BEIJING (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co, the world’s No.1 PC maker, plans to develop cloud computing products in China to sell globally, Chief Executive Leo Apotheker said on Wednesday, as global tech companies eagerly tap the booming Chinese market. Original post by Unknown Lamer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – RockMelt, a Web browser that integrates Facebook and other social media, reeled in two more Silicon Valley heavy hitters in a new $30 million round of financing. Original post by Unknown Lamer
June saw an army of new processors pushed to retail: Intel’s new Pentium G6xx and G8xx lines, fresh Core i3 and i5 models, and AMD’s Athlon II X3 460 and Phenom II X4 980 (not to mention a preview of the Llano desktop APU in a few days). Details inside. Original post by Janet Cloninger
In an effort to fuel growth across the company, Sony’s CEO — Howard Stringer — has taken a 16% cut in his annual pay according to The Wall Street Journal. Stringer will take home $4.27 million for the fiscal year that ended March 30th, down from the $5.25 million he made last year. During Sony’s [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co, the world’s No.1 PC maker, plans to develop cloud computing products in China, Chief Executive Leo Apotheker said on Wednesday. Original post by CmdrTaco
Microsoft’s new Windows Phone Mango update is expected to begin rolling out this fall, but there are already reports that the company is working on the next updates, codenamed “Tango” and “Apollo.” DigiTimes reported on Tuesday that Compal Communications, which manufacturers devices for Acer and Nokia, recently inked a Microsoft deal confirming that it will [...]
1PlusV, a French search company, has filed a lawsuit against Google asking for 295 million euros ($421 million). “Between 2007 and 2010, no less than 30 vertical search engines created by 1plusV were black-listed, some of which showed significant business potential,” the company said in its lawsuit. According to Reuters, 1PlusV plans to file the [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Groupon Inc’s Indian subsidiary SoSasta inadvertently published its users’ passwords on the Internet, but the sensitive information was quickly removed after the security breach was discovered last week. Original post by samzenpus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Groupon Inc, the largest online daily deal company, said on Tuesday that the security of its Indian business SoSasta was breached. Original post by CmdrTaco
BGR exclusively reported back in May that RIM was working on a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook 2 that the company hoped to launch in time for the holidays this year. Now, according to a report from BlackBerry enthusiast blog N4BB, those plans have been canceled. The blog claims that RIM decided to pull the large-form tablet [...]
