Big holidays

IE8 already? Internet Explorer 7 is hardly out the door (in fact, Secunia has already found a second vulnerability in the newly-released browser) and Microsoft is already dropping hints about IE8, also known as IE Next, according to Mary Jo Foley.With IE 7 finally out the door, Microsoft has begun sharing some hints about IE 8.0, also known as IE Next. Chris Wilson, the newly … [Read more...] about IE8 already, more Vista delays, big holiday gadget budgets, WinTel/AppTel to usurp living rooms, and Zillow under the tree?

Forget elves and reindeer. Santa's best helper this year was the Internet, at least if online holiday sales figures are any indication. The latest figures from ComScore Networks forecast that online spending in November and December will have reached an estimated $24.6 billion, which would surpass analyst estimates and mark a 25 percent increase from the corresponding period … [Read more...] about Net sales show big holiday gains

This guest post comes from Ian Fyfe, Pentaho's Chief Technology Evangelist, responsible for driving adoption of Pentaho's big data analytics technologies and providing input on high-level product strategy and roadmap development.  "Black Friday" and "Cyber Monday" have come to signify the two major holiday shopping events of the year.  But what many … [Read more...] about Retailers Hope Big Data Drives Big Holiday Sales

Pundits are often speculating that Apple is on the verge of merging its two OSes into one. The argument is usually presented that it makes sense to have only one platform for the long term. It's also stated that Apple has been bringing mobile functionality to OS X for a while. In spite of the arguments for a merge, Apple has no intention of doing so. Tim Cook recently stated … [Read more...] about Top iOS news of the week: Serious iPad Pro bug, big holiday sales expected, no merging OS X and iOS