Monthly Archives: April 2014
Microsoft Completes Nokia Acquisition
After clearing some regulatory hurdles, Microsoft has finally closed on a $7 billion acquisition that brings Nokia's Devices and Services business into the software...
IBM’s High-Powered POWER8 Systems Harness Big Data
IBM's High-Powered POWER8 Systems Harness Big Data
By Darryl K. Taft
Launching POWER8 Systems
IBM launched its new POWER8 systems at the Open Innovation Summit in San...
Smart Devices, Wearables Pose Security Risks for Consumers
From thermostats, to TVs, gaming consoles, baby monitors, microwaves and even smart refrigerators, cyber criminals are hacking into a growing selection of smart devices,...
Google Cultural Institute Highlights an Opulent Paris Opera House
Google Cultural Institute Highlights an Opulent Paris Opera House
by Todd R. Weiss
Stage View
Here is where it all happens, on the stage of the Palais...
IT Administrators Frustrated by Employee Work Habits
The vast majority (92 percent of IT administrators admit to seeing troublesome habits among office workers using company computers, according to the findings of...
Samsung, Intel Lead Capital Spending in Semiconductor Market
Capital spending in the worldwide semiconductor equipment is expected to increase 5.5 percent in 2014 as the industry begins to recover from the recent...
Cisco Demos New Collaboration Functions for TelePresence
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Back in 2006, when Cisco Systems launched TelePresence -- its deluxe way to save travel and hotel costs for meetings...
Bloomberg Summit Speakers Weigh Threat to IT Vendors From Public Cloud
NEW YORK—The public cloud is the only future option for enterprises, and traditional IT vendors are headed to a catastrophic experience. That was one...
Apple Needs Major Innovations to Boost iPad Sales, Say Analysts
Global tablet shipments were down almost 30 percent sequentially, in the first-quarter 2014, but up 4.6 percent year on year, Digitimes Research reported April...
Microsoft Rides Cloud to a Strong Q3
While mostly under the leadership of new CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft beat Wall Street analyst estimates on the company's profitability for the third-quarter fiscal...