Für 23 Milliarden US-Dollar will der Firmengründer Michael Dell sein Unternehmen zurückkaufen und von der Börse nehmen. Das soll den Weg für einen radikalen Umbau des Unternehmens ebnen, das derzeit auf Platz Drei der PC-Hersteller liegt.
Die Bemühungen des kanadischen Smartphone-Herstellers Blackberry (vormals Research In Motion) tragen offenbar erste Früchte. In England soll das Unternehmen eine starke Nachfrage nach seinen Blackberry 10-basierten Blackberry Z10 verzeichnen, berichtet der Branchendienst AllthingsD.
Ein miserables viertes Quartal 2012 muss HTC zur Kenntnis nehmen. Neben einem Gewinneinbruch um über 90 Prozent muss der taiwanesische Smartphone-Hersteller auch einen Umsatzrückgang von 41 Prozent ausweisen.
Oracle stärkt sein Geschäft mit Netzwerklösungen. Der von Milliardär Larry Ellison geführte IT-Konzern schluckt für unterm Strich 1,6 Milliarden Franken den Spezialisten Acme Packet, der Software und Hardware für IP-Netzwerke anbietet.
Mit Timm Degenhardt hat die Telekomanbieterin Sunrise einen neuen Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) unter Vertrag genommen. In dieser Funktion nimmt der neue Manager auch Einsitz in die Geschäftsleitung des Unternehmens.
Die israelische Security-Spezialistin Check Point hat mit Dietmar Schnabel einen neuen Regional Director Central Europe an Bord geholt. Der Manager sei in seiner neuen Position bei Check Point für Sales und Marketing verantwortlich, heisst es in einer Aussendung.
Der Apple-Zulieferer Foxconn bereitet Medienberichten zufolge erstmals Wahlen für eine Art Betriebsrat seiner Angestellten in China vor. Dieser Schritt sei in einer grossen Firma in China bisher einmalig, berichtet die britische „Financial Times“ („FT“).
Einen Tag vor dem größten Sportereignis der USA, dem Superbowl, hat der südkoreanische Konzern Samsung seine TV-Kampagne für den Event präsentiert. Der 2-Minuten-Spot wurde für das letzte Viertel der Veranstaltung gebucht.
Wegen der nur langsamen Konjunkturerholung in Europa hat der japanische Elektronikkonzern Hitachi seine Gewinnprognose für das laufende Geschäftsjahr bis Ende März gesenkt. Der operative Gewinn werde mit 420 Milliarden Yen (33 Milliarden Euro) rund 13 Prozent niedriger ausfallen als bislang erwartet, teilte Hitachi am Montag mit.
Die Deutsche Telekom bringt einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge den seit längerem erwägten Börsengang des Mobilfunkgeschäfts in Großbritannien auf den Weg. Die Deutsche Telekom und ihr Joint-Venture-Partner France Telecom seien nur noch wenige Wochen davon entfernt, die beratenden Banken zu ernennen, berichtete die "Sunday Times".
Amid all the million-dollar commercials that ran during the Super Bowl on Sunday, Oreo pulled off a marketing triumph by capitalizing on the game's blackout on Twitter.
Last Friday, Netflix dropped 13 episodes -- a complete season -- of its new self-produced political drama
The Navy won't be buying as many new ships as originally planned for one big, obvious reason: money.
If the Superdome were lit using a gasoline-powered generator, how fast would that thing use gas? Wired Science blogger Rhett Allain does the math.
Hewlett-Packard is now in the Chromebook business. On Monday, HP announced it's first Chrome OS device, the Pavilion Chromebook. And, on paper, HP's first Chromebook looks to be bit of a mixed bag.
For the first time, Apple's iPhone has overtaken Nokia in terms of global mobile internet usage. That, and a string of other recent data findings, show that despite fierce competition and recent reports to the contrary, the iPhone continues to pummel its smartphone competitors in more ways than one.
Over the weekend, a tiny spot on the sun erupted into a moderately-sized solar flare that was particularly loud in radio waves. With the sound of a roaring wave, it completely drowned out radio communication all over the Earth between 28 MHz and 21.1 MHz.
Most 3-D printer manufacturers compare their products to side-to-side-moving paper printers, but the three-armed DeltaMaker takes its design cues from high-speed manufacturing robots.
If the gift-giving habits of jays are anything to go by, we may be surrounded by birds whose minds are in some ways remarkably similar to our own. Male Eurasian jays have the rudiments of a "theory of mind," a suite of high-level cognitive abilities that only humans are known to possess.
The New Orleans utility that provides power to the Superdome blames the outage on "an abnormality," but so far can't say just why Super Bowl XLVII went dark during the second half.
Last December, Acer and Asus both announced that they would cease production of "netbooks." Many observers blamed the rise of the iPad and other tablets for the public's waning interest in these dirt-cheap laptops. But the Chromebook -- a new breed of cheap laptop that runs Google's minimalist Chrome OS operating system -- continues to attract attention from both customers and manufacturers.
For some, the Internet of Things made its Super Bowl debut during the advertising blitz, through an offer by Budweiser Canada to come to your home and install a red goal light synced to the scores of your favorite team.
When did "business laptop" become a euphemism for a machine that's stripped down and overpriced?
You're a diehard hardcore fan who woke up feeling withdrawn and down, unable to see any reason to get out of bed and face the world. Do not fear. You are suffering from football withdrawal. And a Loyola University psychiatrist is here to help.
Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spacecraft is being prepared for its first test flights as part of NASA's commercial space program, and it's a design that wouldn't look out of place on a poster stuck to a 10-year-old's wall.
British troops in Afghanistan are flying a drone that's shrunk down to its essentials: a micro-machine that spies, built for a solitary user.
HTML5 introduces a lot of new tags, but none of them help you indicate the main point of a webpage. The aptly named "main" element will change that. The proposed main element is now part of the HTML draft specification and you can use it today.
Since the ouster of Scott Forstall from Apple's executive roster in October, it's become clearer and clearer that we're in store for a major iOS and OS X interface overhaul. The Jonny Ive era is upon us.
The very best things we make are the things that allow us to make even better things: the tools that create connections and empower creativity. The latest of these is Vine, Twitter's remarkable new video sharing app.
Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin are creating an exhibition of Los Angeles' buildings that were never built.
when Erik Johnson heard his forager friends in Seattle talk of the significant commercial mushroom hunting in the surrounding National Forests, he knew it was culture to be explored ? and photographed.
The game changes as Facebook becomes really popular on mobile. At that point, Facebook?s platform starts substituting value away from Apple and Google. Who will control the data generated by the apps then? It?s about to get ugly, and we don?t know What Would Facebook Do (WWFD).
While the massive flood of corporate sponsorship and over-the-top Super Bowl commercials might seem like capitalism gone wild, it's also become an art unto itself.
How the Apple versus Android battle can inspire thrift -- towards whichever company you like the least.
At Facebook's ninth anniversary, it looks like going public has actually made the social network more hacker-ish and aggressive.
Jay Parikh sits at a desk inside Building 16 at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and his administrative assistant, Genie Samuel, sits next to him. Every so often, Parikh will hear her giggle, and that means she just tagged him in some sort of semi-embarrassing photo uploaded to, yes, Facebook. Typically, her giggle is immediately followed by a notification on his Facebook page. If it's not, he has some work to do.
A year ago, five Taliban insurgents stormed a government complex. The Afghans led a disastrous but ultimately successful response. Inside what a win looks like in Afghanistan's post-U.S. future.
In honor of Facebook's ninth anniversary, nine things we want, we miss or we're glad are gone.
The beautiful game was exactly that as amputee footballers took to a pitch in the heart of London to challenge the men who made their prosthetics.
Copenhagen Suborbitals is working toward sending a human into space -- using readily available technologies and with a budget roughly equivalent to NASA's coffee expenditures. In a follow-up to his Reddit AMA, Wired Science blogger Kristian von Bengtson provides more information from behind the scenes at the DIY spaceflight company.