HP Sets Sights on Software Securities Industry, Fulfills Old Acquisition
With the launch ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) 11, HP hinted players of its seriousness in building a stronghold in the software industry.
Yammer Raises $25 million More from Investors
By Kyt Dotson
According to Peter Kafka at All Things D, Yammer—the Twitter for work—is looking at a rising sun this investment cycle, Chatting at work is serious business for Yammer. The two-year-old start-up has raised a…
Kinect as a Nintendo controller on the PC
I know Steven has been posting a lot of “Kinect hack” videos but I couldn’t resist posting this one which shows Kinect controlling a Nintendo emulator on the PC. Of course, being a…
Mobclix Visualizes the Android Marketplace
By Kyt Dotson
Mobclix has just released their index and an infographic to go along with it. After an extensive survey of Android owners (1,025) across the Mobclix Exchange in October, they’ve come up with these stats…
Gilt Groupe Spin Off Appeals to Manly Pride
An innovative e-commerce company offering highly coveted products and experiences at insider prices, Gilt Groupe has strayed from the exclusivity of offering items for women when it today announced a branch out to a…
EU Launches (Another) Antitrust Probe into Google
By Kyt Dotson
The word juggernaut still does an excellent job of encompassing Google’s capability in the information and search markets. They have been a powerful force in the Internet industry and for all appearances will continue…
InfiniBand Market Consolidation: Mellanox Buys Voltaire
Today, Mellanox announced plans to buy Voltaire for $218M. This is not a surprising move – Voltaire was a customer of Mellanox InfiniBand silicon yet the two companies often were competing head-to-head in the…
Buy a Purple Cow on Zynga, now Accepting Amex
American Express, a global services company, and Zynga, the world's largest social game developer with popular games on Facebook, today announced a strategic partnership allowing customers to redeem limited edition virtual goods, in addition…
New Media Minute: Online Video Looks Suspiciously like TV
Online video ad management firm Freewheel has found that the number of ads that run in the middle of online video shows has increased by 8 times from the start of the year. This…
Level 3 outbid Akamai on Netflix by reselling stolen bandwidth
By George Ou
Level 3 communications raised a lot of eyebrows earlier this month when it outbid rival Content Delivery Network (CDN) provider Akamai to deliver Netflix content to large parts of the United States. The announcement…