The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 7
Beat out of a windfall?
Stories by IDG News Service staff
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, January 6
The tech industry's center of gravity is still at CES in Las Vegas, where the annual consumer electronics extravaganza officially opens its doors Tuesday.
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, January 5
Will 2015 be the year that the "connected home" hyped at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas finally establishes itself in reality?
Meet Google’s 'Project Tango'
Google has been working over the past year on developing 3D technology for smartphones, but it has the potential to go beyond those devices.
In Pictures: Spotify's artful digs
Spotify hopes the art inspires their employees
Digital Equipment Corp co-founder Ken Olsen dies at age 84
Kenneth Olsen, who co-founded minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corp, died at the age of 84 on Sunday.
Microsoft fourth quarter boosted by Office, Windows sales
Due to a reporting error, the second paragraph of the story<strong> "Microsoft fourth quarter boosted by Office, Windows sales" </strong>and its update contained incorrect figures for quarterly net income and the percent increase in quarterly net income. The incorrect percentage figure also appeared in the second headline.
Who's next on the acquisition block?
Oracle buys Sun. HP buys 3Com. SAP buys Sybase. Just when it seemed like consolidation among the big data-center vendors had played itself out, we're off again at full tilt. Multiple trends are driving the latest acquisitions wave: The economy is recovering, customers are demanding systems that are easier to implement and vendors seem intent on collapsing the divide between servers, network and storage.
Lawsuits over Google Wi-Fi sniffing pile on
Due to a reporting error, the story, "Lawsuits over Google Wi-Fi sniffing pile on," posted Thursday misstated the day Google confirmed it would hand over data to regulators. It said this on Thursday. The story has been corrected on the wire and the ninth paragraph now reads:
Biz Stone says Twitter has 105 million users
The last paragraph of the story, "Biz Stone says Twitter has 105 million users," which posted to the newswire Wednesday, gave an incorrect day for continuation of the Twitter developer conference. The story has been corrected on the wire and that paragraph now reads:
Google's new OS raises privacy, antitrust concerns
Due to a reporting error, the story, "Google's new OS raises privacy, antitrust concerns," posted on the wire Wednesday, includes an incorrect characterization of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's view on Google's new operating system.
Apple fans flock to buy iPhone 3G S
The iPhone's magic is still there: The crowds turned out to see -- and buy -- Apple's iPhone 3G S early Friday morning as it launched around the world.
Dell's net income drops 63 percent in Q1
Due to a reporting error, the first take of the story titled "Dell's net income drops 63 percent in Q1," posted to the wire on Thursday, contained an incorrect comparison of Dell's earnings with analyst estimates. A sentence has been removed from the second paragraph and a new sentence added. The updated version of the story was correct.
UK declines to prosecute hacker wanted in US
Due a reporting error, the second paragraph of the story "UK declines to prosecute hacker wanted in US" posted Thursday is inaccurate. The second paragraph should be deleted. The third paragraph should add McKinnon's first name, Gary. The story has been fixed on the wire, and the third paragraph should read:
Microsoft contributes code to Apache SOA project
Due to incorrect information provided by the company, the story posted to the wire Wednesday incorrectly characterized the nature of Microsoft's contribution to an Apache Software Foundation open-source project in the first paragraph.