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Nintendo Sales Drop as Competition Overshadows Main Offering
The gaming industry is being shaken by a drastic shift in user demand, and Nintendo along with B&M game stores has taken a hit. Sales of the Nintendo 3DS hand-held console, which comes with a no-glasses 3D gimmick, have dropped significantly in spite of strong early demand. The Japanese firm sold only 710,000 3DS in Q2 ...
BlueCross Adds Encryption After File Theft Incident
The explanation behind the long string of hacks we’ve seen lately that stretches back all the way to last year may show that hackers are getting smarter, but some cases can also be attributed to organizations’ failure to protect themselves. One clear example is that of Sony, which was hacked multiple times and let customer ...
HTC and Samsung Losing Momentum, Face Apple on All Fronts
HTC and Samsung reported results for the second quarter today. Both the companies’ figures suggested that they’re starting to see a decline in their almost supernatural growth rates from the past few quarters, something that can be attributed mainly to their early adoption of Android. Starting with HTC, the Taiwanese manufacturer reported a net profit of ...
This Week in the Cloud: From OpenStack to the New OS in Town
There have been several interesting update this week from the cloud computing industry, and open-source innovation was one of the biggest highlights in the last few days. HP, Gluster and Dell all had an OpenStack announcement, representing a milestone for the companies involved. Starting with Gluster, the open-source storage solutions provider unveiled Gluster Connector, its ...
Hewlett-Packard vs. Dell in the Open Cloud
A couple days after Dell launched an infrastructure offering based on OpenStack, an open cloud OS initiative started by Rackspace and NASA, Hewlett-Packard announced it too has joined the community. The electronics giant, hoping to further expand beyond hardware into the cloud and other areas, is following many of its competitors cue, joining a total of ...
AntiSec Calls Users to Close their PayPal Accounts
AntiSec, the hacker movement that emerged out of the now disbanded Lulz Security and bolstered by Anonymous, is too following tradition by going after PayPal for withholding funds from WikiLeaks. However this time they took an uncharacteristic course of action–a “DBoS” or Distributed Boycott of Service attack. Rather than breaching the company’s site, AntiSec posted an open ...
InQuira Marks Oracle’s Third Buy Since June
Oracle seems to be on a shopping spree, making its third acquisition in a month and half. This time the company acquired InQuira, a provider of customer support solutions which it dubs “service knowledge management software.” InQuira’s web-based platform supports both self service and agent-assisted services, and will be integrated with Oracle’s portfolio to become ...
SAP Beating Oracle with Stellar Growth
Business software maker SAP is taking a victory lap now that its organic license growth rate outpaced long time competitor Oracle for the first time in seven quarters, reports Matrix Research’s Rajeev Bahl. The company reported 35 percent growth throughout each of its three core markets: North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. SAP Co-CEO Jim ...
Get High on Open Source Clouds, from Dell to Microsoft
There have been a lot of open-source cloud updates this week, both from large players such as Dell and Microsoft, to smaller startups that just emerged out of funding rounds. The first highlight comes from the electronics giant, with the launch of the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution. The IaaS offering is designed to run on Dell ...
HP Head’s Push May be what the Company Needs, Though Investors Remain Doubtful
Hewlett-Packard chairman and venture capitalist Ray Lane sat down for an interview with Reuters, and discussed how chief executive Leo Apotheker’s push into the cloud may be just what’s needed to “return the former Silicon Valley icon to stability.” Lane said that Apotheker’s first and foremost foremost duty is to tackle the excessive cost cutting ...