IDC: Storage growth slowing to normal
Growth in sales of enterprise disk storage slowed in the third quarter as the industry returned to normal patterns after recovering from the recession, according to research company IDC.
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Intel says Android 4.0 for smartphones, tablets ready
Intel on Friday said it has readied Android 4.0 for smartphones and tablets based on its upcoming Atom processor code-named "Medfield," and says that it expects the first Intel-powered Android devices to ship in spring 2012 using that processor. The company had a version of Android 4.0 for "Medfield" up and running within a day of Google open sourcing the OS, and now packages for smartphones and tablets with Medfield drivers are available to device makers, said Alec Gefrides, head of the Google Program Office at Intel.
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Google+ struggling to remain relevant
Although Google has not been forthcoming regarding the number of active users on Google+, stats suggest that the site is failing in its bid to take away Facebook's market share.
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eBay launches Web query language
In the hopes of reducing the complexity of making data calls over the Web, eBay has launched a programming language, called ql.io, which bundles separate API requests into a single call. "ql.io can reduce the number of lines of code required to call multiple HTTP APIs while simultaneously bringing down network latency and bandwidth usage in certain use cases," wrote Subbu Allamaraju, an eBay developer who led the effort to build ql.io, in a blog posting announcing the new language.
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Carrier IQ, HTC, Samsung hit with class-action lawsuits
In what could be a precursor of legal action to come, mobile software vendor Carrier IQ has been hit with two lawsuits over the use of its controversial tracking technology in tens of millions of mobile phones worldwide.
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Smartphone makers break Android security with pre-installed apps
Carrier IQ and the WikiLeaks revelation about government domestic smartphone spying are dominating the mainstream headlines today with a salacious mix of betrayal, corporate and bureaucratic presumption and voyeurism.
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Forrester: As SaaS matures, buyers face new considerations
As SaaS (software as a service) gains in maturity and popularity, enterprise IT buyers will have to grapple with a new set of questions and considerations when purchasing it, according to a new Forrester Research report. The report by analyst Liz Herbert identifies five key areas of change for SaaS: Industry specialization, embedded analytics, orchestration of multiple services, social networking and mobility.
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Carrier IQ's own marketing claims undercut its defense
An increasingly besieged Carrier IQ (CIQ) yesterday insisted that its software is designed only to help wireless carriers diagnose operational problems on networks and mobile devices. But its own marketing material for one of the products raises doubts about that claim.
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Data Protection Convention undergoes a rewrite
A 30-year old international treaty covering data protection is undergoing a partial rewrite to reflect new concerns in the age of the Internet. The long-titled treaty, called the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, is the only legally binding international treaty covering data protection issues. For simplicity, it's also referred to as the Data Protection Convention or Convention 108.
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Forrester: Enterprise social software to become a $6.4 billion market in 2016
Enterprise social collaboration software, which offer Facebook and Twitter-like capabilities adapted for workplaces, will grow strongly in the coming years, eclipsing demand for more traditional communications and collaboration products, according to a new study from Forrester Research. Organizations will increase their spending on enterprise social collaboration software at a compound annual growth rate of 61 percent through 2016, a year in which the market for these products will reach $6.4 billion, compared with $600 million last year.
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Skype flaw reveals users' location, file-downloading habits
Researchers have found a flaw in Skype, the popular Voice-over-Internet-Protocol service which allows users to make video phone calls and internet chat with their computers. The vulnerability can expose your location, identity and the content you're downloading. Microsoft, which owns Skype, says they are working on the problem.
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Cable group to sell mobile spectrum to Verizon for $3.6 billion
SpectrumCo, a joint venture among Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, has agreed to sell mobile spectrum licenses covering 259 million U.S. residents to Verizon Wireless for $3.6 billion, the companies announced Friday. The deal, for 122 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) licenses, will give Comcast $2.3 billion and Time Warner $1.1 billion, based on their ownership stakes in SpectrumCo. The joint venture paid $2.4 billion for 137 AWS licenses in a 2006 auction at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
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PlayBook sales decline; RIM takes $485M charge
With the Research in Motion PlayBook tablet selling for about half its original price, RIM said Friday it is taking a $485 million charge on its third-quarter books.RIM also said it is taking a $50 million charge for its near-global three-day network outage in mid-October after offering customers free apps and tech support.
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