Microsoft and Oracle Announce Enterprise Partnership

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp. on Monday announced a partnership that will enable customers to run Oracle software on Windows Server Hyper-V and in Windows Azure. Customers will be able to deploy Oracle software, including Java, Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic...

Western Digital to Buy sTec to Boost Positions on SSD Market

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital Corp. and sTec have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which sTec, an early innovator in enterprise solid-state drives (SSDs), will be acquired by HGST, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Digital. sTec will be acquired for...

Lenovo Yoga 11S convertible laptop now available for buyers

From CNET News.com: Consumers eyeing Lenovo's Yoga 11S hybrid laptop/tablet now no longer have to wait to get one.

Lenovo kicked off preorders for the new Yoga on May 16, promising that the convertible would be available for shipping and on store shelves starting June 23. Buyers can...

Tokyo Court Rules Samsung Stole Apple's Bounce Patent

From DailyTech: It's all over again. Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) has been smacked by a top federal court for violating Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) patent on a bounce animation, according to a report by Reuters.

The "bounce" patent, also known as the "rubber band" patent...

HTC Executives Get a Big Pay Cut

From DailyTech: 2012 was a horrific year for Taiwanese phonemaker HTC Corp. (TPE:2498). While some its handsets achieved modest sales, such as the 5-inch Droid DNA, HTC's smartphone market share plunged nearly 20 percent and its stock was beaten down 40 percent. One particular...

Sony PlayStation 4 Release Date Gets Announced by Retailer

From X-bit Labs: While Sony Computer Entertainment has not publicly announced exact release date of the PlayStation 4 game console to leave some additional flexibility for its shipments schedules, it looks like the firm has provided exact timetable to its partners. Just like its arch...

iStarUSA BPN-DE230SS-SILVER Review

It has been quite a while since I have had enough time to go over my huge backlog of tasks I wanted to complete. This week, I managed to catch up on some of the anime I wanted to watch this season. One anime many of my friends suggested is called "Hataraku Maou-sama!"; translated in English, it would be something along the lines of "The Devil is a Part-Timer!". When I first heard about this anime, and read the premise about how a...

BlackBerry Z10 gets BB OS 10.1 update via AT&T

From CNET News.com: BlackBerry Z10 owners on AT&T can now get the latest update to the BlackBerry operating system.

AT&T has begun deploying BlackBerry OS 10.1 to all Z10 users, according to blog site CrackBerry. The U.S. debut of BB OS 10.1 follows the intial launch of the update...

Dish confirms it is abandoning Sprint takeover bid

From CNET News.com: Dish Network put the last nail in the coffin of its unsolicited bid for Sprint Nextel.

Earlier this week, the satellite TV provider said that it was dropping its effort to buy Sprint in order to focus on its acquisition of upstart wireless provider Clearwire. In...

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