Industry

iPad leads way as ‘media tablet’ business grows 45% in Q3 2010

First IDC report on 'media tablet' business expects devices running Google's Android and other OSs to lead to further growth in 2011

The IETF at 25: Unfinished Business

The Internet Engineering Task Force has had a mostly glorious history defining the Internet, but still has much to do.

Broadvox, Cypress merge; GENBAND acquires Cedar Point Communications

US official defends domain seizures for copyright violations

The November seizure of 82 domain names helps make the Internet safer, ICE's director says

Microsoft: BPOS components average 99.9-plus percent uptime

Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Standard Suite is in a heated battle with Google Apps

Internap offers first major storage service using OpenStack

The elastic storage offering is open to beta users this week

Lawmaker: Congress will kill FCC’s net neutrality rules

The House of Representatives will move quickly to undo the FCC's Dec. 21 vote, Blackburn predicts

Only 10% of doctors using complete eHealth records systems, surveys find

Surveys conducted in 2009 and 2010 show a marked increase in general use of EHRs, but fully-functional systems use remains low

Library system dumps MPLS with cheaper DSL, cable services

Sno-Isle, Wash., library system expects to save $400,000 this year

Sprint adds $10 monthly data charge to new smartphone users

Move seen as simple way to cover increased data use