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Oracle expands capacity with $2 bn Acme deal
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
Oracle said Monday it was buying Acme Packet for $2.1 billion in cash, helping the business tech group expand its capacity to deliver voice, video and data over...
Samsung boosts US research, venture fund
Feb 04, 2013 (AFP)
Samsung announced Monday it was pumping more money into research and venture capital funding efforts that will be led by a new hub for the South Korean giant in...
Survey: Strong desire for Windows tablets
Feb 04, 2013 (UPI)
There is a huge pent-up demand for Microsoft's Surface Pro Windows tablet set to go on sale this month, a survey by a U.S. research firm indicates. The Forreste...
Blackberry rolls the dice
Feb 02, 2013 (UPI)
Research in Motion, desperate to turn around its flagging fortunes, has laid the chips on the table for it final wager in the form of two new Blackberry smartph...
HP cutting at least 850 jobs in Germany
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
US computer giant Hewlett-Packard said Friday it was closing its enterprise software operation in Ruesselsheim, Germany, in a move eliminating at least 850 jobs...
Apple is tops in US in mobile phones: surveys
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
Apple dethroned Samsung as the top US mobile phone vendor in the final quarter of last year, claiming a record share of 34 percent, research firm Strategy Analy...
Wickr app aims to safeguard online privacy
Feb 01, 2013 (AFP)
Wickr co-founder Nico Sell is working toward "geek utopia," a world where people hold the power when it comes to who sees what they share on the Internet or fro...
Appeals court denies review on Samsung phone ban
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
A US appeals court Thursday refused to reconsider an an appeal from Apple that sought a ban on Google-branded Samsung smartphones amid the patent fight between ...
'jOBS' film stars regale Apple faithful at Macworld
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
Hollywood actors Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad went before the Apple faithful on Thursday, sharing the terror and elation of portraying on screen the "two Steves"...
Global tablet sales surged in past quarter: survey
Jan 31, 2013 (AFP)
Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million, with Android-powered devices pacing growt...
eBay chief says Web privacy clashes coming
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
Internet companies will soon have to find a way to protect user privacy to avert a "clash" which could lead to increased government regulation, eBay chief execu...
China's Lenovo targets 20 to 30 pct annual profit growth
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
China's Lenovo, seeking to be the world's number one personal computer maker, said on Wednesday it aims to keep increasing its net profit by 20 to 30 percent an...
Judge affirms Apple-Samsung award, limits damages
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
A US judge refused to toss out a verdict ordering Samsung to pay $1 billion to Apple for patent infringement, but reversed a finding of "willful" violations whi...
YouTube confirms eyeing subscription 'channels'
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
YouTube confirmed on Wednesday that its evolution as an Internet stage for video may include subscriptions to content that creators believe people will pay to s...
Facebook mobile use surges, but stock falls
Jan 30, 2013 (AFP)
Facebook is increasing its revenue from mobile with more users now accessing the social network via smartphones and tablets than from personal computers, but Wa...
Microsoft puts Office in the Internet cloud
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Microsoft on Tuesday began letting people subscribe to Office as a service in the Internet cloud, shedding the need to buy the popular productivity software on ...
Samsung acquires US medical imaging company
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it had bought US medical imaging firm NeuroLogica, as it seeks to explore new growth sources by expanding into th...
Apple unveils iPad with doubled memory
Jan 29, 2013 (AFP)
Apple Tuesday unveiled a new iPad with twice the storage capacity as the existing model in an effort to score business with companies that share large amounts o...
Yahoo! shares bounce as profit tops expectations
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Yahoo! shares bounced in after-hours trading Monday as the struggling Internet pioneer topped Wall Street expectations despite a slip in quarterly profit. Yahoo...
Twitter says government data requests rise
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
Twitter said Monday that worldwide requests from governments about its users rose nearly 20 percent in second half of 2012 as it sought to raise awareness about...
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