The Glider

Microsoft's Windows 8 is heading rapidly toward its Consumer Preview release, with new details emerging about its interface. - Microsoft is prepping to release its Consumer Preview of Windows 8 (also known as the beta) sometime in the next few weeks. And although many details of the upcoming operating system have already been revealed, a few new leaks suggest that the company has some radical new alterations in store fo...

A federal appeals court has denied Googles attempt to have a potentially damaging email eliminated from evidence in its legal battle with Oracle over Java patents and Android. - Forget the third time; the seventh time is not the charm either when it comes to Google. Google has tried seven times to get a damning email eliminated from the evidence in its legal battle with Oracle, thus far to no avail. The email in question is one written by Google engineer Tim Lindholm t...

Sprint, like Verizon and AT&T, sees big bucks ahead in M2M services. A new deal with Orange will expand Sprint's M2M services to 180 countries. - Sprint and Orange Business Services, the enterprise division of France Telecom-Orange, have inked a new deal that will extend Sprint's machine-to-machine (M2M) services to 180 countries. The announcement comes on the eve of Sprints fiscal fourth-quarter 2011 earnings release, scheduled for Fe...

Google's We Solve for X event and Website are designed to enable some of the world's top thinkers to propose and collaborate on using technology to solve worldwide problems. - Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), whose co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have discussed building an elevator to space, is no stranger to thinking about and tackling daunting challenges. The company Feb. 6 moved to aggregate so-called quot;moonshot technology quot; projects intended to help solve wo...

Apple's iPhone 4S and other smartphones helped drive the worldwide smartphone market's notable growth, according to IDC. - Consumer demand for Apple's iPhone 4S and other next-generation devices helped the worldwide smartphone market grow 54.7 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a new IDC report. That surpassed IDC's earlier estimate. For the entirety of 2011, smartphone shipments to...

With Belle, users can also boost productivity on the go with a wider selection of Microsoft Apps, such as Lync and OneNote. - Users who have the latest Symbian Nokia smartphones can now update them to Belle, which brings a new look to their screens, thanks to the latest user interface. Belle delivers more personalization options than before. Users have up to six home-screens that are possible to personalize, along with a l...

Invoice Central enables users to schedule future payments and allows businesses to capitalize on early payment discounts. - Billtrust, a provider of outsourced billing services, announced the launch of Invoice Central, a cloud-based business invoice network that is focused on streamlining invoice delivery and payment for both vendors and small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Invoice Central provides vendors with a hub-bas...

GE has released an update to its Centricity Patient Online portal to incorporate SMS texting between patients and doctors, as well as access to health information exchanges. - GE Healthcare has rolled out the 13th version of its Centricity Patient Online portal. This latest incarnation gives patients the ability to send text messages to their doctors, pay bills and view their health information online. With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services preparing to re...

A series of emails on Pastebin show Yamatough negotiating with Symantec for the return of the stolen source code in exchange for a $50,000 payoff. However, the company claims the exchange was part of the investigation into the theft. - Symantec offered $50,000 to Yamatough in exchange for returning the source code related to the companys pcAnywhere product, according to an email chain posted on Pastebin. When negotiations fell apart, a copy of the code was leaked and posted on Pirate Bay. According to the emails posted Feb....

As part of the new release, Symantec transformed Backup Execs user interface and configurability to provide users with a simpler experience. - Doyenz, a provider of cloud-based recovery services for small and midsized businesses (SMBs), announced that its cloud-based recovery technology was selected by Symantec to power the new Cloud DR Option available as part of Backup Exec 2012. The service enables customers to leverage recovery as a se...