Terri Dial, former Citigroup exec, died in Miami
Terri Dial, whose work on the reshaping of Citigroup Inc. in 2008 culminated a three-decade banking career that made her a much-watched woman in business, has died. She was 62. She died Tuesday in a hospice in Miami, said a friend and family spokeswoman. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. In 27 years at […]
Cisco Chews Up the Scenery in the Interoperability Drama
Last week, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) raised an objection to the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) acquisition of Skype, saying it would hurt video conferencing interoperability — even though, in this space, you could argue Cisco is not the poster child for interoperability. Coincidently, I met with the CEO of LifeSize last Thursday, and he saw this Microsoft […]
HP To Support Solaris On ProLiant Servers, Blades
Hewlett-Packard will sell and support Sun Microsystems’ Solaris on ProLiant servers at the same level it currently does with Microsoft Windows and other operating systems. The two generation companies, who compete within the server hardware trade, on Wednesday unveiled the expansion of a multiyear partnership settlement beneath which HP will distribute and provide technical enhance […]
Apple supplier Foxconn hit by hackers
Apple supplier Foxconn now has another crisis on its hands. A workforce of hackers known as Swagg safety is taking credit score for a breach of Foxconn community safety, ensuing within the theft of usernames, passwords, and different non-public data. In a sequence of Twitter posts the day past, the crowd boasted that it publicly […]
Yahoo looks for ways to shed Japanese namesake
Yahoo is currently in discussions with Yahoo Japan to sell off its share in the Asian company. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Yahoo Japan Chief Financial Officer Akira Kajikawa said that Yahoo is trying to “finalize the mechanism [for selling its stake] and we are cooperating with them,” according to The Wall Street Journal, which was […]
IBM Forecast Tops Estimates After Earnings Rise on Software
International Business Machines Corp., the world’s biggest computer-services provider, forecast 2012 earnings exceeding analysts’ estimates after fourth-quarter profit rose 4.4 percent because of rising software demand. Earnings, excluding some pieces, will building up to no less than $1four.eighty five a proportion this year, Armonk, ny-based IBM mentioned as of late. Analysts projected $14.81, the common […]
Yahoo’s Yang is gone. That was the easy part
Separating Jerry Yang from Yahoo is the easy part. Yang co-founded the Internet pioneer 17 years ago along with David Filo, following the well-trodden path from Stanford student to tech stardom. But yesterday Yahoo announced Yang is leaving, stepping down from his chief Yahoo post and the company’s board. Yang has overseen, sometimes directly, years […]
Smartphones with Intel Chips Debut at CES
At the end of last year, Intel showed Technology Review prototypes of chips that it said that it said would help it enter the rapidly growing market for phones and tablets. Today, at CES, Motorola and Lenovo announced that they would start selling smart phones with Intel chips inside this year. The news got here […]
LTE’s Immaturity in the US
Don’t be expecting a constant experience across fledgling long term Evolution (LTE) networks in the U.S., judging from the findings of a latest benchmark examine via signals analysis group. The study, called “The Mother of all Network Benchmark Tests” — which tested mobile broadband networks across the U.S., including 3G, LTE and mobile WiMax — […]
Businesses with high-speed Internet generate more revenue
A report by Connect Florida, in coordination with the Florida Department of Management Services, finds Florida businesses with broadband connections generate more revenue and jobs than those without it. Florida businesses with high-speed Internet connections have median annual revenue $130,000 greater than those without broadband. Seventy-four percent of Florida’s businesses use broadband. Connect Florida’s Business […]
iPhone 4S but not 4G
Today, Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, finally made the long-awaited announcement about the new iPhone. Apple fans and iPhone addicts were expecting the iPhone 5 with a new design, 4G technology and great technical improvements. However, much to our disappointment, the iPhone 4S, introduced by Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of worldwide product marketing at […]
Smartphones and tablets to drive 350% increase in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2015
The Wireless Broadband Alliance has published a report on the state of the global public Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by analyst firm Informa. It includes a comprehensive survey of 259 service providers and Wi-Fi vendors. The report reveals that global public Wi-Fi hotspot numbers are set to grow from 1.3 million in 2011, to 5.8 […]