The new system is designed for use in harsh environments, such as military, police, field-service and factory floors.
Google: No More Money For Clearwire
Over the weekend, Sprint and a number of other companies agreed to invest another $1.5 billion into Clearwire, the growing provider of WiMax services. Notably absent on the list of financiers was Google, which has previously given cash to Clearwire.
Despite Security Concerns, Social Networks Soar
Security firm Palo Alto Networks peeked at the application use of more than 200 organizations around the globe, and found social networking growth on corporate networks is on fire. Will security concerns be the extinguisher? Don't count on it.
A Litl Redux
After my Thursday column about the litl, readers pointed my attention to a blog post where the folks at litl (all lowercase) further defended their reasons for its rather top-heavy $700 price point. I went in expecting some real meat for discussion. I came away with a nearly empty plate.
Next For India? Business Analytics
Accenture is adding 8,000 positions to its Indian operations, a move that will push the outsourcer's total headcount on the subcontinent to about 50,000. Many of the new employees will work on business analytics tools. Last week, IBM opened a biz analytics lab in the country. Smell a trend yet?
IDC raises its forecast for microprocessor shipments this year, on strength of Atom-powered netbook sales in China.
iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony.
An elastic data center, based on virtualized resource pools, can scale in response to unpredictable business conditions, HP says.
As thousands of Sun employees face layoffs, the EU ninnies focus on conjuring up an outcome that will make them seem less pathetic than they truly are.
The half-inch laptop steps up the competition with Apple's MacBook Air and other thin-and-light notebooks.
Its 1.8-inch hard disk drives for laptops and netbooks uses 42% less power than 2.5-inch drives operating at a comparable rate, company says.