January 18, 2012
Samsung denies sniffing around RIM On The Register, Bill Ray looks at the most recent rumours. “Samsung buying RIM seems unlikely, despite the idea that it could integrate BlackBerry Messenger and/or unspecified enterprise features to differentiate its Android offerings. RIM probably has further to fall before it can be acquired for its brand, and if that happens Samsung could well be in the running, but for the moment it seems BGR’s contacts have jumped the gun a little,” he writes. What’s your opinion?
CIO IT budgets flat in 2012, but… On ZDNet, Dennis Howlett looks at Gartner’s figures. “The question that really needs answering is how those same CIOs are going to find the budget necessary to deliver on business priorities. One thought is that most of the technologies they say they need are relatively low cost or at the very least lower cost than on-premise alternatives (where they exist.),” he writes. What’s your opinion?
SOPA resurrected as Google and others join protests On ReadWriteWeb, John Paul Titlow gives an update. “Today, the list of companies and organizations participating in the anti-SOPA protests grew to include such key players in the technology community as O’Reilly Media and Google. Rather than blacking out its services entirely, the search giant will simply add a link to its homepage highlighting its opposition to SOPA,” he writes. What’s your opinion?