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Forrester: PaaS makes developers happy
Although the platform as a service (PaaS) market is smaller than both IaaS and SaaS segments of the cloud computing industry, research firm Forrester says this technology could be one of the most important cloud-based services for businesses moving forward.
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Canonical taps international mobile carriers for mobile advice
Canonical has formed an advisory group of international wireless carriers ? including big names like Deutsche Telekom and Korea Telecom, but excluding all of the big four US networks.
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Dell committee says Icahn's new proposal is not 'actionable'
A Dell special committee has rejected a new proposal from a key shareholder Carl C. Icahn, and said it will continue to support the proposal by founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners to take the company private.
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Dish won't make new bid for Sprint, clearing path for SoftBank
Dish Network won't try to beat SoftBank's US$21.6 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, apparently clearing the way for the Japanese service provider to buy Sprint.
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GE thinks it's time to put industrial data in the cloud
Internet tools are just starting to be applied to industrial tasks such as maintaining equipment and optimizing operations, but the wealth of data being produced by industrial systems could make this a major focus of development in the coming years.
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Nvidia to license its graphics cores
Nvidia is to start licensing its graphics cores more widely in a bid to cash in on the need for powerful graphics in smartphones, tablets and other devices.
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Icahn acquires larger stake in Dell, proposes new buyout deal
Carl Icahn has acquired a larger stake in Dell and called for a better buyout offer than the proposal of US$13.65 per share from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners.
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Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment
Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives.
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Nvidia updates programming tools to boost mobile device speed
Nvidia wants to accelerate mobile-device performance with underlying tools that enable CPUs and graphics processors to work in a coherent manner.
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US officials: Surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots
U.S. law enforcement agencies have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the U.S. and other countries with the help of controversial surveillance efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency, government officials said Tuesday.
