Yearly Archives: 2014

Forrester: US Will Drive IT Spending in 2014

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The United States will lead the way in a global technology market that will see 5.5 percent growth in 2014, though it will still...

Google Shutting Down Bump Just 4 Months After Acquisition

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Google is discontinuing the Bump data transfer app in the Google Play store only four months after the company acquired Bump in a $40...
Patents

Apple, Samsung Talks Must Settle Endless Patent Suits: 10 Reasons Why

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Apple, Samsung Talks Must Settle Endless Patent Suits: 10 Reasons Why by Don Reisinger The Court Decisions Have Been Mostly Going Against Samsung Samsung appears to be...

Snapchat Hacked, 4.6M User Names, Phone Numbers Grabbed: Report

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More than 4.6 million Snapchat users had their names and phone numbers grabbed and posted to a database on New Year's Eve by an...

Sony Considering Windows Phone: Report

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Microsoft may have scored another major smartphone partner, Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony.According a report in The Information, Sony may be gearing up to...

Scrubbing Data a Concern in the Digital Ocean Cloud

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Security is often cited as a top concern for any organization looking to move to the cloud, and it's a concern that is top...

Lenovo Vibe Z Android Smartphone Is First With LTE

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Lenovo has introduced its first LTE-enabled smartphone, the Vibe Z. The 5.5-inch Android-running smartphone is the lead device in a foursome Lenovo introduced Jan....

HP Job Cuts Will Hit 34,000 by End of 2014

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Hewlett-Packard executives are upping the number of jobs cuts that will be part of the company's multiyear turnaround efforts, saying now that 34,000 jobs...
Name change

Seven Tech Companies That Changed Their Names in 2013

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Seven Tech Companies That Changed Their Names in 2013 by Sean Michael Kerner Research In Motion Becomes BlackBerry At the beginning of 2013, beleaguered smartphone vendor Research...
hacker

Syrian Electronic Army Goes After Skype

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In a brazen attack to kick off the brand-new year, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacker group briefly took control of the Microsoft Skype...