Apple, IBM Announce Strategic Partnership in Enterprise Mobility

From DailyTech: Microsoft may have recently announced its intentions to become a “productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world,” but it looks like longtime rival Apple has plans of its own in addressing the needs of enterprise customers and has brought in the big guns...

Oracle hopes to make SQL a lingua franca for big data

From InfoWorld: Oracle is hoping to turn heads in the crowded data analysis market with Big Data SQL, a software tool that can run a single SQL query against Oracle's own database as well as Hadoop and NoSQL data stores.

The software is an option for Oracle's Big Data Appliance, which incorporates...

EA dismisses claim its Origin software spies on gamers

From PC World: Gamemaker Electronic Arts dismissed a rumor on Tuesday that its download client called Origin secretly collects data from users’ computers.

A supposed screenshot, posted on Reddit, claimed that Origin is “still snooping files.”

Origin collects a limited amount of information from...

Microsoft reportedly readying job cuts in Nokia acquisition

From CNET: Microsoft is planning its largest round of layoffs in five years as the software giant looks to integrate Nokia Oyj's handset unit, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing people with knowledge of the company's plans.

The job cuts, expected to be announced as soon as this week, will likely...

At $35 USD Raspberry Pi B+ is Close to Perfection for Tinkerers

From DailyTech: After two years of strong sales and incredible response from the tinkerer/DIY community, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has a final set of tweaks to the higher priced variant of its first generation pocket computer, the Raspberry Pi B.

Dubbed the Raspberry Pi B+, the new version still...

Which NAS HDD Should I Buy? (2014) | Reports

Would you rather be spoiled for choice, or have no choice at all? More often than not, if we have no option at all, then we would complain, because we have no option. If we have many options, we would also complain, because it is hard to make a decision. Here at APH Networks, we have recently covered three 4TB hard drives from all three major brands. This included the Deskstar NAS from HGST, NAS HDD ST4000VN000 from Seagate, and Red WD40EFRX 4TB...

Adobe promises access to Lightroom photos even after subscription ends

From CNET: With the newest version of its Lightroom software for editing and cataloging photos, Adobe has made good on an earlier commitment to ensure people don't lose access to their photos even if they stop paying for subscription access to the software itself.

Adobe offers Lightroom in two ways...

QNAP Announces QGenie 7-in-1 NAS for Mobile Users

From DailyTech: QNAP is extended its Network Attached Storage (NAS) prowess to a portable “mobile” form-factor with its new QGenie, which it calls a 7-in-1 mobile device.

Similar in concept to products from companies like Patriot and Kingston, the QGenie not only allows users to share documents...

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