As noted in the previous post (Dell intends to acquire Force10 networks), Dell yesterday completed the acquisition of Force10networks. Dell Press Release on the completion of the Acquisition of Data…
Happy Birthday: Linux is 20 years old
So Linux is 20.. It's come a long way from the home-brew operating system that was for IBM-AT clones that Linus Torvalds imagined back then. At the time he was…
Has Jobs really left the core of Apple?
With the announcement that Steve Jobs is to step down as CEO of Apple , following a resignation letter to the board. This letter also moves Tim Cook to the…
Google says “Hello, Moto!” for acquisition
So Motorola Mobility is to be acquired by Google . Motorola Mobility is the mobile phone business that was finally spun out of the Motorola parent organisation in January 2011,…
A brief history of the IBM PC, thirty years on.
30 years ago today, a new office automation device was officially launched by IBM at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. August 12, 1981, marked the launch of the…
Nokia suspending N9 sales in major markets
So in the latest twist in the long death of Nokia , there is news from the States and the UK that the suspension of sales of Meego phones (the…
End-of-Life: Ipanema platforms (July 2011)
Ipanema has announced that some of their hardware platforms are End-of-Life. This is in addition to the previous End-Of-Life announcement on July 31 2009. The End-Of-Life brochure available on their…