Ethernet consolidation: Extreme snaps up Enterasys for $180 million
Looking to bulk up its often flat Ethernet fortunes, Extreme Networks today grabbed up Enterasys Networks for a cash price of $180 million.
Looking to bulk up its often flat Ethernet fortunes, Extreme Networks today grabbed up Enterasys Networks for a cash price of $180 million.
A spokesperson for online powerhouse Amazon has denied reports that the company plans to offer a free smartphone to consumers, saying that no handsets will be released in 2013, and that it wouldn't be free in any case.
BlackBerry is taking steps to spin off its BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging software as a separate company, as it continues to explore a range of "strategic alternatives" after its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones have achieved only modest sales.
Nasdaq blamed the unprecedented trading halt Thursday on a "connectivity issue" between an exchange participant and a core system used to consolidate and disseminate quote and trade information on Nasdaq listed securities.
A U.S. government investigation into allegations that Microsoft or its business partners have bribed officials or handed out kickbacks to close deals has expanded to include Russia and Pakistan, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Nearly one in four browsers are now armed with an ad-blocking tool, reducing revenue at free-content websites, an Irish company said today
Yahoo today acquired Rockmelt, a company that tried to compete with Google, Microsoft and Mozilla in the cut-throat browser market, but failed.
The Wall Street Journal carried a statement from Apple in response to the China Labor Watch report alleging extensive abuses of workers at Pegatron facilities.
Bob Mansfield, one of Apple top executives, has been dropped from the company's leadership team and will instead work on special projects, according to online reports yesterday.
Apple's reported interest in a larger iPad tablet with a 13-inch screen shows that the Cupertino Calif. company is thinking along some of the same lines as its rival Microsoft, according to analysts said.
Best Buy has discounted some MacBook Pro laptops by as much as $200, and offered college students another $100 off in a promotion that may hint at impending refreshes of Apple's signature notebook.
Smartphone ads, thus far, have tended to follow a few fairly standard blueprints – there's the high-concept ad, full of pretty pictures and pompous voice-over about "simplifying everything" or whatever the slogan du jour is. Then there's the hater ad, where the company indirectly but obviously makes fun of a chief competitor. And there's the shock-and-awe ad, where they just can't fully express to you how amazing the phone is.
if reports are accurate, Facebook may soon be where smartphone and tablet users can get the latest news from around the world.
With just days to spare, and as one analyst had expected, Apple blinked in negotiations with Sony Music, giving the Cupertino, Calif. firm the green light to announce an Internet radio service on Monday.
President Barack Obama today forcefully defended the government's data collection activities, calling them vital to protecting the nation against terrorist attacks.