IDG News Service-Softbank's planned US$20 billion investment in Sprint validates the way the U.S.government handled last year's proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and AT&T,Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday. The proposed 2011 deal,which ...
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IDG News Service-AMD has called a press conference in San Francisco on Monday where it's likely to announce plans for a SeaMicro server based on an upcoming 64-bit processor design from ARM. AMD CEO Rory Read is expected at the event,and ...
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IDG News Service-Sprint Nextel's deployment of its ambitious Network Vision infrastructure,which includes the gradual rollout of 4G LTE technology,is about three months behind schedule due to several factors,the company said during its ...
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IDG News Service-Open and misconfigured DNS(Domain Name System)resolvers are increasingly used to amplify distributed denial-of-service(DDoS)attacks,according to a report released Wednesday by HostExploit,an organization that tracks ...
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IDG News Service-Security researcher Zoltan Balazs has developed a remote-controlled piece of malware that functions as a browser extension and is capable of modifying Web pages,downloading and executing files,hijacking accounts,bypassing ...
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OSLO, Norway --Ikea, which already has announced that it will shift to selling only LED lights by 2016, says it will make an even larger shift to renewable energy by 2020, according to a Reuters report. The Sweden-based home furnishings ...
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IDG News Service-Facebook,under pressure to cheer up its disappointed investors,posted revenue growth of more than 30 percent on Tuesday,beating Wall Street expectations,but it also recorded a loss. Facebook's revenue for the third ...
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IDG News Service-Marten Pieters,MD&CEO,Vodafone Essar,says IT has helped the company serve more customers,conquer rural India,and make Vodafone India's second largest mobile service provider. CIO:What do you think of the low tariff rates ...
IDG News Service-Sharp said Tuesday that mobile devices using its new IGZO display technology,which can triple battery life while offering higher touch sensitivity,are about to surge. The company decline to provide specific details,but ...
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IDG News Service-Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at$499,matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen,weighs 635 grams,and provides ...
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IDG News Service-A workers'rights group has slammed what it called the"iPad mini manufacturer"for maintaining poor working conditions at a factory in China. On the eve of an Apple event at which the company is widely expected to launch a ...
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Responding to a congressional report warning U.S.businesses not to buy equipment from Huawei Technologies or ZTE,three U.S.-based telecommunications companies that use Huawei products said they take strong precautions to safeguard their ...
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IDG News Service-Yahoo plans to shut down its struggling business in South Korea by the end of this year to focus its resources,the company said on Friday. The announcement comes ahead of Yahoo's quarterly earnings conference call on ...
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IDG News Service-Salesforce said Friday that it has significantly expanded the social analytics options available to customers who use its Marketing Cloud,in its latest move in an ongoing arms race with Oracle to offer businesses the best ...
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IDG News Service-Mobile payments with Google Wallet are growing fast,but the road to wide acceptance of NFC in the U.S.will be slow,the head of Google's payments unit said Friday. The number of NFC(near-field communication)transactions ...
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