VMware Kills vRAM Pricing With vSphere 5.1
Eliciting a resounding cheer here at the keynote hall at VMworld 2012 in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, incoming VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger told the audience that the company’s vRAM pricing scheme for vSphere is no more. “Today we are striking this word from the vocabulary,” he told attendees, noting that in the company’s recent comprehensive customer survey, vRAM was the one overwhelming complaint. VMware...
Samsung Stratosphere II flaunts its keyboard for Verizon, LG Spectrum 2 confirmed as VS930
By Zachary Lutz posted Aug 27th 2012 5:22PM We’ve had a successor to the Stratosphere on our radar for a while now, but the expected refresh is now much more tangible, as the Samsung Stratosphere II has just been leaked as part of Verizon’s equipment guide. Other than its QWERTY keyboard, 4-inch Super AMOLED display and LTE connectivity, however, little is known about the Android smartphone. As one point of interest,...
Apps Now Key to Small-Business Savings
Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment. Each Monday, USA TODAY looks at new ways companies are gaining an innovative edge in a tough economy. Photos by Maxine Park,, USA TODAY Real estate brokerage owner: Krisstina Wise likes the app DocuSign, which enables digital signatures: “It’s rare that we need an ink signature...
Townsquare Media buys what’s left of MOG
By Jon Fingas posted Aug 24th 2012 2:21PM Beats’ acquisition of MOG ultimately carved the company into two pieces, if not quite evenly: it left both the blog content as well as a music-oriented ad network that’s popular, if without nearly as much cachet for the technology crowd as the streaming audio. Entertainment outlet Townsquare Media must have seen a bargain in the making given that it just swept in to buy MOG’s...
Fujitsu Stylistic Q702 and LifeBook T902 convertibles show up with Windows 8, we go hands-on (video)
By Richard Lai posted Aug 24th 2012 2:36PM The annual Hong Kong Computer & Communications Festival is usually just flooded with discounted computer products and booth babes, so we were pleasantly surprised when we spotted a couple of unreleased Windows 8, dual-digitizer devices at the Fujitsu booth. Pictured above is the Stylistic Q702 “Quattro,” an 11.6-inch tablet-cum-laptop that was announced last month. This...
