RIM Fesses Up to Boring Anti-Apple Camapaign
News regarding the Wake Up campaign involving a flash mob protest in front of Apple Store in Australia, a teaser page with a timer, posters, billboards, the words “Wake Up” at the bottom of…
Will Motorola Win a $4 Billion Annual Stake in Microsoft?
Google is facing a fair share of legal trouble, a big portion coming from the Oracle case that’s been heating up recently. Microsoft in turn is being pursued by Motorola over alleged patent infringement,…
Training Software for the Increasingly Complex World of IT
In a recent MarketScape report, IDC reported that 80 percent of IT managers believe effective training is critical to the success of a project. At the same time, nearly a third of IT budgets…
Angry Birds Still Rules As Draw Something Fades Into the Background
A recent study done by Lightspeed Research concluded that smartphone users are more likely to use their device for fun then tablet users, citing that 73% of smartphone users access social sites via mobile…
Scalify Raises $2 Million for Peer-to-Peer Cloud-Gaming Networking
By Kyt Dotson
Melbourne-based gaming start-up Scalify is looking to amplify their efforts to bring peer-to-peer networking to the gaming community after an infusion of $2 million in investment from Starfish Ventures. According to an article in…
Malware on Android for the First Time Poses Threat to Corporate Networks
By Saroj Kar
Trojans and malware on Android are a constantly recurring theme. While some argue that there is no real threat at all, others feel that preventive measures are needed to safeguard their mobile devices. Now,…
Dell Announces A Linux Laptop Designed for Developers
By Klint Finley
A few years ago Dell began offering the Ubuntu distribution of Linux on its desktops and laptaps, but quietly dropped the option from its online store in 2010 (though it’s still possible to order…
Video Game Uses the Crowd-Sourced Gaming to Help Doctors Diagnose Malaria
By Kyt Dotson
Researchers at the University of California are seeking to make gamers the next line of defense in the fight against malaria via a free Internet-based pattern recognition game that has players play “pick the…
Oracle vs Google is Much Bigger than Android APIs
Oracle, which acquired Sun in 2010, is waging patent warfare against Google. The claim is that Android illegally makes (and now apparently no longer does) use of several Java patents, and because of that…
Google Faces Antitrust Probe in India, Invests Heavily in Online Content and Broadcasts
While Google waits for the jury to come up with a unanimous decision in the copyright phase of the Google-Oracle trial, they’ve been busy with other matters as well, facing an antitrust probe in…