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Over the next year, Microsoft plans to eliminate 18,000 jobs, or roughly 14 percent of the estimated 127,000 workers it employs worldwide. Many of these positions are from the company’s recently acquired Nokia handset business. This will be done in an effort to consolidate the Smart Devices and Mobile Phones business units into a single […]

In a surprise pairing, Apple and IBM are teaming up to develop applications and sell smartphones together. The tech giants plan to create easy-to-use business apps and deploy them on iPhones and iPads for enterprise users around the globe—where Android devices are currently king. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with CNBC that […]

Yesterday marked the end of an added 60-day window that the Federal Communications Commission had set up to collect public comments on the so-called “network neutrality” rules. Back in May, the Commission voted 3-2 in favor of Chairman Tom Wheeler’s Open Internet Notice of Proposed Rulemaking—a new rules proposal regarding net neutrality. Although the proposal […]

Samsung has introduced Galaxy Apps, which is a new online store where Galaxy device users can purchase mobile apps rather than using Google Play. Samsung stated that the store will feature hundreds of apps for its Galaxy line of Android smartphones, along with greater customization for Galaxy device owners. Galaxy Apps has three sections—Staff Picks, […]

There has been a long-running rumor that Apple’s iPhone 6 smartphones will feature sapphire glass displays. Now, it seems as though that may be true. YouTube blogger Marques Brownlee recently posted a video of himself with what he claims is the front glass of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, “straight off the assembly line,” and made […]

Read more about the stories in today’s news:Apple Pointed Finger at Google, While Cooperating With FTCThe Clock Is Ticking on Windows 7, Microsoft WarnsIBM to Spend $3 Billion to Research the Future of Chips, SystemsAvast Warns Selling Used Phones May Expose Personal Info In April, Apple began refunding $32.5 million to consumers who had unknowingly […]

Scientists from Bell Labs are claiming they have hit data transmission speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second over traditional copper telephone lines. This could allow service providers to bring gigabit speed to broadband networks without the substantial cost of having to replace copper wires with fiber inside of buildings. Bell Labs is the […]

Blackberry is shrugging off the concept of secrecy and is offering the public an early look at the Passport, a smartphone it planned to introduce at a September event in London. CEO John Chen explained that a great deal of information about the phone has already been leaked on the Internet. He added that the […]

Recent disclosures and investigations into the activities of the U.S. National Security Agency have revealed that Linux users are an area of specific interest for surveillance by the NSA XKeyscore system. German news sources first reported on rules in the XKeyscore source code that identify visitors to the Linux Journal Website, the Tor Onion Router […]

A new update for Microsoft’s Outlook Web App is cutting a few steps out of the process of working with email attachments. A new document collaboration feature spares users from having to go through the steps of downloading Office attachments, powering up Word, Excel or PowerPoint and then saving and reattaching the files. Microsoft Exchange’s […]