AT&T to record $10 billion charge in fourth quarter

From CNET: AT&T expects to record a pretax loss of $10 billion in the fourth quarter because its former employees are living longer and certain copper assets have been abandoned.

AT&T's results will include a $7.9 billion charge partly due to costs incurred by changes in its pension and post...

BitFenix Flo Review (Page 1 of 4)

"We know how to optimize the individual rate allocation to every node in a multi-device MIMO wireless network using fancy techniques like SLP-PA," I told the guys who work with me in the same lab at the university. "But we might run into a bit of trouble setting up a $20 WiFi router we buy from the local computer store." We all laughed at the irony of that idea. While it is not entirely true (I just bought a pretty awesome 802.11ac router, loaded...

Apple, Google offer $415 million to settle antipoaching suit

From CNET: Four Silicon Valley companies -- including Apple and Google -- have agreed to pay $415 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit that accused the companies of conspiring not to hire away each other's employees.

The proposed settlement, which also includes Intel and Adobe Systems, was...

Facebook takes on the enterprise with new social network

From InfoWorld: Facebook, the world's largest social network, is making its first move into the enterprise.

The company has confirmed that it is beginning a pilot test of a desktop service and mobile app for what's being dubbed Facebook at Work, an enterprise-level social and collaborative network...

Google squashes widespread AdSense malvertising attack

From PC World: Google has stopped a widespread malicious advertising attack that bounced Web surfers to dodgy sites hawking weight loss and skin care products.

The malicious ads were delivered to website owners signed up with Google’s AdSense program, wrote Denis Sinegubko, a senior malware...

Samsung, BlackBerry deny talk of mobile megamerger

From CNET: Samsung executives met with BlackBerry last week with an acquisition offer that was as high as $7.5 billion, according to Reuters, which cited an unnamed source. The Korean tech titan reportedly proposed an initial range of $13.35 to $15.49 a share, representing a 37.4 percent to 59.5...

HTC One M8 and Samsung Galaxy S5 Get Android Lollipop Loving

From DailyTech: Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android 5.0 "Lollipop" -- like past builds of Android -- has been a little bit of a late bloomer, with a slow adoption cycle. But things are finally starting to heat up.

Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) in the last couple weeks has...

IBM's new mainframe will eat mobile apps for lunch

From InfoWorld: IBM took the wraps off a new mainframe computer on Tuesday, promising it will help customers to detect more fraud in real time and plow through billions of transactions generated each day by smartphones and tablets.

The z13 is IBM's first new mainframe in almost three years, and it...

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