New CEO begins Alcatel makeover
PARIS (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent will focus on its high-growth fixed and mobile products and slim down via 1 billion euro in cost cuts by 2015 in a bid to reverse years of losses.Uncategorized
Privacy officials from 6 countries request details on Google Glass
Officials ask Google how it intends to use the information collected by the high-tech specs, which could seemingly videotape or photograph others without their knowledge. [Read more]Uncategorized
More 8-inch Android tablets on the way, says analyst
Lots of 8-inch Android tablets should hit the market in the second half of the year in the wake of iPad Mini's success, says NPD DisplaySearch. [Read more]Uncategorized
Rhode Island on track to make payment on 38 Studios bonds
(Reuters) - Rhode Island remains on track to make a $2.5 million interest payment next year on bonds that were used to finance the facilities of 38 Studios, a now-bankrupt videogame company founded by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.Uncategorized
Acer sees tablet, notebook PC shipments to be flat in second quarter
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 percent growth made in April.Uncategorized
Video mocks Samsung’s (lack of) design principles
Remember that video last week, offering Apple's deeply held views about design? Well, here's one that suggests Samsung believes in, well, cloning. Among other things. [Read more]Uncategorized
Apple could include LinkedIn for deep iOS 7 integration
So far, Twitter is the only social network to get the full red carpet on iOS 7, but that could change. [Read more]Uncategorized
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 incinerates the competition
We got an early chance to benchmark the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. The results weren't pretty...for the other guys. [Read more]Uncategorized
Dish abandons Sprint bid for now to focus on Clearwire
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and would instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.Uncategorized
Facebook experiences apparent outage
Users trying to visit the social network on the Web are greeted by the message that the page doesn't exist, but smartphone users report being able to access the mobile version. [Read more]Uncategorized
Redesigned iPad Mini may arrive before Retina: DisplaySearch
The next iPad Mini may not be the Retina version, says NPD DisplaySearch. It could be a version with a faster chip -- and possibly thinner too. [Read more]Uncategorized
Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Uncategorized







