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iPhone 5: Top 5 Changes To Expect
Apple will reveal the iPhone 5 on October 4. Here are five improvements to expect--plus one more thing.
Kindle Fire: 95,000 Orders On Day One
Amazon's new touch tablet makes an early splash, while Best Buy cuts RIM PlayBook price.
Oracle SuperCluster: Virtualization Under The Hood
Oracle's Sparc SuperCluster is the first to pair Oracle VM Server with the newest Sparc processor, the T-4.
IT Spending: No Longer The First Thing Cut
Fresh data from the Society for Information Management is the latest evidence that IT spending is surviving this is-it-or-isn't-it recovery.
Samsung Intros 7-Inch Tablet; Makes Apple An Offer
Besides launching the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, Samsung also offered a secret proposal to settle Australian patent suits with Apple.
5 Questions For Companies Building Mobile Apps
Apps are the new black; practically every company wants one. But consider these questions before development starts.
RIM Denies Report PlayBook Is Dead
Research In Motion quickly moved to squash an analyst report that it has abandoned its BlackBerry PlayBook business.
8 Reasons SMBs Fail To Back Up Data
Most SMBs still fly by the seat of their pants when it comes to backup and recovery. Here are the common excuses--debunked.
Motorola, Verizon Begin Xoom LTE Upgrade
Good news Xoom owners: Verizon Wireless and Motorola are finally ready to upgrade the Android tablet to Long Term Evolution 4G.
Amazon Kindle Fire: Lingering Questions
Amazon's Kindle Fire cleanly carves out a spot for itself in a crowded tablet market—and leaves enterprise IT with some security to-do items.
Microsoft Seeks Patent For Smartphone Add-Ons
Software giant proposes patent for connecting a smartphone with a keyboard, game controller, extra battery, or even a second mobile handset with another screen.
Amazon Kindle Fire Meets Enterprise: Security Advice
How do you secure these devices, and prevent them from accessing the network, without help from your mobile device management system?
Intel, Samsung Back Linux Foundation's Tizen OS
Android and iOS dominate the mobile operating system market, but that hasn't discourage the creation of a new open source operating system for phones and consumer hardware.
iPhone 5 Demand Surges
Demand for the next-generation iPhone is at an all time high, climbing by 20% in the last two months. according to a new study.
PlayBook Tablet: Retailers Cut Prices, RIM Cuts Hope
Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook can be had for $200 off list price. But engineers have dampened expectations for the tablet's Android capabilities.
Amazon: Kindle Fire Tablet Will Torch iPad
$199 tablet offers seamless connection to e-merchant's massive catalog of online books, videos, songs, and movies.
Samsung, Microsoft Ink Patent Deal
Samsung is paying to use Android, and it's also promising to help Microsoft develop Windows Phone devices.
Surfing Naked At Starbucks
Think public Wi-fi is private? Think again--unless you arm yourself with an encrypting proxy server, anyone can see everything you're doing.
Vivu Brings HD Multiparty Videoconferencing To iPhone, iPad
Startup stakes claim to being the first with such a sophisticated video app for the iPhone.
Verizon Sides With Samsung In Apple Patent Claim
Citing harm to itself and consumers, Verizon comes out in opposition to Apple's suit to ban Samsung devices in the U.S.
Big Data Gets A Closer Look From Riak
Database system adds fine-grained queries of relational systems to NoSQL approach.
1 Million T-Mobile Customers Use Unlocked iPhones
While T-Mobile exec publishes an open letter to customers apologizing for the carrier's lack of the Apple iPhone, customers take matters into own hands.
Samsung Brings Galaxy Tab 8.9 To U.S.
Samsung's slightly smaller tablet goes on sale October 2 for $469 and $569, around $30 less than an Apple iPad.
Time To Update Firefox--Again
In a bid to become a little more enterprise friendly, Mozilla has decelerated its hectic six-week upgrade cycle--but not by much.
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Rolls Out Slowly
Mobile operating system update will be delivered to the phones of current users any time within the next four weeks.
Oracle's Breathless Run To OpenWorld
Oracle's fast, fast, fast server meets a blink-of-an-eye world that can't stop to breathe. But sometimes speed leads to a remarkable discovery.
Mobile Security's Future: 4 Expert Predictions
Security pros weigh in on major trends that will change the way enterprises handle mobile threats, such as separate personal and work spaces on devices and faster patching.
5 Mobile Security Issues To Watch
Enterprises need to give up some control of devices and focus on what matters--securing the data. Stay on top of these 5 mobile security points.
Mobile Metaphor Rules, For Better And Worse
The visually and tactilely immersive iPad experience threatens to make the latest enterprise apps look like yesterday's green screens.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 And Galaxy Player: Visual Tour
Apple lawsuits haven't stopped Samsung from forging ahead with new additions to its lineup of Galaxy devices: the Galaxy Tab 8.9, a scaled-down version of the existing Galaxy Tab; and the Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0 media devices, which are essentially versions of the Galaxy S phones minus the phone components. The Player devices are powered by Android 2.35 ("Gingerbread"), and the Tab by Android 3.1 ("Honeycomb").
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Android Adoption Twice That Of iOS
Google's mobile operating system was running on 56% of phones sold in the past three months, more than all other competitors combined, says a report from Nielson.
Oracle Seeks Sun Revival With Sparc T4 Servers
Next-gen chip is the key to a do or die job for Oracle's hardware business: Regain the confidence of 50,000 Sun customers.
Piston Puts Enterprise Cloud On A Memory Stick
Startup's USB "cloud key" with OpenStack and PentOS plugs into the switch at the top of a server rack, automates configuration.
T-Mobile Introduces Two 4G Android Phones
While T-Mobile awaits word about whether it will be acquired by AT&T, the company is rolling out new HTC and Samsung 4G phones.
NASA Wants Internet Access In Space
As space agency plans to send humans further into space, communications is a key challenge.
How Will Mobile Reshape Online Advertising?
Seeing the mobile wave coming and understanding how to ride it are not the same thing, attendees at the Mobilize conference say.
6 Ways BI Can Improve SMB Budget Planning
Is budget season making your team break into a cold sweat? Consider these ideas for using BI to improve budgeting and forecasting processes.
SAIC Takes On Google With Speech Translation Apps
Using a hybrid of statistical analysis and rule-based techniques, SAIC says it can produce more accurate English, Spanish, and Arabic translations, on the fly. Even on an iPhone.
Samsung Sells 10M Galaxy Phones Despite Apple Lawsuits
Worldwide Galaxy S II Android smartphone shipments have doubled in the past five weeks.
Amazon Tablet Ready For Its Close-Up?
Take a sneak peek at what we know about Amazon's soon-to-be-revealed tablet. Plus, get expert advice for your mobile application strategy.
iPhone 5: What We Don't Know
Contradictory reports on what features the Apple iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) will and won't include continue to fly.
IBM Tops Oracle, HP In Data Center Win
Indian engineering giant Escorts Group opts for Power systems over PA-RISC, Exadata, as part of a technology refresh.
AT&T Set To Release Mango Tuesday
Microsoft's premier partner for Windows Phone will be among the first to push the mobile OS update out to its customers, according to an internal memo.
HP Should Have Looked Inside IBM For CEO
Big Blue has a pool of enterprise-savvy CEOs-in-training. Any one of them would have been a been a more logical choice than Meg Whitman.
Samsung Sues Apple (Again)
Samsung threw four more patent lawsuits at Apple, looking to ban the company from selling iPhones and iPads in The Netherlands.
HP's Whitman Or Leo: It's The Strategy, Stupid
HP seems to be under the impression that it must be larger than life. But now, it must simply execute—and win back the loyalty of enterprise customers.
Is Mobile Device Management Dead?
One argument: If we can build apps that are inherently manageable, then MDM can in effect be subsumed into the apps themselves.
Windows 8 Tablet: Too Little, Too Late?
Gartner warns that Microsoft may be too late to the party when it comes to competing with Apple's iPad and Android-based tablets.
OpenStack Adds Private Cloud-Building Features
Diablo upgrade of cloud open source project adds a service monitoring dashboard, like Amazon's CloudWatch, as well as Active Directory user authentication.
Take Charge Of Your Mobile App Strategy
Most IT shops are outsourcing the actual development of mobile apps. But IT leaders still must set a clear strategy for how they'll develop, deploy, and support these apps.
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