HTC CEO Remains Optimistic, Big Plans for CES?
HTC is due to report fourth quarter earnings on Monday, wrapping up what has been a disappointing year to say the least. The company’s global market share dropped half a percentage point to 2.2%,…
Cybercrime: No Longer Exclusive to First World Countries, See Africa
In TrendMicro’s report last December, 3 Reasons Why Africa Will be the New Haven for Cybercriminals, they’ve tackled how cybercrimes are no longer a thing for first world countries as third world countries like…
Navigation Huge in This Week’s Big Data Review
Apple is getting giddy over navigational data. Rumor had it that the phonemaker is in talks to acquire Waze, a popular GPS service that uses data from its users to optimize its maps and…
Qualcomm Sued Over Political Spending
In a move that may set a precedent for the entire private sector, New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has sued Qualcomm for allegedly making disproportional contributions to promote its senior management’s political agenda. Qualcomm…
A Quick Guide to CES 2013
The International CES 2013 show will be kicking off next week, from January 8-11, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m sure a lot of tech enthusiasts will be glued to their computer screens, especially those who…
Old School Video Game Gets 21st Century Makeover, Thanks To CrowdFunding
By Cherr Aira
The rebirth of Elite: Dangerous is nearing. As crowdfunding for this video game, first played in the 80’s, reaches $1.25 million, its renaissance is just around the corner. This Kickstarter project is still accepting pledges…
Hackers Exploit Security Lapse to Impersonate Google+
Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have all rushed to update their web browsers after it emerged that cyberthieves were exploiting a security loophole that allowed them to impersonate the Google+ social network.
Cloud Services, Big Data Dominate IT Professionals’ Online Conversations
An analysis of more than 1.5 million tweets from several thousand IT professionals in the IT services community over the period from August through November of 2012 shows a continued heavy interest in Cloud…
Software-Led IT Environments, Flash Storage Provide Net Savings
Wikibon research shows that new software-led infrastructures leveraging the latest SSD technology from vendors like SolidFire can provide a large enough savings in database licensing alone in enterprise shops to more than pay for…