Oracle issues emergency Java update to patch vulnerabilities

From CNET News.com: In response to discovering that hackers were actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Java running in Web browsers, Oracle has released an emergency patch that it says should deal with the problem.

"These vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without...

Sony Wants to Be #3 in Smartphone Industry

From DailyTech: Sony has announced that it has aspirations of becoming the third largest company in the global smartphone market right behind Apple and Samsung. To make that job, Sony will have to beat Chinese companies including Huawei Technology and ZTE.

Both of those Chinese...

AMD’s Fusion Kaveri APU Supports GDDR5 Memory – Report

From X-bit Labs: Even though Advanced Micro Devices’ Fusion accelerated processing units have featured advanced graphics cores for years, their performance was limited due to insufficient memory bandwidth. With the next-generation high-performance APU code-named Kaveri, AMD will...

Intel Rolls-Out Atom CE5300 Processor for NAS Devices

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Monday introduced storage solutions based on the Intel Atom processor CE5300 series. The new low power system-on-chip (SoC) enables high definition (HD) video to be simultaneously watched on smartphones, tablets and other smart devices, in real time...

iMac ship times drop to one to three days

From CNET News.com: Consumers who order an iMac in the U.S. should now see it at their doorstep in just one to three business days.

Ship times for both sizes of Apple's all-in-one desktop eased up on Saturday following a previous lengthy delay. On Friday, Apple's online store had...

Samsung Gets $450 Million Relief in Payments to Apple

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics gets approximately $450 million payment relief in its obligations to Apple. The federal judge Lucy Koh ruled out on Friday that Samsung did not infringe a number of patent rights that belong to Apple. The federal judge slashed a $1.05 billion jury...

Mainboards for Intel Haswell Are Ready: Asrock Set to Demo Next Week

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. plans to formally launch its next-generation Core i-series “Haswell” central processing units only in June, but mainboard makers seem to be ready for the new chip well ahead of the official launch. Asrock, one of the world’s largest makers of motherboards...

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