Seagate says hard drive shortage will continue through this year
Seagate said in its recent fiscal second-quarter earnings report that it expects the flooding in Thailand to result in a continued hard drive shortage throughout …
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Microsoft is running anti-Google newspaper ads focused on privacy
Microsoft has started to run anti-Google newspaper ads in a clear effort to sway people from using Google’s services. On Monday, Google announced that it …
Most mobile daily deal users are from high-income households, study finds
If you’re signed up for a daily deal service on your phone, odds are you’re from a high-income household. According to new data from comScore, …
T-Mobile now selling Square credit card payment systems in retail stores
T-Mobile USA announced on Tuesday that it is now selling Square credit card systems in its retail stores. Square allows people to take payments by …
Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off more than 4,000 workers in Europe
Nokia Siemens Networks recently announced that it will cut as many as 1,200 jobs in Finland and lay off another 2,900 workers in Germany as …
Apple issues major Final Cut Pro X update with multicam editing and more
Apple on Tuesday announced a major update to its Final Cut Pro X video editing software. The company added “multicam editing that automatically syncs up …
Mozilla’s Firefox 10 now available for download
Mozilla on Tuesday released the latest version of its Firefox browser. In addition to allowing users to run full-screen apps, Firefox 10 offers the following …
Regional carriers ask FCC to impose a ‘shot clock’ for roaming agreements
MetroPCS, U.S. Cellular and several other regional carriers have requested that the Federal Communications Commission initiate a “shot clock” for roaming agreements with larger wireless …
Amazon reports $17.4B in revenue, sales up 35% but misses Street estimates
Amazon on Tuesday reported its earnings for the fourth quarter, during which it took in $17.4 billion in revenue. While its net sales were up …
Sprint gives LightSquared six more weeks to gain FCC approval
Sprint has granted LightSquared six more weeks to gain approval from the Federal Communications Commission to launch its network. This is the second time the …
Apple hires former Dixons CEO John Browett as Senior VP of Retail
Apple has hired Dixons Retail chief executive officer John Browett to run its retail business as senior VP of retail. Browett will assume his new …
Windows Phone Tango may add support for up to 120 languages
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) currently offers support for 35 different languages, however Microsoft may be planning to add an additional 85 languages in the next …
U.S. chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra to step down
Aneesh Chopra will step down from his position as the United States chief technology officer. The move is expected to be imminent and, while it’s …
Megaupload user data purge could begin Thursday [updated]
Third-party companies that stored Megaupload’s data may delete all user files on Thursday. Megaupload customers, even those not guilty of piracy or using the service …
63% of mobile users have made a phone call from the bathroom
The bathroom is a popular place to use a mobile phone according to the results of a new study. “The writing is on the stall,” says …
Canalys: Apple blazes past HP to dominate global PC market in Q4
Apple pulled ahead of HP in the fourth quarter to become the largest player in the client PC market, a new report suggested Monday. The …
Xbox 720 will not launch this year, Microsoft exec says
Microsoft will reportedly not launch the highly anticipated follow-up to the Xbox 360 this year. Cedrick Delma, Microsoft’s marketing director in France, recently told Le …
Microsoft and Asus may be working on Kinect-enabled Windows 8 laptops
Asus is reportedly working on Windows 8 laptops that are equipped with Microsoft’s Kinect technology. The Daily recently reported that it was able to “check out” …
Twitter announces ability to censor content by region
Twitter announced recently that it now has the ability to, and will begin to, censor content on the social network by country. “As we continue …
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP
Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, has left HP. AllThingsD broke the news Friday afternoon, noting that Rubinstein had served his promised 12-24 month tenure …
Apple CEO: ‘We care about every worker in our supply chain’
The New York Times recently published an article discussing the unsafe working conditions in the factories Apple employs to build its products. It’s no secret that …
BlackBerry users are older and wealthier than average smartphone users, study suggests
BlackBerry owners tend to be older and wealthier than other smartphone users according to a new report released this week. Data from comScore Data Mine …
Apple to offer employees a $500 discount on Macs, $250 off of an iPad
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly said during an Apple Town Hall meeting on Wednesday that Apple employees will receive a generous discount on Apple products …
Intel to buy 190 patents and video codec software from RealNetworks for $120 million
Intel and RealNetworks announced on Thursday that Intel will purchase video codec software, 190 patents and 170 patent applications from RealNetworks for a total of …
Nintendo cuts 3DS sales forecast, will report first annual loss
Nintendo recently published a note in which it said it will report an annual operating loss of 45 billion yen ($575 million) for the December …
Spotify surpasses 3 million paid subscribers
Spotify said Thursday that it now serves more than 3 million active paid subscribers per month, up from the 2.5 million subscribers it was serving …
iPhone 4S accounts for 89% of all iPhone sales, study suggests
Most new iPhone buyers are choosing the iPhone 4S, according to a new report. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) released data on Thursday that suggests …
HTC to focus on ‘Hero’ smartphones moving forward
HTC said recently that it will focus on the quality of its top-of-the-line “Hero” smartphones moving forward instead of pumping out a large number of …
AT&T reports best-ever quarter for smartphones; 7.6 millon iPhones activated
AT&T reported its fourth-quarter 2011 results on Thursday and noted that it achieved record mobile broadband and smartphone activations during the quarter. The company reported …
LG: More than 1 million Optimus LTE phones sold
LG announced on Wednesday that it has sold more than 1 million Optimus LTE handsets. A version of the device landed in the United States …
