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• EMC Unveils Solid-State Memory Card for Servers - 02/07/2012 06:58 PM
  EMC's first PCIe NAND flash card puts a measure of storage directly into any server for speeding up high-transaction applications. - Storage, security and virtualization giant EMC has never encroached on the server-building business, but it's now literally getting inside them, thanks to a new product it introduced Feb. 6. Completing a promise it made at EMC world in May 2011, EMC unveiled its first PCIe NAND flash card that pu...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• IBM Speeds Up XIV Storage System Gen3 With SSD Caching - 02/07/2012 06:20 PM
  IBM announced enhancements to its XIV Storage System Gen3 including a new performance boosting solid state drive (SSD) caching option, and a new app to monitor their XIV storage from their iPhone. - IBM has announced several enhancements to its XIV Storage System Gen3 including a new solid state drive (SSD) caching option that can increase system performance by up to three times, and a new Apple iPhone app that lets users monitor their XIV storage environment from virtually anywhere. The IBM X...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• BlackBerry 10 Pushed With an Eye Toward Developers - 02/07/2012 04:27 PM
  RIM's renewed push for developers is basically an attempt to get them onboard with the upcoming BlackBerry 10. - Research In Motions BlackBerry DevCon Europe conference, which started Feb. 7 in Amsterdam, placed third-party developers front and center. Highlighting what he called RIMs “commitment to our development community,” RIM CEO Thorsten Heins told the developer audience gathered for his Feb. 7 key...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• IBM and Tulip Telecom Build 900,000 Square Foot Data Center in India - 02/07/2012 03:04 PM
  IBM has helped design and build a 900,000 square foot data center in India for Tulip Telecom. The companies say it is the largest data center in India. - IBM has announced that it has worked with Tulip Telecom to design and help build the largest data center facility in India to deliver new cloud and networking services. Tulip Telecom is a leading telecommunications network and data service provider in India. Its services reach more than 2,000...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Facebook Cagey About Mobile Monetization - 02/07/2012 02:27 PM
  Facebook will bank on mobile advertising to make money from mobile, and won't likely build out a mobile OS or market hardware (as some suspect), analysts told eWEEK. - When companies cite certain risk factors in their S-1 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it's expected they will list competitors in their space. Companies also like to list market uncertainties. Facebook, which filed its S-1 prospectus for a $5 billion IPO last week, listed...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Facebook IPO: 10 Facts You Didn't Know Before the SEC Filing - 02/07/2012 01:53 PM
  One of the dreams journalists, high-tech watchers and pundits have is that a high-rising Internet darling files its S-1 statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, announcing its intentions to go public. The resulting filings reveal oodles of facts about the company's culture, fiscal results, its view on the competition and other details. Facebook effectively fulfilled the dream of many Feb. 1 in its filing to go public. Along with it, came the deluge of details the company had not been required to bare for the general public. These details include interesting facts, for example, that Facebook's revenues were $3.71 billion last year. Media pounced on the revelations, feasting on such tidbits as how many times Facebook used the word mobile 123 times, Twitter is mentioned twice, Microsoft five times and Google 14. Really, the record-keeping is exhaustive. eWEEK boiled down some of the key details and put them together here for our readers' leisurely perusal. Enjoy. - ...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Motorola Droid 4 on Sale from Verizon Feb. 10 - 02/07/2012 01:33 PM
  Verizon Wireless will offer the Motorola Droid 4 an LTE-enabled, enterprise-savvy Android smartphone that's compatible with a Lapdock in time for Valentine's gifting. - Verizon Wireless will launch its newest Android smartphone, the Motorola Droid 4, on Feb. 10 for $200 with a new two-year contract. If nothing says love like 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) speeds and a 4-inch quarter-high-defintion (qHD) display with scratch-resistant glass, your Valentine is in l...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• iPhone 5: 10 Ways Apple Can Improve on the iPhone 4S - 02/07/2012 01:14 PM
  Apple's iPhone 5 will likely launch at some point this year, but so far, the technology giant hasn't said when that might be. Even so, the rumor mill has been suggesting Apple will follow last year's lead and try to launch the new handset at some point during the tail end of the summer or early fall. So far, several rumors have cropped up about the iPhone 5. Some say that the device will come in multiple flavors, appealing to those who want both larger and smaller displays. Others say Apple will offer up a single model that boasts huge improvements over its predecessor, the iPhone 4S. More still, say Apple will launch a nominally upgraded iPhone 5 that won't in any way shock or impress consumers. Simply put, the only people who know what the iPhone 5 will look like are those working at Apple. And as you might expect, not one of them is saying what the next device will be like. But that doesn't mean the iPhone 5 can't be improved upon. In fact, the device must be an improvement over its predecessor. - ...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Microsoft's Windows 8 Heading to Consumer Preview, With New Details - 02/07/2012 12:19 PM
  Microsoft's Windows 8 is heading rapidly toward its Consumer Preview release, with new details emerging about its interface. - Microsoft is prepping to release its Consumer Preview of Windows 8 (also known as the beta) sometime in the next few weeks. And although many details of the upcoming operating system have already been revealed, a few new leaks suggest that the company has some radical new alterations in store fo...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Google Loses Bid to Quash Potentially Damaging Email in Oracle Case - 02/07/2012 11:04 AM
  A federal appeals court has denied Googles attempt to have a potentially damaging email eliminated from evidence in its legal battle with Oracle over Java patents and Android. - Forget the third time; the seventh time is not the charm either when it comes to Google. Google has tried seven times to get a damning email eliminated from the evidence in its legal battle with Oracle, thus far to no avail. The email in question is one written by Google engineer Tim Lindholm t...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Sprint, Orange Ink M2M Deal - 02/07/2012 10:48 AM
  Sprint, like Verizon and AT&T, sees big bucks ahead in M2M services. A new deal with Orange will expand Sprint's M2M services to 180 countries. - Sprint and Orange Business Services, the enterprise division of France Telecom-Orange, have inked a new deal that will extend Sprint's machine-to-machine (M2M) services to 180 countries. The announcement comes on the eve of Sprints fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 earnings release, scheduled for Fe...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Google Solve For X Targets Tech's 'Moonshot' Challenges - 02/07/2012 09:52 AM
  Google's We Solve for X event and Website are designed to enable some of the world's top thinkers to propose and collaborate on using technology to solve worldwide problems. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), whose co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have discussed building an elevator to space, is no stranger to thinking about and tackling daunting challenges. The company Feb. 6 moved to aggregate so-called quot;moonshot technology quot; projects intended to help solve wo...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• iPhone 4S, Midrange Android Phones Drove 2011 Smartphone Market: IDC - 02/07/2012 09:29 AM
  Apple's iPhone 4S and other smartphones helped drive the worldwide smartphone market's notable growth, according to IDC. - Consumer demand for Apple's iPhone 4S and other next-generation devices helped the worldwide smartphone market grow 54.7 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a new IDC report. That surpassed IDC's earlier estimate. For the entirety of 2011, smartphone shipments to...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Nokia Belle User Interface Download Launches - 02/07/2012 09:22 AM
  With Belle, users can also boost productivity on the go with a wider selection of Microsoft Apps, such as Lync and OneNote. - Users who have the latest Symbian Nokia smartphones can now update them to Belle, which brings a new look to their screens, thanks to the latest user interface. Belle delivers more personalization options than before. Users have up to six home-screens that are possible to personalize, along with a l...
  
  

  
  

  
  

• Billtrust Launches Electronic Billing Service Invoice Central - 02/07/2012 08:29 AM
  Invoice Central enables users to schedule future payments and allows businesses to capitalize on early payment discounts. - Billtrust, a provider of outsourced billing services, announced the launch of Invoice Central, a cloud-based business invoice network that is focused on streamlining invoice delivery and payment for both vendors and small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Invoice Central provides vendors with a hub-bas...
  
  

  
  

  
  

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