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China Approves Google Acquisition of Motorola Mobility - PCWorld
Chinese authorities have approved the deal on condition that Google keep Android free and available to other mobile device manufacturers for five years, according to a source close to the deal. Other conditions include a commitment by Google to meet ...
Front-Lit Amazon Kindle to Debut in July? - PCWorld
The source asked to remain anonymous because Amazon has yet to announce the product. Amazon's decision to sell a front-lit Kindle is a no-brainer, particularly since rival Barnes & Noble has already begun shipping its front-lit Nook Simple Touch With ...
Report: LightSquared Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing - PCWorld
Other terms of any potential deal are also sticking points in the negotiations, the sources said. LightSquared's board was tentatively planning to meet Sunday to talk about whether to authorize the bankruptcy filing, which sources said is expected to ...
Cisco 'Jawbreaker': Refocused or Retired? - PCWorld
A year ago, sources said Jawbreaker was based on Broadcom's Trident+ chipset and had two components: a fabric core with 40G interfaces and a 48-port 10G switch with 40G uplinks. It was to ship later this year, sources said at the time. It still might.
US Gov't IT Spending to Be Tight Over Short Term - PCWorld
The priorities in the 2013 federal IT budget will be improving cybersecurity and pumping up e-government efforts aimed at citizen and business interaction with agencies, administration officials said then. In the longer term, Loomis and other speakers ...
In India, 112 Government Websites Hacked in Three Months - PCWorld
A large number of government websites are attacked every quarter as site managers not do thorough regular audits of their systems as required of them, said a source close to the situation who asked not to be named. "This reflects a slipshod approach to ...
Judge Drops Microsoft From Objectionable Content Case in India - PCWorld
... should not be a party to the criminal case, because the content from its websites is not exhibited on the CD or records containing evidence of objectionable content that was produced by the plaintiff, according to a person close to the situation.
HP Cuts Staff as WebOS Transitions to Open-source - PCWorld
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Hewlett-Packard has cut 275 jobs in its webOS group, as part of its strategy to turn the operating system over to the open-source community, a source said Tuesday. HP said last year that it would stop making devices that use ...
White House Pushes for New Privacy Codes of Conduct - PCWorld
While the Obama administration will propose privacy legislation to the US Congress, the US Department of Commerce will move ahead with voluntary codes of conduct that could be implemented without congressional action, administration officials said in a ...
Apple IPad 3: Should It Support LTE? - PCWorld
The Wall Street Journal reported that "people familiar with the matter" said that Verizon Wireless and AT&T will sell the next version of the iPad running on their fast LTE data networks. If this turns out to be true, then it'll be the first time the ...
HP to Release Server Management Apps for IOS, Android - PCWorld
A separate mobile app will allow system administrators to run scripts that help configure applications on servers, said an HP representative who declined to be named. The scripts can be simply cut and pasted, and the app will help configure the servers ...
Microsoft India Store Hacked, User Database Exposed - PCWorld
The user names and passwords of some customers may have been leaked, and users are being advised to change their passwords, said a person close to the situation, who declined to be named. Financial information of customers has not been exposed, ...
Google to Commit to Offer Some Motorola Patents on FRAND Terms - PCWorld
... to send a letter to standards setting organizations, stating that Motorola Mobility's standards-essential patents will continue to be available on FRAND terms after its acquisition of the company, a person close to the situation said late Tuesday.
Google Agrees to Court Order in India to Remove Content - PCWorld
The criminal case, however, holds Google responsible for the third-party content, and also named its officials as liable, said a person close to the situation, who declined to be named. The civil case is entirely about removal of certain content, ...
Apple Accused of Ignoring 'Human Cost' of Manufacturing - PCWorld
A former Apple executive, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the New York Times: "We've known about labor abuses in some factories for four years, and they're still going on. Why? Because the system works for us. Suppliers would change everything ...
Researchers Expose Flaws in Popular Industrial Control Systems - PCWorld
The research team, which included Reid Wightman, Dillon Beresford, Jacob Kitchel, Rubén Santamarta and two other researchers who chose to remain anonymous, worked as part of a project called Basecamp that was sponsored by industrial control systems ...
Indian Court Refuses to Direct Election Commission on Paper Records on EVMs - PCWorld
The Election Commission tested EVMs with a paper trail in mock elections last year, but there were some shortcomings found, said an official of the Election Commission who asked not to be named. The manufacturers of the EVMs have been asked to make ...
Lenovo-backed Game Console for China Hit by Delays - PCWorld
A source close to the situation however said on condition of anonymity that the launch of the product may be delayed further as the product was not found to be robust enough. The delay may be a significant setback for Chinese consumers who do not have ...
Amazon Boosts Kindle Fire Orders - PCWorld
Digitimes reports that strong pre-orders have led Amazon to ask that five million units be supplied before the end of the year, the sources said. Amazon's original order was for 3.5 million units but this was revised up to four million in the middle of ...
Lenovo-backed Gaming System to Launch Early 2012 - PCWorld
The company will now start out with a small-scale launch in December, selling trial versions of the system, said the spokesman, who declined to be named. Eedoo was originally a business unit of Lenovo, called S&P Game & Multimedia. ...
Apple's IPhone 4S Selling for $2000 in China - PCWorld
The vendor, who declined to give his name, said the phones had come from Australia and the US, where they had been originally bought. The phones are sold without a contract, and come unlocked. Another vendor in the same electronics market said he was ...
Researcher Uses Google Earth to Track India's Nuclear Program - PCWorld
"It is quite understandable that after the terrorist attacks in the country, which are believed to have used Google Maps, the local authorities are worried about this exposure," said an analyst who declined to be named. Google Earth and other mapping ...
Intel to Show Tablets, Ultrabooks Running Windows 8 - PCWorld
Microsoft also will hand out Samsung tablets running Windows 8 running on Intel chips at the BUILD conference, the source said. While Intel dominates the PC market, the company has virtually no tablet presence, and it hopes to lure tablet developers ...
Could the PS4 Really Be On the Way? - PCWorld
BitMob reports that an anonymous source claims the words "PlayStation 4 in 18 months" were uttered during a "high level meeting" at Sony. Sony, naturally, responded with the usual "we don't comment on rumors and speculation" so ...
Apple Again Cites Inaccurate Evidence in Samsung Patent Case - PCWorld
A legal expert on intellectual property cases, who declined to be named, asserted that when pictures are filed both in the complaint and in separate productions, those in the complaint would be considered more important. Visual evidence presented there ...