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Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network

Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.

By Stephen Lawson | 23 May, 2013 04:48

Tags: Ericsson, Networking, wireless, transportation, ctia, mobile, WLANs / Wi-Fi, industry verticals

Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD's new chips to support wireless display

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to regain share in the PC processor market with its upcoming chips based on the Jaguar core, which will bring console-like gaming and wireless displays to laptops with Windows 8 and its successor, Windows Blue.

By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2013 04:08

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, hardware systems, laptops, Components, processors

HP $399 touchscreen laptop breaks price barrier

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at US$399.

By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2013 04:08

Tags: hardware systems, laptops, Hewlett-Packard

HP's Envy Rove 20-inch 'tablet' tackles Windows 8 desktop PC woes

Windows 8 has not found wide adoption among desktop users, so HP has announced a new portable all-in-one and lowered the price of touch PCs so users can take advantage of the operating system.

By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2013 04:08

Tags: hardware systems, desktop pcs, Hewlett-Packard

AMD willing to embrace Android

Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.

By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2013 04:08

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices, hardware systems, tablets, Components, processors

Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

By John Ribeiro | 23 May, 2013 04:02

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, antitrust, Apple, e-commerce, penguin, legal, internet

Messaging application Line flags sensitive phrases in China

A mechanical engineering student in Taiwan has found the messaging application called Line warns and stops users in China from sending certain politically sensitive keywords.

By Jeremy Kirk | 23 May, 2013 03:31

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, instant messaging, NHN Corp.

3D-printed pizza may be delivered soon, thanks to NASA

NASA recently approved a $125,000 grant for a six-month project to develop 3D-printed food, and the first edible prototype may be pizza, Quartz reports.

By Colin Neagle | 23 May, 2013 00:51

Tags: NASA, software

Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

By Zach Miners | 22 May, 2013 22:56

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Google, security, data breach, social networking, twitter, social media, internet

HP profit falls 32 per cent as PC and server sales decline

Hewlett-Packard reported a 32 per cent drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers.

By James Niccolai | 22 May, 2013 20:58

Tags: hardware systems, Hewlett-Packard

Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app

Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app.

By Stephen Lawson | 22 May, 2013 20:53

Tags: mobile applications, retail, Wal-Mart Stores, ctia, mobile, industry verticals

Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores

Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a USretail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in stores and online destinations designed to appeal to Latino consumers.

By Stephen Lawson | 22 May, 2013 20:50

Tags: distribution, consumer electronics, smartphones, ctia, mobile, Viva Movil, Verizon Wireless

Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments

Google is launching a new fund through which it will make later-stage investments in technology companies, a Google executive said Wednesday.

By Zach Miners | 22 May, 2013 20:39

Tags: business issues, Internet-based applications and services, Google, investments, internet, search engines

Would you pay $US30 for a waterproof Android smartphone?

If you've ever dropped, broken or drowned your mobile phone, Kyocera Wireless has a deal for you: two new waterproofed Android phones, one of them ruggedized, aimed at first-time smartphone buyers looking for affordable handsets. The products were announced for the U.S market at this week's CTIA cellular industry conference in Las Vegas.

By John Cox | 22 May, 2013 20:28

Tags: Target, consumer electronics, Networking, wireless, smartphones, ctia, anti-malware, kyocera

IP theft commission: US needs to take strong action

The U.S. government should bar foreign companies that repeatedly steal or use stolen U.S. intellectual property from selling their products in the country, a new report recommended.

By Grant Gross | 22 May, 2013 20:20

Tags: intellectual property, legal, Dennis Blair, craig barrett, government, intel, trade, Jon Huntsman, U.S. International Trade Commission, Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property

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