David Needle

How soon before a “Tablets R Us” chain opens? With so many companies scrambling to join the tablet bandwagon it seems like there should be a ready supply of devices. HP (NYSE: HPQ) is the latest, unveiling the long-anticipated TouchPad tablet based on Palm’s webOS operating system. The company showed off the new TouchPad Wednesday […]

Database giant Oracle is out with a new cloud-based storage system, dubbed Cloud File System, which it promises will ease the path for businesses to shift their IT operations to the cloud. “There are two components, the volume manager sits on top of the file manager, so it looks like any industry standard file system,” […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Now that cloud computing as gone from buzzword to old hat, the latest buzz phrase is hybrid cloud computing. Rather than forcing IT to give up on considerable on-premise infrastructure, the hybrid cloud concept gives IT the ability to tap public […]

Enterprise software giant SAP continues to push beyond its venerable on-premises applications by introducing new features to its cloud-based Business ByDesign. The new release will open the Business ByDesign platform up more to outside developers with the addition of a new software development kit (SDK). Another key element of today’s release is additional support for […]

The scene was so hokey that if it was filmed as a commercial, no one would believe it. As I walked by an older couple apparently on a first date walking out of [Hobees](http://hobees.com) restaurant in Palo Alto, Calif. the lady says to the guy: “Thank you for the dinner, it was lovely.” He then […]

Apple brought touchscreen computing to the masses with the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 and extended that vision with the hot-selling iPad. Before Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) moves, many smartphones and tablets had typically relied on a pen or stylus as a primary method of input and navigation. But in at the iPhone’s unveiling, CEO […]

“Steve Jobs wants to suffocate the distribution so even though he doesn’t own the content he could basically demand a ransom.” One of many scathing comments leveled against Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Patrick Lo, chairman and CEO of home networking maker Netgear. “Ultimately a closed system just can’t go that far,” Lo said of […]

It’s getting harder and harder for any consumer-oriented company to ignore Facebook, which now boasts over 500 million users worldwide. Whether its individuals and departments working behind the scenes away from IT or a fully-blessed social media marketing campaign, a growing number of companies have embraced social media with Facebook fan pages, Twitter feeds and […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Will a true iPad Killerever emerge? A number of tablets have been released since Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shook up the mobile industry last year when it released the best-selling iPad, but so far none of them has captured close to the iPad’s sales and buzz. Part of the reason for that […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. The PBX is coming out of the closet. AT&T (NYSE: T) today released a new, cloud-based application called Office@Hand that gives small business owners and administrators a raft of phone calling, forwarding and customization features that can be managed from a […]

Google Apps users sometimes wrestle with the same problems as users of Google’s popular search engine — how to quickly find the most relevant information. To be sure, in the past few years Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its search competitors have added features to present users with the most relevant results at the top of […]

Google’s Android continues its rapid ascension among smartphone players, beating out all competitors in a Canalys ranking of global smartphone platform shipments. The results show Android beating out traditional leader Nokia for the top spot with 32.9 million units shipped in the fourth quarter compared to Nokia’s 31 million. With Android spread across so many […]