Jessica Davis

Who says Android is not ready for business? Certainly not thin-client computing giant Wyse Technology, which has introduced a new mobile app for the Android platform which allows users to access Windows 7 via their Android device. Wyse has announced a public beta of its Wyse PocketCloud application for Android, available immediately as a free […]

Taking its solid-state drives to the masses, Intel is making its devices available through 800 U.S. Best Buy stores and the online BestBuy.com site, pitching them as a  replacement for existing hard drives in laptop and desktop computers or a complement to them. Priced at $130 to $230 depending on capacity, Intel says the drives […]

25 Free Software Programs Worth the Download EvernoteLet’s you save files in the cloud, including voice, photos and notes, and then lets you sync from multiple clients, including smartphones. No Title JingSnap a picture of your screen, annotate it, save it, share it. Record video on your screen, too. No Title LastPassFree password manager No […]

20 Quick Facts about Netbooks Mini notebook computers or netbooks, first introduced in late 2007, have taken the market by storm: with shipments growing by 71 percent year over year from the in the first quarter of 2010, according to analyst firm Gartner. That compares to a 43 percent growth rate for notebook computers overall […]

Even as AT&T and Sprint and maybe others batten down the hatches on unlimited data use by subscribers, Starbucks is opening the doors to free WiFi – a refuge for those left Internet-less by ever stricter carrier data policies. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that free, one-click WiFi would arrive on July 1 to all […]

Microsoft has issued a security advisory, saying it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Windows XP and the operating system’s Windows Help and Support Center Function. Microsoft says the vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user is lured to a web page or if a user clicks on a “specially crafted link” […]

Computer maker Lenovo has introduced a new zero-percent financing offer in the United States to help business customers buy the computer equipment they need. Lenovo Financial Services is offering customers zero payments for the first three months combined with zero-percent financing for the following 36 months, the company said. Transactions of between $10,000 and $250,000 […]

Ingram Micro and VMware have expanded their relationship enabling the distribution giant to provide a VMware Service Provider Program Aggregator offering to channel partners. Through the deal, channel partners in the United States and Canada will now be able to access a pay-as-you-go licensing model for VMware, letting them pay for as many or as […]

After months of a jobless recovery, the job market appears to finally be heating up. Private sector employment increased by 55,000 jobs from April to May on a seasonably adjusted basis, according to the ADP National Employment Report, created by HR and payroll outsourcing firm Automatic Data Processing in partnership with Macroeconomic Advisors. Goods producing […]

HP is taking the concept behind its Converged Infrastructure strategy of pre-integrated, pre-tested solutions designed for the enterprise and data center to small and midsized businesses at a price point designed for them. The technology giant has announced new communication, collaboration and networking solutions for small business and midsized business, as well as new storage […]

Businesses should plan and test Microsoft Windows 7 this year and look to eliminate Windows XP by the end of 2012. Those recommendations come in a new report from Gartner, which says now is the time for organizations to be planning and making decisions about when to begin migration to Windows 7, set target dates […]

HP (NYSE:HPQ) will cut 9,000 jobs in its HP Enterprise Services Business division, the company has announced, as the result of a data center consolidation to move its infrastructure onto its own Converged Infrastructure product lines. The workforce reduction, which comes two years after HP announced its acquisition of IT services firm EDS, will consolidate […]