Joseph Menn PC shipments flat in 4Q as HP falls

January 11, 2012 11:42 pm by Joseph Menn

Smack in the middle of the ultrabook and tablet hoopla from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas comes a sobering report from the market researchers at IDC: PC shipments in the critical fourth quarter were down 0.2 per cent from a year before.

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Joseph Menn Apple could face product bans in Germany

December 9, 2011 11:55 pm by Joseph Menn

Apple had a bad week in its multi-front patent war, capped by the real possibility of an iPhone and iPad import ban in Germany.

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Joseph Menn Apple fails to stop Samsung imports to US

December 3, 2011 9:47 pm by Joseph Menn

Apple has lost a bid to stop Samsung imports of its Galaxy Tab and some smartphones in the US, keeping the waters cloudy in one of the most important legal battles between the two tech titans.

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Joseph Menn Icann’s .XXX draws lawsuit from porn purveyors

November 19, 2011 1:50 am by Joseph Menn

The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers, which was dragged into creating the top-level domain .xxx for adult web addresses under threat of litigation, has now been sued for doing so.

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Joseph Menn FBI working with NSA, CIA on cyber threats

November 18, 2011 12:47 am by Joseph Menn

The FBI must work more closely with the major US intelligence agencies in order to combat  threats in cyberspace, its director said on Thursday, likening the government response to that against terrorism.

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Joseph Menn Apple’s iPhone battery fix needs fixing

November 11, 2011 10:40 pm by Joseph Menn

The software update that Apple pushed to iPhone users this week in part to resolve rapid battery draining has backfired for some users and made the problem worse.

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Joseph Menn Elites disagree at London Cyber Conference

November 2, 2011 11:27 pm by Joseph Menn

The two-day London Cyber Conference wrapped up Thursday with a remarkable lack of unity for such a carefully staged, invite-only event for world political and technology leaders.

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Joseph Menn Ebay plans PayPal partnership in China

October 18, 2011 12:29 am by Joseph Menn

Ebay chief executive John Donahoe said the Chinese government  won’t let foreign-owned  internet companies win in that country, but added PayPal will nonetheless bend to fit new rules and stay in the market.

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Joseph Menn Yahoo says strategic proposals are coming in

September 24, 2011 12:37 am by Joseph Menn

Yahoo’s investment bank is “fielding inquiries from multiple parties” about various options that could include a sale of all or some of the company, according to an all-hands email sent Friday by Yahoo’s founders and chairman.

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Joseph Menn Yahoo teams with Microsoft and AOL on ads

September 15, 2011 12:59 am by Joseph Menn

Yahoo which is expected to lose its US display-advertising leadership this year to fast-growing Facebook, is trying to shore up its position by striking a mutual selling agreement with rivals Microsoft and AOL.

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