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Reports Abound About New Macs on Their Way

ed — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:19:03 +0000

Rumors about coming MacBook releases are swirling around the Web. Key predictions include a new Intel Ivy Bridge Core quad-core processor, a very thin 15-inch MacBook Pro, super-fast USB 3.0 and Retina displays. Some of the reports are based on the appearance on various sites of benchmarks that purport to be from a new MacBook [...]

Deutsche Telekom Reported Pursuing MetroPCS Deal for T-Mobile

ed — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:18:23 +0000

Change is in the air for the fourth-largest mobile carrier in the U.S. After T-Mobile USA’s merger deal with AT&T went down in flames last year, its parent organization, Deutsche Telekom AG, seems still hungry to unload the money-losing business, lagging behind Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel. So the German conglomerate may be [...]

Google, in Oracle Trial, Says It Made No Profit From Android in 2010

ed — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:19:05 +0000

What does the Android operating system and a can of half-price tuna at the supermarket have in common? Both, it seems, are loss-leaders, examples of big-picture thinking to gain a long-term profit from a short term loss. Just as the cheap tuna brings customers into a store to buy the overpriced items, Android seems to [...]

Facebook Timeline Adds Users’ Organ Donor Status

ed — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:19:09 +0000

Facebook users who like using social media for a higher purpose, take heart. Or at least a kidney. The networking giant’s founder this week announced that users will now be able to use a tool that announces whether they are organ donors and could perhaps match up donors and recipients. At the very least, CEO [...]

Reading Fine Print for Google Drive Raises Privacy Issue

ed — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:19:19 +0000

It’s the end of the week when Google Drive was unveiled, and potential users have now had a chance to look at the software giant’s Terms of Service. The result: questions about privacy for a company that has had more than its share of privacy issues. According to the TOS, Google retains the right to [...]

Apple’s CEO on Tablet-Laptop Hybrids — Really?

ed — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:19:37 +0000

Microsoft’s coming Windows 8 operating system is focusing attention on the possibility of tablet-laptop hybrids. This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to that idea in so many words, amounting to the equivalent of “Really?” Cook told a conference call of analysts that “anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that the [...]

Samsung Expected To Unveil Cloud Service in May

ed — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:18:31 +0000

You almost can’t be a major technology company these days without having a cloud service. Now, new reports indicate that Samsung is getting ready to take that plunge. According to the South Korea-based Maeil Business publication, Samsung will launch its S-Cloud service on May 3 at a London press event. That date has already been [...]

Oracle-Google Case May Get Crazier

ed — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:18:41 +0000

The Oracle vs. Google trial is in its fourth day in a federal courtroom in San Francisco. Oracle is trying to prove that Google trespassed on its copyright and patents on the Java programming language, while Google maintains it has done no wrong. There’s plenty of speculation — and not just about the case itself. [...]

Tech Companies Back New OpenStack Foundation

ed — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:19:54 +0000

Nineteen technology companies have announced plans to become Platinum and Gold members of the new, independent OpenStack Foundation, which will manage and house the OpenStack open-source cloud operating system. The companies include AT&T, Canonical, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, RackSpace, Red Hat, Cisco, Dell and Yahoo. The members plan on providing technical and financial support to the foundation, [...]

Dick Tracy, Your Sony SmartWatch Is Calling

ed — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:18:26 +0000

Why can’t your phone live on your wrist, like comic book detective Dick Tracy? A new Android-based wristwatch from Sony features e-mail, texting, Facebook and Twitter updates, and even a vibrating alert with notification when there’s an incoming call. Called, appropriately, the SmartWatch, the device connects to Android smartphones via Bluetooth, and is essentially a [...]