The tech community mourns today. One of the first brave souls to have changed how the world looks at virtualization is found lifeless in his Long Island home, in what could be a suspected suicide episode. A single shot in the chest killed Reijane Huai, former CEO and founder of FalconStor. Authorities are still in ...

When Mark Zuckerberg and his accomplices created Facebook, I bet it never crossed their quirky genius minds that it could be a network cited as (unofficial) grounds for divorce, or even a subtle swipe at a dysfunctional marriage. The battle between Facebook and “happily ever after” began a long time ago when the world’s favorite social networking ...

Fair share. This is what President Barrack Obama would like Americans to give in order to revive the economy and pull down unemployment rates, which have hit all-time lows in the last few months, putting his re-election bid in so much danger.  Today, he joins social networking cum job search platform LinkedIn for a town hall ...

Whether or not he was properly informed, Leo Apotheker will no longer celebrate his Hewlett-Packard anniversary.  The 11-month stint of the newly evicted HP CEO was filled with highs, lows and loads of drama. One of the most popular developments (and failures, some would say) of Apotheker’s journey was the webOS saga, and with its downfall, the ...

Slowly dwindling are the days when peer-to-peer or P2P technology is easily painted as just serving piracy–at least when it comes to constant smear campaigns against the technology by the media industry. Today, it becomes a tool to ease file transfer from different devices—a feature that draws smiles to personal cloud and mobile space. This ...

In terms of mass communication, social media is a force to be reckoned with. The growing population of social networks like Facebook’s over 800 million active members and dynamic involvement as seen in more than 200 million tweets every single day—these are just a few significant figures that represent the influence and scope of social ...

Today’s IT economic structure is tickled with the promise of cloud computing.  While the rest of the world is still in the process of uncovering an ‘earthlier” contextualization of cloud computing, the tech space is ablaze with dreams of harnessing all its commercial benefits and cost-effective advantages.  Gaining popularity within this platform are SaaS solutions—where ...

Even with real-time online support, I still get this longing to converse with a live person whose primary job is to hear my rants about the service or product of the company he or she is representing. This is quite rude, I know.  But customer service is a necessary aspect of good business and brand ...

I was instantly freaked out when one morning I woke up to Facebook’s new interface. I initially thought that they’re just geeking out to be more like Google+.  Or it could be that they wanted a more real-time approach a la Twitter style, and created this ultra-realtime friends’ update stream taking up the right side ...

Incredible is an understatement when we try to label the magnitude of mobile market boom. But this growth comes at a price. Just like in any platforms within the tech space, mobility also faces a hard-hitting challenge: mobile security. But looking at it on a more positive corner, mobile security, together with all the threats brings ...