From PC World: NetApp is acquiring startup SolidFire for US$870 million cash for a foothold in the fast-growing market for scale-out flash storage.
SolidFire's all-flash systems will let enterprises take advantage of the scale and cost advantages enjoyed by Web-scale companies with distributed data...
From ComputerWorld: Cortana for Android users are expressing their frustration after Microsoft turned off the app's "Hey Cortana" voice activation feature on Sunday.
While reviewers are frustrated that they can't activate Microsoft's virtual assistant using just their voice, it seems that the...
From InfoWorld: Security issues have long bedeviled users of Oracle's Java SE, and on Monday the FTC's efforts to address the problem finally came to fruition.
Oracle has agreed to settle charges that it deceived consumers about the security provided by updates to its Java Standard Edition software...
From CNET: Apple has trimmed the prices of its newest iPhones in a country where their cost is beyond the reach of most consumers, according to a news report.
The company has lowered prices on its iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus by up to 16 percent in India as demand for the devices fell following...
From PC World: Apple has agreed to pay Ericsson royalties on the wireless devices it sells in settlement of a long-standing patent dispute.
Ericsson owns patents that it considers essential to the implementation of a number of mobile communications standards, including GSM, the 3G standard UMTS and...
From ComputerWorld: The discovery of spying code nestled deeply in Juniper's networking equipment, the latest example of a major IT vendor caught up in an damaging cyberattack, raises many questions.
Juniper said Thursday that one of its firewall operating systems had been modified to allow...
From InfoWorld: Mozilla has taken concrete, if small, steps to realizing WebAssembly, a next-generation approach to Web browsers supporting scripting in multiple languages.
Based on a recent blog post, Mozilla has produced a working toolchain to compile code into WebAssembly. The toolchain is still...
From CNET: Samsung is finally offering a 128GB edition of its Galaxy Note 5, though you'll have to shop in South Korea to grab one.
On Friday, Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 5 Winter Edition with 128 gigabytes of onboard storage. Priced at 999,900 Korean won (around $843), the new Note 5 will be...
Many years ago, I helped run a soccer camp for elementary school students. On the last day, everyone went outside and competed against each other -- albeit in a friendly way, since the score was not officially kept -- to see who can individually get the most goals into the net guarded by other leaders. Since there was a wide variance of skills between players, obviously the bigger and more skilled kids did the best, while the little ones who were...
When you were younger, did you ever ask for a gift for Christmas? Whether it was from Santa or from your parents, you probably had some sort of wish list. As for myself, my parents always let me choose something I wanted. I know this approach takes the surprise out of the gift, but at least they knew it was something I actually liked. However, sometimes I think I was just a bit too excited for some gifts, and once I received them, I would use the...
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