IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has found new leadership for its Autonomy information management software division in the form of Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns, HP announced Friday. Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch left the ...
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If planned technical sessions are any indication, Oracle will remain undaunted in intentions to champion both the low-profile JavaFX rich client platform and the notion of Java on Apple's iOS devices, where Java has been stymied. These ...
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Advanced Micro Devices is looking to speed up the delivery of virtual desktops through servers with its latest FirePro S9000 and S7000 graphics cards, which the company started shipping on Monday. The FirePro S9000 server graphics card ...
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UK-On Sunday 8th July 2012,Battersea Power Station changed colour from red to green as it hosted 2,000 people attending the Nike+FuelFest-a huge party rewarding the most active everyday athletes who have taken part in Nike events so far ...
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Amazon is adding a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing capability to its S3 Simple Storage Service, allowing developers to more easily build web applications that access data stored in the company's cloud. Developers can now implement ...
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Intel will make a major mobile push at the Intel Developer Forum next week as the company tries to remain relevant in a market where tablets and smartphones are becoming an alternative to PCs for everyday computing. Intel is at a critical ...
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Microsoft today released an emergency patch for Internet Explorer (IE) to stymie active attacks that have been exploiting a bug in the browser, finishing a job it started only Monday. "Let's call it five days from advisory to patch," said ...
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MicroStrategy is adding an Express option for potential users of its cloud-based BI (business intelligence) service, the company announced Tuesday. The Express edition, now in beta, is a move up from MicroStrategy Cloud's Personal ...
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BlackBerry 10 smartphones, delayed until early 2013, will have the "best browsers in the industry" and will come in touchscreen-only models as well as those with traditional physical keyboards, a Research In Motion executive said Thursday. ...
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Have you noticed that it's just not cool to be in the PC business these days? Granted, it's been no secret that the PC industry has been taking it on the chin for more than a year. With a down economy and people excited about new, smaller ...
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Windows malware slipped past Apple's eye and has been found tucked into software available on the company's iOS App Store. Although the malware, labeled a worm by Microsoft and tagged as "Win32/VB.CB" by the company, is ineffective ...
As we've seen in recent years, natural disasters can lead to long-term downtime for organizations. Because earthquakes, hurricanes, snow storms or other events can put data centers and other corporate facilities out of commission for a ...
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To generate interest from developers, Akiban Technologies has released as open source its flagship database software, called Akiban Server. The company also released a connector for replicating a MySQL database within Akiban, and forged a ...
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For its most recent financial quarter, IBM experienced a drop-off in revenue, though it was able to maintain profit growth. For the second quarter, IBM generated US$25.8 billion in revenue, down 3 percent from the second quarter of 2011. ...
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With an eye for better serving big data projects, Oracle and partner Fujitsu have commenced building the next generation of Sparc64 processors, in a project called Athena. The new design will feature a number of new features, including a ...
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