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June 30, 2010

Cisco Tablet Only Has Eyes for Enterprise

Now that Apple and its iPad have made the tablet PC a legitimate form factor, productivity will be the next differentiator for the category, says Wayne Rash at our CTO Edge site.   Cisco a... More >

Verizon LTE Network Slated for Nov. 15?

Boy Genius Report reports from an unnamed tipster that Verizon will launch its LTE network Nov. 15. The end of Verizon's unlimited data plans is expected to coincide with the launch, and compatibl... More >

Gartner: Wireless E-Mail Use Accelerating

Gartner predicts that more than 1 billion people will use wireless e-mail by the end of 2014. According to the research firm, the commodization of wireless e-mail stems from standardization, interope... More >

Sony Recalls Over 500,000 Vaio PCs

Sony is recalling more than 500,000 laptops sold during the first half of 2010 from its F and C series Vaio PCs, reports Notebooks.com . According to the company, the recall is due to a temperat... More >

June 29, 2010

AT&T Completes NYC 3G Upgrade

AT&T announced it has completed its initiative to improve the performance of its 3G wireless voice and data network through four of New York City's five boroughs. The company added new layers of ... More >

MIT Researchers Promise an Internet 100 Times as Fast

A group of researchers from MIT have developed a new technique called "flow switching" that promises faster broadband speeds using existing connections. In theory, flow switching could provide 10... More >

Seagate Releases First 3 TB External Desktop HDD

Seagate has announced that it is shipping the industry's first 3 TB hard drive. The 3.5-inch FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard drive is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS X systems and comes... More >

June 28, 2010

Sprint Expands 4G Footprint

Sprint launched 4G wireless service in Richmond, Va., Salt Lake City and St. Louis today, Softpedia reports. Customers in the three markets can now take advantage of the 4G capabilities of the O... More >

Chrome Surpasses Safari in U.S. Browser Share

New research from analytics firm StatCounter notes that Google's Chrome Web browser has nipped Safari for third place in U.S. browser share. Chrome 's 8.97 percent allowed the browser to surpass Saf... More >

June 25, 2010

150 Million Copies of Windows 7 Sold

Microsoft announced it has sold 150 million licenses of Windows 7. In April, the company announced it had sold 100 million copies . Barron's.com reports that enterprise adoption is likely drivin... More >

June 24, 2010

The Shot Heard Around the Net

Where were you when Landon Donovan scored the game-winner against Algeria yesterday to advance the United States into the knockout stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup? While not everyone was huddled ... More >

June 22, 2010

Google Makes Google Voice Open to Everyone

As of today, Google Voice is open to everyone and is no longer by invitation only. The VoIP service provides one number that can ring on all of a user's phones (cell, landline and office), voice mail... More >

Dell in Chrome OS Talks with Google

Dell is in negotiations with Google to place the search giant's Chrome operating system on its new line of laptops, replacing Windows. The Chrome OS isn't due until later this year, but Dell's flir... More >

Salesforce Takes Chatter Mainstream

Salesforce.com's Chatter collaboration application is now available to all Salesforce.com customers. First announced back in November , Chatter is essentially designed to be a Facebook for the... More >

June 21, 2010

Verizon Expands Contract-Free FiOS Offer

Verizon is looking to lure customers away from its cable and satellite rivals by making its FiOS service available on a per-month basis and offering price protection for one year without an early t... More >

PC Sales Expected to Grow 20 Percent this Year

According to a study by market research firm IDC, sales of personal computers are expected to grow 19.8 percent during 2010. Last year, netbooks helped prop up the PC segment. This year, PC sales a... More >

June 17, 2010

Google Upgrades Commerce Search Tool, Slashes Price

Google announced that it has updated Commerce Search, the search tool that retailers can install on their websites. Google Commerce Search 2.0 reportedly gives administrators more control over the ... More >

June 16, 2010

T-Mobile Expands HSPA+ Footprint

T-Mobile USA has expanded coverage of its HSPA+ network, which offers 4G speeds of 21 Mbps, to a total of 25 metropolitan markets. The company expects to cover more than 75 million Americans with HS... More >

Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi, Content Partnerships

Starbucks will be offering free Wi-Fi in all of its U.S. stores by the end of June, eWeek reports. The company also revealed plans for an in-store service called Starbucks Digital Network which w... More >

June 15, 2010

Microsoft Releases Office 2010

Microsoft has removed the beta tags from its latest productivity suite and announced the worldwide availability of Office 2010, more than a month after it was released to business customers . Offic... More >

Sprint May Tighten Restrictions on Laptop Data Users

Sprint may place a cap on data consumption for laptop users who roam, according to The Wall Street Journal . Sprint says it may cap data roaming for laptop data card users and send subscribers a t... More >

Apple Unveils New Mac Mini

In addition to pre-ordering the iPhone 4 , Apple lovers can also get their hands on the new Mac Mini , which starts at $699. Its compact aluminum enclosure is 7.7 inches square, 1.4 inches thin and... More >

June 14, 2010

World Cup Expected to Increase 'Fail Whale' Sightings

Four days into the 2010 World Cup, criticism is mounting over Adidas' Jabulani ball. Jabulani, which is Zulu for to "celebrate," is frustrating players just as the sporting competition is doing the... More >

SeaMicro Internet Server Sports 512 Intel Atom Processors

SeaMicro announced it has created a server with 512 Intel Atom chips on credit-card-sized motherboards. Atom processors are typically found in netbooks, but SeaMicro CEO Andrew Feldman believes the ... More >

Google: Chrome OS to Run Legacy Applications

Google says its upcoming Chrome OS will be able to access legacy Windows software, despite being a Web-based operating system. Chrome OS's support for running Windows legacy applications will come fr... More >

June 11, 2010

Adobe Releases Flash Player 10.1

Adobe has released Flash Player 10.1 for Windows, Mac and Linux users. The company says a version for the Android mobile OS will be available later this month, according to SlashGear . Flash Playe... More >

Amazon Introduces Import/Export Web Services for S3

Amazon Web Services announced the availability of AWS Import/Export for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The new service enables faster and easier management of data transfers and migration... More >

June 10, 2010

O2 Ending Unlimited Data when iPhone 4 Arrives

O2, which has offered the iPhone in the UK since 2007 and saw its exclusivity with the device end last fall, is following in the footsteps of AT&T by ending unlimited data for new and upgra... More >

Safari 5 Doesn't Live up to Apple's Claims

Apple released its Safari 5 browser earlier this week. The company claimed that its new browser provided a 30 percent performance boost over its predecessor while also nipping the likes of Chrome a... More >

Microsoft Adds Social Networking to Bing

Microsoft has added social-networking features to its Bing search engine, which the company says will make it easier to find specific information. Bing.com/social includes tweets from Twitter, link... More >

EC Backs Supercomputing Initiative

The Europen Commission has provided €70 million ($85 million) toward the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (Prace), a pan-European multi-petaflop-scale supercomputing initiative. Prace w... More >

June 9, 2010

Google Search: Now with Caffeine

After priming its search engine with Caffeine for roughly 10 months, Google has now released the update to its search indexing technology. According to the Official Google Blog : Caffeine provides... More >

Microsoft Launches Office Web Apps

Microsoft has launched a free version of its Office Web Apps in the United States, Canada, Ireland and the UK. The free Web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote are geared to compe... More >

June 8, 2010

Polycom Launches OTX 300

Polycom has extended its telepresence portfolio with the unveiling of the Polycom Open Telepresence Experience 300 (OTX 300). The telepresence solution runs on the H.264 video compression standard an... More >

Apple Releases Safari 5

In the shadow of its iPhone 4 unveiling, Apple released Safari 5, the latest version of its Web browser. A noteable addition to Safari 5 is Safari Reader , which according to Apple, "removes annoy... More >

Windows 7 SP1 Beta Coming in July

Microsoft will release its first major update of Windows 7 by the end of July. Don't expect too many surprises. According to company officials, the beta of Service Pack 1 (SP1) will not include any... More >

June 7, 2010

Producteev Two Tackles Task Management

Producteev , a provider of cross-platform task management, announced Producteev Two , which looks to expand users' ability to capture tasks, e-mail-based action items or plan deadlines through multi... More >

HP's Revamped Printers Feature Printing Via E-Mail

Hewlett-Packard's revamped printer business is making news. The company's new Web-connected printers, like the HP Photosmart Premium , feature their own e-mail addresses , according to DailyTech... More >

June 4, 2010

Office 2010: Time to Make the Switch?

David Pogue at The New York Times calls a new version of Microsoft Office as certain as taxes. The said, certainty will arive in stores June 15. Despite all the pomp and circumstance surrounding ... More >

June 3, 2010

Verizon Seeking Rural Partners for LTE Buildout

Verizon announced that it is looking for local companies to partner with to build out its 4G network to areas where it does not have towers or backhaul capacity. Verizon will provide the companies wi... More >

Gartner Raises 2010 Chip Market Growth to 27 Percent

According to new figures from Gartner, worldwide chip revenue is expected to reach $290 billion in 2010, up 27 percent from last year. It had previously projected growth of just 19.9 percent, Bloo... More >

Chip Firms Establish Linux Group

ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ercisson and Texas Instruments have created a non-profit company, Linaro, that is commited to providing new resources and industry alignment for open source developer... More >

June 2, 2010

Chrome OS Slated for Late Fall Release

Google has slated the release of its open source Chrome OS for autumn 2010. Sundar Pichai, Google's head of Chrome development, made the announcement at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.   The ... More >

Speed at Heart of U.S. Broadband Push

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission released results from its nationwide survey on home broadband service today. The agency found that 80 percent of broadband subscribers don't know their conn... More >

AT&T Phasing Out Unlimited Data Plans

AT&T announced a new set of data plans for smartphones and tablets that will be available beginning June 7. The low-end plan, DataPlus, includes 200MB of data for $15 a month. If the 200MB are ex... More >

June 1, 2010

Qualcomm Announces Dual-Core Processors for Smartphones

Qualcomm unveiled its third-generation Snapdragon chipsets to very select company at Computex, I4U reports. The dual-core mobile chipsets run at speeds of 1.2 GHz and 1.5 GHz. They are capable ... More >

Chrome Momentum Continues

Google's Chrome Web browser cracked the 7 percent mark in May after netting 6.7 percent share through April, according to Net Applications. MOU Blog reports that Chrome's gain came at the expense... More >

Chinese Supercomputer Clocks in as Second Fastest

China is ramping up its efforts to be a titan of supercomputing. Its Nebulae system at the National Super Computer Center in Shenzen was ranked second on the biannual Top 500 supercomputer list. The ... More >

Intel Unveils Ultra-Thin Netbook Concept

At the Computex show in Taiwan, Intel revealed " Canoe Lake ," a 14-mm thick concept netbook. The prototype form factor will be licensed to OEMs and incorporate the Pine Trail dual-core Atom, accordi... More >

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