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Google Dominates in Mobile Search, Touts Mobile First Rule

February 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Google enjoys more than 9 percent of worldwide mobile searches through Opera’s Mini mobile Web browser, according to a new report. Opera said the Opera Mini was used by 50 million people to call up more than 23 billion Web pages in January. Yahoo only commands 4.3 percent of this mobile search market, with Bing notching a mere .03 percent of all page views. Meanwhile, Google said it is leveraging a Mobile First rule; when Google unveils new services for desktop computers, the company will release a mobile version of equal performance.
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More than 9 percent of all page views on the mobile Web in
the United States come through Google’s search engine in January, according to a fresh report
from browser maker Opera.
Opera calculated the statistics driven to its Opera Mini mobile
browser, which it said was used by 50 m…

Clinton Touts Internet Freedoms

January 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says countries that deny the basic rights of Internet users risk walling themselves off from progress. Clinton also calls for China to conduct a transparent investigation into charges that Google and other U.S. firms were victims of cyber-attacks originating from within China.
– Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced Jan. 21 countries that use
information technology to deny their citizens the free flow of
information over the Internet and outlined what she called America’s
five key freedoms of the Internet age that will inform U.S. foreign
policy.

In a major p…

IBM CEO Palmisano Touts Smarter Planet Strategy

January 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Speaking in London, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano spoke about the successes in the companys Smarter Planet initiative, which involves the increased intelligence in digital devices and using the data collected to improve everyday life. He touched on the benefits to everything from traffic congestion to power consumption, and also noted concerns around security and privacy when talking about the collection of vast amounts of data on people.
– Just over a year after introducing his companys Smarter Planet strategy, Sam Palmisano, IBMs chairman, president and CEO, is pitching the success and concerns of the initiative.
Speaking to business and civic leaders Jan. 12 at the Chatham House in London, Palmisano cited successes of the Smarter P…

Oracle Touts Rising Profits, but Analysts Mixed on What It All Means

December 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Oracle reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and sales of new software licenses, but analysts seem divergent on whether Oracle is positioned for longer-term growth in 2010. Throughout 2009, Oracle has continued to release new products and enhancements to existing lines, as it positions itself to challenge IBM in the systems arena.
– Oracle’s
quarterly results may have been solid, but analysts seem to have mixed views on
the company’s prospects heading into 2010.
On Dec. 17, Oracle reported quarterly profits above Wall Street
expectations, with revenues of $5.86 billion and net income of $1.46 billion.
Sales of new softwar…

U.S. Commerce Secretary Touts Climate Change Policies

December 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke tells delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen that nations must stop subsidizing the production and consumption of fossil fuels and create incentives for innovative solutions to clean energy.
– U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Dec. 11 used the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to tout
the Obama administration’s track record on clean energy, but stressed that
ultimately solutions will be pioneered by the private sector.
quot;I am proud to say that since taking off…

Sun Touts Performance of New Opteron-Based Server

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Sun officials claim that the new Sun Fire X4640 system, which can run up to eight six-core AMD Opterons, outperformed rival systems in two benchmarks. Sun Microsystems’ hardware business continues to struggle, hampered by the uncertainty surrounding the company’s acquisition by Oracle and the courting of its customers by competitors such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
– Sun Microsystems officials are boasting of record performances from a new
server powered by six-core Opteron chips from Advanced Micro Devices.
Sun announced Dec. 8 that its Sun Fire X4640 system, which can run up to
eight of the six-core quot;Istanbul quot; Opteron processors, outperformed
riv…

Microsoft CEO Ballmer Touts Windows 7 Gains

November 19th, 2009 | No Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells his audience at the Microsoft Annual Shareholder Meeting that Windows 7 has been outselling previous versions of Windows, including Windows Vista, by a ratio of 2-to-1. Data from outside analysts suggests that Windows 7 has made steady gains in the PC market since its Oct. 22 release.
– Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system has been outselling its predecessors,
specifically Windows Vista, by a ratio of 2-to-1, CEO
Steve Ballmer told an audience at the Microsoft Annual Shareholder Meeting on
Nov. 19.
quot;Since launch, we’re already sold twice as many units of Windows 7 [as]
…

RIM Touts BlackBerry Storm2 as Developer Device

October 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Research In Motion (RIM) is touting its new BlackBerry Storm2 as a hot device for developers, as the BlackBerry OS 5.0 is the first smartphone operating system from RIM to support Google Gears and SQLite for BlackBerry Widgets.
– Research In Motion (RIM) is touting its new BlackBerry Storm2 as a hot device for developers, as the BlackBerry OS 5.0 is the first smartphone operating system from RIM to support Google Gears and SQLite for BlackBerry Widgets.
BlackBerry OS 5.0 is expected to be available in the coming months for…

Ellison Details Fusion Apps, Touts Exadata Server

October 15th, 2009 | No Comments

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and rock star Roger Daltrey help Oracle CEO Larry Ellison wrap up the Oracle OpenWorld conference, which attracted about 35,000 people. Ellison delivers details on the Fusion Applications suite, which runs on Oracle’s Fusion Middleware and Sun’s Java.
– SAN FRANCISCO Oracle
CEO and founder Larry Ellison, in the final
keynote of Oracle OpenWorld Oct. 14 here at the Moscone Center, dazzled
attendees with unexpected guests onstage, then served up some news: details
about the company’s software-as-a-service-enabled Fusion Applications
middleware s…

HP Touts 4 Green Data Centers

October 14th, 2009 | No Comments

With data center power and cooling costs becoming a key issue for businesses, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard are using their expertise to help customers find ways to make their new or existing facilities greener. HP officials point to four data centers that they run or have designed that use everything from reflective roof materials to the icy air of the North Sea to help reduce energy costs.
– Over the past few years, the issue of power and cooling costs for data
centers has moved from being an afterthought to the forefront in the minds of
IT administrators.
Businesses are seeing as much as half of their IT budgets being spent to
keep the facilities powered, cooled and lit, according …

Daley Touts Wal-Mart As Store Proposal Moves In City Council

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Mayor Richard Daley and officials with Wal-Mart appeared at a green jobs news conference today, so it was inevitable that talk would turn to Wal-Mart’s struggle to get City Council approval for new stores in the city.