The Data Leakage Roundup: Is Your Info Safe for 2011?
Honda and Mozilla are two more occurrances in a string of data breaches going down lately. Privacy, as Facebook knows all too well by now, is a very heated issue, and the same is now…
Groupon Secures $500M as Critics Nod the $6B Google Rejection
By Cherr Aira
Following the rejection of what could be Google’s biggest acquisition in history, Groupon has raised up to $500 million of the $950 million target funding round by selling an equity stake. Of the total,…
VMware and Intel SAP Platform: A Case Study
A recent case study gives us a closer look at some big name cloud computing vendors, including VMware and Intel. It’s available at Business Solutions details Nashville, Tennessee-based Southwestern /Great American’s utilization of WMware and…
Be on the Lookout: Sophisticated Trojan Infects Android
By Cherr Aira
Leading cloud-based smartphone security, Lookout unleashes the new facade of a more refined and sophisticated class of Trojan virus that is targeting Androids. Now called “Geinimi”, this Trojan can severely affect and compromise your…
Quora is Different from Aardvark (and other answers services).
In case you missed it, Quora is really hot right now. I got an invite to Quora a while back. I can’t remember if John Furrier invited me, or if I had been on…
Skype Launches Video Calls on the iPhone, Competes with Apple’s Facetime
Skype has expanded its video call offerings from PC and Mac to the iPhone as well.
Company Profile: "The SiliconANGLE" on Fusion-io
By John Furrier
Fusion-io is one of those companies that comes around just once in a while that transforms the data center. I love this company. Why? Fusion-io has some of the smartest people in tech, their…
Hurry Up Microsoft, It’s Make or Break Time For The Zune
I don’t own a portable media player, but I do know that when I have thought about saving up some money to get. one I have wanted to get my hands on Microsoft’s Zune…
iPad Losses Ground in Online Publication
According to a recent report released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, publishers distributing digital issues have seen a significant year-end drop in sales of iPad editions. Vanity Fair sold only 8,700 digital issues…
Windows Phone 7 Gains Traction With Its Mobile App Store
Today, the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace was tracking 5,099 apps according to statistics from WP7 applist giving it a good start for a relatively new mobile platform. It’s still low compared to Apple’s 300k,…