Microsoft's Bing is apparently gaining traction, albeit very slowly, in its uphill battle with search engine giant Google, according to the most recent report findings from Efficient Frontier.
2009
Google Docs Gets Makeover And Offers Better Sharing
Search engine giant Google has given its Docs suite a makeover, as it seeks to position the productivity suite less an rival to leader Microsoft Office, and more as the team collaboration application for Google Apps.
Michael Dell Confirms Smartphone for US in 2010
The boss of Dell has confirmed one of the worse kept secrets in the industry, after he revealed that his firm will begin selling an Android smartphone in the US, next year.
NaviSite Launches Enterprise-Class Cloud Platform
NaviSite has unveiled an alternative to public cloud offerings such as Amazon's EC2, by launching its own enterprise-class cloud offering, dubbed NaviCloud
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes 34 Vulnerabilities
Redmond has released its largest ever Patch Tuesday update after fixing 34 vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including six affecting its forthcoming operating system, Windows 7.
UK Companies Offered Carbon Management Widget
The software could help managers and employees cut wasted energy from idle PCs
Windows 8 Will Be In The Cloud, Whatever Ballmer Says
Microsoft is working on Windows 8 - and it will be heavily based on the cloud, whatever Steve Ballmer may have said in recent announcements, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Cisco Acquires Wireless Specialist Starent
Cisco is buying wireless infrastructure company Starent for $2.9 billion, the latest significant acquisition this year, following such purchases as Pure Digital and Tandberg
3PAR Launches Thin-Storage System
Company announces four new storage software products: Thin Conversion, Thin Persistence, Thin Copy Reclamation, and Thin Reclamation for Veritas Storage Foundation
Lufthansa Tests Another In-flight Broadband Service
Airline revives in-flight Internet service in a deal with Pansonic's exConnect
Analysts Point To Tech Refresh From Windows 7
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system could impel a massive tech refresh for businesses, a new research report suggests,
Dell Says Efficiency Drive Will Shrink IT Industry By £125Bn
Michael Dell aims to cut spending on IT by end user companies by pursuing the concept of the efficient enterprise
Meru Launches Wireless Service Assurance
Network access points can pretend to be laptops, to gather performance data and determine whether faults are in the network or the client
Barracuda Launches European Backup Offering
Hot on its Purewire acquisition, security vendor Barracuda Networks has launched a cloud backup service for European users
Dell, Salesforce Buddy Up For Cloud Offerings
Dell and Salesforce.com have partnered up to offer certified solutions for small and medium businesses, worried about taking on CRM applications delivered via the cloud
Barracuda Snaps Up Cloud Security Vendor Purewire
In an effort to expand its software-as-a-service credentials, Barracuda Networks has snapped up a start up called Purewire for an undisclosed amount
Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Review: Likely To Remain Desktop Favourite
The beta of Ubuntu 9.10, otherwise known as Karmic Koala, contains the expected core open-source updates, but includes a number of important enhancements to make it even more attractive as the Linux distro of choice on the desktop
1E Launches Energy-Saving Server Software
PC energy saving company branches out into servers and makes non-productive ones drowsy
Avaya Unveils Virtualised Unified Communication Offering
Avaya has launched its virtualised unified communications solution Aura, and is touting a 75 percent reduction in hardware, power and cooling.
Oracle Calls IBM PureScale ‘Proprietary’
IBM's effort to challenge its biggest rival on the database front with pureScale has not gone unnoticed in the Oracle camp, after one of its executives used the OpenWorld conference to call IBM's software 'proprietary technology'
Twitter And Wikipedia Smash Pollution Gagging Order
An attempt to prevent media discussion of waste-dumping in Cote d'Ivoire by Trafigura was broken by a mass Twitter campaign
Mandelson Promises £80 Million – For Innovation, Not Cappucino
Business secretary Mandelson disses cappucino-drinking creatives, but is criticised for not pushing fibre harder at London conference
Tech Sector Won’t Begin True Recovery Till 2010
Mobile phones should emerge first thanks to continuing demand from emerging economies such as China
D-Link Expands Energy Saving Switch Range
The switch-maker says that it has added another range of power-saving switches to its product line-up
YouTube Serves Billion Views A Day
CFO Patrick Pichette, during the recent Q3 2009 Google earnings call, reported that "YouTube will be very profitable in the not-too-distant future."
Oracle Discusses Importance Of Integration
At Oracle OpenWorld 2009, Oracle co-presidents Charles Phillips and Safra Cratz focused on highlighting Oracle's strategy of delivering a integrated application stack
HP Enters The BladeSystem Matrix
HP is extending its support for Oracle applications with a series of new provisioning templates for BladeSystem Matrix users
Online Ads Will Boost Google’s Q3
Google is expected to beat consensus estimates when it announces third-quarter financial results on 15 Oct.
Survey Shows Free Phone Customers Can’t Get No Satisfaction
Apple's iPhone offers the greatest degree of customer satisfaction, beating out even the BlackBerry in rankings by enterprise and consumer customers, reports J.D. Powers
Twitter 2.0: Is the World Ready?
The hugely popular micro-blogging service Twitter is undergoing a number of big changes. But is the world, already struggling to come to terms with Twitter and its impact, ready for what will effectively become Twitter 2.0?