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  • Paging Doctor Google: Online Health Searches Highly Popular

    Searching for online health information was the third most popular Web activity for Internet users behind e-mail and using a search engine, according to a new study by the nonprofit research firm Pew Internet & American Life Project. Eight in 10 Internet users researched health information online, Pew reported in its Health Topics survey, conducted…

  • Eric Schmidt Hands Reigns Back to Page

    Eric Schmidt Hands Reigns Back to Page When the VCs really started pouring money into Google, the strings attached were that Sergey Brin and Larry Page step aside for a more mature CEO to lead corporate development. Since 2001, Eric Schmidt helped grow Google into a powerhouse. A decade later, he is giving the leadership…

  • Cisco Quarter Pressured by HP Competition, Other Rivals

    NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) – No longer Wall Street’s top over-achiever, network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) must persuade wary investors it can fight off rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) and soothe concerns about public sector spending cuts. Although most investors forecast modest year-over-year revenue growth, some said they were approaching Cisco’s…

  • Oracle Introduces Cloud File System for Private Clouds

    To help organizations deploy their applications, databases and storage in the cloud, Oracle has introduced the Cloud File System, giving businesses a platform that extends cloud characteristics to their storage by enabling more effective storage pooling through a network-accessible elastic storage cloud. The Cloud File System is available now and is priced at $5,000 per…

  • Motorola Xoom Price: $799 at Best Buy

    Best Buy is selling the Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 tablet computer for $799 on Feb. 24, according to an ad shot scored by Engadget. The report comes two weeks after Android Central reported the minimum price for the Xoom, which Motorola hopes will be the first Android tablet to successfully challenge Apple’s iPad, from Verizon…

  • Symantec Unveils Updated Control Compliance Suite

    Symantec announced Version 10.5 of its Symantec Control Compliance Suite, the company’s automated solution to help companies identify and manage risk and compliance issues. The Control Compliance Suite lets users integrate data on risk and compliance from disparate systems into Web-based dashboards. New features include workflow integration with Symantec Data Loss Prevention that lets IT…

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