Top 5 Animations that Explain the Cloud
There’s plenty of talk about the cloud these days, even though many consumers don’t entirely understand what it is. For centuries the term “cloud” referred to those fluffy things in the sky, but the…
Twitter Censors Nazi Account For German Users
Twitter has restricted access to the account of a neo-Nazi group following a request by the German government. Users in Germany will no longer be able to view tweets made by the Saxony-based group,…
Apple Loses Tablet Design Appeal In UK
In today’s mobile news roundup: Apple loses tablet design appeal in UK; Nokia reports $1.27 billion loss; and Google sent out invites for October 29 event. Apple loses tablet design appeal in UK A…
How the Sprint-Softbank Merger Will Transform US Technology
By Saroj Kar
Softbank, a top mobile operator in Japan, recently announced the takeover of Sprint Nextel, the third-top telecom operator in the United States. The deal, estimated at nearly $20 billion, is for the acquisition of approximately…
QLogic Gets Bossy in Competitive Virtualized Networking Space
Networking equipment supplier QLogic revealed this morning that its 8200 and 3200 Series10Gb CNAs have been certified as being fully compatible with the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch line-up. This switch family is an integral part of Alcatel-Lucent’s…
Teradata Steps Up with New Hadoop Appliance, Software Trial
Business intelligence firm Teradata had a couple of major product updates this morning. The company unveiled a new integrated big data appliance, and announced a free version of its MapReduce framework. The Teradata Aster…
Big Data Milestone from Hadapt, Tableau Team-Up
Hadapt, a two year startup that integrates Hadoop into traditional BI environments, just unveiled the second release of its Adaptive Analytical Platform. Version 2.0 is a huge improvement over the first, thanks to a…
Microsoft Plays Nice with Azure for iOS: An Open Road for a Mobile Future
In August Scott Guthrie, a corporate vice president in the Microsoft Developer Division, announced the Windows Azure Mobile Services which is a new capability of Windows Azure that “makes it incredibly easy to connect…
Malware Problem on the Rise, Hospitals Suffer “Rampant” Infections
By Kyt Dotson
With the proliferation of highly computerized and networked systems for healthcare, it’s not unexpected that they’re opening themselves up to new vectors for invasion of privacy—including the automated type presented by malware. Worse, medical…
Visually Launches Marketplace: Create, Share Infographics
By Saroj Kar
Conventional wisdom rarely steers you astray, and in Visually‘s case, a picture really is worth a thousand words. The web service for sharing, creating and discovering visual infographics, is building on its success as a…