BlackBerry beats earnings expectations thanks to cost-cutting

From CNET: Sales are still shrinking at phone maker BlackBerry, but cost-cutting measures buoyed the company's earnings for its fiscal first quarter, the company said Thursday.

BlackBerry, which has been trying to reinvent itself under new leader John Chen, reported a narrower loss than analysts...

Cisco buys its way into AT&T SDN

From InfoWorld: Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held Tail-f Systems, a developer of multivendor network service orchestration systems for traditional and virtualized networks, and one of the vendors AT&T selected for its Domain 2.0 SDN/NFV project.

Under the terms of the...

Apple iMac line gets $1,099 option

From CNET: Apple updated its iMac array of all-in-one computers on Wednesday with a low-end model priced at $1,099.

The new iMac features a 21.5-inch screen and a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, along with 8GB of memory and a 500GB hard drive. This latest edition is available now, Apple...

Internet Explorer sneak peek: Focus on WebGL, WebDriver

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's Internet Explorer Developer Channel, revealed Monday, is providing developers a sneak peek at upcoming improvements planned for its browser, with the focus now on WebDriver and WebGL support.

Featuring a fully functioning browser, IE Developer Channel is available for...

Apple settles e-book antitrust dispute with U.S. states, consumer group

From PC World: Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement in the ebooks price-fixing lawsuit with U.S. states and a consumer group ahead of a trial for damages scheduled for July 14, according to records in a New York federal court.

The iPhone maker will, however, continue its appeal of a verdict...

With Galaxy Tab S, Samsung leaves its Notes in the margin

From CNET: A note connotes something small, a brief comment or a single expression of tone in a piece of music. But the arrival of Samsung's first Galaxy Note was anything but small, playing perfectly into the company's "next big thing" campaign.

It was easy to understand that the Galaxy Note was...

Quick Note: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to Feature 5.7 QHD Display

From DailyTech: We know that there’s a refresh of the Galaxy S5 coming to the market in the form of the Galaxy F. That device is likely to sport a QHD display (2560x1440) and more premium materials for the exterior shell.

We’re now hearing word that the follow-up to the Galaxy Note 3 will also...

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