Datamation Staff

FOSS Patents: A German court has issued an injunction banning sales of Apple’s iPhone and iPad in Germany. The ruling comes in a patent infringement case brought by Motorola, which alleged that Apple’s smartphones and tablets violated its patent on “method for performing a countdown function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system.” […]

eWeek: Twitter is rolling out a simplified interface for both its desktop and mobile clients. The new design features four menu tabs: Homepage, which displays content and conversations in tweets; Connect, which displays follows and retweets; Discover, which provides access to a stream of information; and Me, for personal messages. Observers say the changes help […]

All Things D: Following two quarters of losses, Acer CEO J.T. Wang has a new plan for returning the company to the black. “We will shift our strategy to improving profitability from pursuing market share blindly with cheap and unprofitable products,” said Wang. “Ultrabooks will become our key growth driver next year as customers want […]

eWeek: IBM has announced that it will purchase DemandTec for $440 million. DemandTec makes cloud-based marketing and sales software that IBM plans to add to its Smarter Commerce program. “IBM Smarter Commerce is redefining how brands buy, market, sell and service their customers in ways that their customers want,” said IBM’s Craig Hayman. “Bringing science […]

ZDNet: Microsoft and HP have signed a four-year agreement to bundle cloud computing products for small business customers. They will offer solutions for public, private and hybrid clouds that feature Microsoft 365 and HP Enterprise Cloud Services, which includes Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 hosted at HP […]

PCMag: The revised plans for Apple’s new Cupertino headquarters call for 500,000 square feet of solar panels to be attached to the facility’s roof, covering roughly 2/3 of the roof area. That could potentially generate 5 MW of power, making it the top producing solar energy facility of its kind in the U.S. However, that […]

InformationWeek: The White House has released a new report titled “Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program,” which sets forth a strategy for the federal government to address Internet security issues. “Given the magnitude and pervasiveness of cyberspace threats to our economy and national security, it is imperative that we […]

Author bio:  Bob Kirby is vice president of government sales for CDW-G, a leading provider of technology solutions to government, education and healthcare. Cloud computing represents a significant shift in how computing resources are provided and managed, and as a result, most public- and private-sector organizations are carefully – and selectively – moving into cloud […]

Financial Times: A court has ruled that Apple does not have the right to use the name “iPad” on products sold in China. The decision came in a trademark lawsuit brought by Proview Technology (Shenzhen). Proview registered the iPad trademark in the EU, China, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam between 2000 and […]

CIO: A new report from Everest Group finds that Chinese services exports increased from $1.2 billion in 2007 to $3.5 billion in 2010, and 65 percent of those exports were IT services. The reports authors predict that the Chinese outsourcing market will continue to grow 25 percent over the next three years. That growth is […]

eWeek: A new Dice.com survey of 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters finds that 65 percent plan to hire more IT workers in the next six months. It also found that 27 percent plan to increase their staff size by 20 percent or more. Also, those managers say that IT pros with six to ten […]

PCMag: Yesterday, Microsoft previewed its upcoming Windows Store, which will debut alongside a public beta of Windows 8 in late February. The app store will offer apps for both desktops and mobile devices, and it promises developers “a bigger bite of the Apple,” i.e.,  a larger share of revenue than they receive from other app […]