When Microsoft launched its Bing decision engine in 2009, it may have held out hope for an alliance with AOL. In fact, there were even rumors that Microsoft would buy out the struggling Internet service provider. But AOL has shunned Bing in favor of Mi…
Dell declined Thursday to continue its pursuit of 3PAR after Hewlett-Packard increased its bid to $33 per share, or about $2.4 billion. Though Dell had submitted a revised offer of $32 per share just hours earlier, 3PAR’s board of directors said it con…
Samsung on Thursday introduced the Galaxy Tab, a tablet PC aimed at the heart of Apple’s iPad, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany. Samsung presented the tablet with a pun that cites a “new galaxy of possibilities.”
The Galaxy Tab …
The rapidly growing category of tablets has a new family member. On Thursday, Toshiba announced that its Folio 100, a 10.1-inch, Android 2.2-based tablet computer, will be on sale in Europe by the end of October.
The tablet could capture as much as 15…
A laptop computer with 3-D video and games. Sony, hoping that could be the Next Big Thing, showed prototypes Wednesday of an upcoming VAIO 3-D laptop at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, and announced plans to launch a 3-D TV channe…
