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The blame for the demise of Hewlett-Packard s TouchPad tablet can be placed with several parties, according to an article in The New York Times Jan. 1. The article assigns blame to several parties for the demise of Hewlett-Packard s TouchPad tablet. After that product crashed and burned in the marketplace, HP abandoned its plans […]

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced Apache Hadoop 1.0, the open-source software framework for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. The Jan. 4 release marks a major milestone six years in the making, and has achieved the level of stability and enterprise-readiness to earn the 1.0 designation, Apache officials said. "In addition to the major security […]

As IBM enters 2012, the systems giant has announced a series of management changes focused on strengthening its sales, enhancing its presence in growth markets and bolstering its services business. In her first acts as CEO of IBM, Virginia Rometty announced the changes on Jan. 3 in a letter to employees. Rometty became IBM’s first […]

Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Jan. 4 named PayPal President Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer, ending months of searching after the struggling media company fired Carl Bartz from the role in September. Thompson, who was also appointed to Yahoo’s board of directors, will take the helm Jan. 9, when interim CEO Tim Morse will resume his role […]

Worldwide master data management (MDM) software revenue will reach $1.9 billion in 2012, a 21 percent increase from 2011, according to IT research firm Gartner. And the market is forecast to reach $3.2 billion by 2015. The report found the overall MDM market is dominated by three major players–IBM, Oracle and SAP–although within the overall […]

Microsoft is preparing to give its cloud platform users the capability to run Linux on its Windows Azure cloud in 2012, according to a report. The All About Microsoft blog reports that Microsoft is poised to enable customers to make virtual machines (VMs) persistent on Windows Azure and is slated to deliver a Community Technology […]

Research In Motion has slashed the prices for its PlayBook tablet, offering all three models for $299 through the beginning of February. For those purchasing direct from RIM, that represents a discount of $400 for the 64GB version, $300 for the 32GB, and $200 for the 16GB. It comes in the wake of recent price-cuts […]

Electronics manufacturer Sony announced its 9.4-inch Tablet S is getting a $100 price cut, lowering the price of the 16GB model to $400 and the 32GB model to $500. Sony had previously issued a $50 price cut on Dec. 15 in an apparent attempt to spur holiday sales as the tablet market becomes increasingly competitive. […]

Hewlett-Packard is circulating a teaser video for its Spectre ultrabook, which could appear at this month s Consumer Electronics Show.  The 30-second video, reproduced on Websites such as The Verge, devotes most of its length to abstract imagery, although it ends with a brief shot of what is clearly a laptop, opening to emit a blast of […]

Computer makers Lenovo and Acer are reportedly planning to release tablet devices running the Windows 8 platform from Microsoft and sporting Intel chips known as Clover Trail. A DigiTimes report quoted sources in the upstream supply chain as saying that PC players are putting more hope on Intel’s Clover Trail platform as Medfield, designed by […]

A report from financial services firm Goldman Sachs warns that online retailer Amazon.com could miss its fourth-quarter sales estimates due to a slowdown in online shopping growth, despite impressive sales of the company’s Kindle Fire tablet and family of e-readers. Goldman Sachs analyst Heather Bellini said in a research note that based on sales estimates […]

Despite a stagnant employment market in 2011, online hiring has grown at a record pace, up more than 100 percent from 2010. Elance, a platform for online workers and employers, released its 2011 Online Employment Review, which reveals that the future of work will be contingent, global and online. As more companies seek instant access […]