Monday, October 20, 2014

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EU lets Huawei off the hook

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 03:23 AM PDT

huawei-liveChina and the European Union have decided to bury the hatchet over subsidies made to telecoms giant Huawei and others.

The EU was worried that the government of China was subsidising Huawei and ZTE, so threatening European vendors' ability to compete. more»

Microsoft has a smartwatch. Again

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 03:06 AM PDT

fobwatchNever let it be said that Microsoft doesn't copy its competitors. Because it always has, and always will and has never "innovated" anything apart from marketing hype.

So it is no surprise to read that Microsoft is going to launch a so-called "smartwatch" in a few weeks, according to a report in Forbes. more»

PC shipments still shrinking

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 02:08 AM PDT

A not so mobile X86 PCWhile Intel turned in remarkably buoyant financial results last week, the news remains somewhat gloomy on the PC front.

Figures released by IDC showed that shipments to consumers in the potentially lucrative Asia Pacific region in the third quarter of this year fell by five percent compared to the same quarter last year. more»

Scientists solve superconductor conundrum

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:58 AM PDT

A building at MITMicroprocessors using superconducting circuits can be 50 to 100 times more energy efficient and faster than Intel chips but obstacles have prevented the dream being realised. Yet.

Now MIT researchers claim to have developed a circuit design that will make superconducting devices cheaper to manufacture using so-called Josephson junctions.  more»

Apple says that it is the Bose

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:10 AM PDT

J.C.BoseIt seems that the Fruity Cargo cult Apple is being a little childish with its old chum Bose.

For years, Apple sold Bose gear in its cathedrals of delight for the terminally shallow until the outfit decided to buy Beats. Bose had a few problems with Beats which it thought had nicked its noise cancelling technology and sued the company. more»

Gamergate geeks shocked as their heroes snub them

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:08 AM PDT

amazonGamers who have been waging a war on women have been surprised and shocked to discover that their heroes think that they are  socially retarded.

For a while now "Gamergate" has been waged against those who think that games should be more inclusive and less sexist.  more»

SAP loses money because of the cloud

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:07 AM PDT

cloudThe esoteric management software outfit, SAP, which makes expensive software which no one actually can say what it does, is starting to lose money on its cloud set-ups.

SAP, which was slower than many expected to set up cloud offerings,cut its outlook for full-year operating profit amid an accelerating shift by customers to buy its software over the internet rather than as packaged software. more»

Internet trolls face two years porridge in Blighty

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:05 AM PDT

trollUK justice secretary Chris Grayling has promised to drag internet trolls from under their bridges and lock them up for longer.

Grayling has announced a plan to change maximum prison sentence for online abuse from six months to two years

Grayling spoke of a "baying cybermob" and believed that the changes will allow magistrates to pass on the most serious cases to crown courts. more»

2014 the best year since 2001

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 01:04 AM PDT

2001The tech industry is in its best state since 2001, according to figures from TechAmerica Foundation analysts.

Before the bubble burst, and payrolls shrank dramatically, the tech industry employed 6.5 million people.  In 2014 we are just 200,000 jobs shy of equalling that figure. more»

IBM pays Globalfoundries $1.5 billion to cut losses

Posted: 19 Oct 2014 08:41 PM PDT

IBM Not Servers Not SemisIBM advised late Sunday that it will be making "a major business announcement" Monday morning along with its' third-quarter results according to Bloomberg News.

This comes as no surprise to industry watchers. Sanjay Jah, CEO of Globalfoundries Inc. is well known as a shrewd negotiator – fees for taking over IBM’s semi ops were reported as high as $2 Billion. more»

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