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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

Cisco launches Cisco Plus as-a-service portfolio

Cisco Canada president on strategy and company’s new Office of the CTO

Cisco Canada’s new president, Shannon Leininger, took advantage of her first media and analyst roundtable to run through Cisco’s overall strategy and to introduce the new Office of the CTO.

Synnex to combine with Tech Data to create $57B distribution giant

Distributor giants Synnex and Tech Data have joined forces to create an even bigger beast valued at roughly $57 billion.

Backups by default with no extra cost could be the standard, says OVHcloud founder

After an unexplained fire destroyed one of its data centres in Strasbourg, France last week, hosting provider OVHcloud’s founder says it’s time to shake up how backup services are delivered.

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Peer 1 Hosting upgrades partner program

The hosting provider is offering a new, simplified model for referral partners

First look: Intel’s new Studybook tablet

Intel’s Studybook tablet has a 7-inch screen and has an estimated price between $199 and $299

Why is Big Data revolutionary?

Plus, HP’s public cloud enters beta and a new MDM offering for managed service providers

Nokia Lumia 900 puts Windows Phone back in the race

Although its specs may not be impressive, AT&T’s new smartphone is fast, bright and stylish

Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 Billion

Facebook will acquire popular photo editing and sharing firm Instagram for $1 billion .

Toshiba to sell video servers that use streaming hardware

Plans are to ship product this year

Former Intel exec pleads guilty to stealing documents

The employee downloaded the confidential documents while on the rolls of both Intel and AMD

Google and Microsoft’s new battleground: Your living room

The upshot will have surprising implications for IT

AOL to sell patents to Microsoft in over $1B deal

AOL will continue to hold a significant patent portfolio of over 300 patents

Sony to cut 10,000 jobs as part of restructuring efforts

Japan’s largest business newspaper said the struggling electronics firm will slash about 6 percent of its global workforce

Former SAP Canada boss Robert Courteau leaves vendor

Courteau’s resignation means SAP needs a new North American president

Dell’s acquisition spree snags Vancouver vendor

Dell is acquiring Vancouver-based modernization specialist Make Technologies

High Tech Countdown: Apple protests continue as HP merges two big units

Also Panasonic introduces Gardening-as-a-Service or GaaS

Fast-growing Flashback botnet includes over 600,000 Macs, malware experts say

Java-based attacks against Mac users resulted in over 600,000 Mac computers being infected with the Flashback Trojan horse

Oracle’s Mark Hurd spells out analytics vision

Oracle is staking a big claim in business analytics, from software to hardware appliances

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