RIM Faces Layoff as Revenues Disappoint

Research in Motion (RIM) posted year-over-year revenue growth of 16 percent for its first quarter of fiscal 2012 when it announced its results Thursday afternoon, but that failed to satisfy investors.

Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week

Why Linux kernel devs should be careful with numbers, Adobe's AIR decision and Cisco's CIO.

ActiveState Expands Perl Cloud Tech

Perl cloud vendor run by a 15 year old entrepreneur gets snapped up.

How Cisco's CIO Measures IT

Managing the uptime of systems isn't the key challenge.

Ericsson Acquiring Telcordia for $1.15 Billion

Telecom vendors set to join together as industry competition grows.

HP Shuffles Executive Deck

Ann Livermore and other top execs are moved out of daily operations as CEO Apothecker mixes things up

Embotics Expands Private Cloud Control

Virtualization is supposed to help enterprise consolidate server sprawl and realize operational efficiencies, but it requires the proper management infrastructure.

Windows Phone to Beat Apple iOS in 2015

Lower prices for smartphones and data plans will help drive the growing rush for users to move off of feature phones.

Avaya Set to Go Public, Again

After over three years as a private company, Avaya is planning a return to the public market.

Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week

Apple's iCloud, IPv6 day, Microsoft loses patent case and CSS 2.1 is finally standardized.

Microsoft Loses Supreme Court Patent Case

Top U.S. court rules against Microsoft in i4i patent appeal.

HP Demands Oracle Support Itanium

HP isn't going to let Oracle off the hook for supporting Itanium.

Did IPv6 Use Go Up on IPv6 Day?

One metric shows a 50 percent gain for IPv6 thanks to global event designed to improve awareness.

IBM Aims to Improve Dev Collaboration

New Collaborative Lifecycle Management release helps to bring developers and business leaders together.

Over 300 Sites Participate in World IPv6 Day

Starting at 5 PM PT today, over 300 websites will turn IPv6 services on for their main URLs.

HP's AppSystem Debuts

HP launches new series of integrated hardware appliances and takes aim at Oracle's Exalogic.

Apple iOS 5 Updated Over the Air

Apple's upcoming iOS 5 mobile operating system release will browsing, notifications and updates.

Apple Heads to the iCloud

Steve Jobs want to move your digital life to the cloud.

Canonical Partners with ASUS for Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Linux set to be pre-loaded on ASUS notebooks - Is 2011, finally the year of the Linux Desktop?

LibreOffice Moves Forward without Apache

Open source fork of OpenOffice.org gets a new release as Oracle donates code to Apache.

Feb 07, 2012 08:56AM

Oracle rejects $272M SAP award, wants new trial (AP)

AP - Database software maker Oracle Corp. has formally rejected a court-ordered award of $272 million from German rival SAP AG, saying it would rather have another trial over SAP's theft of software and customer-support documents.

Feb 06, 2012 02:30PM

The rise and fall of HTC (Appolicious)

Appolicious - HTC was one of the first developers to get aboard the Android train. When Google first launched its original operating system a few years ago, HTC were there. This weekend, we learned that HTC reported a significant loss in the final quarter of 2011 and offered guidance that things might not get any better.

Feb 05, 2012 04:50PM

CommVault says will go it alone, despite M&A buzz (Reuters)

Reuters - CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.

Feb 05, 2012 04:03AM

Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)

Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Feb 03, 2012 05:30AM

TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal?s Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint?s personal finance app. Salesforce debuted its Rypple app this week, as did Eventbrite for managing events on-the-go.

Feb 02, 2012 05:50PM

Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

Feb 02, 2012 09:06AM

Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)

AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.

Feb 02, 2012 06:54AM

More than 50 percent of Facebook?s monthly active users are on mobile apps (Appolicious)

Appolicious - We already knew Facebook?s various mobile apps were popular, be they on Apple?s iPhone or iPad, on devices running Google?s Android operating system, or even on BlackBerry devices and feature phones.

Feb 01, 2012 05:32PM

AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.

Feb 01, 2012 02:36PM

Nokia revamp will hurt most of 2012 results: Chairman (Reuters)

Reuters - A major revamp at Nokia that includes a deal to use Microsoft Corp software in its smartphones will impact the earnings of the Finnish handset maker throughout most of this year, Chairman Jorma Ollila said on Wednesday.

Feb 01, 2012 02:32PM

Open Text Q2 profit jumps 28 percent (Reuters)

Reuters - Business software company Open Text posted a 28 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday on solid demand from services, technology and financial customers.

Jan 31, 2012 11:52AM

Apple engineers ?heavy into? near-field communication for iPhone 5, rumor says (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Near-field communication seems poised to be the next major technology to sweep the smartphone market. Already there are smartphones running Google?s Android operating system that contain the technology, and we recently heard about a chip embedded in a smartphone case that brings the capability to any current iPhone.

Jan 31, 2012 09:36AM

Ukraine shuts down top file sharing website (Reuters)

Reuters - Ukrainian police on Tuesday shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music and videos.

Jan 31, 2012 12:57AM

Gaming firms 888, Caesars extend licensing deal to U.S. (Reuters)

Reuters - 888 Holdings Plc said a unit of private equity-owned Caesars Entertainment Corp extended its UK software licensing agreement with the British online gaming company to the United States.

Jan 30, 2012 02:25PM

Symantec says pcAnywhere safe, offers free upgrade (Reuters)

Reuters - Symantec Corp said it is safe to use its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs after it asked customers last week to disable the product because it put them at greater risk of being hacked.