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Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android creator Andy Rubin said Android is being activated on more than 500,000 smartphones and tablets each day, and yet there is mounting evidence that Android handset growth is flattening while Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone sales grow. Nielsen is the latest research to pour gas on this contentious fire. The researcher  discovered that while […]

Technology giant Dell is going to turn its attention–and a lot of money–to the midmarket, according to its CEO Michael Dell. In remarks made at an analyst conference, Dell said the company would pour $1 billion into acquisitions of midmarket companies in an effort to better serve businesses with up to 5,000 employees. "Acquisitions will […]

Hewlett-Packard has quite a bit riding on the marketplace success of its TouchPad tablet, slated for a July 1 release. The 9.7-inch device not only represents the manufacturer’s attempt to carve off a piece of the burgeoning tablet market, but also the debut of the webOS operating system on a form-factor other than a smartphone. […]

AUSTIN, Texas — The fact that Dell is moving away from being a low-cost supplier of PCs and IT hardware toward a more robust company with a portfolio of technology that can address issues ranging from cloud computing to mobile device management is old news. However, the way Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) plans to integrate its […]

The proliferation of hackers, natural disasters and unstable market conditions are all significant drivers for small and midsize businesses in the United States to seek backup and storage platforms for their company’s data and email in the cloud. Pressure to reduce costs, improve flexibility and maintain privacy of sensitive data also lures SMBs to invest […]

Cisco Systems is introducing an app ecosystem for its Cisco Cius tablet, marking the company’s entrance into an already crowded landscape. The AppHQ app ecosystem is designed for IT pros seeking to create, manage and deploy tablet applications within their enterprise. Cisco is pairing it with the Cius, an Android-based tablet that emphasizes voice, video, […]

Network operator Verizon Wireless has begun taking pre-orders for the LTE-enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, offering the 4G version of the device for $529. The 16GB or 32GB models are available for $529.99 and $629.99, respectively, although customers must agree to a two-year contract in order to get the tablets for […]

AUSTIN, Texas — While some in the IT industry may still think of Dell as a low-cost PC maker, CEO Michael Dell remains on a mission to change those perceptions. In a free-flowing conversation the day before his company’s annual investor and financial investor conference here, Dell on June 28 held forth on a numbers […]

Platform-as-a-service startup DotCloud has graduated from private beta to general availability status and is now offering its services to developers and IT departments for deploying their applications worldwide. DotCloud is a second-generation PAAS provider whose secret sauce makes it simpler for developers to deploy and scale their applications while delivering the flexibility and robustness required […]

Acer America released the Acer AC700 Chromebook, the company’s first machine based on Google’s Chrome operating system, in the United States from Amazon.com for $349.99. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) introduced the Acer AC700, which includes an 11.6-inch HD CineCrystal LED-backlit LCD,  along with Samsung’s Series 5 Chromebook May 11 at the Google I/O developer event in San […]

Even though both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone operating systems are pretty secure, they are still susceptible to multiple types of attacks, Symantec said. Android and iOS were designed with mobile security in mind and are superior to traditional desktop operating systems, Symantec researchers wrote in a whitepaper released June 28. However, the security […]

Cisco Systems is continuing to partner with carriers as officials look to offer the company’s collaboration technology as a hosted service. Three months after announcing a beta program with Verizon, in which the carrier is offering services based on Cisco’s HCS (Hosted Collaboration Suite), the networking giant is rolling out a similar program with Orange […]