Tuesday, October 21, 2014

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GloFo gets a Big Blue boost

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:56 AM PDT

IBM logoAs we reported yesterday, IBM has sold off its semiconductor business giving Global Foundries (GloFo) a considerable leg up in the foundry business.

IBM spelled out the details saying that GloFo will get its intellectual property, technology and technologists formerly part of Big Blue's IBM Microelectronics business. more»

Nadella gets loads of bad karma

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:23 AM PDT

Scrooge-PorpoiseThe CEO who told women that they could gain good karma by not asking for pay rises, Microsoft new Chief Executive Satya Nadella, apparently is planning to come back as a slug in a future life.

Nadella has become one the technology industry’s biggest earners, with a total compensation package worth $84.3 million this year. more»

Big Blue slows down

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:22 AM PDT

sn_blu_mysIBM shocked the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street by giving up its 2015 operating earnings target and moaning that it was suffering from a bad dose of weak client spending and a slumping software sector.

IBM shares fell nearly seven percent to a three year low, which must really hack off Warren Buffett whose Berkshire Hathaway owns seven percent of IBM shares. more»

iPads sinking to oblivion

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:20 AM PDT

quicksand1It looks like the world has given up on the novelty of the tablet and is more interested in bigger phones and PCs.

After years of posting stories about how Steve Jobs killed the PC by bringing in the tablet, the Tame Apple press has to face the fact that it was not quite, but completely, untrue. more»

Great Firewall of China attacks Apple

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:19 AM PDT

great wallChinese authorities are staging a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack on Apple's iCloud after previous attacks on Github, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.

The man-in-the-middle attack is a form of spying in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them, making them believe that they are talking to each other. more»

Lenovo in talks to buy Blackberry

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:18 AM PDT

ripeunripeChinese telecom gear maker Lenovo is in talks to buy Lenovo and is expected to offer the company $15 a share later this week.

Lenovo and BlackBerry refused to comment and this is not the first time that the two have been rumoured to be involved in a tie up. more»

The internet has a snooze

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:11 AM PDT

sleepyScientists suggest that the internet goes to sleep a bit like human beings do.

According to Professor John Heidemann at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the results of a survey he conducted will help people to make better systems to measure and track internet outages. more»

Bring your own device use grows

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 02:02 AM PDT

tesco-hudl-tabletAs many as 40 percent of US citizens who work for large corporations use their own smartphones, desktops, laptops, and tablets to do business.

That's according to IT market research company Gartner, which recently surveyed over 4,300 people about their technology and attitudes. more»

Bleak outlook for notebooks – report

Posted: 21 Oct 2014 01:54 AM PDT

notebooksThings continue to look less than rosy on the notebook front with shipments worldwide expected to drop in the fourth quarter of this year.

That's according to Digitimes Research, which said the downward movement is in spite of Intel and Microsoft applying subsidies in a big to boost demand. more»

Avnet picks up Lenovo’s server business

Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:38 AM PDT

avnettsMegadistributor Avnet said it has been appointed as a global Lenovo route to market.

This follows Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's System x (X86) server business early in the month.

Avnet said it will sell Lenovo servers in over 40 different countries around the world. more»

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