EMC CEO Joe Tucci Stepping Down this Year
This past week or so has been particularly interesting for top level executives, considering that the chiefs of two of the biggest IT firms in the world have been replaced. Joe Tucci, the CEO…
Metrofying the Desktop
As Microsoft moves forward, one of their key rallying-cries has become the adoption of a ‘Metro style’ on all of their various properties. We saw the early roots of this in Windows Media Center and Zune.…
Could Whitman’s Entrée Be A Good Sign for HP Itanium? Users Hope So
By Cherr Aira
Whether or not he was properly informed, Leo Apotheker will no longer celebrate his Hewlett-Packard anniversary. The 11-month stint of the newly evicted HP CEO was filled with highs, lows and loads of drama.…
Cloudera Integrates Hadoop Distro with R Analytics
Cloudera picked up a new partner today, adding Revolution Analytics to its growing ecosystem. Revolution a startup that came out of stealth in May of last year, developing solutions based on the open R…
uTorrent Brings Speedy Content Sync to Mobile and Personal Cloud
By Cherr Aira
Slowly dwindling are the days when peer-to-peer or P2P technology is easily painted as just serving piracy–at least when it comes to constant smear campaigns against the technology by the media industry. Today, it…
Apple and Dropbox Join Hands for Electronic Privacy
By Saroj Kar
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has frequently attacked Apple for the App Store, mobile usage, and its closed nature of the ecosystem. The largest company in the world by market capitalization and the non-profit…
Zynga, Google+ Double Up Game Deals with CityVille Launch
Once upon a time life’s essentials were just food, water, air, clothing and shelter. But these days a connected device and an internet connection are also deemed essential. This is why more companies…
Tumblr Raises $85M Amidst Blog Industry Shift
Blogging can be seen as an extension of a person’s being–a place to see the other side of a person. I have a friend who seems so bubbly and perky when we hang out…
Netflix, Amazon Add New Content Partners
A comScore study reveals that video is still on top of online consumables in the US. Over 180 million Americans watched online videos in August with an average of 18 hours per viewer and…
Samsung Galaxy S II Hits 10M Sales: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Korean-based Samsung proudly announced that its Galaxy S II already hit 10 million channel sales despite it being launched just last April. In July, the company announced 5 million units even though it only…