razer, which has made a habit of showing off interesting new system designs at the Consumer Electronics Show in recent years, is back with...