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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 14:56

Tags: Telecommunication, smartphones, security, mobile security, Mobile OSes, mobile, iPhone, iOS, Hack In The Box, Exploits / vulnerabilities, consumer electronics, applications, Apple

Unthethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.

By Loek Essers | 25 May, 2012 13:53

Tags: Hack In The Box, iOS, Mobile OSes, mobile, applications, Telecommunication, iPhone, smartphones, consumer electronics, mobile security, Exploits / vulnerabilities, security, Apple

Sony brings streaming music service to the iPhone

Sony on Friday released an iPhone app to access its streaming Music Unlimited service, part of its efforts to expand its online platforms to devices from rival manufacturers.

By Jay Alabaster | 25 May, 2012 07:37

Tags: sony, Internet-based applications and services, internet, consumer electronics

Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon.

By Agam Shah | 24 May, 2012 19:23

Tags: smartphones, processors, nvidia, Fujitsu, consumer electronics, Components

Motorola Mobility has infringed Microsoft patent, says Munich court

Google-owned Motorola Mobility has infringed a Microsoft patent related to SMS messaging, according to a ruling in the Munich regional court, which also dismissed a second case related to a localization patent.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 15:24

Tags: Android OS, Android, smartphones, consumer electronics, patent, intellectual property, legal, Microsoft, Google, Motorola Mobility, Motorola

iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

IBM says a study it did of some 1700 Chief Executive Officers worldwide found that many indeed - or should be - grasping social media as a key enabler of collaboration and innovation.

By Michael Cooney | 24 May, 2012 13:33

Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, collaboration, ceo, applications

Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

By Jay Alabaster | 24 May, 2012 10:15

Tags: consumer electronics, Components, business issues, sharp, sony

FujiFilm camera design to withstand water, shock, dust, freezing temperatures

FujiFilm said Wednesday it will begin sales of a digital camera in June that is waterproof, shockproof, sealed against dust and sand, and works at temperatures below freezing.

By Jay Alabaster | 23 May, 2012 13:22

Tags: popular science, digital cameras, consumer electronics, fujifilm

Ethernet switching gets specialized

Growth in the Ethernet switch market is now being driven by specialized devices for specific applications, rather than evenly across all customer deployments.

By Jim Duffy | 18 May, 2012 02:32

Tags: vendor market share, LAN & WAN, HP Ethernet switching, hardware systems, Ethernet Switch, Dell'Oro Group, Dell'Oro, dell, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Cisco, 10G Ethernet

Juniper to license Radware tech for data center?

Juniper Networks is negotiating a deal with Radware to license application delivery controller technology from the company, according to investment firm Oppenheimer & Co.

By Jim Duffy | 17 May, 2012 05:44

Tags: router, radware, QFabric, LAN & WAN, juniper networks, ITC, HP, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Application Delivery Controllers

From packet inspectors to WAN optimizers, network add-ons are all the rage

These days, it seems like a dozen new network "extras" - including traffic monitors, packet inspection technologies and management products, to name just a few - are launched every week, all advertising large-scale gains in performance, security and ease of use.

By Jon Gold | 12 May, 2012 06:33

Tags: Network management, networking, network, monitoring, management, juniper networks, infrastructure management, HP, add-on

HP: SDNs are key to Cloud deployment

LAS VEGAS: Software-defined networks (SDN) have the capability to provision applications in minutes instead of months, and speed deployment into the cloud, according to the head of HP Networking.

By Jim Duffy | 10 May, 2012 05:42

Tags: software, SDNs, Madagascar 3, Interop, internet, HP, hardware systems, DreamWorks Animation, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud computing, cloud, Cisco

Arista teams with VMware, Big Switch, Nebula for SDNs

Data center switch vendor Arista Networks next week will demonstrate how to build a software-defined cloud network using its switches, and controllers from partners VMware, Big Switch and Nebula.

By Jim Duffy | 03 May, 2012 05:32

Tags: arista, Arista Networks, Cisco, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, Interop, Interop 2012, OpenFlow, OpenStack, SDNs, VMware

Cisco upgrades industrial Ethernet switches

Cisco this week unveiled an updated line of Ethernet switches for industrial environments, such as manufacturing floors.

By Jim Duffy | 25 April, 2012 06:58

Tags: Cisco switching, Cisco Systems, enterprise/manufacturing integration, Ethernet Switch, factory automation, Industrial Ethernet, LAN & WAN, networking, networking hardware, switches

Mobility, cloud computing, security issues to dominate Interop

One of the premier technology shows of the year once again hits Las Vegas from May 6-10 and many of the themes IT leaders grapple with on a daily basis will be the hot topics at this year's forums and panel discussions. The show focuses on nine subject areas this year including: cloud computing, networking, wireless and mobility, virtualization, data center, storage, collaboration, information security and risk management, and IT management. Mobility is a dominant discussion point at this year's show though with 14 sessions on the topic.

By Brandon Butler | 23 April, 2012 20:29

Tags: Avaya, Big Data, Cisco, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, internet, Interop, IT security, Las Vegas, security, Zynga

The government wants to know what it doesn't know

"There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know."

By Mark Gibbs | 23 April, 2012 14:36

Tags: ACLU, Bush, Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Donald Rumsfeld, EFF, hardware systems, National Security Agency, nsa, security, surveillance, Utah Data center, warrantless wiretapping, wiretapping

Are IBM, Cisco and Oracle IT platforms really comparable?

IBM's new PureSystems integrated data center offering is drawing comparisons to Cisco's UCS and other convergence platforms from leading IT vendors.

By Jim Duffy | 13 April, 2012 22:39

Tags: Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, converged infrastructure, Data Center, dell, EMC, Gartner, hardware systems, HP, IBM, IDC, netapp, oracle, Puresystems, ucs

Exponential bandwidth growth and cost declines

Global Internet traffic is expected to grow 32% per year from 2010 to 2015. In 2010, an average of 46 terabits/second traveled over the Internet and should surpass 199 terabits/second in 2015. But while IP traffic is growing exponentially, the budgets for network equipment are growing at less than 10%.

By Scott Kipp | 11 April, 2012 05:23

Tags: bandwidth cost, bandwidth growth, Ethernet, Ethernet Alliance, Ethernet Switch, gigabit ethernet, global Internet traffic, IDC, internet, LAN & WAN

Ex-Vertica CEO Lynch pledges to build 'high-speed railway for Big Data'

Chris Lynch wants to be Big Data's Big Daddy, with plans to back 20 young companies on the East Coast that deal with data sets characterized by "volume, velocity and variety."

By Bob Brown | 28 March, 2012 04:36

Tags: acquisitions, at&t, Big Data companies, Big Data startups, business issues, Chris Lynch, Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, corporate issues, Data Center, EMC, Google, hardware systems, HP Vertica, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, netapp, personnel

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