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  • Vacation Technology Tools Seven To Help You Still Look Busy Even When You’re Not

    Vacation Technology Tools Seven To Help You Still Look Busy Even When You’re Not HootSuite (www.hootsuite.com)HootSuite (and other social networking management tools) gives users the ability to schedule status updates and posts for a future time. Spend a few minutes prior to your vacation setting up a bunch of posts to go live when you’re…

  • Apple Kickbacks Manager Pleads Not Guilty

    SAN JOSE, Calif, Aug 16 (Reuters) – An Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) global supply manager pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of accepting kickbacks from Asian companies, while prosecutors said he is a flight risk and should not be granted bail. Paul Devine, in handcuffs and wearing an orange prison shirt, appeared in federal court…

  • HP Acquires Security Software Maker, Fortify Software

    (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) said it would buy Fortify Software, a privately held security software maker based in San Mateo, California for an undisclosed sum. Fortify’s technology will allow HP to offer software that helps organizations reduce business risk, meet compliance regulations and protect against malicious application attacks. After the deal closes, HP will…

  • Ubicom Announces DDR3 and USB 3.0 Network Processors

    Networking and multimedia processor solutions specialist Ubicom announced the introduction of its IP8100 family of network processors. The processors are targeted toward solutions for consumer, SOHO and small to medium-size business (SMB) applications for both retail and service provider deployments. The IP8100 processors provide routing, security and advanced services. The multiprocessing solution allows line rate…

  • The Real Cloud Opportunity for VARs

    The cloud buzz continues to cause some angst around the channel. The buzz is both unnerving yet strangely empowering. An HTG colleague, Reed Wilson from Palmetto Technology, recently sent over some notes on a marketing pitch he saw for a cloud software provider in the healthcare space. The pitch boiled down to essentially: "You were…

  • Oracle Sues Google Over Android Smartphone Software

    (Reuters) – Oracle Corp sued Google Inc, alleging patent and copyright infringement in the development of the popular Android smartphone software. The suit, filed on Thursday in California federal court, claims that Google "knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property" in developing Android, Oracle spokeswoman Karen Tillman said in a statement. "This lawsuit…

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