Monthly archive August, 2010

With all the buzz surrounding cloud computing, many bold announcements are bound to come from the VMWorld 2010 conference, which is going on in San Francisco this week. San Jose-based Xsigo Systems today unveiled what it hails as a breakthrough Read More →

This morning we have a roundup of a little bit of everything, with more to come later today. (Check the blog at noon for another news item.) • Google seems to be tops in the number of acquisitions — with its Read More →

"Any company with a telecoms network should be accessible. It could be Google or Skype, but anyone operating in India will have to provide data." — an Indian Home Ministry official, on India's next targets after the country agreed Read More →

An online museum of 1970s calculators, created by a U.K. man who also collects other vintage technology. Also, lamenting the lack of a gender-neutral pronoun in the English language. Plus a dozen Read More →

This week, the spotlight is on tech disruptors in the world of entertainment. The way people consume media is changing in varying degrees of pace and growth and mode. For example, despite the growing availability of online video content, most Read More →

Intel said this morning it's buying the wireless unit of Infineon for $1.4 billion, confirming a long-rumored deal that will allow the Santa Clara chip giant to bolster its efforts in the mobile-computing market. Friday, Intel warned that its Read More →