SAP plans cloud version of HANA
SAP plans to offer a version of its HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) software that will allow customers to upload data to the vendor's own cloud setup for processing, rather than deploy related infrastructure in-house, a senior executive of the company said.
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Android violates Linux license, experts claim
Google's Android mobile operating system's usage of the Linux kernel may violate open source licensing with a misappropriation of Linux code that could bring about the "collapse of the Android ecosystem," some intellectual property experts are charging.
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Dell ships laptops with Intel's latest Sandy Bridge chips
Dell on Thursday started shipping new Inspiron and Vostro laptops powered by Intel's latest Sandy Bridge processors with prices starting at $499.
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Android 50 percent faster than iPhone 4 in loading Web pages
The latest Android smartphone loaded Web pages 52 percent faster than iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3, according to thousands of independent field tests released today by Blaze Software.
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Mozilla to release Firefox 4 on Tuesday
Mozilla on Wednesday announced it would ship the final version of Firefox 4 on March 22. The upgrade will be available for downloading at approximately 7:00 a.m. PT next Tuesday.
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Symantec preps end-to-end cloud management software
Symantec plans to release a full refresh of its Storage Foundation and Veritas Operations Manager software, which will include features allowing end-to-end management of private cloud infrastructures. Symantec representatives met with Computerworld this week to offer an early preview of the products. Veritas Operations Manager (VOM) 4.0 is due out in May; Storage Foundation 6.0 is planned for release in the second half of the year.
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Nearly half of PCs, notebooks to ship with graphics processors this year
Half the notebook computers and a growing number of desktops shipped in 2011 will run on graphics-enabled microprocessors as designers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) increase competition for the units that raise multimedia speeds without add-ons, market research firm IHS iSuppli said.
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Oracle: Don't count out Java in the mobile space
Java may be seem like it is off the radar screen these days when it comes to smartphones and tablets, with platforms such as Apple's iOS and Google's Android clearly dominating the headlines. But don't count Java out on newfangled small form-factor devices, an Oracle official said.
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InfoWorld releases user agent tool for mobile Web developers
As more mobile devices come into the market, it's harder for website developers to enure their Web pages are presenting optimally to those devices. The challenge is getting even more difficult as the onslaught of Android tablets begins, since each tablet maker controls how the devices self-identify. In most cases, Web developers who detect that an Android device is on their site aren't checking to see what kind of Android devices they are, and so are often shunting Android tablet users to pages designed for the smaller screens of smartphones.
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Symantec's Salem: Cloud was game-changer for us
For Symantec CEO Enrique Salem, the three critical issues facing IT leaders today -- and the three biggest opportunities for his 'information protection' company -- are cloud, virtualization, and the consumerization of technology. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, InfoWorld Editor-in-Chief Eric Knorr and IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant caught up with Salem shortly after his RSA Conference keynote describing Symantec's cloud-focused security strategy, dubbed 03.
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Now playing: The sounds of data streams
Are you suffering from visual data overload? If so, it might be time to bring other senses into the fray -- hearing, for example.
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RIM urges BlackBerry users to turn off JavaScript
Research in Motion is recommending that IT departments and users disable JavaScript on their BlackBerry devices, citing a vulnerability unearthed at this year's Pwn2Own hacker challenge.
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Japanese Internet providers weather disasters
As Japan deals with the aftermath of its strongest earthquake ever, a devastating tsunami, and potential nuclear disasters, the nation's Internet has managed to survive and provide emergency communications for workers and displaced family members, according
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