Несмотря на некоторое сопротивление со стороны трёх ведущих операторов сотовой связи SK Telecom, KT и LG Uplus, кредиторы решили дать Pantech ещё два года (до 25 июля 2016 года) на возвращение долгов, благодаря чему южнокорейская компания ещё поживёт. Над Pantech, третьим по величине производителем мобильных аппаратов в Корее, в последнее …
В Sony пока никак не желают называть сроков анонса своего следующего флагманского смартфона. …
The right to unlock your cellphone became law on Friday as President Barack Obama signed a bill that rapidly passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. read more
Microsoft filed suit against Samsung on Friday, claiming the device maker has backed out of an agreement that requires it to pay licensing fees to Microsoft for the Android phones it sells. read more
Twitter is moving the goal posts and Wall Street likes the new numbers it sees up on the scoreboard. The company's monthly active user base grew 24 percent from the year-ago period to 271 million, but the actual reach of Twitter goes well beyond that, the social media company claims. …
A U.S. district court judge has given preliminary approval for Apple to pay a US$450 million settlement for its role in an e-books price-fixing conspiracy. read more
Panasonic has agreed to help set up the factory that Tesla Motors plans to build for making batteries for Tesla and other electric cars. …
Hewlett-Packard's SlateBook 14 laptop with the Android OS has started shipping on schedule, but it's priced at US$429, which is $30 more than the company had said it would cost. read more
Hewlett-Packard's SlateBook 14 laptop with the Android OS has started shipping on schedule, but it's priced at $429, which is $30 more than the company had said it would cost. …
A coalition of retail industry trade groups this week called for the creation of an open tokenization standard for protecting credit and debit card data from theft and misuse. …
The Boston-based barge and marine contracting company that bought one of Google’s mystery barges is still trying to figure out what to do with it. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained a final judgment in federal court in Tennessee requiring a Richmond, Va.-based financial services holding company, a subsidiary brokerage firm, and their CEO to pay nearly $70 million as the outcome of a trial that found them liable for …
Don't program robots — train them. That's the stated goal of Brain Corporation, whose operating system is designed to allow robots to learn how to dump trash or open doors via hands-on training, not programming. read more
Oregon's effort to transition its health insurance exchange from a problem-wracked website originally developed by Oracle to the federal Healthcare.gov platform is going according to schedule and expectations, state officials said this week. read more
Suspicious job postings on LinkedIn leave many wondering if Nokia is preparing to reenter the Android phone market. Plus: Amazon gives away 30 free Android apps, and check out the gorgeous Android smartwatch engineered by Hewlett-Packard. read more
Security researchers have recently found a vulnerability that could be used to hijack Android apps and devices, but an older issue that can have the same effect remains a significant threat nearly two years after its discovery, according to security firm Bromium. read more
Like previous famous barges before it, Google's barge on the east coast is about to meet an ignominious end. After months of speculation about what its ultimate purpose would be the Portland, Maine Google barge is headed for the scrap heap, literally. read more
Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay US$32.5 million to settle allegations that it overbilled the U.S. Postal Service on a IT hardware contract. read more
The Linux Foundation's free Introduction to Linux class starts today, and you can still register. Plus: Can LibreOffice 4.3 take on Microsoft Office and win? And Debian 8 Jesse will ship with Linux 3.16. read more
A German copyright law that gives publishers the exclusive right to the commercial use of their content online is unconstitutional according to Yahoo, which has filed a complaint with Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. read more
By stacking two LCD panels, it achieves a higher resolution display than what the panels could do. read more
A new program that encrypts files to extort money from users highlights that attackers don't need advanced programming skills to create dangerous and effective ransomware threats, especially when strong encryption technology is freely available. read more
Privacy campaign group Europe-v-Facebook is inviting Facebook users outside the U.S. and Canada to join a lawsuit against the company, which it alleges violates privacy laws. read more
Не знаю кто как, а я уже заждался дешевенького планшета с операционной системой Windows x86. И вот свершилось! Малоизвестная китайская кампания Kingsing объявила о выпуске 8-ми дюймового планшета на базе Windows 8 (по некоторым сообщениям это даже не RT) всего за $100. Kingsing W8 имеет четырех-ядерный процессор Intel Bay Trail-T …
Best Buy's CEO says PC sales are recovering as tablets "crash." read more
The team at Mitro Labs, the developer of a password manager, is joining Twitter, and its software is being released under a free and open source license, Mitro said Thursday. read more