Monthly Archives: April 2014
Windows XP Deadline Slows PC Market Decline
Microsoft's deadline for ending support of the Windows XP operating system couldn't stop the continuing slide of worldwide PC shipments, but it helped slow...
Dropbox Evolves by Adding New Business Functionality
Dropbox transcended the online backup/collaboration world April 9 by introducing a new suite of business and consumer applications that will put it into competition...
Verizon Terremark CTO Tells How Company Built Its Own Cloud
While some vendors have whitewashed the term cloud, Verizon Terremark is not one of them. Verizon Terremark offers managed hosting, co-location servers as well...
Comcast, Time Warner Begin Arguing Their Case for a Merger
Comcast and Time Warner Cable (TWC) are taking the necessary steps toward joining forces, an intention they announced Feb. 13, as part of a...
Microsoft Releases Node.js Tools for Visual Studio 1.0 Beta
Microsoft recently announced the availability of a new set of tools for building Node.js applications.Last week at the Microsoft Build 2014 developer conference, Microsoft...
Microsoft Targets Cars in Internet of Things Push
Add cars to Microsoft's vision of bringing Windows into the burgeoning market for the Internet of things.As the term suggests, the Internet of things...
Google Cultural Institute Commemorates U.S. Civil Rights Movement
The Google Cultural Institute is highlighting the U.S civil rights movement through a fascinating collection of documents, photographs and film clips in commemoration of...
Intel to Close Costa Rica Plant, Cut 1,500 Jobs
Intel executives said in January that the giant chip maker would have to cut about 5,000 jobs as it tries to transition to new...
Daily Tech Briefing: April 9, 2014
Microsoft recently introduced its answer to Apple's Siri and Google Now in the form of voice assistant technology called Cortana, which is powered by...
Google Releases Chrome Browser Update and New ChromeOS
Google's latest Chrome Web browser Version 34 is now rolling out to users, as well as a new ChromeOS Version 34 for all Chrome...