BlackBerry increases Android app support

From InfoWorld: BlackBerry is making it easier for Android applications to run on its latest smartphones.

A recent upgrade to its developer tools has reduced the amount of work required to get an Android app working on the BlackBerry 10 operating system, and changes coming in early 2014 will allow...

AMD Kaveri to Boost x86 Performance by 20%, Graphics Performance by 30%

From X-bit Labs: The first actual specifications and performance estimations regarding next-generation mobile platform code-named Kaveri has leaked onto the Internet. Just as expected, the forthcoming chip from Advanced Micro Devices will bring a lot of innovations to the market. However, it is not...

Flash Shortages Drive SSD Shifts

From EETimes: The dynamics of the solid-state state drive market are shifting, and for Abhi Talwalkar it's been a disappointing shift in 2013.

The chief executive of LSI hoped the market for SSD controllers from Sandforce, a startup he purchased in 2011 for $370 million, would grow as much as 35%...

HP ends tough year on a high note

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard reported results for the last quarter of its fiscal year on Tuesday, and although sales were down from a year earlier there were some much-needed signs of improvement.

HP's enterprise division, which sells servers, storage and network gear, reported its first sales...

Intel Wants to Sell OnCue Internet TV Service for $500M

From DailyTech: Intel is trying to sell off its OnCue online pay-TV service for a reported $500 million and wants to complete the deal by the end of the year. Unnamed sources cited by Bloomberg claim that Verizon Communications is one of the potential buyers of OnCue.

Intel has offered no official...

Carna Botnet Exploit Unmasked, Researcher Reveals Details

From eWeek: In March, an anonymous researcher published a report dubbed the Internet Census, which was conducted by exploiting more than a million embedded devices with the Carna Botnet. Full details from that same anonymous researcher on the devices that were exploited had not publicly been...

Nokia lays groundwork for next-generation virtualized mobile networks

From InfoWorld: Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Korean operator SK Telecom have demonstrated the potential for virtualizing the core of a mobile network, which will make it easier for operators to roll out new services.

Virtualization and cloud-based services have changed enterprise systems'...

Xbox One Owners with Hardware Issues to Get Free Game Code

From DailyTech: Both of the recently released next generation game consoles, the Xbox One and the PS4, have suffered hardware issues. Some Xbox One consoles have damaged game discs inserted into the drive slot, while the PS4 console has suffered from what is being called the Blue Light of Death....

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