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Bloomberg: “Two people familiar with the situation” tell Bloomberg that Google has asked Barclays to help it sell Motorola Mobility’s Home Business division. The Home Business group sells set-top boxes and other equipment to cable TV providers. Experts say it could fetch $2 billion. Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility in a deal that […]

Computerworld: On Wednesday, President Obama made a campaign stop at the Reddit online discussion site, where he answered questions for about a half hour. The discussion was part of the website’s popular “ask me anything” forum, but the President’s appearance attracted far more traffic than such conversations usually generate. In fact, Reddit received so much […]

eWeek: A new survey conducted by Citrix reveals that most people don’t know what cloud computing is. Only 16 percent correctly responded that cloud computing is a computer network to store, access and share data from Internet-connected devices. Other answers included an actual cloud, the sky, something related to the weather, toilet paper, pillow, smoke, […]

TechCrunch: Google is rolling out a public preview of new enterprise-focused features for its Google+ social network. Those features include support for restricted sharing options; video meetings integrated with other Google products like Gmail, Calendar and Docs; and additional administrative controls within Google+. Back in December, Google’s Amit Singh promised, “We are going to do […]

Reuters: The FBI has arrested Raynaldo Rivera, 20, on charges related to the May and June 2011 SQL injection attack on the Sony Pictures website. The Tempe, Arizona, resident surrendered six days after a federal grand jury indicted him. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison. Rivera, who also uses the handles […]

Fortune: Resell site Gazelle.com has reported a 50 percent increase in people selling their Samsung smartphones–particularly the Galaxy S II–since the verdict in the Apple patent lawsuit. “Consumers seem to be jumping ship,” said Gazelle.com’s Anthony Scarsella. “We expect this trend to continue, especially with this latest verdict.” However, many of the people who are […]

Computerworld: According to IDC, server shipments dropped 3.6 percent in the second quarter–the first decrease in three years. Revenue declined 4.8 percent. HP and IBM tied for first place in terms of server revenue, with 29.6 and 29.2 percent of the market, respectively. However, server revenue declined at both companies: 8.2 percent at IBM and […]

Cnet: Taking a page from Google, Time Warner Cable has announced that it will build a $25-million fiber broadband network in New York City. But while Google’s super-fast Internet will be available for residential customers in Kansas, Time Warner’s network will target business users in Brooklyn and Manhattan’s Flatiron and Financial districts. Time Warner has […]

eWeek: IBM has unveiled a new mainframe system that it says is the most powerful ever. The zEnterprise EC12 mainframe server “has 25 percent more performance and 50 percent more capacity than its predecessor,” explained IBM’s David Balog. The zEC12 also speeds analytics workloads by 30 percent over previous mainframes. The new mainframe offers advanced […]

PCWorld: Lexmark has announced that it is getting out of the inkjet printer business. The major restructuring effort will result in 1,700 layoffs, including the elimination of 1,100 manufacturing jobs. The company will continue to offer support and services for its existing installed base. Lexmark plans to focus instead on consumer and enterprise products that […]