VMWare spends $4.8 billion on two companies
Carbon Black and Pivotal
Software company VMware said it's acquiring Carbon Black at an enterprise value of $2.1 billion and Pivotal at an enterprise value of $2.7 billion.
Apple has another design stuff up
A credit card you can’t put in your wallet – whatever next? a clock which can't tell the time?
Apple’s design experts have outdone themselves by creating a credit card which cannot be put in a wallet or your jeans pocket.
HP replaces Weisler with Enrique Lores
Company reports mixed results
Longtime HP veteran Enrique Lores, who runs the $20 billion printer business, is succeeding Dion Weisler as CEO, effective November 1.
Punters upgrade every three years now
Funny what the effect of jacking the price up is
People are hanging on to their phones for three years rather than two according to a new survey data released by Ting Mobile
Newspaper claims iPhones are radioactive
Illegal radiation levels could kill you
The Chicago Tribune recently launched an investigation into the radiofrequency radiation levels and was horrified to discover that some of Apple's iPhones emit radiofrequency radiation that exceeds safety limits.
Salesforce does better than expected
Cloud services doing well
Salesforce forecast third-quarter and full-year revenue above what the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street expected.
Apple taps BOE for iPhone screens
Deeper into China
Hopes that the fruity cargo cult Apple might abandon China and set up shop in the US appear to have been dashed as the outfit appears to be negotiating a deal with Chinese BOE for screens for its smartphones.
Intel confuses with Comet Lake
Why, oh why, oh why
Intel has launched a new series of 14nm notebook CPUs code-named Comet Lake, but no one is certain why.
Flat earthers and Moon hoaxers are censoring Facebook
Stupid people the power to eclipse the truth
A photographer trying to raise money for a self-published book of historical space artefacts had his Facebook ads repeatedly removed by Facebook because flat-Earthers and Moon hoax conspiracy butts were offended.
Russian security expert publishes Valve zero day
After Valve security fail
A Russian security researcher Vasily Kravets has published details about a zero-day in the Valve gaming client after the distributor banned him from its bounty programme.