For Dell's Streak, price and design will be crucial
Dell announced it will ship its 5-inch Streak tablet this Friday for $300 with a two-year AT&T contract. The 5-inch Streak tablet fits in a somewhat untested product category between a smartphone and tablet.
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Is Google itching for a face-off with Facebook?
It looks like Google may be looking for a new online fight.
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Researchers discover first malware to target Google's Android
Researchers at Russian security company Kaspersky Lab say they've discovered the first malware program to target Google's Android mobile operating system.
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Linux Foundation provides help with open source compliance
Organizations that are interested in using open source in their own products but are wary of intellectual property issues might want to examine a new, mostly free, assistance program just launched by the non-profit Linux Foundation.
The Open Compliance Program includes an assessment checklist, training programs, and software tools to monitor open source software usage.
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Toshiba Wipe feature prevents data from getting stolen
Toshiba on Tuesday introduced a new hard drive feature that can wipe out data after the storage devices are powered down.
The Wipe feature in Toshiba's SED (Self-Encrypting Drives) will allow for deletion of secure data prior to disposing or repurposing hard drives, Toshiba said in a statement. This feature prevents secure data from getting lost or stolen.
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Browsers' private modes leak info, say researchers
Browsing in "private mode" isn't as private as users think, a researcher said today.
"There are some traces left behind [by all browsers] that could reveal some of the sites that you've been to," said Collin Jackson, an assistant research professor at the Silicon Valley campus of Carnegie Mellon University. Jackson, along with three colleagues from Stanford University, will present their findings later today at the Usenix Security Symposium in Washington, D.C.
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Oracle provides ambitious five-year plan for Sparc
Oracle has sketched out a five-year road map for Sun's Sparc-based servers, hoping to reassure customers about the future of the platform and reverse a pattern of declining sales.
John Fowler, the former Sun executive who runs Oracle's systems business, laid out the plans in a webcast from Oracle's headquarters Tuesday morning. In an interview beforehand, he also confirmed reports that Oracle has stopped designing x86-based servers with chips from AMD and has standardized on Intel processors.
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AT&T, Verizon build growth with non-phone data connections
The biggest U.S. mobile operators are setting up more new data connections to devices such as the iPad and machine-to-machine networks than to traditional phones, an industry consultant said Tuesday.
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Teradata buys analytics vendor Kickfire
Data warehousing vendor Teradata has quietly scooped up Kickfire, a startup analytic appliance vendor known for its use of the open-source MySQL database and a SQL processing chip to boost query performance.
Rumors of Kickfire's demise as an independent company had been circulating for weeks. Teradata's move came to light during the vendor's earnings conference call last week.
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Dell's Streak tablet coming August 12
After delays, Dell will start to ship the highly anticipated Streak mobile Internet device to customers in the U.S. this week.
On Tuesday, Dell said it will begin shipping the product on Aug. 12 to select customers, and make it widely available on Friday.
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Motorola: iPhone on Verizon is an opportunity for us
The head of Motorola's mobile-phone business said he sees opportunity for his company when the iPhone comes to additional carriers in the U.S.
"I'm comfortable with the dynamic that would create," Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola and CEO of Motorola's Mobility group, said of speculation that Verizon may soon get to sell the iPhone. The iPhone has been exclusive to AT&T in the U.S. since it launched in 2007 but constant rumors have the phone coming to Verizon.
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Droid 2: Pre-sale tomorrow, in Verizon stores Thursday
The Motorola Droid 2 smartphone Verizon Wireless announced the pre-sale of the Motorola Droid 2 smartphone online starting tomorrow, with in-store sales on Thursday. The Droid 2 sells for $200 after rebate and a two-year contract for voice and data.
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HP and Sybase create DIY BI blueprints
Hoping to undercut the prices of BI (business intelligence) appliances offered by other vendors, Sybase and Hewlett-Packard have posted a reference architecture for building a BI system that could cost significantly less than most pre-packaged BI appliances, the companies claim.
"We see customers are struggling with implementing [BI] solutions," said Dan Lahl, Sybase's senior director of product marketing. As a result, pre-packaged BI appliances, such as those offered by Netezza, Oracle and Teradata, have generated interest in the market.
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