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...

Samsung launches first Tizen-powered smartphone in India

From CNET: Samsung launched a long-awaited smartphone in India on Wednesday that is powered by Tizen, the electronics giant's own operating system.

Sporting a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 3.1-megapixel rear-facing camera, and 1,500mAh battery, the Samsung Z1 resembles many other entry-level...

OS X Yosemite Compromises Security by Retrieving Embedded Email Images

From DailyTech: Anonymity is one layer of protection on the internet. In recent years agressive marketers, spammers, and phishers have turned to a trick known as "web bugs" -- remotely hosted images embedded in webpages or emails -- to check the exact time a user opens an email and to check the IP...

Google chases Microsoft with beefed-up Translate speech tools

From InfoWorld: Microsoft spent the last half of 2014 getting everyone excited about Skype Translator, a new technology that translates real-time conversations between two people speaking different languages over Skype. The new feature went into an invite-only preview in December.

Not to be left...

AMD's chip chief departs, as do other key execs

From PC World: AMD chip chief John Byrne has left the company, accompanying AMD’s chief strategy officer and its chief marketing officer out the door, according to the company.

Byrne, as well as chief marketing officer Collette LaForce and chief strategy officer Raj Naik, have left to pursue other...

Windows 7 mainstream support ends today

From CNET: Unlucky for some: it's 13 January 2015, and that means the end of free support for Windows 7.

Happily that doesn't mean your computer is going to automatically break or stop working, but it does mean Microsoft will no longer offer free help and support if you have problems with your...

LG G Flex 2 Packs Snapdragon 810, Hits Preorder for ~$699 in Europe

From DailyTech: LG Electronics, Inc. (KRX:066570)(KRX:066575) will test the waters this winter with the upcoming launch of the LG G Flex 2. The smartphone's predecessor drew mixed reviews, with some drawn to the unique concept of a durable, flexible phone, and others less than impressed. The...

Samsung's new Galaxy A7 packs bigger screen, more processing power

From PC World: Samsung is coming out with a new phablet, that will incorporate a metal frame, and comes at “competitive price point”, according to the Korean electronics maker.

The A7, unveiled on Monday, comes just a few months after Samsung announced its two smaller siblings, the A5 and the A3...

Android KitKat eats up 39% of market; Lollipop still off radar

From CNET: Android phone makers and carriers are filling up more devices with KitKat. Lollipop? Not so much.

In its latest Android Developers Dashboard posted earlier this week, Google revealed a 39.1 percent market share for Android 4.4 KitKat. Specifically, that percentage reflects the Android...

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