Stories by Sumner Lemon

Engineer fired for privacy violations, Google says

A Google engineer was fired for violating the company's privacy rules, Google said Wednesday, responding to a report that the engineer had improperly accessed the accounts of several teenagers.

By Sumner Lemon | 15 September, 2010 17:50

Tags: Google, business issues

VCE coalition signs up first Asian operator

The Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) coalition has signed up its first Asian operator customer -- Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) -- ten months after the partnership was created to offer packages of hardware and software for data centers, it said this week.

By Sumner Lemon | 14 September, 2010 16:54

Tags: VMware, Virtualization, servers, networking, hardware systems, EMC, Cisco Systems

Mark Hurd joins Oracle as co-president

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has been appointed co-president of Oracle, the software company announced Monday.

By Sumner Lemon | 07 September, 2010 11:03

Tags: personnel, oracle, business issues

Latest Skype beta offers group video calls for 10

The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people.

By Sumner Lemon | 06 September, 2010 03:45

Tags: VoIP, videoconferencing, Telecommunication, Skype, Google

Internet access in emerging markets to double by 2015

The number of people with Internet access in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia will double by 2015, management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group said in a report released Wednesday.

By Sumner Lemon | 01 September, 2010 17:29

Tags: internet, Boston Consulting Group

Server sales post biggest jump since 2003, IDC says

Worldwide server sales posted their biggest jump since 2003 during the second quarter as Hewlett-Packard outsold rival IBM to take the top spot among server vendors, IDC said Tuesday.

By Sumner Lemon | 26 August, 2010 05:26

Tags: servers, market research, IDC, IBM, hewlett-packard, hardware systems, dell

Dell Streak likely to hit Asia in early 2011

Dell is likely to bring its Streak tablet to Asia-Pacific markets early next year, a company executive said Friday.

By Sumner Lemon | 20 August, 2010 15:11

Tags: Google Android, financial results, Dell Streak, dell, business issues

Executive steps down for review of Apple kickback charges

A top executive at JLJ Holdings, the parent company of a Singapore-based Apple supplier named in an alleged kickback scheme, has stepped down from his position "for the time being" as the company pursues an investigation of the charges, it said Thursday.

By Sumner Lemon | 20 August, 2010 12:07

Tags: legal, JLJ Holdings, Criminal, Civil lawsuits, Apple

Lenovo's sales surge in China and emerging markets

Lenovo Group's sales in China rose 50 percent and sales in emerging markets doubled during the company's fiscal first quarter ended June 30, it said Thursday.

By Sumner Lemon | 19 August, 2010 11:25

Tags: Lenovo Group, Lenovo, financial results, business issues

Gartner says Dell still lags behind Acer

The race for the No. 2 spot among PC vendors may be to close to call, with analyst firms disagreeing over whether or not Dell lagged behind rival Acer during the second quarter.

By Sumner Lemon | 15 July, 2010 13:46

Tags: laptops, hardware systems, desktop pcs, dell, Acer

IBM takes blame for massive bank system failure

IBM took responsibility for a major IT system failure suffered by one of Singapore's largest banks on July 5, saying an employee's error caused the outage.

By Sumner Lemon | 13 July, 2010 21:33

Tags: services, outsourcing, it management, IBM

Apple opens Shanghai store, the company's second in China

Apple opened a retail store in Shanghai on Saturday, the company's second in China.

By Sumner Lemon | 12 July, 2010 12:31

Tags: hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple

Intel says its Celeron brand is here to stay

Intel has no plans to shelve its Celeron processor brand in 2011, the chip maker said Friday in response to a Taiwanese press report.

By Sumner Lemon | 09 July, 2010 20:49

Tags: processors, pc components, Intel, CPUs, Components

No slowdown for rising semiconductor sales, IDC says

After seeing chip sales decline in 2009, the semiconductor industry's fortunes are looking brighter in the coming years, according to IDC.

By Sumner Lemon | 07 July, 2010 12:26

Tags: IDC, Components

Lenovo 'lucky' Apple not focused on China, says exec

Lenovo is "lucky" that Apple CEO Steve Jobs isn't focused on the Chinese market, according to reported comments by Lenovo's chairman.

By Sumner Lemon | 06 July, 2010 03:20

Tags: Lenovo, hardware systems, China, Apple

 
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