eBay ends war with Carl Icahn

From CNET: eBay and Carl Icahn have called a truce in their ongoing proxy battle, at least for now.

After months of arguing over board nominees and the future of PayPal, the two sides hammered out an agreement ahead of eBay's annual meeting on May 13.

Icahn will withdraw his proposal that the...

Twitter says it dodged the horrors of Heartbleed

From InfoWorld: Twitter was not affected by the Heartbleed Internet vulnerability that rocked the Web security world this week, making one less password consumers need to change to protect themselves, but users still need to be careful how they respond to the threat.

Heartbleed is a bug in OpenSSL...

Canada halts online tax returns in wake of Heartbleed

From PC World: Canada Revenue Agency has halted online filing of tax returns by the country’s citizens following the disclosure of the Heartbleed security vulnerability that rocked the Internet this week.

The country’s Minister of National Revenue Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay wrote in a Twitter message...

Intel to ax 1,500 jobs in Costa Rica

From CNET: Intel will close an assembly-and-test operation in Costa Rica this year, eliminating 1,500 jobs as a result.

The closure of the Costa Rica plant is part of a wider plan to cut costs and shift Intel's focus away from the PC market and to the mobile market, which has expanded at a rapid...

Microsoft suspends Windows 8.1 Update release to businesses

From PC World: Microsoft on Tuesday suspended serving Windows 8.1 Update to businesses that rely on WSUS (Windows Server Update Services), saying that a bug would prevent devices from recognizing future updates.

WSUS is Microsoft's standard corporate update service and is used by IT staffs to...

Sprint to Turn Off 6,000 WiMAX Towers by the End of 2015

From DailyTech: When the 4G wars first started, there was a bit of competition between WiMAX and LTE to become the standard moving forward. Sprint went “all in” with WiMAX and released a number of smartphones and wireless hotspots that used the standard. However, rollout delays across the U.S...

Twitter revamps its entire Web page

From CNET: Twitter is overhauling its familiar Web page in an effort to better show off you and your tweets.

Available as of Tuesday to a small group of Twitter users, the new Web site places you and your Twitter stats right at the top of the page. You can now display a larger profile photo and...

Hynix reveals world's first 128GB DDR4 memory module

From InfoWorld: SK Hynix on Monday announced it has developed the world's first 128GB DDR4 memory module, twice the capacity of the company's current 64GB module.

The new memory module, which is also being touted as the world's highest density module, is based on 8Gbit DDR4 chips created with 20nm...

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