Blog Profile / BizFeed
| URL : | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/bizfeed.html | |
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| Filed Under: | Technology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1187 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6.9 | |
| Archived Since: | February 2, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Wall Street Beat: Market stokes tech IPOs, as Tableau and Marketo debut
A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, jumped 78 percent to close at US$23.10, up $10.10 from its opening on the Nasdaq. Show More Summary
Advocates call for legal protections for copyright consumers
The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday. Consumers should be protected...Show More Summary
Swedish data center saves $1 million a year using seawater for cooling
A data center in Sweden has cut its energy bills by a million dollars a year using seawater to cool its servers, though jellyfish are an occasional hazard. Interxion, a collocation company in the Netherlands that rents data center space in 11 countries, uses water pumped from the Baltic Sea to cool the IT equipment at its facilities in Stockholm. Show More Summary
Google improves interface, photos in Google+ social network
Google is adding 41 new features to its Google+ social network on Wednesday, including a richer interface that works better on mobile devices and some major enhancements to photo sharing. There's little Google can do to improve one essential feature, however -- the number of active users on the service. Show More Summary
Salesforce.com adds central file view to Chatter mobile app
Salesforce.com wants to simplify the way mobile users find, access and share files from its Chatter enterprise social networking (ESN) application. A new version of the Chatter mobile application for iOS and Android tablets and smartphones adds a central container of all files stored in Salesforce.com to which users have access. Show More Summary
TechAmerica: US tech employment grows slightly in 2012
The U.S. tech industry added 67,400 jobs in 2012, a 1.1 percent increase from a year earlier, according to a new report from the TechAmerica Foundation. The tech industry's growth slightly outpaced the overall private sector in the U.S., which grew by 1 percent, TechAmerica said Tuesday. Show More Summary
T-Mobile Stores to Introduce the New Nokia Lumia 925
Not long after rumors that Nokia’s new Lumia 928 would lead Verizon’s upcoming lineup, Nokia has announced details on their new Lumia 925, which will be debuting with T-Mobile.
The new Lumia 925 boasts an aluminum and polycarbonate body...Show More Summary
The care and feeding of SSDs: what makes these speedy drives hum
Your solid-state drive sits there in silence. It’s sleek. Elegant. More than a little mysterious. The hard drive it replaced was easy to understand: A soft hum assured you that its platters were spinning. A quiet mechanical click informed you of its read/write operations. Show More Summary
Microsoft isn't planning Windows 8 wake amid 'New Coke' comparisons
Microsoft doesn’t feel like having a smile amid criticism that its Windows 8 operating system is like New Coke, which fizzled after its debut. The software maker is firing back with a little pop of its own. A communications executive...Show More Summary
Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A
Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the mobile market. Show More Summary
Microsoft desperately wants a Windows 8 iTunes app, but Apple's in no rush
For the past ten years, Apple’s iTunes has been the go-to music and video manager for Windows and Mac users. If you use a Windows RT tablet or are partial to the Windows 8 modern UI, however, iTunes is not available to you; a touch-centric...Show More Summary
The Onion explains how its Twitter account was hacked
Hackers who commandeered The Onion's Twitter account used simple but effective phishing attacks to obtain passwords, according to a writeup by the publisher's technology team. The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a group supporting embattled...Show More Summary
Is this leaked hybrid the world's first Haswell-powered laptop?
Sony's refresh of its Ultrabook convertible notebook line will be slim and run for 10 hours before seeking a socket, if an alleged leaked video is to be believed. The blurry, low-res video was reportedly leaked from a training session...Show More Summary
Spamhaus DDoS suspect extradited to the Netherlands
A 35-year-old Dutchman suspected of participating in a large DDoS attack on antispam organization Spamhaus was extradited from Spain to the Netherlands on Monday evening, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service said Wednesday. A judge in...Show More Summary
Apple's privacy policy violates German data protection law, Berlin court rules
Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users' broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled. Apple's terms for sharing personal information with the company are too broadly formulated,...Show More Summary
Dell boosts cloud portfolio with Enstratius buy
Adding to its portfolio of IT management software, Dell has acquired Enstratius (formerly called EnStratus), which offers software for managing workloads in hosted cloud environments. Enstratius' software, which can be run on premises...Show More Summary
Shattered Glass: Google's computerized eyewear panned by some users
Some Google Glass users are less than thrilled with the computerized eyeglasses that supposedly will replace the smartphone one day. It will be too bad if the early criticism ends up killing Glass, which has had high expectations since Google co-founder Sergey Brin showed the gizmo off last summer during the Google i/o developer’s conference. Show More Summary
Get a free Windows 8 tips-and-tricks guide
Even for the most tech-savvy users, Windows 8 presents a bit of a learning curve. Just figuring out something as simple as shutting down your PC can be challenging. Sure, you can read all the great Windows 8-related tutorials and how-to...Show More Summary
Mad scientists, rejoice! 10 tablet apps take spreadsheets on the go
Numbers is Apple's spreadsheet app, designed specifically for the iPad. It works on other iOS devices but looks best on the iPad's landscape mode. View, edit and create spreadsheets, then output them in Excel format. A bonus: Numbers...Show More Summary
Google wants Austin to keep competition going for fiberhood status
Ever since Google announced that Austin, Texas, would become the second fiber city in the U.S. last month, residents there have been given few details on how the tech company will select the first neighborhood to get the gigabit-speed Internet and TV package. Show More Summary