Michael Dell wants his job guaranteed to consider Blackstone Group offer

www.slashgear.com Shane McGlaun 48 days ago

We have followed the story behind Michael Dell and partners trying to purchase Dell Inc. and take the computer company private. Some of the major stockholders and Dell, which is currently a publicly traded company, balked at the offer made for all outstanding shares of Dell Inc. by Michael Dell and Silver Lake among others. Read The Full StoryRead similar

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Dell Has A New Platform As A Service That Actually Makes Sense

techcrunch.com Alex Williams 155 days ago

Dell has a new platform as a service (PaaS) and it actually makes sense. The service is called Project Fast PaaS, part of the new Dell Cloud Labs, which also includes Project Sputnik, the Linux laptop for developers and Crowbar, the open-source cloud deployment framework that Dell originally created to support its “OpenStack- and Hadoop-powered offerings.” FastPaaS and the new Dell Cloud Labs reflects a paradox that I felt all week at Dell World. Fast PaaS represents the innovation happening at Dell. But like any big enterprise company, it is dependent on making big deals with hig... Read similar

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Canonical Is Building A Standardized, Open-Source OS Specific To China

techcrunch.com Darrell Etherington 58 days ago

Canonical announced via its blog yesterday that it will be building an Ubuntu-based open-source OS for China, in partnership with the Chinese government and members of the Chinese developer community. The joint-venture, which will produce a version of the Linux-based Ubuntu called "Ubuntu Kylin" for an April 2013 release date, is said to "go beyond localization," and include specific features and applications geared towards the Chinese market.Read similar

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The Ubuntu Phone OS Doesn’t Stand A Chance

techcrunch.com Alex Williams 137 days ago

Of course proponents will say that the mobile market is still in its infancy and there is a need for an open OS. While I agree, I am not convinced that Ubuntu will become a winner on the scale of Android, its Linux counterpart.Years will pass before Ubuntu sees developer traction for an Ubuntu phone. The device does not yet have a manufacturer or an operator.Read similar

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Snag a copy of “Old Computer, New Life: Restoring Old Hardware With Ubuntu”

the-gadgeteer.com Julie 142 days ago

Old Computer, New Life: Restoring Old Hardware With Ubuntu [affiliate link] is a guide that will help you breathe new life into that old desktop, laptop or netbook that you thought was obsolete and gathering dust on the shelf. There are a few hoops to jump through to get this guide, but it helps The [...]Read similar

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Reality Absorption Field: The Mac clone that wasn't

www.tuaw.com Ross Rubin 83 days ago

One could say that the Apple of the Michael Spindler era was like today's Apple in name only. However, even that is not quite true. (Apple dropped the "Computer" from its name just over six years ago.) In the mid-'90s, Apple had an aggressive if conflicted Mac cloning program. Beige boxes from the likes of Power Computing, UMAX and Motorola were available. At that time, there had been concerns that licensing the Mac OS to a really big PC vendor would create more competition than Apple could handle. Nevertheless, there were persistent rumors that Dell, for one, was interested. Coincidentally... Read similar

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Touch-based Ubuntu preview coming February 21st, will work on Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4

www.engadget.com Sharif Sakr 94 days ago

It's not like we didn't have ample warning, so by now anyone wanting to try out the new Ubuntu smartphone OS should have gotten hold of a Galaxy Nexus to be their test device. Still don't have one? Then you'll be pleased to know that a Nexus 4 will actually serve just as well, and you have six days to get equipped. The Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview will be made public on February 21st alongside the open source code and all the tools necessary to flash those two devices. The official aim is to help devs and enthusiasts learn the platform and start building software for it, whether for core f... Read similar

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First WiGig dock eliminates cord clutter on your desk

arstechnica.com Jon Brodkin 81 days ago

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laptop

desk

WiGig laptop is paired with Dell wireless dock, but routers will have to wait.Read similar

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Illinois school to distribute 7,000 iPads to students

www.tuaw.com Kelly Hodgkins 90 days ago

high school district 211

school district 211

schaumburg high school

ipads

technology budget

One school district in Illinois is adopting the iPad in a new one-on-one program that'll put the fourth generation version of the tablet into the hands of 7,000 students. According to the Daily Herald, the program will cost Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 up to $1.43 million for a three-year lease and will be funded by the district's technology budget. Building on a successful pilot program, the district will expand its iPad usage next year and cover 50 percent of the school's students. School officials intend to get iPads in the hands of all students by the 2014-2015 school yea... Read similar

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First WiGig dock eliminates cord clutter on your desk

arstechnica.com Jon Brodkin 81 days ago

clutter

laptop

desk

WiGig laptop is paired with Dell wireless dock, but routers will have to wait.Read similar

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LocalSqr Announces Partnership with Saks Fifth Avenue On Employee Healthy Eating Program

techcrunch.com Michael Seo 47 days ago

LocalSqr is an app that aims to encourage healthy eating by promoting locally grown food. The app locates farmers markets and other organic produce suppliers in your vicinity, and if you end up shopping at one of these locations often, it rewards you with a special discount you can redeem from the vendors there. It’s a little like an app we reviewed today called Mango Health that rewards people who take their prescriptions meds on time with coupons and gift cards to popular retailers like Gap and Target. It’s strange to think that people will refuse to eat healthier foods or take t... Read similar

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How Apple Really Lost Its Lead In The '80s (AAPL, MSFT, GOOG)

www.businessinsider.com Jay Yarow 161 days ago

When Android surged past Apple in smartphone market share, a lot of people squawked that computer history was repeating itself. The story of the 80s, according to these people, was that Apple pioneered the personal computing industry with the Apple computer. It then stumbled because of its closed approach while Microsoft flourished, spraying its software everywhere through low-cost personal computers. Apple went from being the wealthy market leader to an also-ran in the blink of an eye. It's going to happen again, too, warn these people, if Apple doesn't learn anything. You see, the iPhone was... Read similar

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Ubuntu teasing something tablet related

androidcommunity.com Robert Nelson 90 days ago

countdown timer

developer preview

We are already expecting Canonical to release the Developer Preview of Ubuntu for smartphones on February 21. But it is now looking like that will not be the only announcement they plan to make this week. A new countdown timer has appeared on the Ubuntu site and it is set to expire tomorrow morning. Coincidentally, …Read similar

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The Engadget Interview: Richard Collins, head of Ubuntu mobile products

www.engadget.com Sharif Sakr 114 days ago

Don't ask, don't get. That's why we rang up Canonical and requested an early build of Ubuntu for the Galaxy Nexus. (Politely declined.) Next, we asked if maybe the company could speed up development of its dual OS solution for Android, since we're really looking forward to it. (Funny looks.) Finally, we wondered if there was any possibility of dropping by the London HQ and interviewing someone in charge. ("Come on over!") We promptly found ourselves sitting across a desk from Richard Collins, who left the Symbian Foundation 18 months ago to work at Canonical, and who has a very firm grasp of... Read similar

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Securing Your Mac: A Guide for Reasonable People, Version 1.0

www.tuaw.com TJ Luoma 168 days ago

"How do I protect my Mac online? Should I run any 'security' applications on my Mac?" That question arrived several weeks ago via the contact form here at TUAW, and I have been trying to come up with a reasonable answer to it ever since. That question, or a variation of it, comes fairly regularly. Usually the person asking it has switched from Windows to Mac, and has brought with them an expectation that they should run some sort of anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware programs. It's easy to be glib and say that the only really safe computer is one that is turned off and locked away. Conve... Read similar

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Get Ubuntu Inspired Live Wallpaper on you Phone Now!

androidspin.com David Pena 122 days ago

mobile os

nexus

galaxy

After Ubuntu decided to start off the New Year with a bang by showing us their mobile OS, the community got pretty excited. The OS looked pretty, but it will not fully be ready (if you don’t have a Galaxy Nexus) until next year. Kivano has decided to give us a little Ubuntu right now, just [...]Read similar

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[Video] The Verge Gets First Hands-on with Ubuntu Prototype Phone

androidspin.com David Pena 133 days ago

This week, the announcement of the Ubuntu mobile OS caused quite a stir in the community. Last year we heard rumors that we might start seeing some phones running Ubuntu, and what better time than the second day of the year to unveil that mobile OS. We are not supposed to see Ubuntu running on any phones [...]Read similar

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Dell Moves Deeper Into The Software Business, Acquires Enstratius, One Of The Most Recognized Cloud Management Startups

techcrunch.com Alex Williams 13 days ago

personal computer sales

Dell has acquired Enstratius, a provider of cloud management software considered one of the most innovative startups in the market by Gartner Research. The acquisition gives Dell another way to provide end-to-end-cloud solutions. Offering enterprise solutions is part of Dell’s larger plans to transition from its dependence on personal computer sales and move deeper into the myriad opportunities that are coming as companies recalibrate their data centers to more automated, elastic infrastructures. Enstratius, based out of Minneapolis and founded in 2008, provides single and multi-cloud ma... Read similar

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Acer Aspire ME600 Review

www.slashgear.com Craig Lloyd 82 days ago

Unless you’re a hardcore gamer or a developer of some kind, you probably don’t have a huge need for a traditional desktop computer, and probably might get a laptop or even a tablet instead. However, desktops have a few advantages that make them worth sticking around for the foreseeable future, including easy upgradeability, more hard Read The Full StoryRead similar

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Software Engineering Pilot program launches at 20 NYC schools

www.slashgear.com Brian Sin 83 days ago

telecommunication arts

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott announced today, at the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Brooklyn, that the Software Engineering Pilot program will be launching at 20 public schools in New York City beginning this fall. The pilot program will offer an extensive computer science and software engineering Read The Full StoryRead similar

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