The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), Rackspace, and other organizations are throwing their support behind the proposed
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 1:04 pm
Google is reportedly bidding for crowd-sourced map app provider Waze, igniting a possible bidding war with Facebook.
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 10:50 am
The latest version of Google's sophisticated anti-spam algorithm, dubbed Penguin 2.0, was announced yesterday in an official blog post from the company's well-known webspam czar, Mike Cutts. The 2.0 label was applied, according to Cutts, because the update is a major one -- it includes changes to the underlying algorithms used to evaluate whether a website is spammy or not, not just the dataset Google uses. About 2.3 percent of queries in U.S. English will be visibly affected by the changes.
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 8:34 am
SAP has abruptly reorganized its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and executive board member Vishal Sikka now tapped to lead a single software development unit. Sikka has been a champion of SAP's HANA in-memory database platform, which has been positioned as the future convergence point for all of SAP's technologies. After Friday's announcement, those plans may speed up. All SAP development staffers will report to Sikka as of June 1.
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 8:01 am
Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud. The desk-side thin clients also have advanced virtualization features for virtual desktops to host multiple applications in one session. They were announced at the Citrix Synergy conference in Los Angeles.
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 5:20 am
While Google Glass is currently being viewed as a consumer technology, IT shops and mobile workers are likely already champing at the bit to be able to use a hands-free technology to do their jobs. "The same way that tablets followed smartphones into the enterprise on the backs of employees bearing the cost, Google Glass will also flow the same way," said Chris Hazelton, research director for Mobile & Wireless at 451 Research. "This will also drive acceptance. So, you may see tools that will directly manage Google Glass."
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 4:10 am
A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Metro" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style Desktop, according to data released this week.
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 4:00 am
Seeking to pad its billion(ish)-dollar Azure business with yuan, yen, and
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 3:00 am
Credit: venimo Mobile applications are becoming the principal focus of corporate software development efforts, according to a survey by PHP tools vendor Zend Technologies.
Posted on 24 May 2013 | 3:00 am
Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud IaaS (infrastructure as a service) for use in data reporting and analysis. "We're the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion -- being able to analyze data in real time," said Bob Picciano, IBM's general manager for Information Management.
Posted on 23 May 2013 | 2:25 pm
Open source developers launched 15,000 Android mobile projects in 2012, representing a 96 percent increase over 2011.
Posted on 23 May 2013 | 1:07 pm
As Ethernet marks its 40th birthday this week, some of those celebrating will also be looking ahead to yet another use for the nearly ubiquitous technology: The cloud.
Posted on 23 May 2013 | 12:18 pm
