iOS Apps Rule, but Mobile Apps Aren’t All That
The growing app market on iOS has shot up again, headed by connected devices like the iPad and iPhone. There is no denying that downloads are unstoppable, as people take on any available…
Juniper Networks Gains New Partner, Reshuffles Top Execs
With Juniper Networks benefiting from the news of their $17 million funding of Contendo, as well as the recent partnership with OnLive, Inc., the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video games and applications, it seems as…
HP Explores the Realms of Vendor Solutions
By Cherr Aira
The open-stack cloud is riding a train that it hopes to be success-bound. With cloud computing altering the course of the corporate landscape, with open source standards as the anchor of these changes, businesses are now…
Video Chat Summer Revival Inspired by Social, Mobile Tech
Video chat is seeing a big boom again, with social networks and mobile technology driving new points of integration for established services. Skype, Google, Facebook and AOL are gaining new opportunities to extend video…
Apple Officially Wins Nortel Patent. Antitrust Suit from Google to Follow?
2011 seems to be the ‘Year of Acquisitions’ as more and more companies are acquiring startups, bankrupt firms or established players in the industry. This level of consolidation has spread across industries, leaving companies…
AntiSec Breaks into FBI-Affiliated IRC Federal, Defaces Website, Leaks Documents
The latest casualty in the string of cyber breaches is IRC Federal, an engineering contractor that works for federal agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The offenses involve theft of sensitive internal documents…
Cisco is Ready to Battle, But at Whose Expense?
Cisco may be getting the thumbs up on their Cius Tablet with their AppHQ and the recently unveiled Lexmark’s Mobile Print Application, which will enable easy-to-use mobile printing, but that can’t overshadow the fact that…
Department of Justice: Should the Government Compel People to Decrypt their Data?
By Kyt Dotson
In the digital era, access to files and sensitive data—especially that stored in the cloud—means that there’s always eyeballs on our information. As a result, a multitude of different storage techniques to protect our…
Hulu’s Up for Grabs, but Netflix Ain’t Buying
The sale of Hulu, the popular video streaming service currently being auctioned off by owners News Corp, Walt Disney, and Comcast’s NBCUniversal, is entering the next stage, but trouble is in the air. The…
Microsoft and Nokia Strengthen Ties, but is it Good for Business?
Microsoft and Nokia have struck a multi-billion dollar partnership to develop a line-up of Nokia-built devices powered by Windows Phone 7. Both of the companies have been struggling to keep up with the competition…