OpenStack Wins Big at Oscon 2011
By Cherr Aira
The open source cloud is a topic that has been the focus of many debates, especially when we touch on the idea of freedom and the extent of what openness is. But, while uncertainty looms…
By Cherr Aira
Is Groupon a Copycat? The Daily Deals Cat Fight over Creativity
By Saroj Kar
Two of the biggest names in daily deals, Groupon and LivingSocial, are labeled as the fastest growing companies in the market. Groupon recently filed for an IPO and LivingSocial is following suit, soon to…
Get High on Open Source Clouds, from Dell to Microsoft
There have been a lot of open-source cloud updates this week, both from large players such as Dell and Microsoft, to smaller startups that just emerged out of funding rounds. The first highlight comes…
Gingerbread’s Sluggish Roll Out: Fragmentation for All!
Android 2.3 a.k.a. Gingerbread is an Android platform released by Google in December 2010, but the newer OS version hasn’t been integrated into many smartphones until recently. The platform features enhancements for game development,…
ITC Sides with Samsung, Agrees To Appeal Case Against Apple
Here’s a recap: Apple sued Samsung for patent infringement on its device design, so Samsung retaliated by hitting Apple back with infringement suits as well. But the two companies are still in business,…
EMC Layout on Compromised RSA Amounted to $66 Million
EMC earning call Tuesday reveals that the company layout amounted to $66 million in the second quarter because of the cyber attach to its RSA Security Division. The cash was spent on transaction monitoring…
How Do-Not-Track is Like Inconceivable
By jimharper
Do-Not-Track is not inconceivable itself. It’s like the word “inconceivable” in the movie The Princess Bride. I do not think it means what people think it means—how it is meant to work and how…
HP Head’s Push May be what the Company Needs, Though Investors Remain Doubtful
Hewlett-Packard chairman and venture capitalist Ray Lane sat down for an interview with Reuters, and discussed how chief executive Leo Apotheker’s push into the cloud may be just what’s needed to “return the former…
Did LulzSec Trick Scotland Yard into Arresting the Wrong “Topiary”?
By Kyt Dotson
Yesterday, the London Metropolitan Police reported that they had nabbed the infamous hacker Topiary, famed spokesperson for the hacker group Lulz Security. However, today, rumors and allegations are floating up to the surface that…
Amazon Partners with NBCUniversal, Closing in on Netflix Streaming
After releasing their second quarter report, which was lower than expected but said to be due to their continued expansion, and subsequently announcing their CBS deal that puts them closer in competition with Netflix,…