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Research In Motion has a plan for reversing its sagging fortunes in the smartphone space. Starting sometime in 2012, the Canadian company plans on producing a set of superphones with advanced hardware and a QNX-based operating system, more than capable of battling Apple’s iPhone and the growing family of Google Android smartphones on their own […]

Physicians are interested in online video presentations about pharmaceuticals on their smartphones and tablets such as the Apple iPad, according to a new study by Manhattan Research. In the study "ePharma Physician 11.0," the firm found that 45 percent of ePharma physicians would like to access pharmaceutical product information on their smartphone or iPad instead […]

Malware is increasingly being used as advanced persistent threats against enterprises, according to the latest quarterly report from Cisco. There were 287,298 "unique malware encounters" in June 2011, double what was found in March, according to a Global Threat Report from Cisco Security Intelligence Operations released Aug. 1. Since the beginning of 2011, unique malware […]

Microsoft s possible revenue from Windows Phone: less than $613 million. That number comes courtesy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which did a little digging into Microsoft’s annual U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report. It comes from subtracting Xbox 360-related revenue — a cool $8.1 billion — from that of its overall Entertainment and Devices Division, […]

In this week’s installment of CIOs on the Move, we cover executive changes at organizations including Ceridian, Equifax, and Porsche Cars North America, among others. Information for this feature is provided exclusively to CIO Insight by the researchers at DiscoverOrg and covers activity across Fortune-ranked and mid-market companies. DiscoverOrg provides a constantly updated database of […]

Recent high-profile cyber-attacks have renewed interest in cyber-insurance as CEOs worry about covering the cost of a data breach if, or when, they get attacked. However, the policies they are buying may not help them in case of a large-scale breach. Sony is discovering this the hard way as the embattled Japanese entertainment giant struggles […]

Wireless carrier AT&T announced that starting Oct. 1, smartphone customers with unlimited data plans would experience reduced speeds once their usage in a billing cycle reaches the level that puts them among the top 5 percent of heaviest data users, a move which brings the company closer in line with its competitors selection of data consumption […]

An interesting thing happened in the smartphone market during the second quarter. Both Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung passed Nokia (NYSE:NOK) in worldwide smartphone sales, according to ABI Research. Apple shipped over 20.3 million iPhones to take the No. 1 position. Samsung followed with 19 million smartphones sold, including more than 5 million Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android-based […]

IBM has announced the creation of its new Services Innovation Lab, a new global lab that will initially comprise about 200 technology experts hand-picked from around the company. The lab will accelerate the expansion of real-time analytics and software automation in both IBM’s technology services offerings and its global services delivery capabilities. In an interview […]

Dell is looking to enable businesses to better leverage outside air to cool their data centers by ensuring that select servers, storage and networking devices will work at a temperatures of up to 113 degrees for a few hours a day. Dell officials said July 28 that the infrastructure products have been tested and warranted […]

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has a set date with the Senate on Capitol Hill to discuss the search engine’s expansive Internet market power. Schmidt, who served as CEO of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) for a decade before co-founder Larry Page retook the reins in April, will testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on […]

Hewlett-Packard is jumping on the OpenStack cloud computing bandwagon, a day after rival Dell unveiled a cloud computing solution based on the open-source software stack. In a blog post July 27, Emil Sayegh, vice president of cloud services for HP, said the company had joined the OpenStack project, which was kicked off a year ago […]