AMD's CEO steps down, COO takes over

From CNET: AMD named Lisa Su, its chief operating officer, as its new CEO, effective immediately, replacing Rory Read as the struggling maker of PC chips continues its attempt at a turnaround.

Read, 52 years old, stepped down as president and chief executive, and as a board member. He will support...

Lenovo Once Again The Top Global PC Maker, Apple Takes 50% of PC Profits

From DailyTech: The latest global PC sales shipments figures from IDC show that while the overall PC market shrunk year-over-year; the actual results aren’t nearly as bad as forecasted. PC shipments for Q3 2014 fell by 1.7 percent compared to the same period last year; this is compared to a forecast...

ITC to investigate Nvidia complaint over Samsung phones, tablets

From PC World: The U.S. International Trade Commission, the country's top trade court, is launching an investigation into allegations by Nvidia that several Samsung cellphones and tablet PCs contain graphics technology that infringes on its patents.

The ITC's move is in response to a complaint...

Symantec may split into separate security and storage businesses

From PC World: Taking a cue from Hewlett-Packard and eBay, Symantec is said to be in talks to carve out the company into two entities.

One of the entities will focus on storage while the other will address the security business, reported Bloomberg, citing people who asked not to be identified...

Samsung expects 60 percent drop in profit for Q3 2014

From CNET: Three months after warning that the second half of 2014 would "remain a challenge," Samsung announced Monday it expects a decline of nearly 60 percent in its operating profit for the third quarter of 2014, its fourth straight quarterly drop.

The South Korean electronics giant said it...

HP Launches $279, 10 Plus Tablet Running Android 4.4.2

From DailyTech: Hewlett-Packard announced earlier this morning that it is splitting into two companies: HP Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. The company also has a quieter announcement on tap for today — a new tablet.

With the crazy amount of tablets that get released on a yearly basis, HP’s...

Apple signals Oct. 21 as OS X Yosemite launch date

From InfoWorld: Apple signaled that it will ship OS X Yosemite on Oct. 21; it has scheduled its third-quarter earnings call for the day before.

Although Apple has not yet officially revealed the launch date for Yosemite -- which is also identified as OS X 10.10 -- the earnings call on Monday, Oct...

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