Day: October 16, 2013

eBay third-quarter earnings beat estimates, but forecast weak

The bright spot during the third quarter was mobile, reaffirming once again CEO John Donahoe’s big bet on the medium. Still, eBay shares dropped…….


Replace Intel? Nah. Tilera chips aimed at peaceful coexistence

The new Tile-IQ effort is designed to use the company’s aggresively multicore processors to try to unburden x86 servers bogged down by networking chores…….


Spooked by NSA, eBay founder plans hard-hitting news site

Billionaire Pierre Omidyar is worried that the free press won’t be so free after mass surveillance and aggressive policies toward whistle-blowers get through with it. He’s decided to take action…….


No, Oreos Aren’t As Addictive As Cocaine

Daniel_Stuckey writes “If you give a mouse a cookie, you can spend all day following it around the house while it wants to do a bunch of tedious activities. Or, you can trap it in a box, keep feeding it cookies, and then make the outrageous claim that Oreos are as addictive as cocaine. Students…


eBay’s Q3: Earnings beat estimates but Q4 forecast looks weak

The pressure is undoubtedly on for the fourth quarter with the holiday season nearly underway…….


IBM’s Q3 mixed, hardware business thumped

IBM’s earnings were better than expected for the third quarter, but sales fell short. The systems and technology division saw sales fall 19 percent from a year ago…….


In quarterly results, Xilinx sees strength in aerospace

The U.S. semiconductor posts stronger-than-expected fiscal results for Q1 2014…….


Vivid sound: Phiaton MS 430 headphones

The Audiophiliac relishes the sound of Phiaton’s uberclear, full-size headphones…….


First look: ‘Doctor Who’ 50th anniversary special

The BBC has released six photos from “Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor,” airing November 23…….


Judge appoints monitor to keep an eye on Apple’s e-books biz

A US judge has named and appointed a monitor to oversee Apple’s compliance with antitrust laws, part of a ruling made earlier this year in the e-Books case…….