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Samsung, Apple Grab 106 Percent of Handset Profits During Q3

Apple and Samsung together captured 106 percent of the handset industry's profits during the third quarter of this year, as Nokia, Google-owned Motorola Mobility...

Riverbed Boosts APM Abilities With Opnet Acquisition

Network performance specialist Riverbed Technology announced on Oct. 29 the acquisition of Opnet Technologies, a provider of solutions for application and network performance management,...

Apple’s Forstall Refuses to Apologize for Maps, Is Fired

Apple has fired two key executives, software leader Scott Forstall and retail head John Browett, after major missteps.Most notable is the departure of Forstall,...

Trimble Yuma 2 Rugged Tablet Offers 7-Inch Display, Windows 7

Trimble announced on Oct. 29 details on its Yuma 2 rugged tablet, which offers a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch screen and measures 6.3 inches by...

Windows 8 Enables Microsoft to Take Stronger Role in Trusted Security

Microsoft is going to draw more attention to the Trusted Computing features in Windows 8 that were already available in Windows 7 to increase...

Intel Ships 20nm Solid-State Drive Family

Chip maker Intel announced Oct. 29 that it was shipping the industry’s first solid-state drive (SSD) line with a 20-nanometer (nm) NAND flash memory...

Kindle Fire vs. iPad Mini: 10 Reasons to Choose the Amazon Tablet

Apple's iPad Mini is hot. Some consumers are calling the device, which was offered up for preorder Oct. 26, the best small tablet on...

Windows Phone 8 Launches With Big Microsoft Consumer Push

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft launched the new Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system Oct. 29 with a heavy emphasis on the appeal of Windows...

Google Unveils New Nexus 4 Smartphone, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 Tablets

Google launched its long-awaited new Nexus 4 smartphone and new Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets Oct. 29, despite the cancellation of its originally...

Microsoft Shows It Can Get Buyers to Line Up, Too

Microsoft Shows It Can Get Buyers to Line Up, Too Shoppers line up outside the Microsoft Store at Westfield Valley Fair shopping center in Santa...