RIM on Thursday denied allegations that the company will no longer continue to produce PlayBook tablet, saying the news was pure fiction.  Some analysts have said the company may consider withdrawing from the tablet PC market all together. RIM spokesperson Marisa Conway said “the BlackBerry PlayBook will no longer produce the rumors are purely fictional, RIM ...

Oracle has been plunged into a word war against the UK software analytics specialist Autonomy and HP.  HP announced last month it will acquire Autonomy for $10.3 billion, at a price that includes a huge 78 percent premium or overpriced compared to the Autonomy trading day stock market value. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison spared no ...

One of the main factors contributing to the success of the iPhone and Android smartphones is their app stores, with hundreds of thousands of applications ready to turn the phone into a device with infinite capabilities.  When Microsoft launched Windows 7 Phone (code name Mango), it has not neglected this factor and has since invested ...

Hewlett Packard announced plans to spin off its PC business last month, despite being the leading global PC vendor, to focus on its enterprise software and services.  The plan was spurred along with news of HP’s plans to acquire UK-based software company Autonomy. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who has been constantly criticizing HP lately, bashed HP’s ...

The European Commission (EC) has launched an antitrust probe into e-payments in Europe. The commission will examine a group of companies including Santander, HSBC and Barclays to determine whether or not a monopoly is at hand, and if they’re trying to stop new players from getting into the market. The E-payments market is currently restricted ...

In spite of growth momentum, a robust business model and reasonable pricing, daily deal website Groupon is still not able to determine a specific time for its IPO.  Groupon executives are committed to take the company public, but due to volatility in the stock market, regulators are now reviewing the company’s IPO documents more diligently. There ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has frequently attacked Apple for the App Store, mobile usage, and its closed nature of the ecosystem. The largest company in the world by market capitalization and the non-profit group of activists are always on different side of the coin over privacy. But this time, it is not so. EFF ...

Here’s a roundup of some of this week’s headlines from the Big Data and enterprise IT industries: Strata Conference This week started with the 2011 Strata Conference in New York.  This year’s conference has given us insight into the world of big data and how big data will shape the future of business in terms ...

Oracle has announced the acquisition of software provider GoAhead Software. Based in Bellevue, Washington, GoAhead is a manufacturer and supplier of software solutions for network and telecommunications. Oracle expects the transaction to be completed by end of this year. Until the transaction completes, the two companies will continue to operate largely independently. GoAhead Software currently ...

Dell has extended its popular award winning ProSupport service to include non-Dell systems and hardware devices in Europe.  The company said European customers will now get a standardized provision offering with a single source of service for multi-vendor support. HP, IBM, Lenovo and Acer are the non-Dell systems that will get benefited under this partnership. ...