Author: webdesk

Mono 2.0 lets .Net apps run on Linux

Mono 2.0, an open-source runtime enabling .Net-based applications to run on Linux, Mac OS X, and Unix, is being released Monday, featuring capabilities for...

Aster Data updates ‘frontline’ analytic database

Startup Aster Data Systems released the 3.0 version of its nCluster analytic database on Tuesday, framing it as ideal for “frontline” data warehousing.

Apple doesn’t need Jobs, analyst says

Apple doesn’t need Steve Jobs, an analyst argued Monday.

AMD to spin off chip fabs to raise funds

Advanced Micro Devices plans to split into two companies, one to design chips and one to make them, while two investment funds owned by...

AMD break-up: two voices from Europe

The financial world seems to be falling apart, but Advanced Micro Devices has just landed several billion dollars from two Abu Dhabi investment groups...

Japan game market shrank 21% in first half

Japan’s computer gaming market shrank by 21 percent in the first six months of the current financial year, due mainly to sharply lower sales...

IPO dry spell could hurt tech startups

A major slowdown in the IPO market is affecting the tech industry, potentially making it harder for start-ups to gain investments, experts at Pricewaterhouse...

IBM’s cloud initiative repackages its familiar offerings

Mixing together a mélange of services, software and marketing, IBM’s announcement this week of its Cloud Services Initiative is about putting an organizing construct...

IBM opens beta for social networking, collaboration service

IBM is expanding the free beta trial for Bluehouse, a Web-hosted social networking and collaboration service based on Lotus software.

Serving Tech Savvy: Mohammad Khalid Shah, Corporate Director IT, Avari Hotels

When you think of Pakistan you certainly don’t think much of the hospitality industry and give even lesser thought to how a hotel is...

SAP warns on Q3 earnings, cites economy

Turmoil in the world’s stock markets over the past several weeks and resulting concern among customers caused “a very sudden and unexpected drop in...

US online ad growth slows in 2008′s first half

U.S. online advertising, the motor that fuels most Internet companies large and small, including Google, Yahoo, Facebook and MySpace, has seen its growth lose...

Recent articles

spot_img