When the Korea Exchange asked Sammy about rumors of an impending spin-off of its LCD business, the firm said it was a move it was considering. Well, consider it done — today Samsung announced it would be launching Samsung Display on April 1st, 2012 w…
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WSJ: AT&T and Verizon will sell LTE iPads
February 14th, 2012
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Citing sources “familiar with the matter,” The Wall Street Journal is now stating rather unequivocally that both AT&T and Verizon Wireless are set to begin selling LTE versions of Apple’s iPad. The latest revelation is hardly a leap of faith, as r…
US gives its blessing to Google’s Moto purchase
February 13th, 2012
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When it rains, it pours. Just hours after European regulators gave the green light to Google to snatch up Motorola Mobility, the US Justice Department gave the couple its own blessing. The $12.5 billion purchase has drawn serious scrutiny from both re…
Google gets European Commission approval for its purchase of Motorola Mobility
February 13th, 2012
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Google is one step closer to making it through the gauntlet of regulatory approval for its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility, as it now has the thumbs-up from the European Commission, according to Reuters. Commissioner Joaquin Almunia stated …
Sony confirms Kazuo Hirai as new President and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer
February 1st, 2012
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Sony has just confirmed Kazuo Hirai as its new CEO and President, validating rumors that have been swirling for a few weeks now. Outgoing CEO Howard Stringer, meanwhile, has been appointed Chairman of Sony’s Board of Directors. The Hirai era official…
Sky will launch an internet based TV service in the UK in the first half of 2012
January 31st, 2012
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UK pay TV service Sky has just announced its quarterly results, and despite adding 100,000 subscribers as well as notching its “highest ever first-half adjusted operating profit” it will launch a new internet TV service, available to anyone in the cou…
Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard
January 27th, 2012
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Former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, having completed the 24-month commitment period he agreed to when HP acquired Palm. An HP spokesperson has confirmed the story, first reported by AllThingsD, in a brief statement: “Jon has fu…
Nokia releases Q4 2011 earnings report: operating profits drop, Lumia sales break one million
January 26th, 2012
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Nokia released its latest quarterly earnings report today, following up on a somewhat disappointing Q3 with a similarly bleak Q4. The Finnish manufacturer finished 2011 with a little more than €10 billion ($13.1 billion) in net sales — 11 perce…
Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates
January 25th, 2012
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Netflix’s Q4 2011 earnings report is in, and the company indicates its streaming subscriber count is now 21.67 million. DVD subscribers were still down however, although not as much as expected with cancellations peaking in September when the services…
O2 data breach potentially shares your cellphone number with the world (Updated)
January 25th, 2012
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There’s an alarming rumor circulating that suggests that UK network O2 forwards your phone number to any website visited on a smartphone. Lewis Peckover built a site that displays the header data sent to sites you visit, finding a network-specific fie…
Apple announces Q1 earnings, sets quarterly record with $46.33 billion in revenue
January 24th, 2012
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It’s that time folks: time for the quarterly running of the spreadsheets. Today Apple, one the most anticipated of all, is revealing its earnings for the past three months and let’s just say things are lookin’ pretty good for the Cupertino crew. The c…
RIM’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out, new CEO Thorsten Heins may license BlackBerry 10
January 23rd, 2012
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After months upon months of investor backlash, RIM’s making some significant changes. And by “significant,” we mean the co-chief executives (and founders) are out. As of tomorrow, both Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis will be stepping away from the to…
Google’s Q4 results: $2.71 billion profit, $8.13 billion in revenue, Wall Street disappointed
January 19th, 2012
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Google just released its fourth-quarter 2011 results, and man, Wall Street is not pleased. The company reported $2.71 billion in profit (up from $2.54 a year earlier), net revenue of $8.13 billion and earnings of $9.50 per share, excluding some one-ti…
Kodak files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expects to complete restructuring by 2013
January 19th, 2012
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Apparently suing Samsung (again) wasn’t the only pressing business for Kodak today, as it just announced it has — as expected — filed for Chapter 11 business reorganization in New York. You can read the details in the press release after the break o…
Kodak files Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expects to complete restructuring by 2013
January 19th, 2012
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Apparently suing Samsung (again) wasn’t the only pressing business for Kodak today, as it just announced it has — as expected — filed for Chapter 11 business reorganization in New York. You can read the details in the press release after the break o…
HP appoints Bill Veghte as chief strategy officer, will lead ‘cloud and webOS open source initiatives’
January 17th, 2012
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Bill Veghte was already having his checks cut by HP (after cutting ties with Microsoft), but now he’ll be filling a slightly different corner office. The company today announced that he has been appointed chief strategy officer, but somehow, he’ll also…
Google’s Matias Duarte reveals design standards for Android 4.0 at CES 2012
January 12th, 2012
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Looking for a little more consistent UI experience with your Android devices? Google is looking to make that happen as the folks in Mountain View has revealed that the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich OS will be the first Android software to institute de…
Lenovo K800 Intel Medfield smartphone hands-on (video)
January 11th, 2012
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Well it looks like we have a surprise guest at Showstoppers tonight. Lenovo just dropped by with its just-announced K800 — the first Intel-powered smartphone to see the light of day. The beastly 4.5-inch 720p device sample that the company had on-h…
Motorola and Intel hold hands for multi-year, multi-device partnership, shipments start 2H 2012
January 11th, 2012
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Well, look who just showed up at Intel’s CES 2012 keynote? Motorola Mobility’s own Sanjay Jha just grabbed a bit of the limelight — long enough to announce a multi-year, multi-device agreement that should see Intel’s Medfield chips powering Moto’s …
