VMware working on public cloud service By Dan Crabtree Sources told CRN on Friday that VMware is developing a public cloud solution to compete with Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's EC2 services.
Microsoft opens retooled Envisioning Center By Dan Crabtree On Friday, Microsoft revealed its latest vision of the future, the Envisioning Center.
Windows Azure outage refunds incoming By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro Microsoft promised Windows Azure users affected by last weeks outage compensation for the down time in a blog entry posted today.
Six-Strikes ISP anti-piracy plan to start Monday By Dan Crabtree The Daily Dot reported on Friday that an unnamed source has confirmed that the Six-Strikes Copyright Alert System will go into effect on Monday.
128 GB Surface Pro online orders to take two to three weeks By Dan Crabtree A post on the official Surface Blog yesterday informed consumers that online orders for the 128GB model of the Surface Pro tablet will arrive by March 1.
Price matching to become permanent at Best Buy By Dan Crabtree Best Buy spokesman Matt Furman told Bloomberg in an interview on Friday that the company plans to permanently extend its price-matching policy.
$11 million X-Wing Kickstarter counters Death Star By Dan Crabtree The Rebel Alliance has responded in kind to the Empire's crowd-sourcing efforts.
Microsoft Surface Pro officially hits stores By Dan Crabtree Today, Microsoft make's the leap from app tablet to full PC vendor with the release of the Surface Pro in the U.S. and Canada.
Power surge delays Super Bowl for 34 minutes By Dan Crabtree The Super Bowl had to show a few more commercials this year because of a brief power interruption at the Superdome.
Office 365 and Bing experience outages By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro Two of Microsoft's major online offerings, Office 365 and Bing, saw service interruptions in the last two days.
Nvidia's GeForce Experience beta now publicly available By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro Nvidia granted access to the open beta for its PC-tuning program, the GeForce Experience, this Thursday with support for 41 games.
Anonymous hacks federal judicial site, issues ultimatum By Dan Crabtree The hacktivist group made an alarming, symbolic move on the U.S. government on Friday in response to Swartz' death.
Researchers claim Java still has 'vulnerabilities' By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro Security Explorations researcher Adam Gowdiak posted a message on Friday stating that his team had discovered not one, not two, but three security holes in Java's latest version.
Cloud storage service 'Mega' launches By Dan Crabtree Mega, a cloud storage site and successor to closed file-hosting site MegaUpload, launched today, garnering 250,000 users in its first two operating hours.
Modders discover key to enhance Surface's responsiveness By Dan Crabtree A user on the XDA Developers forum may have discovered a simple trick to improve the touch response on Microsoft's Surface tablet.
U.S. government advises users to disable Java By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned Americans on Friday about a dangerous flaw in Java's latest version.
Vizio retools laptops to include touchscreens, Windows 8 By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro According to an early CES scoop, Vizio will be refreshing its PC offerings with touchscreen hardware and Windows 8.
Department of Defense licenses $617 million in Microsoft products By Dan Crabtree Microsoft announced Friday that it had closed a deal with the Department of Defense last week to license $617 million in Microsoft products.
FCC approves Lenovo ThinkPad Helix with built-in AT&T LTE card By Dan Crabtree On Friday, the FCC approved Lenovo's plans for the ThinkPad Helix tablet, marked by a native cellular data card.
Intel preparing cable TV service city by city By Dan Crabtree After nine months of speculation about Intel's alleged cable TV service, a source says the company's plans are moving forward locally.
Verizon says hacker's alleged security breach claims 'exaggerated' By Dan Crabtree Verizon reported this morning that the customer account information distributed yesterday by a hacker is not real customer data, despite hacker's claims.
U.S. partners with Russia on anti-piracy plan By Dan Crabtree On Friday, the United States and Russia came to an agreement on an Intellectual Propert Rights (IPR) Action Plan to escalate anti-piracy efforts.
Bowl game replays to appear in ESPN tweets By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro The New York Times and Adweek reported on Friday that Twitter and ESPN will be bringing live college bowl game replays to tweets this holiday season.
Google reports copyright takedown requests spiked in 2012 By Dan Crabtree A post on Google's Policy by the Numbers blog this week indicated that the amount of copyright takedown requests grew ten times between May and November.
Square now selling digital gift cards on iOS By Dan Crabtree TechRadar Pro An update released today for the digital credit card app Square Wallet has added plastic-less gift cards to its array of wireless payment methods.
