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The Nordic region, and in particular Finland, has spurred several major game development studios that are responsible for some of the most popular titles on the globe. This is apparently because the local companies are designing their offerings for the international consumer …
Dell Thanks Enterprise Services for Improved Earnings
Electronics giant Dell reported results for its fourth quarter 2010 today. Revenue was $15.7 billion, up 5 percent year-over-year and 2 percent compared to the previous quarter. Brian Gladden, Dell’s CFO, said that this growth is thanks mainly to the growth the …
Adobe SiteCatalyst Tops Week’s Best Business Tablet Apps for iPad, Android
This week we’ve rounded up five of the best business tablet apps for the iPad and Android devices. There are countless apps targeting about every single audience imaginable, and with tablets being used more and more often both on the consumer and …
Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy will Involve Retail, Price Slashing
Microsoft is looking at a number of ways to maintain and grow its share of the personal cloud, one option being a second attempt to establish a retail front similar to that of Apple. The software giant set up a shop in …
Larry Page Appearance During Q2 Earnings Call Restores Faith in Google, Shares Soar
Google had its earnings call today for the second quarter of the 2011 fiscal year, and it surpassed Wall Street expectations. The search giant reported $6.92 billion in net revenue with on-GAAP earnings per share of $8.74. That exceeds analysts’ predictions of …
Voicemail Hacking Scanadal Leads to U.K Title Shutdown
News Corp. has been struck with a wave of legal allegations ever since it became public that employees of News International, itsU.S.newspaper unit, are suspected to have carried out multiple voicemail hackings of public figures and even murder victims. Specifically, members of …
User Privacy may be Fading Away as Facial Recognition Evolves
Facial recognition has been a growing trend in social media for quite some time, and now dozens law enforcement agencies in several states are finding a better use for the technology. As of September hundreds of police officers will be carrying a device developed …
Cisco CEO: “You will see us leaner and more focused.”
Speaking at a Las Vegas company gathering that was attended by 15,000 of Cisco’s customers, partners and others, chief executive John Chambers reflected on the company’s internal policies. The board-based decision-making system he set forth about four years ago greatly slowed down …
EA Loses Investor Faith with PopCap Games Deal
Game maker Electronic Arts is expanding its business into new platforms via its latest acquisition, PopCap Games. The latter is responsible for hits including Plants Vs. Zombies, and had a price tag to match. EA will pay $650 million in cash, $100 …
Patent Trolling in Silicon Valley: 12 Companies Sued by IV
Intellectual Ventures, a $5 billion patent investment firm lead by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, is looking at some of the biggest tech companies in Silicon Valley in a effort to further monetize its portfolio of over 35,000 patents. Following a lawsuit …