Verizon, awaiting wounded Yahoo, faces its own pressures

From CNET: Is Yahoo the shot in the arm that Verizon needs?

That's a debatable sentiment. In the past few weeks, Yahoo -- which Verizon is planning to acquire for $4.8 billion -- drew the kind of headlines that make you cringe.

It suffered what could be the biggest hack of all time, coughing up...

Intel's $1.4B antitrust verdict should be reviewed, top EU judge says

From PC World: Intel's hope of recovering a record antitrust fine have improved with a recommendation from a top European Union judge on Thursday that the case be reviewed.

The company paid the €1.06 billion (then US$1.4 billion) fine in 2009 after the European Commission found it guilty of abusing...

Forget about picking up a 128GB Pixel XL on Thursday

From CNET: If you thought you were going to stroll into a Verizon Wireless store on Thursday and pick up a 128GB Pixel XL when it goes on sale, think again.

Verizon, the exclusive wireless carrier for the GooglePixel and Pixel XL in the US, tweeted Wednesday that the biggest storage version of the...

Node.js 7 set for release next week

From InfoWorld: The Node.js Foundation will release version 7 of the JavaScript platform next week. With the new release, version 6 will move to long-term support, and version 0.10 will reach "end of life" status.

Node 7, offered in beta in late September, is a "checkpoint release for the Node.js...

Huawei unveils blazing fast Kirin 960 processor

From CNET: Huawei, like Apple, is one of the only phone brands that makes its own processors. And its latest one, the Kirin 960, looks to be a winner.

Announced at a Shanghai press conference earlier today, a phone powered by the Kirin 960 wa put to the test against an iPhone 7 and a Samsung Galaxy...

Netgear Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router goes all the way to 11

From PC World: Netgear’s new Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router has features designed for the present and ready for the future—and a price tag to match. For a suggested $500 street price, the router packs in dozens of high-end Wi-Fi and networking features, including both 802.11ac and 802.11ad...

Netflix throws the towel in on China

From CNET: Earlier this year, Netflix launched in pretty much every country -- except China. That hasn't changed 10 months later, and it looks like it won't.

The company on Monday told shareholders that it's ditching efforts to bring its popular streaming service to the People's Republic, the world...

Signals suggest next Windows 10 upgrade will be in March 2017

From InfoWorld: Microsoft will issue its next Windows 10 upgrade in March 2017, according to clues uncovered by digital detectives.

Tero Alhonen and a Twitter user identified as WalkingCat sussed the likely release timetable from a group policy in the latest Insider preview. According to a...

Sprint customers are returning in droves. Really

From CNET: Maybe hiring Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" guy is paying off for Sprint.

The company released preliminary financial results on Tuesday that showed continued growth in the key metric of post-paid subscribers, or higher credit customers who pay at the end of the month and tend to stick...

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