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Today’s topics include a new government measure to combat cyber-crime, the release of the IBM Verse social messaging system, a new convertible laptop and tablet Chromebook and a change to how customers are billed for Azure Backup. An Executive Order signed by President Barack Obama on April 1 is the latest in a series of […]

Today’s topics include Apple’s carefully orchestrated shopping smartwatch experiences, opting out of Verizon’s mobile ad tracking program, Microsoft’s announcement of Visual Studio 2015 and the debut of Firefox 37. With sales expectations and customer interest high for the upcoming Apple Watch, the tech giant is putting relatively rigid marketing and sales procedures in place to […]

Today’s daily video topics include a release of Microsoft test versions of its upcoming operating systems for Windows phones, the rapid growth of the Apple Watch in the wearables market, IBM’s new IoT business unit, and Amazon’s secret drone testing in Canada. Microsoft is preparing to significantly increase the number of smartphones supported by its […]

Boost Mobile customers will be able to buy Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 smartphone with no annual contract for $649.99. The new smartphone, and its flashier sibling, the Galaxy S6 Edge, will be released by Samsung April 10 and will also be available through the big four wireless carriers in the United States: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile […]

Intel reportedly is negotiating to acquire chip maker Altera, a deal that would be the company’s largest since buying security software maker McAfee in 2011 for $7.7 billion. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal for Altera would be in the range of $10.4 billion, and would bring together two chip companies that have […]

Amazon, the first Internet services provider to go mainstream with cloud storage in 2006, revealed March 26 that it now is offering two unlimited cloud storage plans with Amazon Cloud Drive: Unlimited Everything or Unlimited Photos. Photos and video and other images can all be housed in Unlimited Everything. But for those are totally focused […]

Microsoft is once again imploring government leaders to rein in the National Security Agency. Fred Humphries, vice president of U.S. Government Affairs for Microsoft, announced that the company is calling for reforms to the USA Patriot Act that will end bulk data collection and allow companies to be transparent about information requests. Microsoft, in the […]

Hey there, here are your top news stories from eWEEK, sponsored by Dell and Intel. Today’s stories include news about Microsoft’s productivity apps, lawsuits being filed to block FCC network neutrality rules, an expanded FTC consumer fraud protection unit and an interesting battery experiment happening at Purdue University. Microsoft is bringing the company’s productivity apps […]

Hewlett Packard expanded its Compute portfolio with two ProLiant Gen9 Tower servers, which are aimed at small- to medium-size businesses. The servers are designed to run general purpose workloads and applications such as IT infrastructure, collaboration, Web and business applications. The servers include the ProLiant ML10 v2, an entry-level 10 Series tower server with increased […]

For the past two years, smartphone sales have declined in Japan, which raised eyebrows there because Japan has long been a global leader in mobile phone trends. Some 5.3 percent fewer smartphones were sold in Japan in 2014 than in 2013. Meanwhile, shipments of dumb “flip-phones” rose by 5.7 percent in 2014 compared to 2013. […]