HP presents shareholder rights plan to halt Xerox acquisition
HP has put in place a plan that explicates the rights of shareholders to prevent Xerox from acquiring the company. The document is intended to give shareholders increased control in the event of a takeover of more than 20 percent of HP's shares by an outside party.
Xerox previously threatened to... Read more
Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 7 2-in-1 Business PC
Microsoft has added new models to its Surface product line. Techzine received one of them: the new Surface Pro 7 2-in-1 business PC. This is a distant descendant of the iconic Surface RT with which Microsoft conquered the tablet market in 2012. Microsoft has designed this new Surface Pro 7 based on... Read more
Samsung focuses on 5G and camera with Galaxy S20 series
Samsung revealed their latest smartphones last night. The Galaxy S20 series has been presented and the line-up does not consist of two but three phones this year. The innovation at Samsung comes mainly from the camera this year.
The South Korean company presented not two, but three devices this ... Read more
Xerox refuses to quit, adds three billion to new HP acquisition bid
The soap opera that is the acquisition of HP by Xerox now has a new chapter: Xerox has increased its bid by 3 billion to some 36.5 billion dollars (about €33.4 billion euros).
The Register is able to report this today. The new bid amounts to about 24 dollars per share, instead of the 22 dollar... Read more
Microsoft postpones Surface Hub 2 conferencing system
Microsoft keeps moving the roadmap of its Surface Hub 2 forward in time. Where there was still a Surface Hub 2X on the program before this year, it now seems to have been deleted. Microsoft still proposes to release the 85 inch Surface Hub 2S in 2020 and a major software update for existing models.... Read more
European Parliament wants universal charger for smartphones
The European Parliament adopted a motion calling for the introduction of a universal charger for smartphones. A measure that has been discussed for years but on which no concrete action has been taken.
The European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution by 582 votes in favour and to 40 agai... Read more
Review: Microsoft Surface Laptop 3
It has to be said, Microsoft is making progress with beautiful Surface products that perform perfectly. The newest product is the Surface Laptop 3. This laptop comes with a 13.5 or 15 inch image format, an AMD Ryzen processor for consumers and a 10th generation Intel processor for the business mark... Read more
Xerox plans drastic reorganisation of HP’s board of directors
Xerox has announced that it will nominate 11 new members to HP's board of directors in an effort to proceed with the planned acquisition of HP. This highlights once again that Xerox's takeover plans have become quite hostile.
Xerox's attempts to take over HP have failed so far. In November last ... Read more
Huawei chooses TomTom after Maps ban
Because of the ban imposed by America on Chinese Huawei, the smartphone manufacturer does not have to count on the use of apps produced under the flag of Google. Since this also includes the navigation app Google Maps, Huawei had to look for an alternative. An alternative that was found in the Dutc... Read more
The end for Chrome Apps will come in June 2022
Google did not achieve its goal of definitively saying goodbye to all Chrome Appsfrom 2018. Instead, they now choose to maintain another two-year timeline, in which the support of Chrome Apps is slowly being reduced.
In 2016, Google announced that it wanted to reach the end of Chrome Apps in two... Read more