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Oracle’s Database Empire Facing Deadly Threat From SLI
It’s been a bad day at the office for Oracle, which has just posted disappointing Q3 earnings that saw revenues fall by 1% and profits remain flat. The company has moved quickly to paper over the cracks, saying that its poor sales execution strategy is to blame for its recent poor performance, but this flimsy ...
European Commission Urged To Slap Google in Antitrust Case
As the European Union’s antitrust probe into Google lurches ahead into its third year, a group of eleven companies opposed to the search engine giant have decided to step up the pressure, writing a letter to regulators urging them to file formal charges against the company instead of pursuing a settlement. For the last two ...
Eric Schmidt Rules Out Android/Chrome Merger, But Is He Bluffing?
Following Andy Rubin’s sudden departure from Android last week, only to be quickly replaced by Chrome OS boss Sundar Pichai, speculation has been rife that Google is planning to merge its two operating systems into a Windows-killer spanning mobile and desktop devices. Well, that simply isn’t true – or at least, not if you believe ...
HP Labs Create 3D Displays For Mobile Devices
It’ll probably be some time before we see mobile devices with 3D displays hitting the shops, but at least we’ve been allowed a glimpse of what the future holds in store for us. According to a report in the scientific journal Nature, researchers at HP Labs have just developed a new display technology capable of ...
iHT2 Report Identifies Big Data Strategies For Healthcare
There are plenty of advocates touting the potential that Big Data has in healthcare, whether its helping us to fight flu epidemics, manage asthma and diabetes, or prevent disease epidemics at mass gatherings. Few doubt that Big Data will eventually be able to prolong our lives, but there are quite a few hurdles to overcome ...
Amazon Launches “Share to Kindle” Button For Easy Offline Reading
Gone are the days when all online content had to be consumed on the very site on which it was published. What with the rise of popular news readers and bookmarking services like Pulse News, Pocket and Instapaper to combat web-page information overload, thousands of people have taken to saving articles they come across to ...
CIA Spies Amazon For Its Private Cloud
An intriguing report has emerged today that claims the CIA has turned to Amazon to help it build a private cloud. According to the report in Federal Computer Weekly, the spy agency has signed a massive, $600 million deal with the cloud computing company in order to secure its service for the next ten years. ...
Microsoft Ending Support for Windows Phone 8 Next Year, But What’s Coming Next?
Microsoft caused a bit of a stir earlier this week when it announced that support for Windows Phone 8 will end after a period of 18 months, on July 8, 2014. The revelation instantly led to a flurry of speculation among Windows Phone users, wondering what will happen to their phones after the deadline has ...
Moor Insight & Strategy: “Windows 8 Tablets Best Bet for the Enterprise”
Windows 8 hasn’t exactly had the best of receptions since its launch in fall of last year, but despite the negativity surrounding it there’s still a large body of opinion that insists it remains the best operating system around for those looking to get things done. The problems with Windows have been cited numerous times ...
Repressive Surveillance Software FinSpy Used By At Least 25 Countries
The controversial surveillance software FinSpy has been deployed by more that 25 countries around the world, lumping together “democracies” like the US, Canada, the UK and Germany with some of the world’s most repressive and dubious regimes, such as Turkmenistan, Bahrain, Ethiopia and Vietnam. According to researchers at The Citizen Lab, command and control servers for the ...