Article | May 22, 2012 - 4:38pm
Google has officially completed its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. The deal is the biggest acquisition for both companies and Google's transition from a search-and-software company to a consumer gadgets maker.
This action comes just days after the companies gained approval for the purchase from the Chinese government and one day after the Commission's Vice President, Joaquin Almunia, gave Google a chance to solve their manipulation problems.
Article | May 16, 2012 - 11:39am
Apple has decided to offer a lower-price for its MacBook Air, in order to compete with PC manufacturers selling inexpensive Windows ultrabooks this year.
This new computer will be released during the third quarter of this year, with a price of $799 (€749) Currently, Apple's entry-level notebook starts at $999 for the 11-inch model, what means a reducton of $200.
Article | May 14, 2012 - 4:58pm
The pirate Bay, the Swedish website that hosts magnet links to movies, music and games, has condemned the DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack perpetrated by Anonymous.
“We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internet, where anyone can express their views. Even if we strongly disagree with them and even if they hate us”, a Facebook post on The Pirate Bay's profile said.
Article | May 14, 2012 - 12:56pm
Yahoo has announced CEO's Scott Thompson resignation, after the scandal involving his credentials for the position.
The Board of Directors has named Fred Amoroso as Chairman of the Board and Ross Levinsohn as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Thompson declared in his resume that he graduated with a degree in accounting and computer science in 1978 from Stonehill College. Besides, the school did not offer a computer science degree until 1983, five years after Thompson graduated.
Article | May 7, 2012 - 12:01pm
The South Korean firm, LG Electronics, plans to launch internet-enabled TV based on Google's platform in the United States in two weeks, a senior LG executive said on 7 May.
This big step comes after the giant decided to get into the cloud computing last week. The move also reflects an aggressive push to defend against the potential from Apple, which expects to unveil a full-fledged TV product later this year.
Article | May 7, 2012 - 11:28am
Cloud computing or “the cloud” as it is known, has become big news over the last year or so. But, despite all the references published on media, there are still some doubts of its security and benefits.
First of all, we should know that cloud computing is a metaphor to describe the internet. Users can access to all the computing services offered by different suppliers in the cloud, depending on their requirements. The information is stored permanently on internet servers, and is sent to client’s caches, such as desktops, laptops or mobiles.
Article | May 6, 2012 - 11:23pm
Article | May 2, 2012 - 1:33pm
The emoticons are old fashioned and that's one of Skype's new marketing campaign messages.
Article | April 30, 2012 - 1:13pm
LG, the South Korean technical giant, is set to branch into the cloud computing market with the beta version of the LG Cloud on 1 May.
This new service will allow users to upload their content to the company’s servers and stream it to all of their devices. They will have access to heir stored photos and videos on smartphones, PCs, smart TVs, and set-top boxes.
Article | April 25, 2012 - 1:31pm
Google’s online storage service, Google Drive, is finally out with the expected 5 gigabytes of free storage.
According to Google, this memory users can make this capacity bigger. For 25 GB, they have to pay $2.49 per month; for 100GB, $4.99 per month; or even 1TB for $49.99 per month. Companies can increase the memory in a maximum of 16TB.
Google Drive has launched to compete directly with other storage services in the “cloud” computing. Dropbox, SkyDrive and Box are leading the market at this moment.
Article | April 17, 2012 - 12:25pm
Cloud computing is getting bigger as time goes by, and technology is changing our daily lives. The next big IT goal is healthcare computing, which is expected to grow in the coming years, but not only in developed countries. It also has big potential in the EU.
The global economic recession has made major suppliers of technology less interested about investing in developed countries. Funds for healthcare development in Europe are decreasing, and emerging economies in Asia-Pacific are seen as more attractive markets than European countries or the US.
Article | April 17, 2012 - 1:48pm
According to a Chinese web portal, NetEase, Apple plans to launch a mini iPad to compete with Windows 8-based tablet.
This new device is going on sale later this year.
The blog also says the smaller Apple tablet could range in price from $249 to $299, with six million devices ready to launch.
The latest reports follow on from an article published in The Korea Times a few weeks ago which claimed Samsung had started providing Apple with new LCD technology for smaller iPads.
Article | April 16, 2012 - 4:33pm
Transparency and Internet freedom is being threatened by the rise of Facebook and government attempts to control access, according to Sergey Birn, co-founder of Google.
In an interview with UK newspaper The Guardian, he said the principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are facing their greatest ever threat. He blames Apple and, overall, Facebook of attempting to erode web freedoms.
Article | April 8, 2012 - 8:57pm
Hundreds of former Nokia employees at the consultancy firm Accenture have left the company and claimed severance packages. Accenture has offered the packages to workers who were only outsourced by Nokia last autumn.
Article | April 6, 2012 - 12:48am
The Chinese government is trying to fix government web sites after they were attacked by international hacking group 'Anonymous'.
The Chinese government is trying to fix government web sites after they were attacked by international hacking group 'Anonymous'.
In a message posted on one of the hacked Chinese sites, the hackers expressed anger against the Chinese government for restrictions placed on the internet.
Article | April 1, 2012 - 8:08pm
In order to develop and accelerate new onsite and private cloud solutions aimed at the professional market, the leading Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom concluded a partnership with VCE, a leading provider of converged infrastructure solutions
In order to develop and accelerate new onsite and private cloud solutions aimed at the professional market, the leading Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom concluded a partnership with VCE, a leading provider of converged infrastructure solutions. VCE, formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, accelerates the adoption of virtualization and cloud-based computing models that simplify IT and dramatically reduce costs while improving time to market for customers.
