Cisco buys Tandberg for US $3B, broadens Telepresence play
‘Cisco paid a lot’, an analyst said of the offer, which was 11 per cent over Tandberg’s last closing share price
Nokia enters the netbook market with the Booklet 3G
The device includes mobile broadband access and boasts a long battery life
Touchscreens dominate smartphone interfaces
But keyboards are also growing in popularity at the expense of the keypad
VMware to manage virtual machines from mobile phones
New tool set for preview release in April
VMware broadens its cloud strategy
VMware has security for its cloud OS, an API for integrating internal and external clouds and improved management in store for the visitors of VMworld Europe
CES: Palm announces webOS and Pre phone
Palm is hoping to get back on track with its new Pre touch phone, which comes equipped with equally new operating system webOS
Used PCs still being dumped despite high demand
Only 44 per cent of computers entering the secondary market end up with new owners
Greenpeace: Companies not serious about climate change
The Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics is increasingly focusing on manufacturers’ energy consumption and greenhouse gas production
Nortel reports loss, plans layoffs
Canadian networking giant reports net losses of $3.4 billion for the third quarter and also plans to cut 1,300 jobs
Industry bands together to push mobile broadband in laptops
Operators, laptop and chipset manufacturers are joining forces to push built-in support for mobile broadband, using a newly created logo
More companies back Symbian Foundation
Another nine companies have joined the organization
Nokia to buy the rest of Symbian
Claims it will make the code open source
Citrix sets price and release date for XenDesktop
Launch date and pricing set for desktop delivery solution
IBM launches z10 mainframe
Big Blue’s next-generation mainframe, the System z10, offers quad-core processors
EMC buys Pi to round out cloud computing unit
Storage giant acquires Seattle-based vendor