International Wikileaks Wins, Goes Down for the Count Wikileaks shed light on UN documentation of executions of children performed then covered up by US military. Controversial international watch-dog organization Wikileaks announced today that it will cease publication of leaked documents due to financial difficulties resulting from an inability to access millions of dollars in donations blocked… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
News Why Ellison Really Bumped Benioff: Oracle to Buy Salesforce Competitor RightNow If anyone knew the real reason behind the much-hyped kerfuffle a few weeks ago between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and his would-be OpenWorld conference guest, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, she kept it to herself rather skillfully. As it turns out, Oracle executives held an all-hands-on-deck meeting late last week; and this morning, the obvious… Scott M. Fulton View comments
Virtualization Cartoon: Who Knew From Beavers We continue our series of cartoons from Cloudville, that mythical but somewhat familiar place where the laws of IT don't quite seem to apply. Like our first cartoon from our friends at New Jersey-based SHI Labs, they have this interesting take on the situation if a server fails and you don't necessarily know about it. I didn't know that beavers… David Strom View comments
Finance Wal-Mart Partners With Square Mobile credit card transaction platform Square is coming to the nation's largest retailer. Square has struck a deal with Wal-Mart that will bring the dongle into retail stores across the country. The move is huge for Square but seems antithetical to align to its core business model, which is to bring mobile credit card readers to the… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
Mobile Ads Mobclix Creates Advanced Payments Program Getting paid as a developer is often a cumbersome process. The various app stores often take 30 to 60 days or more to pay developers and advertising generally works on a 90-day schedule. For developers who are just trying to work through the day-to-day grind, the payment schedule can be a major problem. Mobile ad platform Velti Mobclix feels like… Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments