Datamation Staff

The Wall Street Journal: As a jury deliberates in the U.S. Apple v. Samsung patent case, a South Korean court has issued a verdict in a related trial. The South Koreans found that Samsung products infringed on one Apple patent and Apple products infringed on two Samsung patents. Each company received a small monetary award, […]

All Things D: On Thursday, Salesforce.com announced that it brought in $732 million in revenue in the second quarter, a 34 percent year-over-year increase. It earned 42 cents per share, topping the Wall Street estimates of 39 cents per share. And for the upcoming third quarter, the company expects revenue of $732 million, beating the […]

Computerworld: Rackspace has announced the availability of a new tool called Cloud Monitoring. Based on technology acquired from Cloudkick, Cloud Monitoring comes with an API that customers can use to monitor their applications in a variety of private, public or hybrid cloud computing environments. Enterprises could even use it to build their own dashboards. “This […]

The Wall Street Journal: Sony has announced a major restructuring effort for its mobile phone division. The plan will result in the elimination of 1,000 jobs at Sony Mobile, about 15 percent of the organization’s labor force. Earlier in the year, Sony took full control of the division, which had been a joint venture with […]

Reuters: For its third fiscal quarter, HP posted a $8.9 billion loss due primarily to a $10.8 billion writedown of its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS. The company reported net revenue of $29.7 billion, a 5 percent year-over-year decrease. Revenue from the PC division showed the biggest drop–10 percent–with revenue of $8.6 billion. HP is […]

The Seattle Times: At the opening of its new retail store in Boston, Microsoft unveiled a new logo. Although Microsoft frequently changed its logo in the 70s and 80s, this is the first time it has updated its corporate branding since 1987. While the old logo featured an italicized, bold version of the company name, […]

Nextgov: In the past, the U.S. Defense Department has focused on defensive cyberwarfare capabilities, but new documents show that the agency may be taking baby steps towards offensive capabilities. Contract documents reveal that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is engaged in a program called “Plan X.” According to a special notice, “The objective […]

PCWorld: Working together, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Justice Department, several U.S. attorneys’ offices and Dutch and French law enforcement officials have shut down three websites accused of offering pirated Android apps. The three domains–applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com–now display takedown notices. “Software apps have become an increasingly essential part of our nation’s economy and […]

eWeek: Along with its quarterly earnings report, Dell announced that Marius Haas will take over as president of the company’s Enterprise Solutions unit. He will replace Brad Anderson, who is leaving the company to “seek new opportunities.” Haas previously worked at HP during Mark Hurd’s tenure as CEO, and he also spent time at Compaq, […]

The Guardian: For its second fiscal quarter, Dell report that net income fell 18.5 percent and revenue was down 7.5 percent. The company also warned that its third quarter results would be worse than previously expected, down 2 to 5 percent. Much of the blame for the poor quarter fell on the company’s sluggish PC […]