Computer News

June 10, 2011

EMC's Eyes 'Big Data' Analysis Buys

(Bloomberg) EMC Corp. may spend about $3 billion on acquisitions this year, keeping pace with last year's tally, to add businesses that can help corporate ...

June 8, 2011

Can the FT Help Publishers Quit Their Apple Addiction?

Ever since the iPhone and iPad arrived, publishers have spent millions building dedicated software to try to cash in on the app boom. Everyone who was ...

June 7, 2011

Virtual Shopping in 3D

Linda Smith walked on stage at the Spring 2011 Demo Conference in Palm Desert, Calif., on Feb. 28 and tried on clothes. Looking at herself in an interactive mirror, ...

May 17, 2011

HP CEO Expects 'Tough Third Quarter,' Memo Says

(Bloomberg) Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Léo Apotheker told top executives that he's bracing for "another tough quarter" in the July period and ...

May 5, 2011

Here's Spotify's Master Plan: Tackle iTunes Head-On

A couple of weeks ago Spotify, the European music streaming startup, came in for sharp criticism when it made the decision to place tight limits on the music you could...

May 2, 2011

Quincy Cashes in on the Cloud

Inside a white metal fence laced with barbed wire on the outskirts of Quincy, in central Washington state, a construction crew maneuvers excavators that scoop up giant...

May 2, 2011

Digital Realty Gains on Data-Center Frenzy

Digital Realty Trust (DLR), the largest provider of data-center real estate, has almost tripled on the New York Stock Exchange since late 2008, amid a server-farm ...

May 1, 2011

It's Time to Realize Our Location Concerns Aren't Dumb

Steve Jobs (AAPL) may have tried to bat away concerns over the iPhone's location data collection, but if you ever need a reminder why holding such information is ...

April 25, 2011

With $25 Android App Giveaway, Amazon Shows Larger Ambitions

Amazon.com (AMZN) is giving new Verizon Android customers who buy a phone on AmazonWireless $25 worth of credits for apps in its Amazon Appstore. The promotion ends on...

April 19, 2011

Tablet Market May Surge to $49 Billion

Apple (AAPL) and other electronics makers will generate $49 billion in sales of tablet computers by 2015, amid booming demand for devices that bridge the gap between ...

April 7, 2011

Cisco: What Went Wrong and What Needs to Be Fixed

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is in trouble. It screwed up and John Chambers acknowledged as much in his memo to employees Monday, Apr.4, which was later published on the ...

April 4, 2011

The Games Companies Play

Siemens (SI) is pinning high hopes on Pete. A cheery fellow, Pete wears a yellow hard hat with his name emblazoned across the front. He's polite and eager to lend a ...

April 4, 2011

How Mattel Can Get Into Your Head

Mattel (MAT) plans to release a game called Mindflex Duel in August, which will let players move a ball through an obstacle course, using only the power of their ...

March 31, 2011

Ingenico Said Seeking Hypercom's U.S. Assets

(Bloomberg) Ingenico, a French maker of payment terminals, is in discussions to buy the U.S. assets of Hypercom Corp., giving it a bigger foothold in North ...

March 31, 2011

Microsoft Wins Over Developers

Microsoft (MSFT) has delivered 1.5 million downloads of a tool kit to make applications for Windows Phone 7, a sign the operating system may be winning over developers...

March 29, 2011

A Virtual Fix for 'Broken' Gift-Card Business

Megan Kendrick, an editor in Phoenix, just discovered 12 plastic gift cards stashed in a drawer, dating as far back as 2003. The unspent balance topped $500. "I didn't...

March 24, 2011

Google Holds Honeycomb Tight

In the great mobile-device wars, Google (GOOG) has portrayed itself as the open-source crusader doing battle against the leaders in proprietary software—Apple ...

March 22, 2011

Will Pricing, Flash Sell RIM's PlayBook?

Research In Motion's (RIMM) PlayBook, a 7-inch tablet with Wi-Fi connectivity, arrives on Apr. 19 and as of Mar. 22 can be pre-ordered through Best Buy (BBY) in the ...

March 15, 2011

Apotheker Pushes HP into Cloud, Software

(Bloomberg) Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Officer Léo Apotheker, announcing his strategy for the first time since taking the helm, plans a deeper push ...

March 4, 2011

The Dream of Mobile Content Delivered via HQME

The fears that video will crush cell phone networks as people casually scan YouTube clips on the street or stream Netflix (NFLX) movies from their iPads is forcing ...

March 3, 2011

Google's Android Spurs More App Jobs Than iPhone

Software engineers skilled in making applications for Google's (GOOG) Android mobile-operating system this week became more sought-after than developers for Apple's ...

February 28, 2011

After the iPhone, Connected Devices Emerge as AT&T's Savior

AT&T (T) is going to start selling Kindles in its stores, it said Monday, Feb. 28. Verizon sells iPads at its retail locations. T-Mobile and Sprint (S) are hawking ...

February 25, 2011

Four Signs of Honeycomb's Rush to Compete With Apple's iPad

Now that the Motorola (MMI) Xoom is available, the first of many Google (GOOG) Honeycomb tablets is poised to battle Apple's (AAPL) iPad for consumer dollars and ...

February 18, 2011

What Honeycomb Means for Apple and Microsoft

Overall tablet sales for 2011 are estimated in the tens of millions, and many of those new units will run Google's tablet-specific mobile platform, Honeycomb. Though a...

February 14, 2011

Remembering Ken Olsen, a Computer Industry Pioneer

One of my first jobs was with Digital Equipment Corp. It was there I met its founder Ken Olsen, who died on Feb. 6. He was 84. Olsen reminded me of a cross between Ed ...

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