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It’s time for businesses to start using tablets, like the Apple iPad, according to Gartner analysts. Complementing laptops and smartphones more than replacing them, tablets offer opportunities for exploration, solutions for tricky deployments and a way of getting ahead of competitors, Gartner said in the April 5 report, which echoes the findings of a March […]

Intel is continuing its assault on Unix servers and mainframes with the release of its latest high-end Xeon processors, including chips that offer up to 10 cores. The latest missive came April 5, when Intel officials unveiled the Xeon E7 "Westmere EX" portfolio of chips, which they said offer 40 percent more performance than the […]

Rumors that circulated recently about EMC buying another data security-related company turned out to be true after all. The storage and data security giant announced April 4 that it has acquired Virginia-based NetWitness, a provider of network security monitoring and analysis software, and had closed the deal on April 1. Terms of the transaction were […]

Tablets powered by Intel’s upcoming “Oak Trail” Atom processor reportedly should start hitting the market in May. In an interview with PC Advisor, an Intel spokesperson said the Atom-powered tablets will start becoming available around the time of the Computex trade show in Taiwan, which runs May 31 through June 4. "Oak Trail tablets are […]

Consumer Reports may have longstanding issues with the iPhone 4, but its editors have decided to give a big thumbs-up to the new iPad 2. The publication tested 10 tablets, including the Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab, before deciding that the 32GB iPad 2 with WiFi and 3G ranked highest across 17 criteria ranging […]

(Reuters) – U.S. technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) said it would acquire healthcare software provider iSOFT Group Ltd for about $188 million. Computer Sciences will offer iSOFT shareholders A$0.17 a share, 224 percent more than iSOFT’s March 24 close on the Australian Stock Exchange. "When completed, this acquisition will be a critical step […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — To the surprise of virtually no one who works in or follows the enterprise IT world, a new survey reported that cloud computing services and system building continue to become more prominent in both augmenting and replacing older data center equipment. In addition, the research indicated that the Storage Networking Industry […]

If consumer software makers don’t know this by now, they must be living in some other world. It’s now mandatory to make your application work on devices other than notebook and desktop PCs. They had better be optimizing their handiwork for smartphones, connected music players and tablets, or they’ll be missing the train. Cloud storage […]

Cyber-criminals shifted focus in 2010 to launch more sophisticated targeted attacks, IBM said in a new report. In short, 2010 was the year cyber-attacks became more about quality rather than quantity. While there was an increase in new vulnerabilities, exploits and types of attacks in 2010, more vulnerabilities were being identified before they could be […]

A mass SQL injection attack that initially compromised 28,000 Websites has spiraled out of control. At the last count, more than a million sites have been compromised, with no end in sight. Security firm Websense has been tracking the “LizaMoon” attack since it started March 29. The company’s malware researchers dubbed the attack LizaMoon after […]

(Reuters) – The U.S. is investigating how customer data is used by some popular applications that run on the mobile platforms of Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). Online radio service Pandora said in a regulatory filing on Monday it was subpoenaed by a Federal grand jury requesting information. It believes it is not […]

HP has released its new webOS 3.0 software development kit, which takes advantage of new features on the recently released HP TouchPad tablet and supports the next generation of devices. In a March 30 blog post, Sean Lindo, marketing manager for developer communications in HP’s Palm business unit, said the Feb. 9 release of the […]