Microsoft Slates Google Over Gmail Privacy
Microsoft has just launched a new salvo in its eternal struggle with Google, this time singling out its Gmail service for attack in a stinging new video commercial. We’ve seen these kinds of attacks…
Ubuntu Smartphones Coming October 2013
In today’s mobile news roundup: Ubuntu phones coming in October; Twitter app update brings better search and discovery; Facebook working on software, not actual phone; Microsoft hints at charging Surface Pro covers; and iPhone…
EU Plans To “Force” Companies To Report Cyberattacks
Banks, hospitals, energy providers, cloud computing firms and others will all be forced to report any instance of a cyberattack, if a proposed new European law comes into play. According to an article in…
Kaspersky’s Antivirus Update Gone Wrong
Kaspersky Labs has hit upon a novel way of keeping its users’ computers free of viruses and malware, simply by preventing them from being able to connect to the web at all. Millions of…
Michael Dell Takes Back Control: The New Steve Jobs of Services?
It would be naive to think that Dell’s surprising decision to return to the status of a private firm doesn’t impact an entire industry. The PC sector has had the rug pulled from under…
Microsoft Adds Data Management Features to Windows 2012, But Are They Useful?
Microsoft’s new Windows 2012 features a list of advanced data storage management tools, and Microsoft has done its best to make those tools as uncomplicated as possible to use. But despite that, writes Wikibon…
Xbox Live Arcade Breaks Sales Record-Courtesy Minecraft
By Saroj Kar
When breaking down some of the stats for the performance of the Xbox 360 throughout 2012, one thing that became the centerpiece of attention was the success of Xbox Live Arcade. One of the…
Run Your Enterprise Like a Startup (Or Die Not Trying)
C-level executives hear the whispers: “Innovate…or die.” Um, or…not. The company’s profitable! Full steam ahead! Stifling the voices in one’s head is easier than change! For most enterprises, the “killjoy” mandates of governance, compliance, risk…
Samsung Strategically Invests in Cloud Services as Mobile Wars Heat Up
Cloudant announced that it has received a strategic investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, the VC arm of the Korean handset manufacturer. The Massachusetts-based firm said it will spend the money on research and…
True Hybrid Flash Storage Can Save Costs Overall for High-Performance Databases
Hybrid flash/disk storage systems, in which data is written first to a flash cache in the server and then later peculated to a traditional storage array, can provide significant direct savings in environments supporting…