Who Else Has Google Shut Down Besides YouTube-MP3?
Google’s been known to shut down a service or two, especially since the return of Larry Page as CEO as he does a clean sweep of irrelevant apps and services to focus Google’s goals.…
Bromium Raises $26 Million and Emerges from Stealth with a “Microvisor” That Takes the Human Factor into Consideration
Bromium’s Simon Crosby has done a masterful job in the past year of marketing a startup without revealing what it is. For months, the buzz grew to such an extent that Bromium even won…
Social Enterprise Gets Gamed with New Bunchball Apps
Bunchball is a company that made a name for itself by applying gamification, the idea that certain interactive components can be used in contexts that extend beyond just gaming, to the social enterprise. Its…
The Wireless Spectrum Crunch Continues
The speedy mobile Internet connections that many US consumers take for granted may be about to hit a serious roadblock. Wireless traffic is pushing the boundaries of the current communications infrastructure, and consumption shows…
Security Expert Bruce Schneier Admonishes Antivirus Industry Over Flame, DuQu, and Stuxnet
By Kyt Dotson
The subject of state-sponsored malware has become a major topic across the cybersecurity media lines, and for good reason: not only has it been caught in the nets of antivirus firms, but we’ve decompiled…
NetApp Better Leverages Flash with ONTAP Update
Today storage vendor NetApp announced the newest release of its widely-used storage OS, Data ONTAP. The update introduces a few major additions to the software with a big emphasis on security and automation. The…
Apple-Motorola Trial Set For Today
Earlier this month, US Judge Richard A. Posner was set on trashing the Apple-Motorola Mobility case regarding patent infringement as neither were able to prove damages resulting from the alleged patent infringement but last…
HOW TO: Find the Best Online Education from Top Universities
In the decade since the explosive growth of the internet, nearly every industry has been affected, including education. Major universities as well as local community colleges now offer a myriad of classes available to…
Hortonworks Co-founder on Leaving Yahoo, Mind-Blowing Innovations in Big Data
In their ongoing coverage of the 2012 Hadoop Summit, John Furrier and Jeff Kelly spoke with Arun Murthy, Hortonworks co-founder about Murthy’s personal experience stepping away from Yahoo!, Hadoop business strategies, technology innovations and…
Swype Keyboard Adds Voice and Handwriting
Today’s mobile news roundup features Nuance’s new keyboard, Comwave’s ePhone, an ex-Googler’s launch of MightyText, and more. Nuance’s new keyboard for smartphones Nuance, the software company that specializes in speech recognition, launched new software allowing…