ARM will skip modems for now, despite being a huge force in mobile

From PC World: ARM has added a wealth of wireless technologies to its arsenal, but has no immediate plans to design a modem for mobile or Internet of Things devices.

The company offers CPU and GPU designs that are widely used in smartphones and tablets. A missing piece is a cellular modem that ARM...

Smartwatches now more popular than Swiss watches, thanks to Apple

From CNET: The venerable Swiss wristwatch industry may have a smartwatch problem.

Global shipments of smartwatches outpaced those of Swiss watches in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to figures released Thursday by market researcher Strategy Analytics. This marks the first time the wearable...

Apple re-issues iOS 9.2.1 to fix iPhones bricked by Error 53

From ComputerWorld: Apple today re-issued iOS 9.2.1 to fix the "Error 53" that had crippled iPhones whose owners had replaced some parts themselves or had a third-party shop do repairs.

The new iOS 9.2.1 will only be served to users who update their iPhones through iTunes on a Mac or Windows PC...

Dell to bring new hyperscale rack architecture to mid-range customers

From InfoWorld: Dell is bringing the advantages of its enterprise-level hyperscale rack servers to a wider range of customers.

At Mobile World Congress next week, Dell will show off its new DSS 9000 hyperscale rack architecture, a server technology that allows computing and storage resources to be...

Marvell, Carnegie Mellon settle patent fight over hard drive chips

From ComputerWorld: Chip company Marvell Technology Group has settled with Carnegie Mellon University to end a long-standing patent dispute over chips used in hard disk drives.

Under the agreement announced Wednesday, Marvell has agreed to pay CMU US$750 million, with no ongoing royalty payments...

Tim Cook says Apple will oppose court order rather than hack customers

From ComputerWorld: Apple's CEO Tim Cook reacted sharply to a federal court order in the U.S. that would require the company to help the FBI search the contents of an iPhone 5c seized from Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the terrorists in the San Bernardino, California, attack on Dec. 2. that killed 14...

US Department of Defense will put Windows 10 on 4 million computers

From PC World: The U.S. Department of Defense is going to standardize 4 million computers on Windows 10, a significant endorsement for Microsoft's latest operating system.

It marks the largest announced deployment of Windows 10 in an enterprise setting to date. The goal is to have all of the DoD's...

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