ARM and UMC Team Up for Low-Cost 28nm Cortex-A7 Processor

From X-bit Labs: United Microelectronics Corp., once a leading contract maker of chips, these days can hardly compete against its rivals when it comes to innovative process technologies. Nonetheless, the company can produce chips at very competitive price-points, which makes it a unique choice for...

AMD Extends Graphics Lead Over Intel

From EETimes: Advanced Micro Devices announced Tuesday its latest and best PC processor using a combination of x86 and graphics cores, claiming it out-performs mid-range chips from archrival Intel. Analysts praised AMD's Kaveri chips but noted they currently are limited to desktop versions and Intel...

Dying BlackBerry recommits to the physical keyboard

From PC World: BlackBerry will rededicate itself to physical keyboards as the company tries to regain its footing.

Speaking to Bloomberg , BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the company's future phones will “predominantly” have physical keyboards, rather than full touchscreens. “I personally love the...

SimCity Gets an Offline Option

From DailyTech: According to a blog post by Patrick Buechner, general manager of the Maxis Emeryville studio, the next update of SimCity (Update 10) will allow for city-building gameplay minus the internet connection.

"Let’s get right to it. SIMCITY OFFLINE IS COMING!" said Buechner. "I’ve wanted...

Intel May Introduce First Broadwell Chips in Q3 – Report

From X-bit Labs: When Intel Corp. last quarter said that it would delay mass production of the next-generation code-named Broadwell microprocessors, it was expected that the new chips will become available only in late 2014. However, a new piece of information indicates that the world’s largest...

Intel Surfs Millimeter Waves to 5G

From EETimes: After leading a successful charge to bring 60 GHz to wireless LANs, an Intel executive is driving research to define a proposal for using millimeter wave wireless in next-generation cellular systems.

The technology "will play a very serious role as an augmentation of the cellular...

Dropbox works to resolve service hiccups, says files safe

From PC World: Dropbox said Sunday it was making progress in restoring service after the popular file storage service went offline on Friday.

As of Sunday afternoon Pacific time, the service said more than 99 percent of users can access their files. But 5 percent of users were having trouble...

Google+ Invades Gmail, Allows Users to Email Without Email Addresses

From DailyTech: Email usually feels like a private place on the Web (for the most part). It's not like Facebook, where anyone in the world can easily find you by name and try to contact you. In other words, you'd expect to find a message from an old acquaintance on Facebook, but not in your private...

LG Electronics Vows to Lead in OLED, ultra HD TV Segments

From X-bit Labs: The newly installed president of LG Electronics’ home entertainment company plans to change the dynamics of the current TV market, capitalizing on LG’s early leadership in OLED TV technology and manufacturing. At the same time, the president and CEO H.H. (Hyun-hwoi) Ha plans to...

SteelSeries H Wireless Review (Page 1 of 4)

One time at church, a high school girl came up to me enthusiastically and asked, "Have you seen the new One Direction movie?" -- which, to her disappointment, was a resounding "no". For some reason, many people are quite convinced I am a big fan of that kind of pop music, despite the fact I am completely out of their target demographic. Firstly, I am not in high school. Secondly, I am not a girl. But since we have brought up the topic of pop...

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