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In case you missed last week's announcement that Lenovo would be acquiring IBM's System x x86 server business, here are some of the details: Lenovo is acquiring IBM's x86 server hardware business for US$2.3 billion, approximately $2 billion of which will be paid in cash and the balance in Lenovo stock. The assets covered by the deal include the Sys...

UFactory's uArm, which is an Arduino-powered 4-axis parallel-mechanism robot arm created for personal desktop use, has blown past its US$5,000 funding goal on Kickstarter with more than a month to go. ...

Stratasys is planning to take 3D printing to a new level with the launch of the first color, multimaterial printer The Objet500 Connex3 Color Multi-material 3D Printer, which is now available for purchase through Stratasys' partners, offers design and manufacturing efficiencies and faster production of quality products, according to the company....

News that Google is purchasing artificial intelligence companyDeepMind for between US$500 million and $650 million surfaced Monday Google spokesperson Tim Drinan confirmed the deal to the E-Commerce Times but declined to provide further details....

Microsoft on Monday announced that it had reached a deal with Epic Games to acquire all the rights to existing and future installments in the action franchise Gears of War. Microsoft also will acquire the rights to all entertainment experiences and merchandise for the popular third-person science fiction shooter Black Tusk Studios will take over it...

With breaking news about data breaches a common occurrence, you'd think security threats to an organization's data would be something CEOs and their management teams were kept in the know about. Apparently not Some 80 percent of IT pros in the United States and United Kingdom said they did not frequently communicate with executive management about ...

Infamous technology manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group is considering expanding operations to the United States The Taiwanese company is a major supplier for Apple's iPhones and iPads, so speculation has already begun that a move to the States would further solidify the companies' already-strong relationship....

Twitter has launched analytics for Twitter Cards to help users determine how well their media-rich tweets are performing on the network ...

Epicor Software has announced the general availability of Epicor Retail CRM 7.0. The updated platform reflects a complete shift to .Net and SQL reporting services and includes a number of new features in analytics, reporting and security. ...

The new deal IBM and Lenovo announced last week showcases that the companies are on very different paths toward two widely divergent but equally powerful goals in what is a rapidly changing market. Lenovo is on a path to dominate the hardware side's second technology wave, while IBM is jumping to what may be the fourth technology wave. IBM domin...

CNN on Thursday became the latest media outlet to fall victim to hacking by the Syrian Electronic Army, and the group's second victim this week. Microsoft was targeted by the group on Monday The SEA hacked into and defaced various CNN social media accounts and blogs, the network's Catherine Shoichet reported....

If you're in business, you're going to face a customer relationship issue that's your fault. It happens. We're human -- and though we may strive for perfection, the best we can do is get close to that goal When your business errs, the first people who are likely to hear it are your customer service reps -- or in certain situations, your sales reps,...

Avegant's Glyph, the which combines high-quality headphones with a retinal display for an all-in-one audiovisual device, has far surpassed its US$250,000 Kickstarter goal since its Wednesday launch The Glyph blew past its target within four hours, and by mid-day Friday had drawn $608,002 from 1,264 contributors. Backers who donate $499 or more ear...

Neiman Marcus has announced that some 1.1-million customer credit and debit cards may have been exposed in a hack attack. The retailer was first alerted to the intrusion at the beginning of the year by a security researcher. It appears that "sophisticated, self-concealing malware" able to obtain payment card information was active in the company's...

Lenovo has struck a deal to acquire IBM's x86 server business The deal, jointly announced Thursday, covers System x; BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches; x86-based Flex integrated systems; NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and related software; blade networking; and maintenance operations.

When it comes to TV, Apple is starting to recede into the dark corners of my mind. Its relevance -- and even potential relevance -- is waning. A fancypants Apple-made big-screen HDTV device that seems to float in the air and function like a delightful work of art... . It not only seems unlikely any time soon, but also unlikely to really matter to anyone but rich Apple enthusiasts.

The Internet went dark in China on Tuesday. For some eight hours, more than 618 million Chinese couldn't access cyberspace. The outage occurred when two-thirds of all Web traffic in the country was redirected to a single IP address located in the United States The address belongs to Dynamic Internet Technology, a company with ties to Falun Gong, a ...

Perhaps foreshadowing a sequel to their much-publicized tiff with Nokia, tax authorities in India are claiming that Infosys and HP each owe oodles in unpaid taxes India is irked about deduction claims made for software and manpower that was, as The Register reported, "developed and deployed on clients' premises." If such deductions relate to client...

The United States National Security Agency should end its controversial bulk telephone metadata collection program, recommended the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board The board's report, issued Thursday, says Section 215 of the U.S. Patriot Act, which provides the foundation for the NSA's authority, "does not provide an adequate legal basi...

We used to choose our next car based on brand, previous experience or recommendations. However, the automotive industry is reinventing itself -- and new reasons to buy have little to do with the car itself. Now decision making revolves around new technologies and innovations, especially wireless. While this could indeed strengthen automakers' relationships with many customers, it also could weaken them with many others if the auto industry is not careful.