Icahn, Dell enter confidentiality pact

From CNET News.com: Carl Icahn's quest for greater influence over PC maker Dell has entered a new phase.

Icahn Enterprises this morning announced that, as of yesterday, it has entered into a confidentiality agreement with Dell. The only other element in the press release bearing the...

A year later, AOL is heading in the right direction

From CNET News.com: A year ago, the Internet media giant lost its CTO, its tech lead, its head of sales, TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld, and a slew of technology people in its West Coast office.

Activist investors were calling for a new board or directors, and some were even...

Xi3 Starts to Take Pre-Orders on Piston Steam Box Systems

From X-bit Labs: Xi3 Corp. has begun accepting pre-orders on its Piston small form-factor personal computers. The systems are optimized for Valve Software’s Steam video game distribution system and will be among the first so-called Steam Box console designed to bring PC video games...

Intel Delays Next-Generation Core i7 Extreme Ivy Bridge-E Chip

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp.’s next-generation Core i7 Extreme processor code-named Ivy Bridge-E has clearly become one of the most mysterious microprocessor ever. Due to lack of direct competitors, Intel retains maximum flexibility not over release schedule of the chip, but also...

Gigabyte GP-H11 Review

Writing review introductions here at APH Networks is quite an art. It reminds me of a slightly cliché line taken from an anime I have watched a while ago called Ef - A Tale of Memories. The line "wasuretakunai omoide arimasuka?" is said at the end of every episode, which is roughly translated into English as "Do you have memories you don't want to forget?" To me, this is a thought provoking quote, and effectively drives the...

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Hands On, KNOX Overview | Reports

Yesterday morning, I had the opportunity to meet up with Philippe Lozier (Director, Business Solution Group) and Steven Cull (Alliance Manager, Business Solution Group) at Samsung Canada. After going through a presentation introducing Samsung KNOX –- a platform that runs on Android to address the new "Bring Your Own Device" business trend, a preproduction Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was on the table for me to play around with. With a...

BlackBerry Z10 to hit AT&T stores on March 22, report says

From CNET News.com: BlackBerry will put its flagship BlackBerry Z10 smartphone on sale on March 22 through AT&T, according to Bloomberg.

That will be the first day that the Z10 hits the U.S. market, Bloomberg reported, citing two unnamed sources.

Many are keen to see how well...

BlackBerry CEO Encouraged by Early Sales of Z10 Smartphone

From DailyTech: BlackBerry has pretty much bet everything on the success of BlackBerry 10 and new smartphones running the operating system such as the Z10. The Z10 launched in Europe and several other countries, achieving moderate sales success.

"The feedback is very encouraging,"...

Google Announces Additional 10% Reduction in Motorola Workforce

From DailyTech: It hasn't been a good week to be an employee at Motorola Mobility with Google's hardware making arm announcing additional layoffs. Motorola Mobility has announced that it will shed 10% of its global workforce (roughly 1,200 employees). The cuts are in addition to the...

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