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The iPad 2 was introduced by Apple yesterday, and we’ve all gotten a little taste of the next gen tablet. The iPad 2 was dubbed a game changer by some and a firm strategy by others, but as it turns outs, it’s …
Online Video Sees Tremendous Growth, Spurs some Major Updates
New data from research firm Nielsen reveals U.S users spent 45% more time watching online video compared to 2010, and streamed 28% more video. The number of unique video viewers only increased by 3.1% compared to Jan 2010, but a drastic spike …
iPad 2: The Apps!
The iPad 2 has arrived. The duel-core tablet has some very powerful specs geared to compete with the Motorola Xoom, but we’ve also learned a bit about the apps it will feature. Not much info is available, but what we do know …
Cisco Acquires Pari Networks, Developing Strategy at Enterprise Connect 2011
Cisco’s core switch business may be declining, but the company has been working hard to cover as many areas in its offerings portfolio as possible. These currently range from teleconferencing to blade servers, and the latest development to Cisco’s strategy was announced …
Facebook Juggles Privacy, Regulators and Ads as its Platform Grows in Influence
As Facebook fleshes out its business model around a social market and the mobile space, the network faces scrutiny for how it manages private data, having to justify the updates it pushes through. This week’s already been particularly busy for Facebook. The …
Google Acquires Security Analytics Software Developer Zynamics
Google’s made a sly acquisition today, taking in analytics firm Zynamics. According to a brief blog post, the acquired security analytics software developer Zynamics is headed to one of the cloud’s most prominent data crunchers. Zynamics develops offensive and defensive security reverse …
Privacy: AT&T and Facebook, All Over Again
Today we’ve seen a couple of new – and major – privacy related updates. The first one comes from WSJ, who reports the Supreme Court refused to extend personal-privacy rights to corporations in case 09-1279, Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T. Chief Justice John …
GigaSpaces Partners up with Excelian, heads to Finance and Gaming
Virtualized application platforms maker GigaSpaces announced a partnership with London-based Excelian, a technology consulting company with 250 staffers. The partnership is meant to extend GigaSpaces’ reach to finance services and gaming companies. “We chose to work with GigaSpaces because it is battle …
Personal Cloud Management Shines at DEMO 2011, Pushes Consumer Trends
The Demo Spring 2011 conference introduced us quite a bit of interesting new technologies (including educational mindreading headsets), but personal cloud management was a segment which got a particularly large amount of attention. The trend signifies ongoing industry development around the personal …
McAfee Security Buy Ushers Intel Into New Era
Intel announced it has completed the acquisition of security giant McAfee; a $7.68 billion all cash deal announced in last August. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, McAfee will continue to develop and sell security offerings under its brand. McAfee will report to …