From PC World: Say goodbye to SkyDrive and hello to OneDrive. After losing its trademark dispute with BSkyB last July, Microsoft is finally set to reboot its online storage service under a new name in the coming weeks.
The company hasn’t given an official launch date yet, saying only that OneDrive...
From DailyTech: Founded in 1969, the Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005935) (KRX:005930) is by far the largest company in South Korea with a market cap of $176.8B USD. It also happens to be the world's top smartphone producer and second place in tablet sales. So when it shows signs of...
From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has announced the availability of the new AMD Opteron microprocessors based on the code-named “Warsaw” design. The power efficiency and relatively new price of the new products are expected to help their popularity among server makers.
AMD Opteron 6338P (12...
When the Calgary Flames took to the ice last weekend, no one knew it would be a night to remember. Bob Hartley, the coach of the Calgary Flames, decided to throw out the fourth line as the starting line; stating that they had a “scoring touch” recently. Since the Flames were the visiting team, they were to submit the starting lineup prior to the home team, who were the Vancouver Canucks. John Tortorella, the coach of the Canucks, was well aware...
From EETimes: Analysts generally praised as a win/win deal IBM's decision to sell its Intel-based server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion. They agreed that the move lets IBM focus on its higher-margin Power and proprietary servers, while Lenovo extends its market for high-volume x86-based systems...
From PC World: Profits were flat in the fourth quarter in Samsung Electronics’ smartphone and tablet business, despite an uptick in sales, in part because the company spent more on marketing over the holiday shopping period.
The company’s IT and mobile communications (IM) division, which has...
From DailyTech: Qualcomm has announced that it has purchased a number of patents from HP. The patent portfolio includes patents for Palm, IPAQ, and Bitfone. Qualcomm says that the patent purchase helps to enhance its strength and diversity in the mobile technologies realm.
The patent portfolio...
From EETimes: AMD on Tuesday announced the fourth quarter earnings for 2013 exceeding its own goal. The increased sales of new game consoles by Sony and Microsoft allowed AMD’s semi-custom SoCs and graphics products to make up for the decline in their chipsets sold for notebooks.
The chipmaker...
From PC World: Nokia’s improving Lumia shipments came to a halt during the fourth quarter, bad news for Microsoft, which will soon take over the phone unit.
The Finnish company reported fourth-quarter sales of €3.48 billion ($4.75 billion), down 21 percent year-on-year, and a net loss of €615...
From DailyTech: Earlier this week word surfaced that Lenovo and IBM were resuming talks that could see the former picking up the latter’s x86 server business. Lenovo has today confirmed that it intends to purchase that x86 server arm.
“This acquisition demonstrates our willingness to invest in...
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