High PC prices hindering industry recovery, analysts say
Samsung has launched an ATIV Book 9 Plus laptop with Intel's latest Haswell chip that will be available for $1,400, but analysts said such sustained high prices for laptops and ultrabooks could hinder the recovery of the PC market.
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Apple asks appeals court to grant sales injunction against Samsung
A U.S. District Court judge made mistakes when she rejected Apple's request for a sales injunction against rival Samsung Electronics in a multimillion-dollar patent infringement case, Apple's lawyer argued before an appeals court Friday.
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Build a Windows 8 app, get a prize from Microsoft
Microsoft yesterday took another stab at boosting interest in creating apps for Windows 8 with an awards program that will hand out Xbox games and other prizes to amateur programmers.
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Samsung buys German OLED specialist
Samsung has bought German organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology developer Novaled, in a bet on the next-generation technology for digital displays. The binding agreement calls for Samsung's subsidiary Cheil Industries to acquire a participation of about 50 percent in Novaled, while Samsung Electronics will buy a stake of about 40 percent. Samsung Venture Investment will retain its 10 percent stake.
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Acer is latest tablet maker moving away from the Windows fold
According to BGR, Microsoft just released a new iPad-bashing ad with a head-to-head comparison of the iPad Mini and the Acer Iconia W3.
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Google adds more advertising to Maps app
Users of the Google Maps app will soon start seeing more ways to interact with paid content within the app, the company recently announced. After a user performs a search with the app, ads for local businesses will now appear at the bottom of the screen starting Thursday, the company announced in a blog post.
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Update: Salesforce.com to impose massive fee hike for app store security review
Salesforce.com is raising the cost of an initial security review for paid applications in its AppExchange store from $300 to $2,700, saying the hike will allow it to deliver the reviews much faster.
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New security scheme tracks text spammers in hours
A new way to track the source of spam text messages can detect culprits within two hours, helping reduce the illicit traffic that can clog cell towers and disconnect legitimate calls, researchers say. Called Greystar, the scheme invokes the use of phone numbers assigned to laptops, tablets and the like, which don't typically receive any SMS messages, according to the research to be presented at the 22nd Usenix Security conference next week.
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Nvidia drops Tegra revenue forecast as Windows RT woes loom
Nvidia is expecting Tegra chip revenue to drop by as much as 40 percent this year, with the company indirectly blaming Microsoft's Windows RT OS for the decline. "We don't expect as much return from the investment as we had hoped," CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on a Thursday conference call to discuss Nvidia's second-quarter financial earnings. He said the expected shortfall was related to one particular platform, and though he didn't name it, the reference to Windows RT was clear.
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Cyber security pros in high demand, highly paid, and highly selective
Experts in cyber security are among the most sought-after professionals in the tech sector, with demand for workers in that field outpacing other IT jobs by a wide margin. A new survey by Semper Secure, a public-private partnership in Virginia formed to advance the cyber security profession, offers a fresh glimpse at what security workers earn, what they look for in an employer, and where the hubs of innovation are located.
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Lavabit shutdown marks another costly blemish for U.S. tech companies
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The Amazoning of news has now begun
Jeff Bezos' purchase of the old-media Washington Post took everyone by surprise this week.
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Oracle rolls out virtual appliances for its 12c database
Oracle has moved quickly to provide virtualization support for its recently released 12c database, saying this week that a set of virtual machine templates for the product are now available. Templates are also now available for database version 11g 11.2.0.3.7, said Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president of Linux and virtualization engineering, in a blog post.
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