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Qualcomm Sued Over Political Spending
In a move that may set a precedent for the entire private sector, New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has sued Qualcomm for allegedly making disproportional contributions to promote its senior management’s political agenda. Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs has contributed over $2 billion to at least three Democratic super PACs. DiNapoli, who is a Democrat himself ...
This Week in the Cloud: PaaS, Datacenters & Xbox
This past week Dell announced that it’s jumping on the OpenStack bandwagon, Heroku expanded support for Python and Google announced new data centers in Asia. Finally, Microsoft acquired a home automation startup and revealed what is widely suspected to be a timer to the Xbox 720 debut. Dell’s head of cloud strategy says his company ...
It’s Official: Dell Committing to OpenStack This Year, Will Beat HP Cloud Services
Nnamdi Orakwue, Dell’s vice president of cloud, is cautious about jumping on the OpenStack bandwagon. But he says that an open-source public service is already on the drawing board for his company, which has every intention of getting in on the action when the technology is “where it needs to be.” Orakwue says that we ...
Microsoft Pushes Xbox Goals with R2 Acquisition, (Possible) Countdown to 720
Microsoft’s plan of expanding beyond the realm of personal computers relies heavily on the Xbox 360, once an old-fashioned gaming console that is now poised to become a full-blown home entertainment system. It just needs few nudges in the right direction. Microsoft seems to have made all the right decisions so far. The Xbox LIVE ...
To Apple’s Chagrin, Broadcom Advances in Network Security + WiFi
Broadcom has put itself at the bleeding edge of the networking industry, thanks to its willingness to adopt new technologies and strong strategic relationships with companies such as Apple. This week, the company reaffirmed this dominant stance with two updates that will turn out to be beneficial for corporate clients and customers and end-users alike. ...
Google Mapping, Navigation Makes More Cars Smarter with New Team Ups
In separate announcements that went out today, Google revealed that it teamed up with two major automobile companies to integrate its mapping and navigation technology into new car models due to hit the market in the coming months. Kia Motors will include Google Maps and Services in the UVO eServices telematics system, which will be ...
Cisco Leads Network Security, SDN Shift for Now
Cisco is still dominating the networking market, and there’s no doubt about it. The newly published Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker report by IDC found that the company raked in 16.2 percent of the $2 billion generated by the security appliance industry generated in the third quarter of 2012. Cisco maintains a firm lead over ...
December Saw Big Gains for Microsoft, Windows 8
According to the latest data from technology tracker Net Market Share, Windows 8 gained 0.66 percentage points last month. This increase, which helped boost the platform’s total share past the 1.77 percent mark, earned Windows 8 the status of fastest growing operating system in the month of December. Windows 7 retains a solid position with a ...
Reddit Celebrates “Billions” of Milestones in 2012 as Facebook Stumbles into 2013
Reddit is showing us that Facebook and Twitter have not completely monopolized the social scene just yet. The company announced on its blog that 2012 was a milestone year for both the site and community, with a total of 37 billion page views and no less than 400 million unique visitors. Reddit said that over ...
Amazon to Netflix: Sorry We Ruined Christmas, But Data Saved the Day
Amazon sent out an official apology to users who have been affected by the massive AWS outage last week. Chances are you’re one of them. On December 24, a member of the crew in charge of maintaining the Amazon Elastic Load Balancing Service accidentally deleted some data as a part of a routine maintenance process. ...