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Samsung confirms Galaxy S III will not launch at French event on March 22
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With numerous reports suggesting that Samsung will debut its new flagship Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, at a French press event on March 22, the Korean smartphone maker has put an end to speculation by confirming no new products will be unveiled at that time. Instead, Samsung’s French...
Redbox Partners With Verizon To Launch Streaming Video Service
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The Coinstar subsidiary announces plans to partner with Verizon to compete with streaming video giants Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. Coinstar subsidiary Redbox today announced a new partnership with Verizon for the launch of a streaming video service. The joint venture will launch in second half of 2012 and be a...
Kodak to stop making cameras
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Famous photographic name, which is in bankruptcy protection in the US, will now focus on inkjet printers and photoboothsKodak, the company that pioneered home photography, is to give up making cameras after more than 110 years.The company, whose little yellow film boxes could once be found throughout the world, said...
Kodak's Decline Continues as Digital Cameras Get the Ax
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Kodak, once a symbol of technological innovation, is lately looking more like a textbook example of a disrupted company. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, after years of struggling to keep up in a landscape dominated by digital cameras, smartphones and photo-sharing apps. One of...
It’s On: 8GB Nook Tablet Takes Aim At Kindle Fire With $199 Price Tag
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While initial reports pointed at a launch on February 22, Barnes & Noble has just taken to the wires to officially announce the release of the new 8GB Nook Tablet. As expected the new Nook variant has a price tag to match its reduced memory capacity, and with both now...
Ace Metrix raises $8m from WPP, others for on-demand TV and video analytics platform
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Ace Metrix, a Mountain View company that specializes in television and video analytics, has landed $8 million in funding from advertising giant WPP and VC firms Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Leapfrog Ventures and Palomar Ventures. The company’s software-as-a-service products are designed to give both television and online video advertisers actionable...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) review
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Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) hands-on (video) Amazon Kindle Fire reviewThere's an age-old saying: "If a tree falls in the forest and no one's around to hear it, does it make a sound?" We're tempted to posit that question to Samsung as it...
Samsung debunks rumors of March 22nd Galaxy S III unveiling
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Samsung will be holding a press conference in France on March 22nd, however it will not be unveiling the highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone at that event. Since the South Korean company announced the event, numerous outlets reported that the next-generation handset would be the focus. The French...
New Verizon, Redbox joint venture to offer Netflix-like video streaming
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Verizon and Redbox-owner Coinstar on Monday announced a new joint venture in which the two companies will offer a new streaming video service. The joint venture was originally called “Project Zoetrope” and initial details began to surface in December of last year. It’s still unclear what the joint venture...
Here's What Cisco CEO John Chambers Said On The Conference Call That Scared The Crap Out Of Investors
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Shares of Cisco plunged 9% after hours yesterday when the company warned of a cautious business outlook, slowing revenue, and trouble in Europe on the company conference call. Probably the best summation of the company's perspective on things right now came in this question and answer, via Seeking Alpha. --------...
Here's What Cisco CEO John Chambers Said On The Conference Call That Scared The Crap Out Of Investors
VMware revamps end user portfolo, launches VMware View 5.1
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The company revamped its end-user product portfolio including tools for centralized management and an effort called “Project Octopus” that aims to challenge Dropbox....
Juniper Networks buys smart security software maker Mykonos for $80 million
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Juniper Networks this morning announced that it has acquired Mykonos Software, a company that helps developers and publishers protect websites and Web apps from intruders. Juniper is putting “approximately” $80 million in cash on the table for the software company. Mykonos brags that its security solution is the “only...
Samsung announces white Galaxy Nexus, available February 13th in the UK
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We already knew the Galaxy Nexus would be available in white, but on Monday Samsung made the device official. The white handset will arrive in the United Kingdom on February 13th featuring the same internals as its black counterpart. “After much speculation, we are pleased to announce the availability...
Kleiner Perkins Adds Megan Quinn, Former Products Director At Square, As Newest Investment Partner
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Megan Quinn, who most recently served as the Director of Products at credit card processing tech firm Square, has joined Sand Hill Road venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as an investment partner. The hire was announced by KPCB in a press release today. Quinn’s talents and experience,...
Google Buys Startup KikScore Just To Shut It Down (GOOG)
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If you can't beat 'em, you can always buy 'em and shut them down. That's the choice Google made with tiny competitor KikScore, a service that rates the trustworthiness of e-commerce sites. Google just bought the company and on June 28 will turn the service off for KikScore's ~1,700 customers....
U.S. Cellular adds Samsung mobile hotspot to its 4G LTE lineup, because three's company
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And then there were three. U.S. Cellular's picking up the pace where its next-gen offerings are concerned, adding yet another device to that lonely LTE product portfolio. Starting today, Samsung's SCH-LC11 mobile hotspot will be available on the regional carrier's site with some sweet, limited time promotional pricing in...
Clarizen lands $12M from Vintage Partners to spice up project management apps
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Social collaboration and project management startup Clarizen has raised $12 million in its fifth round of funding to expand and improve the user experience of its software, the company announced Tuesday. While the company sounds like it’s an allergy drug, it won’t be of much help unless you’re allergic...
Yahoo to close Indonesia-based check-in service Koprol, once a Foursquare competitor, in August
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Yahoo has announced that it will close down location-based social network Koprol at the end of August, less than two and a half years after it bought the Indonesia-headquartered social network for an undisclosed sum. Many in Asia had high hopes for Koprol as, pre-sale to Yahoo, the service had competed...
Alienware M11x won't be refreshed in 2012, set to be discontinued
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Dell's Alienware M11x is set to be discontinued, after the company told us it has no plans to refresh the smallest member of its gaming laptop family. The M11x was and remains a truly unique product in what is otherwise a thoroughly saturated market — never before it had...
Google Acquires Quickoffice, A Mobile Productivity Software Company
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Google on Tuesday announced it had acquired Quickoffice, the mobile productivity software suite most popularly known for its Android and iOS document editing applications. “Quickoffice has a strong base of users, and we look forward to supporting them while we work on an even more seamless, intuitive and integrated experience,”...
Google Transparency Report: U.S. Content Removal Requests Increased 103%
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For the last two years, Google has been releasing data about requests to remove content and hand over user data from government agencies around the world. Late last night, the company released the latest set of this data, which covers the second half of 2011. In it, Google notes that...
Skype on Xbox team official, Metro development techniques coming to Xbox?
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It's no news to most Microsoft watchers; if Microsoft is going to make good on those promises of bringing Skype to it's entire consumer product portfolio, Skye on Xbox LIVE has to happen at some point. What may be news is the relationship between Windows 8 and the world's...
After hanging up on Sony, Ericsson’s Vestberg focused on networking
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You don’t make the decision to wind down a 130-year-old business without a little bit of angst, said Hans Vestberg, CEO of Ericsson, reflecting on his company’s decision to end a joint partnership with Sony last year. But at a certain point, logic has to trump emotion. “The whole handset...
VMware nabs turnkey desktop cloud provider Wanova
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VMware is building out its end user product portfolio with the acquisition of turnkey desktop cloud provider Wanova....
Meg Whitman Explains Why HP's Stock Hasn't Performed Like Apple's (HPQ, AAPL)
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Shareholders at HP's annual meeting peppered CEO Meg Whitman with questions about why HP's stock hasn't performed like Apple's yesterday. They wanted to know why Apple, with a much smaller portion of the PC market, is now trading at $600 a share while HPQ is down to the mid...
EMC hones focus on hybrid cloud, big data
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EMC revamps its product portfolio to focus on the hybrid cloud and big data....
Windows Phone sales on the rise, T-Mobile says
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At least one major U.S. carrier is reporting strong customer interest in Windows Phone devices, as T-Mobile says that the Nokia Lumia 710 has been one of its five most popular smartphones since its launch earlier this year. In all, T-Mobile says that “the mix of Windows Phone sales...
Microsoft shows Windows 8 business apps, battling iPad in the enterprise
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Can Microsoft’s Windows 8 fend off the iPad in the enterprise? We’ve gotten a sense for what consumer apps will look like on Windows 8 through the consumer preview of the upcoming Microsoft operating system. But this week at Microsoft’s Convergence conference in Houston, the company and its partners are...
HP to end 'HP Compaq' branding; Compaq name will live on for 'basic computing at entry-level pricing' in 2013
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An HP spokesperson has confirmed to us this afternoon that the company will be shifting its strategy around the Compaq brand starting sometime in 2013, eliminating "HP Compaq" phrasing altogether and concentrating solely on the low end of the market. That's not a drastic change — Compaq has long...
HP to end 'HP Compaq' branding; Compaq name will live on for 'basic computing at entry-level pricing' in 2013
T-Mobile officially retiring Sidekick 4G, but the Sidekick brand will live on
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When it arrived in April of last year, the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G was more than a re-imagining of an aging brand: the Samsung SGH-T839 was perhaps the best mid-range Android handset we'd ever seen, with a fantastic physical QWERTY keyboard and loads of value for the money. For the...
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