Big Data and the Cloud: Why HP and Dell are Fighting Over 3PAR
HP today submitted a proposal to 3PAR to acquire the company for $24 a share, a 33% premium over the offer Dell made last week. This puts the value of 3PAR at nearly $1.6B…
First-hand Exposure with Google Summer of Code 2010
Google Summer of Code invites qualified student-developers to submit an elaborated software-coding idea they want to develop. This is reviewed by participating mentoring organizations and the eligible ones are given the chance to develop…
Double Appolicious Launch Reveals Need for Social App Resources
By Kyt Dotson
Appolicious already provides resources for iPhone and iPad users to discover apps for those platforms have decided to diversify further into the app market by adding the Android and Yahoo! platforms. They write over…
Where are the Live Tiles for the Windows desktop?
When you look at the icons that many of us have littered around our desktop there is no denying that other than being program launching points they are pretty useless. In fact I dislike…
Facebook Places Gets Gaming with Hot Potato Acquisition
Facebook continues its quest for better location based services. First, Facebook Places and now, the acquisition of Hot Potato. There were speculations about Facebook’s interest in acquiring the location based service. However, the news…
Thought for the Day as VMWorld Approaches [Inception Explained]
Not just a salient observation about movie-watching, but a good thing to remember as an IT professional! [source] Join us at VMWorld with #theCube.
HP Outbids Dell, Offers 3PAR $1.6 Billion
Just a week after Dell announced its plans to acquire data-storage company 3PAR, rival Hewlett-Packard has made a competing bid. HP is offering $24 per share, 33 percent higher than Dell’s bid, giving 3PAR…
Why Intel-McAfee Acquisition is Good for Mobile Security
Intel's purchase of McAfee promises hardware-level security for mobile devices -- and I hope Windows computers -- in the near future. Does it also signal a buying spree by competing chip makers looking for…
Nimbula Fluffs Up with Another $15 million
Cloud computing is taking a major chunk of over all investments in the computing field. The most recent example is that of Nimbula. The company announced securing further investments, an amount of $15 million,…
Federated Media Acquires TextDigger, Musgrove Named Chief Scientist
Federated Media has announced its acquisition of the core technology behind TextDigger, a search engine startup. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Launched as a project at a CNET incubator, TextDigger’s profiling…