HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right

From InfoWorld: Seven months after dismissing OpenDaylight, HP has raised its membership in the vendor-driven open source SDN consortium to its highest and most expensive tier.

HP is now a Platinum member of OpenDaylight, raising its status from a lower tier Silver member, which it has been since...

Microsoft's Lync plants its flag in Android tablets

From PC World: Microsoft has released a new version of its Lync client for Android that now works on tablets as well as smartphones, expanding the footprint of its fast-growing unified communications product.

There are already Lync apps for iOS—iPhone and iPad—Windows Phone and Windows 8.1.

“The...

Nokia, Motorola hedge smartphone allegiances

From CNET: Many of the leading handset vendors have a hand -- or at least a pinky -- in both the Android and Windows Phone worlds.

Motorola, one of the major handset companies to embrace Android early on, became a division of Google in 2012.

Google made no secret that Motorola's patent portfolio -...

Motorola Introduces $129 Moto E, Adds LTE to Moto G

From DailyTech: How low can they go? Motorola today is taking a stab at the budget smartphone market with the new Moto E, which will be priced at a remarkably low $129 without a contract.

Given its budget pricing, the Moto E has hardware specs to match. That means that you’ll be using a device...

Silicon Power Superior SDXC UHS-I U3 64GB Review

High school calculus. These three words may resonate differently with different people; for me, it was really a love-hate relationship. I loved that course, because I actually like math. At the same time, I did not like that course, because I did not understand what half the stuff meant until years after I have entered engineering in university. One of the topics discussed in the curriculum was optimization. Basically, in order to find the point...

Mozilla to press ahead with in-Firefox ad plans

From InfoWorld: Mozilla last week said it would press forward on plans to put advertisements on Firefox's new tab page, but reassured users that the browser would not become "a mess of logos."

In a May 9 blog, Johnathan Nightingale, vice president of engineering at Mozilla, acknowledged that the...

Samsung: No KitKat update for international Galaxy S3 and S3 Mini

From CNET: If you own the global 3G version of the Samsung Galaxy S3, the bad news is that KitKat, the latest Android 4.4 update will not be coming your way.

According to a statement posted on the SamMobile blogsite, the company says the S3 and S3 Mini only have 1GB of RAM, which "does not allow...

LG Covers All Bases with New 7, 8, and 10.1 G Pad Tablets

From DailyTech: For those already familiar with LG’s G Pad Android tablets, you know that the South Korean electronic giant already makes available it G Pad 8.3. While the G Pad 8.3 strikes a nice balance between smaller 7” and larger 10.1” tablets, LG isn’t content with providing a “one size fits...

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