Microsoft Misses Q4 Estimates, Takes $900M Charge on Surface RTs

From eWeek: Microsoft missed analyst estimates of its Q4 2013 earnings and took a $900 million charge on Surface RT tablet inventory.
Citing a decline in the PC market, Microsoft missed analyst estimates of its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 earnings, announced July 18.

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Intel, Universities Explore 5G Wireless Communication Technologies

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has formed a research collaboration with leading universities to explore technologies for next-gen wireless networks. Initially, the world’s largest chipmaker will invest at least $3 million to support wireless research at more than 10 universities...

Apple 'iPhone Lite' pictured in two versions -- report

From CNET News.com: Apple could be planning to launch two versions of an "iPhone Lite," claims a report out of China that was discovered by Phone Arena on Friday. The report, which included images claiming to show Apple's plans, indicates that one of the handsets is codenamed "iPhone...

Xbox One scores high number of preorders

From CNET News.com: The Xbox One is apparently a hit even before it officially launches.

Preorders for the Xbox One have surpassed those for the Xbox 360 during its prelaunch months, Microsoft announced Thursday. The upcoming console has sold out in preorder status at most of its...

Symantec: Google Glass still vulnerable to Wi-Fi attack

From PC World: Google fixed one Wi-Fi security problem with its wearable computer Glass, but Symantec says there’s another problem, which has been a long-known weakness in wireless networking.

The security vendor has been analyzing Google Glass in its labs and found a second issue...

Toshiba Intros SD Cards With Near SSD Speeds

From Tom's Hardware: Toshiba on Wednesday revealed a new batch of "Exceria" SD memory cards integrated with a newly developed controller compliant with UHS-II, the ultra-high speed serial bus interface defined in SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 4.10. These new cards offer the world's...

Dell delays shareholder vote on going private

From CNET News.com: Dell shareholders will have another week to consider whether Michael Dell's $24.4 billion buyout deal is worth taking.

Dell announced Thursday, just hours before the company was to hold a vote on whether it should be taken private, that it has postponed the vote...

Nokia Posts Lower-Than-Expected Sales for Q2 2013

From DailyTech: Nokia may have posted a loss for the second quarter, but at least it managed to sell more Lumias than BlackBerry did phones.

For Q2 2013, Nokia posted an operating loss of €115 million ($150 million USD), which is quite a drop from the year-ago quarter's loss of...

HTC Launches One Mini Smartphone

From DailyTech: The One has been very successful for HTC and is currently available in 181 countries and on over 583 mobile networks around the world. One of the few complaints about the HTC One is that the device is too large to fit comfortably into a pocket and HTC has answered...

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