Datamation Staff

Computerworld: The SEC’s division of corporate finance has issued new guidelines which say that publicly traded companies must disclose data about cyberattacks in certain situations. Specifically, companies will need to disclose such information “if these issues are among the most significant factors that make an investment in the company speculative or risky.” David Navetta, a […]

Cnet: Now that RIM has restored services for all customers, the company is offering all BlackBerry users $100 worth of premium apps from BlackBerry App World. In addition, enterprise customers will receive one month of technical support for free. “We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience,” saaid RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. […]

InformationWeek: On Thursday, Google released its financial report, which revealed that total revenue for the quarter reached $9.72 billion, a new record. The results also beat analyst expectations. During a conference call, CEO Larry Page and other executives said that Google is activating 550,000 Android devices per day, that the Chrome browser now has 160 […]

Wall Street Journal: At a Dell conference in Australia, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told the crowd that the company is “reimagining” Windows and transforming itself to take advantage of new innovations like cloud computing. “The constant tension in any business that’s innovation based is how do you build off a base of technology, brand and […]

eWeek: Microsoft announced today that it has completed its purchase of Skype for $8.5 billion. “This represents a huge leap forward in Skype’s mission to be the communication choice for a billion people every day,” said former Skype CEO Tony Bates, who now reports directly to Steve Ballmer. “Joining forces with Microsoft is the best […]

Reuters: Samsung has lost a round in its ongoing international patent fight with Apple. A Dutch court has denied Samsung’s request for a sales injunction of the iPhone and iPad, but has also rejected Apple’s counterclaims in the suit. The ruling could have repercussions on the patent lawsuits pending in several other European countries.   […]

CNN: Crowds lined up outside Apple Stores in many cities this morning as fans hoped to be among the first to purchase the new iPhone 4S. In Silicon Valley, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sat at the front of the line in an armchair. “I want to get mine along with the millions of other fans,” […]

Bloomberg: By Thursday, AT&T, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp had all sold out of their iPhone 4S stock that was available for pre-order. AT&T will still accept orders, but delivery will be delayed several weeks. The new iPhone is set to launch Friday, October 14. Pre-orders have already set sales records with 1 million […]

Fox News: RIM says services have been restored for its BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India, but many U.S. customers continue to complain that they are not receiving their e-mails. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis posted a video apology yesterday in which he admitted it was “too soon to say this issue […]

InformationWeek: On Wednesday, Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5, but few people have been able to download and install the update. Instead end users are complaining about receiving error messages, and some say that their phones have been “bricked” (rendered completely inoperable) when attempting to install the iOS 5 […]

GigaOm: A new report from mobile hardware vendor Ericsson says that mobile data traffic more than doubled between the second quarter of 2010 and the second quarter of 2011. Other key findings in the report include the following: The average active smartphone user generates 1MB of data traffic per day. High-end smartphones in the U.S. […]

NetworkWorld: Both Gartner and IDC are reporting that during the third quarter Lenovo’s PC sales grew the fastest of any vendor, giving the company a 13.5 percent market share. That puts Lenovo ahead of Dell, which had an 11. 6 percent market share during the quarter. HP remained the largest PC vendor, growing shipments 5.3 […]