(Reuters) - Motorola Solutions Inc is exploring the sale of its underperforming wireless LAN business, which has grappled with declining share in a market dominated by rivals such as Cisco Systems Inc, people familiar with the matter said.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Exclusive: Motorola looking to exit wireless LAN business - sources
(Reuters) - Motorola Solutions Inc is exploring the sale of its underperforming wireless LAN business, which has grappled with declining share in a market dominated by rivals such as Cisco Systems Inc, people familiar with the matter said.
Google shares break $1,000 barrier as mobile pays off
(Reuters) - Google Inc shares jumped past $1,000 on Friday as investors bet on the Internet company's continued dominance of the mobile and video advertising businesses despite aggressive competition from Facebook Inc and Yahoo Inc.
Morgan Stanley revenue jumps 50 percent on strong equities trading
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's third-quarter revenue jumped 50 percent, helping adjusted earnings beat expectations, as higher income from equities sales and trading made up for a drop in the Wall Street bank and brokerage's fixed-income business.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Motorola's new migration tool can preload the Moto X with your old iPhone's contacts, calendar entries
Switching to a new smartphone can be a hassle, especially if there is no easy way to transfer all of your contacts from your outgoing device to the shiny new one. Fortunately for hopeful Moto X buyers, that’ll no longer be an issue as you can have the handset arrive pre-loaded with all of your existing contacts – so long as you are coming from an iPhone.
AMD quarterly results beat expectations but stock drops
(Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc posted a 6 percent decline in personal computer chip sales, dampening hopes that its fast-growing gaming-console business can take up the slack and sending its shares 7 percent lower.
Lenovo will face obstacles in any BlackBerry deal: sourcea
(Reuters) - Chinese computer maker Lenovo, which has signed a non-disclosure deal to examine BlackBerry's books, faces regulatory obstacles if it bids for all of the company and will likely pursue just parts, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
EBay's Omidyar and his 'Next Adventure in Journalism'
(Reuters) - EBay Inc founder Pierre Omidyar has become the latest self-made tech baron to plunge into the struggling news industry - hot on the heels of Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos, who just paid $250 million for the Washington Post.
Siemens to dismantle Infrastructure business in revamp: report
KPN says could resume takeover talks with America Movil
(Reuters) - America Movil might yet come back to the table for talks on taking over KPN, the head of the Dutch telecoms group said on Thursday after the Mexican company controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim pulled its offer.
Alcatel close to deal with French telco: source
(Reuters) - Alcatel-Lucent, which is cutting 10,000 jobs in an attempt to turn the company around, is close to winning a contract from a major domestic telecom operator, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Facebook buys Israeli start-up app-maker Onavo
(Reuters) - Facebook has agreed to buy start-up app-maker Onavo, the Israeli company said on its website on Monday, without giving any details of the deal.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
D-Link router backdoor vulnerability allows full access to settings
If you have a D-Link router, you should be particularly cautious as a fairly serious vulnerability has been discovered. A writer from embedded device hacking website /dev/ttyS0 was looking through the firmware for a D-Link DIR-100 router, and found something unusual. After a small bit of reverse engineering, a backdoor to the D-Link router was uncovered, allowing full access to the router's web configuration interface.
Nexus 5 prototype exposed in leaked video
Netflix in talks with U.S. cable companies: WSJ
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc is in talks with several U.S. cable television companies including Comcast Corp and Suddenlink Communications to make its streaming video service available through their set-top boxes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
China's Huawei rules out large acquisitions: report
(Reuters) - China's Huawei, one of the world's largest telecoms network infrastructure providers, is not planning any large takeovers because it would be unable to integrate them, Deputy Chairman Guo Ping was reported as saying in German paper Welt am Sonntag.
Twitter pays engineer $10 million as Silicon Valley tussles for talent
(Reuters) - Among Twitter Inc's highest-paid executives, Christopher Fry's name stands out.
Cyber warrior shortage hits anti-hacker fightback
(Reuters) - For the governments and corporations facing increasing computer attacks, the biggest challenge is finding the right cyber warriors to fight back.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Swedish tech company caught in hoax Samsung bid
(Reuters) - A fake press release claiming electronics firm Samsung (005930.KS) was buying Sweden's Fingerprint Cards (FINGb.ST) sent shares in the biometrics company soaring on Friday, prompting an investigation into suspected market manipulation.
Broadcasters could bring Aereo fight to Supreme Court: sources
(Reuters) - The broadcasters involved in a high-profile lawsuit with online TV service Aereo could file a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court as early as Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
New York Comic Con vendors evolve as events proliferate
(Reuters) - This year's New York Comic Con might not look that different from years past: costumed fans, panels of pop culture luminaries and a sprawling floor of vendors and artists.
Deutsche Telekom hopes to hide German internet traffic from spies
(Reuters) - Germany's biggest telecoms operator is pushing to shield local internet traffic from foreign spies by routing it only through domestic connections, Deutsche Telekom said on Saturday.
Friday, October 11, 2013
iPhone 5s reportedly experiencing twice as many crashes in comparison to other models
We all expect applications to crash more frequently when new operating systems debut, and it appears Apple's new iPhone 5s is experiencing its fair share. So much so that reports are claiming it is experiencing crashes more frequently than both the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5.
AT&T limits new customers to data-share plans only
(Reuters) - New AT&T Inc customers will soon only be able to buy Mobile Share plans, which involve higher data fees, but allow subscribers to share data allowances among multiple devices.
Rockstar announces $500,000 in-game Stimulus Package for GTA Online players
Technical issues are pretty much a guarantee these days whenever a highly anticipated game makes its online debut. It’s incredibly frustrating not to be able to play your just-purchased game as the creators intended and rather than try and prepare for the issue ahead of time, it seems publishers are content to work out the kinks or add more servers after the fact and shovel freebies at gamers to make up for it.
Google TV reportedly being rebranded as Android TV
Three years after launching Google TV, reports say the company plans to leave the brand behind in favor of a new, Android focused position, according to a report from GigaOm.
Google unveils plans for user names, comments to appear in ads
(Reuters) - Google Inc plans to launch new product-endorsement ads incorporating photos, comments and names of its users, in a move to match the "social" ads pioneered by rival Facebook Inc that is raising some privacy concerns.
Russia plans state-backed Web search engine named after Sputnik: report
(Reuters) - State-controlled telecoms group Rostelecom plans an internet search engine named after the Sputnik satellite, Vedomosti newspaper said on Friday, though analysts said the aim to muscle into the highly competitive Russian market was doomed.
Brazil investigates Google over antitrust charges
(Reuters) - Brazil is investigating Google Inc for anticompetitive practices alleged by Microsoft Corp and Brazilian rivals, adding to government pressure in one of Google's fastest-growing major markets.
Steam Machines to feature Nvidia, AMD and Intel GPUs
Last week, Valve revealed specifications for prototype Steam Machines that will be sent to 300 lucky beta testers, with all systems featuring Nvidia graphics cards. Despite Nvidia dominating prototype Steam Machines, Valve confirmed to Maximum PC that when the SteamOS-powered systems hit the shelves, they will feature hardware from AMD and Intel as well.
Sony faces long fight to clamber up smartphone ranking tables
(Reuters) - Sony Corp will move cautiously in tackling key overseas smartphone markets such as the United States and China as it strives to become the third-biggest smartphone maker in the world, CEO Kazuo Hirai told journalists on Friday.
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