LightSquared's bankruptcy is a cautionary tale
After more than a year of active testing and debate over LightSquared's plan for a nationwide, wholesale 4G network, the now bankrupt company may end up as no more than a cautionary tale for mobile investors. Industry observers say there are three things that might bring some value to LightSquared's main asset, a chunk of disputed radio spectrum: The company could swap the spectrum for another block, sell it to another carrier, or win a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. But all three are unlikely, they said.
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iPad returns to tablet dominance, reports iSuppli
After a brief dip in late 2011, the Apple iPad has firmly reasserted its position as the dominant player in the tablet market. According to the latest figures released today from market intelligence firm iSuppli, the iPad is projected to account for 61 percent of all tablets sold this year, up from 55.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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Red Hat preps RHEL 7 for second half of 2013
The next major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), version 7, is targeted for release in the second half of 2013, Red Hat said on Tuesday, as it also celebrated the 10th anniversary of its enterprise OS. Red Hat aims to release a major new version of its OS every three years and updates about every six months, according to Jim Totten, vice president and general manager at Red Hat's Platform business unit.
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PC users admit to pirating software
More than half of global PC users admit that they pirate software at least occasionally, contributing to a black-market economy estimated at $63.4 billion in 2011, up from $58.8 billion the previous year, according to a new survey from the Business Software Alliance.
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Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages
Visitors to Wikipedia who see advertisements on the site have most likely fallen victim to a browser-based malware infection, Wikimedia Foundation, the organization operating the website, said on Monday.
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Nvidia unveils virtualized GPU with eye on graphics-intensive cloud
With an eye on the evolving BYOD and
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NetSuite rolls out commerce-as-a-service platform
NetSuite is going up against vendors such as Demandware in the market for cloud-based e-commerce platforms, announcing a new product, SuiteCommerce, during the SuiteWorld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. While NetSuite has offered e-commerce technologies for some time, this product aims to up the ante and replace first-generation e-commerce platforms, which largely revolve around purchases made through company websites.
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Microsoft to charge $15 for Windows 8 upgrade deal
Microsoft will charge users who buy a new Windows 7 PC $14.99 for an upgrade to Windows 8, according to a report. The cost of the upgrade was revealed yesterday by Paul Thurrott, a popular blogger who writes SuperSite for Windows.
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Lenovo packs 'thinnest' ThinkPad Ultrabook with 4G LTE
Lenovo on Tuesday announced a range of new ThinkPads with Intel's latest third-generation Core processors, including a ThinkPad Ultrabook that the company claims is the "thinnest Ultrabook in the world." The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook has a 14-inch screen, weighs under 1.8 kilograms (4 pounds) and is 18.8mm (.74 inches) thick. It will have the latest Intel Ultrabook processors, code-named Ivy Bridge, which are expected to be officially announced next month.
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AMD aims to undercut Intel's Ultrabooks on price with new Trinity chips
Advanced Micro Devices hopes to provide thin-and-light laptops that are less expensive but equally speedy to Intel's Ultrabooks with its new A-series chips, which the company officially announced on Tuesday. The A-series chips, code-named Trinity, will enable laptops to be made that are comparable in size, weight and battery life to Intel's Ultrabooks, said John Taylor, director of global product marketing at AMD. Users won't have to pay "premium prices" for Trinity ultrathin laptops, which will be significantly cheaper than Intel's Ultrabooks.
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SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors acquisition
SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a "loosely coupled suite" of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service) Tuesday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando. The conference comes several months after SAP's $3.4 billion acquisition of SuccessFactors, a move that gave it a large set of cloud-based HCM (human capital management) software as well as what executives called "cloud DNA," or expertise running such businesses.
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Survey: Love for mobile computing sparks discontent with Microsoft's software
Satisfaction with Microsoft's software slipped last year, part of an industrywide downturn driven by U.S. consumer discontent with traditional PC programs, a national survey said today. Microsoft scored 75 points in the poll conducted since 2006 by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), down from a record 78 last year.
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Lenovo working with Intel on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet
Lenovo is working with chip maker Intel on a future ThinkPad tablet based on Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system, a Lenovo executive said. The release of an Intel-based ThinkPad tablet depends on when Microsoft releases Windows 8, said Dilip Bhatia, vice president and general manager of the ThinkPad business unit, in an interview. He declined to provide a specific date, though Windows 8 is expected to come out later this year.
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