Oracle's Larry Ellison throws down the cloud gauntlet

Oracle CTO and executive chairman Larry Ellison, who just a few years ago famously mocked the notion of cloud computing, has positioned the company as one set up to become the industry's largest cloud player, with something to offer customers at all...

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With new OS, Microsoft will try to put Windows 8 era behind it

After spending the past two years in damage control mode over Windows 8, Microsoft will officially begin a new era for its OS on Tuesday, when it's expected to unveil a preview of Windows' next major version during an event focused on enterprise customers....

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Lenovo set to complete acquisition of IBM x86 server business

Nine months after it was first announced, Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's x86 server business is headed towards closing. Having received regulatory approval from the U.S., the European Commission and China, the companies will start closing the US$2.1...

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Bogus bug apps offer no relief in Japan's dengue outbreak

Tokyo, futuristic metropolis of the 21st century, is grappling with a public health problem it hasn't seen since World War II—dengue fever. Nearly 150 confirmed and suspected cases of the tropical disease have been recorded in recent weeks. The cause?...

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Uber defiant in face of new legal challenge

Uber is pushing back against the latest legal challenge to its business, saying accusations against it and its competitors are inaccurate and need correcting. The district attorneys for San Francisco and Los Angeles sent letters this week to Uber, Lyft...

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Report: Softbank in talks to buy Dreamworks Animation

Japan's Softbank is in talks to acquire Dreamworks Animation, The Hollywood Reporter said late Saturday citing a source. The Wall Street Journal later reported the same news citing "people familiar with the matter." Softbank is best known as operator...

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Uber defiant in face of new legal challenge

Uber is pushing back against the latest legal challenge to its business, saying accusations against it and its competitors are inaccurate and need correcting. The district attorneys for San Francisco and Los Angeles sent letters this week to Uber, Lyft...

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Here's a to-do list for Comcast's first 'customer experience' exec

In a move that can be viewed both as extremely cynical as well as long overdue, Comcast named its first senior executive in charge of "customer experience" on Friday. Charlie Herrin, the man that led the overhaul of Comcast's cable box UI as part of...

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MIT is developing underwater robots that hunt for drugs

They may not be as quick or efficient as airport sniffer dogs, but robots are getting ready to take the fight against drug smuggling underwater. Researchers at MIT are working on submersible machines that could use ultrasound to find drugs hidden on...

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Intel investing $1.5 billion in two Chinese chip firms

Intel is investing 9 billion yuan (US$1.5 billion) in two Chinese chip companies with an eye to boosting its presence in the country's booming mobile phone market. The two fabless semiconductor companies develop mobile chipset platforms for smartphones,...

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New ad-free social network Ello is pro-privacy, but with caveats

A new social network is generating buzz for its hard stance against paid advertising and data collection. But how the site really works, when it comes to privacy, is a little more nuanced. Ello is open on an invite-only basis, so you'll need to know...

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Facebook appeal allowed in New York privacy dispute

Facebook's appeal against the collection by law enforcement in New York of bulk user data under a gag order has been accepted. The appellate division, first department of the New York State Supreme Court ruled Thursday against a government move to dismiss...

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Hands-on with Pebble Firmware 2.5; iOS 8 users get better notifications

Pebble users are getting a few new goodies in Firmware 2.5, including a much better way to handle notifications on their smartwatches. Dealing with notifications on Pebble used to a hassle. If you had multiple notifications stacked up, you could only...

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ARM's new processor could usher in feature-rich robots, appliances, wearables

ARM hopes its latest Cortex M7 processor design will lead to more responsive robots, smart appliances and wearables. The Cortex M7 CPU design, which will be licensed to chip makers, could also go into cars, medical devices and networking and storage...

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BMC Software files patent infringement lawsuit against ServiceNow

BMC Software has filed a patent infringement suit against ServiceNow, claiming its patents are violated by the rival's IT management technologies. The company in Houston, Texas, has accused ServiceNow of allegedly violating seven patents in products...

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iPhone 6 Plus Display is the best there is (well, almost)

Samsung's recent Galaxy Note 4 apparently edged out the recent Apple iPhone 6 Plus in terms of display quality, even though the analyst reviewing it basically called Apple's displays the best he's seen to date. In a report released Monday,...

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AT&T shanghais cord-cutters with $40 deal that has plenty of strings attached

As more so-called cord-cutters turn their backs on TV services, providers like AT&T U-verse are doing everything in their power to lure them back, even bundling services like HBO Go and Amazon Prime. Yes, for $40 per month, AT&T will give you...

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Lyft acquires ride-sharing startup Hitch

Car-sharing service Lyft has acquired Hitch, a startup in the mobile app-enabled car-pooling business, to integrate the service with its own shared rides business that it set up last month. "Similar to Lyft, Hitch has always believed the shared rides...

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New Oculus Rift 'Crescent Bay' prototype packs integrated audio and 360-degree tracking

Kicking off day two of the Oculus Connect virtual reality conference in Los Angeles, CA, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe took to the stage to announce a new Crescent Bay prototype—not the consumer release nor another developer kit, but a new internal stepping...

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Oculus Rift 'Crescent Bay' prototype hands-on: A VR alien waved at me and I waved back

We don't really like to swear on this site. By and large PCWorld is a family-friendly affair. Which is a shame, because at Oculus Connect on Saturday I got hands-on time with Crescent Bay, the latest internal Oculus Rift prototype and most likely the...

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Microsoft, Getty copyright dispute heads for mediation

A judge in New York has postponed for mediation proceedings a decision on an injunction motion by Getty Images against a Bing widget, which allowed publishers to embed image collages and slideshows from search results on their websites. Getty had earlier...

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IEEE standards group wants to bring order to IoT

The IEEE is embarking on an ambitious effort to build a overarching architecture for the Internet of Things, spanning a multitude of industries and technologies. IEEE P2413, which the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers officially started...

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Oculus open-sources original Rift developer kit's firmware, schematics, and mechanics

Kicking off the Oculus Connect conference in Los Angeles this weekend, Oculus's Nirav Patel announced that the original Oculus Rift developer kit (DK1) is now fully open-source, with the exception of the pieces that aren't actually in production anymore—for...

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New Oculus Rift 'Crescent Bay' prototype packs integrated audio and 360-degree tracking

Kicking off day two of the Oculus Connect virtual reality conference in Los Angeles, CA, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe took to the stage to announce a new Crescent Bay prototype—not the consumer release nor another developer kit, but a new internal stepping...

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Samsung launches free'My Knox' app for securing its latest smartphones

Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync. My Knox can be installed on a user's Galaxy...

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IEEE standards group wants to bring order to IoT

The IEEE is embarking on an ambitious effort to build a overarching architecture for the Internet of Things, spanning a multitude of industries and technologies. IEEE P2413, which the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers officially started...

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