Cynthia Harvey

Greenpeace has released its eighteenth annual “Guide to Greener Electronics,” and for the first time ever, Indian firm Wipro tops the list of “greenest” technology firms. Although still highly ranked, Apple fell slightly due to a lack of transparency. In a blog post about the guide, Greenpeace stated: Wipro, an Indian firm, tops our latest […]

Intel CEO Paul Otellini surprised many in the technology industry, as well as  the members of his own board, by announcing that he will retire this coming May. Previously, Otellini had been expected to remain in his position for three more years. Jeremy C. Owens from The San Jose Mercury News reported, “Intel (INTC) announced […]

HP has announced a new line of Proliant servers specifically designed to handle big data. The ProLiant SL4500 comes equipped with enough storage and multi-core processors to handle many petabytes worth of data. ZDNet’s Sam Shead reported, “Hewlett-Packard is harnessing the brains of massively multicore chips from Intel and Nvidia to power a server designed […]

An attorney from California has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for false advertising related to the new Surface RT tablet. The man bought a 32GB model, but discovered it really only had 16GB of free space, because the rest was taken up by the operating system and pre-installed software. Ryan Nakashima with the Associated Press […]

On Thursday, Dell announced that its quarterly earnings fell 47 percent and revenue declined 11 percent, thanks in large part to declining PC sales. The company’s stock took a tumble as a result. The Wall Street Journal’s Ben Worthen and Ian Sherr reported, “Dell Inc.’s quarterly profit plunged by nearly half, weighed down by weak […]

Crooks stole 3,600 iPad Minis–worth a total of $1.5 million–from a building at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. Ironically, the building where the goods were stored was the scene of the heist in the movie Goodfellas. The New York Post’s Philip Messing and Josh Margolin first broke the story, writing, “A pair of brazen […]

Cisco has announced its plans to acquire Cloupia, a startup focused on data center management software, for $125 million. The deal will likely close during Cisco’s second fiscal quarter, which ends in January. Pete Barlas with Investor’s Business Daily reported, “Cisco Systems (CSCO) shares inched up more than 1% in morning trading Thursday after the […]

On Wednesday, supporters of cybersecurity legislation failed to get the 60 votes they needed to bring the bill up for a vote in the Senate. With Congressional action on cybersecurity stalled, some observers say it’s likely President Obama will issue an executive order to deal with threats. Computerworld’s Grant Gross reported, “The U.S. Senate has […]

NASA is requiring whole disk encryption for all of its workers’ laptops after a recent breach. In a memo, the agency informed workers that a laptop that had been stolen contained unencrypted employee personal information. SpaceRef posted a copy of the internal memo about the incident, which read, “On October 31, 2012, a NASA laptop […]

Texas Instruments has announced plans to reduce its workforce by 1,700 employees. The firm is restructuring in order to cut costs, and it plans to stop developing new processors for the mobile device market. Nathan Eddy from eWeek reported, “Technology giant Texas Instruments on Nov. 14 announced plans to eliminate 1,700 jobs worldwide as the […]