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According to a Dec. 19 Reuters report, soon cars from many automakers could feature a version of Google’s Android operating system built directly into the vehicles. According to Reuters, Google could announce plans for integrating Android directly into cars when it rolls out Android M, the successor to its recently released Android 5.0 Lollipop operating […]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that early next year Lenovo will announce two new smartphones, both of which will use not only a low-power 64-bit Atom processor but also a cellular modem chip from Intel. There are few details available about the new devices, though Intel officials believe the company’s capabilities to supply both […]

Blackberry officially released its new BlackBerry Classic smartphone Dec. 17 at a press conference in New York City. The phone, with a 3.5-inch square touch screen, also has16GB of built-in storage, an 8-megapixel rear camera and a battery that lasts up to 22 hours. But it’s an upgraded version of BlackBerry’s hallmark feature, its physical […]

In January, T-Mobile will start allowing its customers to keep any unused high-speed data allocations in their monthly service plans and roll it over for future use, giving customers more control and fuller potential use of the data allocations that they pay for each month. New and existing customers, including individuals, families and businesses, will […]

Last summer, Manhattan’s U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered the company to turn over Outlook.com emails sought by U.S. Department of Justice that are stored in a data center in Dublin, Ireland. Smith revealed that on Dec. 15, several groups are filing friend of the court briefs supporting Microsoft’s challenge to federal search warrant. The […]

The Federal Communications Commission has raised minimum download speeds to 10 Mbps for any broadband companies looking to get funds from the government’s 4-year-old Connect America program. The FCC announced the new minimum speed provision on Dec. 11, replacing the previous minimum speed requirement of 4 Mbps. The move is part of the FCC’s efforts […]

Researchers at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom have conducted a new study about potential health risks to humans from mobile phones and power lines, concluding that exposure to these magnetic field sources is not harmful. The latest study adds to an expanding body of research on this very controversial topic. New studies […]

T-Mobile has temporarily revived their unlimited family shared data plans starting at $100 for two lines per month, and $40 per month for each additional user. Customers on the new unlimited plan, which is open to existing and new customers, can keep their unlimited data plans for as long as they want to remain with […]

Google announced it will now offer Microsoft License Mobility, Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition and a free version of the Chrome Remote Desktop application on its Google Compute Engine infrastructure-as-a-service platform. The enhancements are designed to let businesses move their Windows applications from on-premise installations to the cloud more easily, Google Cloud Platform Product […]

Intel was one of the founding members of the OpenDaylight Project. Now, the company is increasing its commitment to this software-defined networking standards body. Intel joins IBM, Cisco Systems, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks as a Platinum member of OpenDaylight. As a result Intel will increase its financial backing of the group and an Intel […]

Did Apple’s iPod become the dominant music player illegally? That’s the question at the heart of a billion dollar suit that claims Apple shut out competitors. Recently, Apple challenged the legal qualifications of two women who are the primary plaintiffs to pursue the suit. The company claims that customer records show the iPods were purchased […]

Intel has been making efforts to expand its mobile computing capabilities and gain further inroads into the important Chinese market. The company’s latest move was to announce plans to invest another $1.6 billion over the next 15 years to upgrade its chip fabrication site in Chengdu, China, a 10-year-old facility in which Intel had previously […]