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TED head: Online video, education platform are the future

Posted May 30, 2012 - 3:49 am

The head of TED, the organizer of conferences around brainy presentations on a wide variety of subjects, says online video will continue to play a central role for the group and he has high hopes for its new education platform.
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Dell challenges Apple with the new XPS One 27 all-in-one

Posted May 29, 2012 - 9:10 am

Dell on Tuesday challenged Apple's popular iMac all-in-one with the introduction of XPS One 27, which has the largest screen in an all-in-one desktop from the company to date.
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10 questions for Cormant CFO Catherine Goodison

Posted May 28, 2012 - 8:02 am

Name: Catherine Goodison
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LG working on Retina-beating 5-inch smartphone display

Posted May 28, 2012 - 5:17 am

LG Display has introduced a 5-inch full HD LCD panel for smartphone displays -- the highest resolution mobile panel to date, the company said on Monday.
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Japan robot lab readies second prototype for work at crippled nuclear reactor

Posted May 25, 2012 - 6:17 am

A Japanese robotics lab has developed a new emergency response prototype that will soon be put to work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan.
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Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

Posted May 24, 2012 - 2:10 am

PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.
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VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova

Posted May 23, 2012 - 7:06 am

VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday.
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Tokyo opens world's tallest broadcast tower

Posted May 22, 2012 - 6:34 am

Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower, officially opened to the public on Tuesday.
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10 questions for BroadSoft CFO James Tholen

Posted May 21, 2012 - 12:21 pm

Name: James Tholen
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China approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Posted May 19, 2012 - 6:29 pm

Chinese regulatory authorities have approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, paving the way for the deal to close within the week, company officials confirmed Saturday.
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10 questions for LogMeIn CFO Jim Kelliher

Posted May 14, 2012 - 11:04 am

Name: Jim Kelliher
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Japan's Softbank testing blimp-based emergency mobile phone system

Posted May 10, 2012 - 11:59 pm

Softbank, which runs Japan's third-largest mobile phone network, is experimenting with using blimps as temporary cell towers for use during natural disasters.
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Twitter success thrives on narrow focus

Posted May 9, 2012 - 10:37 am

Those looking to build a substantial following on Twitter would do well to stick to one particular topic, rather than use Twitter to discuss a wide range of subjects, a Carnegie Mellon University researcher has advised.
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Sony launches 13-megapixel smartphone with LTE, but only for Japan

Posted May 9, 2012 - 5:52 am

Sony Mobile Communications has launched two new Android-based LTE smartphones for the Japanese market; the light-weight Xperia SX and the Xperia GX, which has a 13-megapixel camera, the company said on Wednesday.
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IT budgets grow as SMBs spend more on tablets and cloud services, says survey

Posted May 8, 2012 - 11:12 am

Small and medium-sized businesses are spending more money on IT, including adopting tablets, cloud services and virtualization to a greater extent, according to Spiceworks' State of SMB IT survey.
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Lenovo launches smart TVs for China, bringing apps and games

Posted May 8, 2012 - 4:20 am

Lenovo on Tuesday launched its K-series of smart TVs in China, marking the PC vendor's entry into another hot devices market with a product that boasts Google's Android 4.0 OS, along with access to free on-demand videos and 1,000 apps.
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ACM user conference seeks the magic in user interfaces

Posted May 7, 2012 - 1:33 pm

Echoing the words of science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, former YouTube user experience director Margaret Gould Stewart advised an audience of design researchers to think about creating magical experiences for their users.
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10 questions for Credant Technologies CFO David Becker

Posted May 7, 2012 - 10:51 am

Name: David Becker
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Wall Street Beat: Tech earnings continue to be mixed

Posted May 4, 2012 - 12:40 pm

As the earnings season wanes, quarterly financial reports from the tech sector continue to be mixed, though shares in IT companies are still up for the year.
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IDC also says Samsung grabbed the biggest smartphone share in Q1

Posted May 1, 2012 - 6:22 am

The worldwide smartphone market grew 42.5 percent year-over-year during the first quarter, as Samsung Electronics overtook Apple for the smartphone leadership position, according to IDC's estimates.
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10 questions for Flexera Software CFO Joe Freda

Posted April 30, 2012 - 10:43 am

Name: Joe Freda
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How to build an 'All In' corporate culture

Posted April 27, 2012 - 3:21 pm

In recent years, consultants Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton kept hearing the same lament from corporate clients: "It we can't get our culture right, nothing works."
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Casio releases app that can encode and send data using colors

Posted April 27, 2012 - 11:32 am

Japan's Casio has released an experimental app for the iPhone and iPad that encodes and sends data using colors.
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NY, LA, SF to be among Clearwire's first LTE cities next year

Posted April 26, 2012 - 6:37 pm

Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results.
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Survey: Over 97 percent of enterprise tablet users got an iPad in Q1

Posted April 26, 2012 - 12:47 pm

Apple's dominance over Android in the corporate tablet market grew in the first quarter, according to a survey from mobile device management and wireless email vendor Good Technology. The iPad accounted for 97.3 percent of tablets activated by enterprise users in that time period, the research found.
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