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The gaming industry is being shaken by a drastic shift in user demand, and Nintendo along with B&M game stores has taken a hit. Sales of the Nintendo 3DS hand-held console, which comes with a no-glasses 3D gimmick, have dropped significantly in …
BlueCross Adds Encryption After File Theft Incident
The explanation behind the long string of hacks we’ve seen lately that stretches back all the way to last year may show that hackers are getting smarter, but some cases can also be attributed to organizations’ failure to protect themselves. One clear …
HTC and Samsung Losing Momentum, Face Apple on All Fronts
HTC and Samsung reported results for the second quarter today. Both the companies’ figures suggested that they’re starting to see a decline in their almost supernatural growth rates from the past few quarters, something that can be attributed mainly to their early …
This Week in the Cloud: From OpenStack to the New OS in Town
There have been several interesting update this week from the cloud computing industry, and open-source innovation was one of the biggest highlights in the last few days. HP, Gluster and Dell all had an OpenStack announcement, representing a milestone for the companies …
Hewlett-Packard vs. Dell in the Open Cloud
A couple days after Dell launched an infrastructure offering based on OpenStack, an open cloud OS initiative started by Rackspace and NASA, Hewlett-Packard announced it too has joined the community. The electronics giant, hoping to further expand beyond hardware into the cloud and …
AntiSec Calls Users to Close their PayPal Accounts
AntiSec, the hacker movement that emerged out of the now disbanded Lulz Security and bolstered by Anonymous, is too following tradition by going after PayPal for withholding funds from WikiLeaks. However this time they took an uncharacteristic course of action–a “DBoS” or Distributed Boycott …
InQuira Marks Oracle’s Third Buy Since June
Oracle seems to be on a shopping spree, making its third acquisition in a month and half. This time the company acquired InQuira, a provider of customer support solutions which it dubs “service knowledge management software.” InQuira’s web-based platform supports both self …
SAP Beating Oracle with Stellar Growth
Business software maker SAP is taking a victory lap now that its organic license growth rate outpaced long time competitor Oracle for the first time in seven quarters, reports Matrix Research’s Rajeev Bahl. The company reported 35 percent growth throughout each of …
Get High on Open Source Clouds, from Dell to Microsoft
There have been a lot of open-source cloud updates this week, both from large players such as Dell and Microsoft, to smaller startups that just emerged out of funding rounds. The first highlight comes from the electronics giant, with the launch of …
HP Head’s Push May be what the Company Needs, Though Investors Remain Doubtful
Hewlett-Packard chairman and venture capitalist Ray Lane sat down for an interview with Reuters, and discussed how chief executive Leo Apotheker’s push into the cloud may be just what’s needed to “return the former Silicon Valley icon to stability.” Lane said that …