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HONG KONG/TAIPEI, (Reuters) – Component suppliers for Apple Inc’s iPad are gearing up for a new round of production in the first quarter, sources said on Friday, with one saying the product will be a revamp of the popular tablet computer including front- and back-mounted cameras. Apple’s iPad has taken the world by storm since […]

(Reuters) – Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) is seeking another $211 million from SAP AG (DE:SAPG) on top of the $1.3 billion jury verdict it won last month after a widely watched copyright infringement trial. Oracle wants an additional $211,662,935 in "prejudgment interest" due to the company, according to a court document it filed on Friday. Both […]

Dell and Compellent Technologies are in "advanced discussions" about a potential merger, the companies confirmed on Dec 9. BREAKING: Dell and Compellent have reached an acquisition agreement. Full story here. Even though the negotiations are still ongoing, the announcement said Dell will acquire all outstanding Compellent stock at $27.50 per share. The all-cash deal would […]

Microsoft has plans for a gigantic Patch Tuesday next week, when it will plug 40 security vulnerabilities across a number of products, including critical bugs impacting Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows. The bugs will be squashed by a total of 17 security bulletins, two of which are rated "critical." One of the two critical bulletins […]

Dell Inc’s billionaire chief executive, arguing that his efforts to transform his company have gone unnoticed by some on Wall Street, wants to drive the acquisitions that will prove crucial to its long-term future. But he is also starting to see warning signs of increasingly frothy technology valuations, and said firmly he will not pay […]

IT infrastructure company EMC has unveiled plans to deploy its VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) software at Northern Hospital of Surry County, in Mount Airy, N.C., to lower health care costs and increase data protection at the facility. "We were running out of processing capacity and space in our data center as we expanded our EMR […]

Google Android creator Andy Rubin said Dec. 8 that there are now 300,000 Android phones being activated each day. The stat, which Rubin delivered via this rare tweet late Wednesday, came two days after he reiterated at D: Dive into Mobile that Google was seeing more than 200,000 activations of Android smartphones each day. Rubin’s […]

Apple will use Intel’s Sandy Bridge processors in its new MacBooks, replacing the current models’ Nvidia GPUs, according to one online report. “MacBook models with screen sizes of 13 inches and below are expected to switch to Sandy Bridge-only graphics,” reads the Dec. 9 posting on CNET, which cites unnamed industry sources apparently familiar with […]

More cyber attacks in retaliation for attempts to block the WikiLeaks website are likely in a "data war" to protect Internet freedom, a representative of one of the groups involved said on Thursday. Though no major websites appeared to be under attack early on Thursday, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said the Swedish government’s website was down […]

Google’s Chrome Operating System isn’t yet ready for prime time on notebook computers, but the company has landed corporate remote access power Citrix Systems as a partner. Google Dec. 7 said at an update event that it consumers would be able to purchase netbooks based on its Web operating system, which lets users run Web […]

The efficiencies provided by cloud computing could reduce global data center energy costs by up to 38 percent by 2020, analysts say. According to a new report from Pike Research, the energy efficiency benefits of cloud computing are substantial, and growth in the market will have important implications for both energy consumption and greenhouse gas […]

Unisys and Rackspace rolled out private cloud offerings that combine cloud computing efficiencies, potential cost savings, and scalability, with the convenience and security of managed hosting services, at the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas this week. The Unisys Hosted Secure Private Cloud offers customers a cloud infrastructure that is deployed and managed remotely. […]