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Google said it has rewritten the code for Google Docs, using a new JavaScript layout engine and leaning heavily on HTML5 to improve and speed up the document, drawing and spreadsheet editors in Docs. The company, which unveiled the upgrades at the company’s Atmosphere cloud computing event at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters April 12, […]

With Apple shipping more than 450,000 unit of its iPad tablet in less than a week, the way has been cleared for platform providers such as Google and Microsoft and computer makers such as HP to begin offering their wares in earnest. The New York Times reported April 12 that Google is mulling the notion […]

IBM is adding to its Power7 server line with three new blade servers designed for back-end computing workloads that take advantage of the performance enhancements in the new processor platform. Along with the new systems unveiled April 13, IBM also is rolling out a new edition of its AIX Unix operating system aimed at SMBs […]

When Oracle announced it planned to acquire Sun Microsystems, concern about the fate of MySQL arose immediately. Roughly a year later, the deal is done, but questions still remain. Today, Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven plans to answer some of those queries with a keynote at the O’Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa […]

Xen.org is unveiling the latest release of its open-source Xen hypervisor, boosting the performance, scalability and availability of the virtualization technology. Xen 4.0, introduced April 13, offers a host of new features designed to address demands coming from enterprises and the growth of cloud computing, according to Ian Pratt, founder and chairman of Xen.org. Included […]

Data Deposit Box, “the online backup and recovery service designed especially for small and midsize businesses,” on March 13 “announced the launch of KineticD, a comprehensive cloud storage and remote access solution that enables SMBs to continuously back up, restore, access and share information online from any location.” The company said its “cloud-based services are […]

Interested in getting some of the business intelligence muscle used by vendors such as Citrix Systems, SonicWall and IBM? While many VARs have been looking to BI and how that specialty lends itself well to service sales, higher margins and the trusted adviser role, distribution giant Ingram Micro is turning that around to offer vendors […]

A number of high-profile tech companies, ranging from Google and Apple to IBM and Intel, are being probed by federal investigators for their hiring practices, according to the Wall Street Journal. At issue is whether those companies’ alleged agreements to not poach each other’s employees constitute a breach of antitrust laws. The April 9 article […]

Worldwide IT spending in 2010 will jump to $3.4 trillion, and could reach more than $3.5 trillion in 2011, according to Gartner. Helping to drive the upward trend are consumer mobile PCs, virtualization and security software, Gartner said. IT spending worldwide should grow 5.3 percent in 2010 over last year, reaching $3.4 trillion, according to […]

Smartphone maker Palm is seeking bids to be purchased, Reuters reported April 11, citing people familiar with the situation.   According to Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, HTC, which makes Google’s Nexus One phone, among other popular models, is said to be open to discussions about acquiring Palm.   Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners have reportedly […]

SCORE, an organization that bills itself the “Counselor to America’s Small Business,” announced that The SCORE Foundation rallied corporate partners for a combined donation of $1.1 million to jump-start a nationwide public/private consortium to help small businesses compete in the Internet age by using broadband technologies. The consortium will offer training, tools and resources, all […]

Professional services, systems integrators, security professionals, health IT software companies and large-scale technology service providers all stand to benefit from information technology  spending in fiscal year 2011 and beyond, according to upcoming annual research on government spending. The latest figures on IT budget requests for the federal government are $79.4 billion for fiscal year 2011, […]