HP CEO Mark Hurd moves to Oracle

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:05:00 -0700

Software giant Oracle Corp has announced today that former Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd would become the next Co-President of Oracle. Mark Hurd had to resign from HP as a contract worker accused him of sexual harassment. After investigations HP has found no evidence of harassment to support contract workers claims. But after investigations were done; they did uncover violation in policies regrading expense reports. Hurd will be replacing Charles Phillips as he resigns from Oracle for unknown reasons. Oracle has hired Mark Hurd to help close the gap between them and IBM in their markets - combine software and hardware.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Preview

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:34:00 -0700

Today at IFA 2010 in Berlin Samsung announced and demonstrated it's answer to tablet computing - the Galaxy Tab. The IFA is one of the largest consumer electronic conferences in the world where many major vendors show off whats to come. Today Samsung stole the spotlight revealing the Galaxy Tab. This portable device features a 7 inch screen running Google's Android Operating System with a MicroSD Port. This is fairly similar in specs as the Dell 5 inch Android System. As there not much else to say about this device but I am pretty sure this is not the answer to take on the Apple iPad Business. This device will be released to the public shortly for about $250 - 300 USD and in Europe before the United States.

2010 Fall Apple Music Collection

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:15:00 -0700

In Cupertino California Today Apple held a their 2010 Fall Music Collection. As in previous years Apple has always released information regarding their musical line of products; this year is no exceptions. This year features a rainbow of colors and changes for their entire line of iPod's but the iPod Classic. Smaller is better it seem to be a constant theme of this years collection with the iPod Shuffle and Nano shrinking in size. The iPod Nano is more like a mini iPod Touch this time around. As for the iPod Touch received updates similar to the iPhone with dual camera and increased screen quality. They debuted iOS 4.1 which focused on attack to the Gaming Industry, iTunes 10 with new logo and preview of iOS 4.2 to be released later this year. Our final stop on this grand tour of their fall

Verizon begins to roll out 15 Mbps DSL

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:40:00 -0700

Verizon has began to roll out their newest tier of DSL Service a 15 Mbps download speed available now in select areas. This upgrade should effect about 4 million users that are within a mile of the central offices and willing to pay $50 a month. The system uses ADS2+ to provide service at these speeds with further expansion coming soon to other locations. As Verizon focus on their FiOS Service this could be the last copper line upgrade for DSL Services and ending DSL Service in just about 10 years.

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Autodesk AutoCAD Returns to Mac OSX

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:21:00 -0700

After 20 years Autodesk has decided to reintroduce AutoCAD 2011 to the Mac Users once again. The software will follow the same pricing plan as it's counterpart Windows Version with some added mobile features. AutoCAD has been a industry leader in architectural, structural and mechanical design for many years now but lacked the Mac OS Support. Mac Users had to turn to VectorWork to resolve this problem for design. Starting October 2010 the battleground will change as the industry leaders battle out for top CAD program on the Mac.

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Microsoft XBOX 360 Controller Redesign

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0700

On November 9, 2010 Microsoft will introduce a new redesigned XBOX 360 Controller featuring a new D-PAD Design. The twist-able D-PAD Design brings in new and old school gaming fans to a single controller. This controller will only be available in the play-and-charge bundle on November 9 for $64.99 in the US (Europe in Feb 2011). The design moves away from the colorized buttons and to a sleek silver design.

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Paul Allen Sues Apple, Google and Others

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:23:00 -0700

One of Microsoft's Co-Founder Paul Allen and one of his firms has filed a lawsuit against many companies including Apple, Google and Facebook to name a few. He has alleged that these companies have violated many patents relating to search, multimedia, screen pop-ups and database management. These patents belong to Interval Research and license by Interval Licensing which were violated by 11 major companies which covers the fundamentals of the Web Technologies first developed in the 1990s. The four patents and details are as followed:

U.S. Patent No. 6,263,507, for "Browser for Use in Navigating a Body of Information, With Particular Application to Browsing Information Represented By Audiovisual Data."
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