HP Unveils New Desktops Amidst PC Spinoff
Hewlett-Packard shocked the industry when they announced their plan to spin-off their PC business as PC sales continued on a downhill path, but when their HP TouchPad flew off the shelves due to their…
IBM Eyes Government-Fueled Market Opportunities
IBM made two analytics-related acquisitions last week. Both Algorithmics and i2 help IBM further fill-out its business analytics stack, but they also will help IBM exploit two markets whose growth was and continues to…
Big Data and Data Warehousing Fuels IT War
By Val Galin
When Hewlett-Packard announced its $10.3 billion acquisition of software company Autonomy last month, it was already obvious where HP is heading. The Palo Alto, California-based company is dipping its toes in “big data” and…
Men Get More Cyberattacks because they Like Porn
According to the Norton Cybercrime Report from 2011, there are 431 million victims of cybercrime a year, which boils down to 14 victims per second. This means that a person has a 44% higher chance of…
Think Before You Tweet, Lest You Land in Jail…for 30 Years!
By Cherr Aira
Twitter is already becoming an extension of my usually unspoken thoughts. Sometimes my tweets are borne of a sudden gush of emotions. In most cases, I retweet information from those I follow, which I…
5 Executives Who Could Lead Yahoo Next
By Klint Finley
The top job at Yahoo is up for grabs. Yesterday Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz confirmed reports that she has been fired by the board of Yahoo. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD reports that Yahoo is…
DROID Bionic, HTC Amaze Prepare for Fall Showdown
By Maria Pila
Motorola has officially announced that its 4G LTE-equipped DROID Bionic will be available from Verizon Wireless starting September 8. It will set you back $299.99 with a two-year customer agreement. This power-packed Android phone…
Making AOL Look Foolish: Arrington Continues to Post Despite Losing Techcrunch Job
By Tom Foremski
SVW was the first to point out that Mike Arrington lost his job at Techcrunch over his insistence to be an investor in his beat companies. Arrington Replaced At Techcrunch As AOL Seeks To…
Larry vs. Larry: the Oracle-Google Saga Nears Trial
Their story began August of last year when Oracle filed an infringement lawsuit against Google as they believe that the Android platform illegally used their Java patents. Over the past few months, the case…
Video Games Transforming Education: Infographic
Gone are the days when parents and teachers tell kids that video games are detrimental to a person’s well-being. Video games are transforming the way children learn, equipping them with flexible and adaptive skills…