IBM Unveils Power8 Chip as Open Hardware

From EETimes: IBM, originally one of the most proprietary of companies, is taking a page from the Open Compute Project's book and making its latest Power8 chip designs, and the specs for the new Power8 server motherboard, available to both collaborators and competitors.

Under this OpenPower...

Zynga founder Mark Pincus gives up day-to-day duties

From PC World: Mark Pincus, who founded Zynga in 2007 and gave up his CEO title less than a year ago, is now giving up all his operational duties at the company.

Pincus will give up his title as chief product officer—a role he stepped into just last July as the game company took a renewed focus on...

Apple kicks off public OS X beta testing

From InfoWorld: Apple today followed Microsoft in opening up pre-release, or beta, versions of its personal computer operating system to all comers.

With little fanfare on Tuesday, Apple allowed anyone, not just registered developers, to download and install a beta version of OS X 10.9.3, an...

CloudFlare launches bug bounty program

From InfoWorld: CloudFlare started a bug bounty program on Monday, joining a host of companies that are turning to independent security researchers to spot bugs in their network.

The San Francisco-based company runs a widely used global content delivery network that keeps copies of websites in...

LG's G Watch will be water resistant and always on

From TechHive: LG Electronics has revealed that its upcoming smartwatch G Watch will be water resistant and have an always-on display.

When LG announced the Android Wear-based device last month, hardware details were sparse. But in a bid to build hype ahead of the launch later this year, the...

Netflix vs. the Comcast merger: Nothing to lose

From CNET: Netflix is showing once again that it is no friend to Comcast.

The Los Gatos, Calif., streaming video service on Monday warned that the proposed $45.2 billion merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable would create a worrisome concentration of broadband control, opposition that makes...

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