David Needle

Who says reading is a solitary pursuit? Certainly not Amazon, the pioneering e-commerce company that built a multi-billion-dollar business out of selling books (and eventually most everything else) over the Internet. The company is now offering a software update to its popular Kindle e-reading device that will allow users to share favorite passages from books […]

Cloud computing offers users the ability to easily access applications from any computer that can launch a Web browser. Google, Salesforce and others have long made the case that cloud computing offers flexibility not available with traditional on-premise computing. But Google and other cloud purveyors have to convince customers the cloud infrastructure is secure and […]

Google’s Android mobile operating system continues to find its way into new devices, with the latest being the Aria, an offering from HTC that will debut exclusively on AT&T’s network June 20. AT&T boasts that the Aria is an “ultra-small” form factor, and says it will be the first of many mobile devices powered by […]

Cisco is driving ahead with its efforts to rev up enterprise collaboration. Now it’s talking up ways to integrate the Apple iPad and iPhone into its Cisco Quad enterprise collaboration offering, which is due out later this year. It’s also showcasing other areas in which enterprises can take advantage of the iPad and iPhone, along […]

PCs are functional productivity machines, but there hasn’t been too much to get excited about when it come to design outside of the much smaller form factors that have largely supplanted the earlier big tower designs. Over the years a number of PC companies have come out with all-in-one designs, combining the monitor with the […]

“I believe we’re going to see an increased move to data center environments where things run fine without cooling.” Scott Noteboom, the head of data center operations at Yahoo, in his keynote at the 7×24 Exchange conference. (Data Center Knowledge) “Now, stop me if you’ve seen this.” Apple CEO Steve Jobs right before he unveiled […]

Small businesses demand simplicity in tech products because they generally have few if any IT staff to manage and support them. In an ideal world, they also want products that deliver the best bang for the buck and can perform multiple functions. As Small Business Computing reports, Cisco has a new line of network storage […]

Many of us may take broadband for granted, but the fact is many in this country can’t afford high-speed Internet access or live in areas where its availability is limited. Just how big a role should the government have in making broadband services more universally available? EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet reports on FCC Commissioner Michael Copps’ advocacy of […]

Businesses have been expanding their use of online chat services for several years now. These services let companies connect more directly with customers while they’re online considering a purchase or wading through help screens trying to get a problem resolved. But there is still some friction involved in the process. For example, online sales agents […]

The growing number of cybersecurity threats has business and industry scrambling to find solutions. It’s often a cat-and-mouse game between security providers and the bad guys as each pushes to get a technological edge. As eSecurityPlanet reports, the U.S. government is ramping up its effort to identify and respond to cybersecurity threats. This includes working […]

Google has made a number of improvements over the past several years designed to broaden the scope of its market-leading search engine. Like its main competitors, Google has, for example, added image and video results and connected more tightly to social networks like Twitter and Facebook. The latest improvements qualify more as tweaks than anything […]

Google wants to be more than just a search and online advertising kingpin. To get enterprise and small business customers to embrace its cloud-based computing products and services, it must first demonstrate that it can deliver the level of security and functionality they’ve come to expect for leading installed software vendors. As eSecurity Planet reports, […]