Hewlett-Packard: Share of x86 Mission-Critical Servers Up

From X-bit Labs: Sales of Hewlett-Packard’s business-critical servers (BCS), such as Superdome and Integrity, were slightly up in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 (ended October 31, 2012), but still remained on very low levels and were down year-over-year as a result of...

HTC CEO slams Apple settlement estimates, calls them outrageous

From CNET News.com: HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou said today that he was happy with the settlement reached with Apple, and called the estimates floating around "outrageous."

Earlier this month, Apple and HTC struck a 10-year cross-licensing agreement, putting to bed a long-running...

Intel, Creative Announce Licensing Deal Worth $50 Million

From DailyTech: Intel and Creative Technology have announced a new deal that is worth $50 million. Creative Technology will be licensing its chip technology to Intel and selling Intel its UK subsidiary ZiiLabs Limited. Intel would be paying $20 million to license high-performance GPU...

Windows Phone 8 Launch is Marred by Bugs

From DailyTech: Windows Phone 8 enjoyed a big launch at the end of October. Sporting a slick user interface, a growing app catalog, and (finally) premium hardware, it seemed that the Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) mobile operating system was finally growing into a legitimate competitor to...

AMD Set to Release Tahiti LE in Late November

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices is set to release its new offering, which will be positioned against Nvidia Corp.'s GeForce GTX 660 Ti in late November The new solution will belong to the Radeon HD 7800-family, but is projected to deliver 15% performance improvement over...

AMD Readies Another Round of Reorganization, Lay-Offs

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices is set to continue its restructuring efforts in the coming year, which will include further layoffs. Even though they are not projected to be significant, their incoming lowers the state of employee morale and encourages many old workers to...

Samsung leads phone sales in third quarter, Gartner says

From PC World: Samsung outsold Nokia and Apple in worldwide mobile device sales in the third quarter this year, according to a Gartner report this week.

Samsung sold 98 million phones in Q3, an increase of 18.6 per cent compared to the same quarter last year. That gives it 22.9...

Judge Approves $22.5 Million Fine Against Google

From DailyTech: Back in August, Google was fined $22.5 million for allegedly bypassing Apple’s Safari browser security settings. While $22.5 million sounds like a lot of money, Consumer Watchdog didn't think the fine was big enough and appealed to the court for a larger fine against...

Dell Earnings Disappoint as PC Sales, Windows 8 Fail to Save It

From DailyTech: Dell's financial report for the third quarter seems to have missed the targets predicted by Wall Street on many levels due to sluggish PC sales.

For Q3 2012, Dell's profit fell 47 percent to 39 cents per share while revenue dropped 11 percent to $13.7 billion from a...

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