Datamation Staff

Computerworld: The FCC has released a 157-page staff report condemning the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. According to the report, the two mobile carriers “have failed to meet their burden of demonstrating that the competitive harms that would result from the proposed transaction are outweighed by the claimed benefits.” It continues, “The potential loss […]

ZDNet: According to Gartner’s third-quarter estimates, worldwide server shipments increased 7 percent year-over-year, but revenues increased just 5 percent to $12.3 billion. IBM sold the most servers during the period with 30 percent of the market, but HP was close behind with 29.3 percent. Dell grew it’s market share 6.3 percent to capture 15 percent […]

Computerworld: RIM has announced a new enterprise mobile device management product known as MobileFusion. In addition to providing management capabilities for BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, MobileFusion will also support Android and iOS devices, which have been gaining enterprise users. RIM has been losing its dominance among business users lately, but MobileFusion could help it retain […]

AppleInsider: Two different analysts are saying that Apple experienced a tremendous volume of sales on Black Friday. The first, Chris Whitmore with Deutsche Bank, says that 75 percent of Apple stores and 50 percent of AT&T stores sold out of the iPhone on Friday. Some Verizon stores also sold out, but Sprint had enough inventory […]

Bloomberg: An unnamed source says that Facebook is planning an initial public offering (IPO) that would raise $10 billion and value the company at $100 billion. While the company hasn’t yet decided when to go public, the source says it could happen before the end of the year. If the social network does raise $10 […]

MSNBC: Researchers from Columbia University say that HP LaserJet printers have a security vulnerability that could allow hackers to take control of the devices. The hackers could then use the devices to commit identity theft, to take control of networks or even to cause the printers to catch fire. “The problem is, technology companies aren’t […]

PCMag: A group of hackers who call themselves TeaMp0isoN (Team Poison) appear to have hacked into the servers for several United Nations (UN) organizations and posted the data they found to Pastebin. “The TeaMp0isoN hacking gang has leaked over one hundred usernames, email addresses and passwords that appear to belong to individuals at the United […]

All Things D: Citi analyst Mark Mahaney has predicted that Amazon will sell 12 million Kindle Fire tablets in 2012. That would give it a 15 percent share of the tablet market, which is currently dominated by Apple’s iPad 2. And it would generate $3.2 billion in revenue for Amazon. “The path is clear,” said […]

LA Times: Is an iPad a PC? If it is, research firm Canalys says that Apple will likely overtake HP to become the world’s number one PC vendor next year. “Pads, and particularly the iPad, have radically changed the dynamics of the PC industry over the last year, already propelling Apple into second place in […]

Cnet: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has refuted earlier claims that Russian hackers caused a pump at an Illinois water system to fail. “After detailed analysis, DHS and the FBI have found no evidence of a cyber intrusion into the SCADA system of the Curran-Gardner Public Water District in Springfield, Illinois,” said DHS […]

The New York Times: FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has moved to block the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. Genachowski says he will refer the deal to a hearing before an administrative law judge, where AT&T will be required to show that the merger is “in the public interest.” “The record clearly shows […]

PCMag: As part of its ongoing efforts to clean up its product line, Google is shutting down several services, including Gears, Wave and Knol. “To recap, we’re in the process of shutting a number of products which haven’t had the impact we’d hoped for, integrating others as features into our broader product efforts, and ending […]