Posts tagged “Hot Off the Wire”
Red Hat's new Fedora lead; Cree LED breakthrough; Google, Cisco top 'green' list; Oracle rejects SAP settlement; Yahoo board shakeup
Inside the Bulldog blog: Red Hat's new Fedora project lead focusing on 'cloud;' Cree claims bid advance on LEDs in price, performance; Greenpeace lists Google, Cisco as top "Cool IT" firms; Oracle says no to $272M settlement in SAP lawsuit; Yahoo's chairman is out.
Will Cisco report progress in its turnaround efforts?
Cisco was in the doldrums a year ago, missing out on the economic recovery and losing out to competitors on orders. CEO John Chambers slashed jobs and narrowed the company's focus, which had been scattered as it tried to expand into new markets. Latest earnings are due Wednesday.
Cisco server fire threat; Lenovo Android upgrade; cloud startup vs. Cisco; Epic's Blesinski to host awards; Google 'Solve for X'
Inside the Bulldog blog: Cisco is warning about a fire threat from some of its servers; Lenovo tablets get Android 4.0 in May; Marc Andreessen funds cloud startup targeting Cisco; Epic Games' Cliff Blesinski lands awards host honor; Google unveils "solve for X' site - what is it?
Redbox-Verizon streaming plan to crowd online video space
In addition to leader Netflix, several other companies offer Internet access to videos. For consumers, that means many choices.
A screen shot of Amazon Instant Video offerings
Netflix threat: Verizon, Redbox team up for video streaming service
Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent, say the service will be national, apparently setting it up to compete with Netflix.
Google bows to India's censorship demands
The action follows weeks of intense government pressure for 22 Internet giants including Facebook and YouTube - to remove photographs, videos or text considered "anti-religious" or "anti-social."
Google India website in Hindi
Life science news in review: MedCity News headlines
A look back at headlines from MedCity news for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5:
Week in review: WRAL Tech Wire headlines
A look back at technology, life science and other related news as reported in WRAL Tech Wire for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5.
'Anonymous' hackers intercept, release FBI call about them
"The FBI might be curious how we're able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now," the group gloated in a message posted to Twitter.
European Union wants Google to delay new privacy policy
The chairman of the EU's 27 national privacy regulators has written a letter to Google CEO Larry Page informing him that a French regulator is now probing the new rules.
Checking Android apps for malware; VeriSign's multiple hacks; IBM VCs on prowl; defending Nortel bonuses; Cisco targets UK startups
In the Bulldog blog: Google's new "Bouncer" screens Andorid apps for malware; security firm VeriSign acknowledges multiple hacks; IBM looking for "Smarter Planet" linked venture deals; defense says Nortel bonuses were legitimate; Cisco launches awards program for new UK firms.
AOL, Huffington Post to launch live 'never-ending talk show' video network
The Huffington Post Streaming will launch this summer, streaming news video live 12 hours a day on weekdays, expanding to 16 hours a day next year.
Breakthrough turns bullet into a tiny guided missile
At 4 inches long and a half-inch in diameter, the bullet directs itself like a tiny guided missile and can hit a target more than a mile away. It's designed to twist and turn, making up to 30 corrections per second.
Microsoft cuts some 200 people in marketing positions
"Some of these changes involved the reduction of a small percentage of marketing positions to better align our resources with our business needs and clarify roles across the marketing function," the company said.
Motricity's new chair; ex-Nortel CEO's defense; Sssh - Red Hat joins OpenStack; Qualcomm soars; LivingSocial loses $538M; Kincect for PCs; Cisco exec bolts
Inside the Bulldog blog: Motricity, which has an office in Morrisville, has a new chairman; Nortel fraud trial continues; Red Hat 'quietly' joins cloud code group; Qualcomm stock is at a 12-year high; Amazon says LivingSocial is losing big; Microsoft launches Kinect for Windows; Cisco video exec joins a rival.
