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Deloitte Report Finds Major Role for Mobile Devices in Health Care

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:07:49 -0400

A Deloitte report finds that the combination of mobile devices and electronic health records is a "killer app" with significant benefits for patients. - The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has released a report showing how mobile technology can improve people's health and reduce health-care costs. The company describes electronic medical records on mobile devices as the quot;killer app quot; that will affect the health care industry. qu...

Samsung Predicts New Smartphones Will Fire Up Profits

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:31:07 -0400

With the Galaxy Tab and Wave phone coming, Samsung executives predict a healthy profit from the company's third-quarter mobile sales. - At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, J.K. Shin, head of Samsung's mobile communications division, told journalists he expects the company's mobile business to reach a quot;double-digit quot; profit margin during the third quarter of 2010. Samsung company executives also expect to...

Investors Enjoy Huge Takeaway in HP Buy of 3PAR

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:09:01 -0400

ANALYSIS: CEO David Scott and venture capital firms Menlo Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners and Mayfield Fund will come away with many dollars when the deal is done. - In the aftermath of the out-of-control bidding war that recently concluded with Hewlett-Packard out-spending Dell at $2.35 billion for storage maker 3PAR, the winners undoubtedly are enjoying one of the sweetest Labor Day weekends of their lives. Those victors include CEO David Scott and venture ...

Wireless Carriers Prepare for Hurricane Earl Damage

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:33:48 -0400

News Analysis: Major wireless carriers treat Hurricane Earl as a serious threat to their infrastructures, even though significant damage to US mainland is unlikely. - Wireless carriers are marshalling their forces at a series of mostly undisclosed locations in the mid-Atlantic as Hurricane Earl works its way up the US East Coast. Theyre on standby with trucks, mobile cell towers, generators, fuel and portable switching equipment staged to go anywhere the storm ma...

Internet Scammer Gets Nearly 13 Years for $1.3M Fraud

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:10:44 -0400

A Nigerian man gets sentenced to 151 months in prison for a scam that stole $1.3 million from victims. - Okpako Diamreyan, a Nigerian citizen, was sentenced Sept. 1 to nearly 13 years in prison for masterminding an quot;advanced fee quot; scam that cost his victims $1.3 million. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Diamreyan was also ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution to ...

PostgreSQL 9.0 Release Candidate Hits the Street

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:34:27 -0400

The first release candidate for PostgreSQL 9.0 is out, bringing a host of new features, including binary replication. - The first release candidate for PostgreSQL 9.0 has arrived with built-in binary replication technology. Expected to be ready for final release sometime in September, the RC represents a significant overhaul for the database, said PostgreSQL core team member Josh Berkus. New features include pe...

Twitter Counts 145M Users, 62% Hike in Mobile

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:33:31 -0400

Twitter CEO Evan Williams said Sept. 2 use of Twitter from mobile applications has grown 62 percent since April, with Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for BlackBerry proving popular. Twitter for Android is apparently not a big hit. - Twitter has more than 145 million registered users, with mobile users jumping 62 percent since April after the company began offering its own mobile applications for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android. Twitter CEO Evan Williams published a rare state-of-the-company stats blog post Sept. 2, highlighting...

Nvidia GeForce 400M GPU Series Is Rolled Out

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:17:56 -0400

Nvidia's GeForce 400M GPU series allows users to take advantage of the latest 3D entertainment technology, and boasts the company's Optimus technology. - Chip maker Nvidia is calling its GeForce 400M Series of graphics processing units the building blocks for the next generation of Nvidia Optimus and 3D Vision notebooks which will come from vendors including Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and Toshiba. The new series of GeForce 400M GPUs, whic...

IDC Sees PC Sales Slowing in Second Half of 2010

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:17:54 -0400

IDC analysts say consumer purchases of PCs will slow in the second half of the year, but strong commercial sales will offset some of the weakness. - IDC analysts are predicting what others have also: Consumer sales of PCs will slow in the second half of 2010 after a strong first two quarters. However, IDC pointed out in a report Sept. 2 that the softening in the PC market in the second half was not unexpected, and that worldwide a large num...

Vlingo for Android Gets Foursquare Check-Ins

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:03:56 -0400

A new Vlingo feature lets users check in to Foursquare by speaking into a smartphone running Android 2.0 or later. - Vlingo is finding new ways to differentiate its software for smartphones based on Google's voice search application. The company Sept. 2 released a new feature for its Vlingo for Android application that lets users check in to Foursquare simply by speaking into their smartphone running Androi...

College Data Breaches Underscore Security Challenges

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:08:55 -0400

Security pros are talking about the challenges educational institutions face when it comes to protecting user data. - The University of Virginia reportedly fell victim to a cyber-attack the week of Aug. 23 that resulted in the theft of nearly $1 million. Unfortunately for administrators at colleges and universities, their institutions are just as vulnerable to data breaches as enterprises. According to KrebsOnS...

IBM Takes the Cloud to the US Open

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:56:10 -0400

To help drive home its point that IBM is serious about cloud computing, Big Blue hosted an event at the US Open to show its cloud prowess in action. Cloud computing is a key IBM growth initiative through 2015. - NEW YORK � To help drive home its point that IBM is serious about cloud computing, Big Blue hosted an event at the US Open to show its cloud prowess in action. IBM has long been a partner of the US Tennis Association (USTA) in handling all the IT operations behind the US Open and other Gran...

Droid 2 Is Verizon`s Best Smartphone: 10 Reasons Why

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:33:43 -0400

Motorola is undoubtedly the most important smartphone maker in the Android market. In fact, the company has proven that time and again, it has what it takes to appeal to customers who dont want Apples iPhone. Currently, it has both the Droid X and the Droid 2 available to Verizon Wireless customers. Both devices offer outstanding functionality that has helped the company become a major contributor to Verizons recent success. <br /> But just one of Motorolas devices can be crowned the best phone available on Verizons service. And although its a tough call, and both the Droid X and the Droid 2 are nice devices, its the Droid 2 that delivers the best experience to Verizon customers. <br /> Read on to find out why: - ...

IDC Reports More Double-Digit Growth in Disk Storage Market

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:12:57 -0400

The total disk storage systems market grew to $6.8 billion in revenues, representing 20.7 percent growth from 2009's second quarter. - Worldwide sales of disk-based storage arrays, which leveled off only briefly during the last two years of a difficult macroeconomy, climbed a healthy 21 percent in the second quarter of 2010 over the same period a year ago, industry researcher IDC reported Sept. 3. For the quarter, the total d...

Apple Ping Hit by Spammers

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:58:06 -0400

Researchers at Sophos say Apple Ping has been hit by scams familiar to users of other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. - Spammers jumped out the gate quickly with survey scams aimed at users of Ping, Apple's new iTunes social network. Ping launched Sept. 1 with the goal of creating a social network for the more than 160 million users of iTunes. However according to Sophos, the service has been hit with a barrage of...