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The SXSW 2011 conference is kicking off, and that means lots and lots, and lots and lots (and lots) of parties to attend, people to meet, companies to watch, and parties to attend. One you should definitely check out is the second …
The Browser War Takes on Mobile, Mozilla Launches FF4
Opera Software, the developer behind the Opera computer and mobile browsers, is establishing a joint venture company with Chinese mobile phone distributor Telling Telecom. The joint venture will combine Opera’s browser technology with local content, operations and Telling’s distribution network to develop …
NetApp Buys Engenio for $480M, Shareholders Not Satisfied
NetApp will pay $480 million in an all-cash deal to acquire the external memory division of LSI Corp., Engenio. The deal will close within roughly 60 days, and marks NetApp’s expansion into several new markets it claims will be worth $5 billion …
DailyFeats Invigorates Job Seeker with Monster Partnership
Social marketing site DailyFeats had partnered up with online job board Monster. DailyFeats allows users to redeem points they collect for certain personal development feats they accomplish (divided across the body, mind, home and community), choose among roughly 130,000 local rewards and …
Cloud Phishing Targets Google Docs, HomeAway
The cloud is making life easier for us all, but it’s also making it easier for phishing attacks to take place, according to a recent Commtouch report. Cybercriminals are apparently utilizing cloud-based form services to reduce the amount of ‘work’ they need …
Apotheker Goes after the Software Market, Gets HP’s Soul Back
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker finally brought the news everybody’s been looking to hear: HP is going after the software market. HP’s core business has always been very much focused on hardware, but even though the company is currently the largest PC maker in …
HTML5 Broods Browser Wars as IE9 Launch Looms
The browser war rages on. In light of recent HTML5 developments and growing adoption of mobile browsing, almost all major browsers (except Firefox) released a big update in roughly the same timeframe. The first one to highlight is Microsoft – All Things …
Akamai Thinks IPv6, Stock Down 22%
We received an e-mail today shedding some light about Akamai’s intentions around the IPv6 switch, which takes place in June. After 40 years and 2 billion internet users, we’ve run through the 40 billion IPv4 addresses, and now the whole web is …
Social Media Revival Gains Some New Executive Leadership
A couple of notable social media companies appointed new execs this week, marking some important developments as several industry companies fine tune their product and leadership lineup – women’s social shopping site ThisNext and Ashton Kutcher’s social marketing firm Katalyst. ThisNext announced …
JoliCloud Changes Name, and Approach
JoliCloud OS, the cloud based operating system which came way before Chrome OS, is getting an update and a new name. Version 1.2 is due to release later this week, and will be known as Joli OS. It will bring with it …