Watch Out Intel, Here Comes Facebook – Barron’s

Moore’s Law is breaking down, and the physics of chips is becoming treacherous. Barron’s Graphics For 50 years, the computer-chip industry has ridden a road of economic miracles, but now it’s reaching an end, and a potential crisis is unfolding for some of the industry’s…

Google opens Alphabet era with stock-lifting report – Salt Lake Tribune

The third-quarter gains also reflected the financial discipline that has been imposed by Porat, who made it clear she intended to curb spending shortly after joining Google in May. Google’s operating expenses in the third quarter rose at slightly slower pace than net revenue, helping…

Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail

From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…

$40 million pension settlement charge leads New York Times Co. to report loss … – Talking New Media

While digital ad revenue rose 10.7 percent, it could not make up for the 11.1 percent decline in print ad revenue NEW YORK, NY – April 30, 2015 —  The New York Times Company  announced today adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (defined below)…

How London man may have helped trigger the ‘flash crash’ – WAND

By BERNARD CONDONAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) – He operated from a modest suburban London home he shared with his parents, far from the city’s glamorous financial center. He used off-the-shelf software anyone can buy. Yet, if U.S. authorities are correct, Navinder Singh Sarao,…

HP Spectre x360 Review – Thurrott.com (blog)

HP’s stunning new Spectre x360 is a near-perfect transforming Ultrabook, blending premium materials and solid build quality with a far more thoughtful approach to the software preload than we typically see with Windows PCs. Yes, it’s a bit thicker and heavier than less versatile PCs,…

Review: Galaxy S6 phones are Samsung’s best yet – Arizona Daily Star

NEW YORK (AP) — A better design, sharper camera and easier to use software make the new Galaxy S6 phones the best Samsung has yet to offer. Although Samsung has been praised for its improved hardware, much of what I like is in the software…