Romney And Iran Find Common Ground: They Can’t Stop Internet Porn
Mitt Romney probably doesn’t see himself as the kind of man who’s willing to make too many concessions to Iran any more than the rest of us do, but could it be that the…
MapR, Talend Join Google Cloud Platform Partner Program
MapR Technologies announced today that it has joined the Google Cloud Platform Partner Program as a Technology Partner. MapR, which provides enterprise-level distribution for the open source database system Apache Hadoop, had already revealed…
Y Combinator Backed Chute Gets $2.7M In Funding, Brings More Social for Developers
Chute, a Y Combinator backed company that helps apps and sites capture, manage and display media files, just closed a $2.7 million round of funding led by Freestyle Capital with the participation of Battery…
Cisco Cuts Over 1000 Jobs Amidst Market Changes
Networking kingpin Cisco is sending out about 1,200 pink slips in what its referring to as a simplification of the company. The full statement from Karen Tillman, vice president of corporate communication, explains the almost two…
Dell Debuts New Data Retention Solution for the Enterprise
Hardware maker Dell has been eyeing the storage market for quite some time now. The company confirmed a huge commitment to this market at this year’s Dell Storage Forum, and is now gradually becoming…
New Kindle Fires May Come As Early As July 31
In our last Amazon piece, we mentioned their upcoming Kindle Fire, or should I say Kindle Fires, since news surfaced that Amazon will be launching Kindle Fires of various sizes. According to Demos Parneros,…
Gaming Site Gamigo Hacked, 8 Million User E-mail Addresses and Passwords Leaked
By Kyt Dotson
About four months ago free-to-play publisher and gaming site Gamigo warned users about a potential hacker breach of their databases, and last week that warning came to fruition: over 8 million usernames, e-mail addresses,…
President Obama Endorses the Cybersecurity Bill, Advises Taking Cyber Threats Seriously
By Isha Suri
Noting rising concern about the ongoing cyber attacks and threats, especially to the critical infrastructure, President Barack Obama and The White House have endorsed a cybersecurity bill that will strengthen the nation’s digital defenses.…
BYOD Drives Developer Interest in Apple, Windows 8 [REPORT]
Appcelerator and IDC released the results of a new joint survey today that polled over 3,500 mobile developers, and provides a few very notable insights into the current state of the mobile industry. One…
SAP’s Services Revenue Up, HANA Sales Top $100 Million in Q2
SAP reported its strongest ever 2nd quarter performance this morning with net profits of €661 million, or nearly $800 million. That’s a 12% increase over 2011 Q2 results. Among the highlights, SAP’s services revenue…