RIM’s Got Problems but not as Bad as Nokia’s
The stock sentiment and recent performance for Research In Motion is terrible, with the stock retreating back to where it was in early 2009, and before then, in late 2006. At least the stock…
Hackers Binge Eats Latest Victims: ADP, Citibank and More
By Cherr Aira
A few days ago Sony, Amazon, RSA, Nintendo and Android found themselves problem-solving on how their systems were hacked. Today, ADP, Citibank, IMF, Codemasters, Bioware and list goes on—are the latest victims of security…
Personal Cloud Gets Boost from Sony, Facebook. Affects Several Industries.
Sony’s peculiarly labeled subscription multimedia service Qriocity is offering unlimited music to Android, immediately competing with the mobile music service of Google itself. Dubbed as Music Unlimited, it has two monthly subscription models at…
Should LulzSec be Stopped?
LulzSec is keeping people busy all over the interwebs this week and filling up the news with their headline activities. The latest attack was a DDOS takedown of the CIA’s main public web site,…
Dell Streak Goes On Sale in China
I had an opportunity to play with the Dell Streaks recently at the Dell Storage Forum event SiliconANGLE live broadcast from earlier this summer. Very responsive interface as compared to many other Android devices…
Big Data Trends: From SMBs to the Semantic Web
Big data has become a buzzword in the enterprise space, and it looks like the same is happening among midsized companies. While these get much less quantities of data, they can analyze and gain…
HP Converged Storage Sets Stage for “Infrastructure 2.0”
Wikibon CTO David Floyer has posted an extended article examining the significance of HP’s storage announcements at last week’s HP Discover conference for users on the Wikibon site. He sees the overall trend of…
Arts + Labs CREATE Tackles Counterfeiting, Digital Piracy
By Cherr Aira
Piracy is an ongoing problem, despite several measures to crack down. The digital age is a haven for counterfeiters and forgers. But as consumers, we might have, at one point, become participated in some…
IPO Fever Still On: Pandora Hits High Notes Amidst IT Stocks Drop
By Cherr Aira
The IPO dance party is definitely in full swing. This season’s focus suddenly shifted to public offerings with companies like Fusion-io, Groupon and LinkedIn joining the crowd. Personalized internet radio service Pandora just went public, and…
Google Sync Upgrade In Time to Pull Users from iCloud?
Google released three new features and enhancements to the iOS version of its Google Sync app, which lets users connect to their Google account and related cloud services. Google has polished the Android version…