Proprietary Server Sales Up 22 Percent in Q1
Server makers, including IBM and thankfully including Power Systems machines supporting the IBM i operating system, saw an uptick in server sales in the first quarter. More...
Did Microsoft pay too much?
Microsoft's announcement of its plan to acquire Skype for $8. 5 billion has been greeted with more than the software giant's fair share of derision. More...
5 unanswered questions about Chromebooks
May 13, 2011, 6:00 PM — Google is attempting to reinvent mobile computing with its Chromebook, but in spite of all of the features and analysis available to us, there are nevertheless some important questions but to be answered. More...
The top iPhone 5 rumours for the week ending Friday
Here are the top iPhone 5 rumours for the week ending Friday, May 13: iPhone 5 "Lite", reading the meaning of iPhone 5 parts, speaking of voice recognition, and Thunderbolt I/O on the iPhone as a sign of the Apocalypse. More...
Data caps keep Netflix from "swamping the network"
The Wall Street Journal's op-ed page this week quoted "the respected geek site Ars Technica" during waxing eloquent about Internet data caps—and, to put it more exactly surprisingly, they sort of agree with us that full-on metered billing poses problems for innovation Nevertheless they all in all like larger data caps. More...
M5 Networks Launches Replay
M5 Networks, the market leader in unified communications and hosted, managed Voice-over-IP, announced today its launch of M5 Replay, giving its business customers the ability to record and retrieve recorded phone calls via a Web interface. More...
Microsoft pays $8.5bn for an illegal service
A lot has been written about Microsoft’s decision to buy Skype for $8. 5bn. Microsoft’s willingness to pay such a vast amount for a loss-making business is but another sign that content and social networking is an area for growth and an essential part of the internet. More...
5 Small Businesses Lifted by High Gas Prices
except the few businesses that have figured out ways to make the pain go away. . More...
Microsoft Skype P2P No Threat to Google Voice Cloud
It's been tempting for media and analysts to look at Microsoft's $8. 5 billion acquisition of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider Skype as an assault on the Google Voice cloud calling service. More...
U.S. Equity Preview
Aruba Networks Inc. : Aruba Networks shares mayreflect too much enthusiasm for mobile-device market growth andmay fall if revenues from the builder of wireless networks don'tincrease as rapidly as expected, Barron's reported in its "TheTrader" column, without citing anyone. More...