Hard Disk Drive Shipments Set to Increase 7.7% in 2012 - Analysts

From X-bit Labs: In the wake of two natural disasters, worldwide hard disk drive (HDD) unit shipments experienced a year-over-year decline of 4.5% in 2011. According to a new forecast from International Data Corp., the HDD industry will record year-over-year unit shipment growth of 7...

Dell Buys Wyse to Continue Evolution to Not Really a PC Company

From PC World: Last month Michael Dell let the world know that Dell is “not really a PC company.” Today, Dell announced that it has reached an agreement with Wyse that extends Dell’s portfolio of products and services even further beyond the traditional PC market.

Wyse is an...

Next Xbox reportedly shipping with Blu-ray, not DVD

From CNET News.com: Although Microsoft has said the next Xbox won't be launching anytime soon, the rumor mill just won't quit.

Gaming blog VG247 is now reporting that Microsoft is hard at work on the next Xbox, and when it finally launches late next year, it'll come with a Blu-ray...

Canadian Gov't Greenlights Potential Sale of Research in Motion

From DailyTech: Things have reached the crisis point for Waterloo, Ontario based phonemaker Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM). Once the darling of the industry, pushing the smartphone into the mainstream, the gadgetmaker has since been passed in the demanding handset market by...

SK Hynix Bids to Acquire Elpida Memory

From X-bit Labs: In addition to Micron Technology and Toshiba Corp., there is a yet another bidder for Elpida Memory: SK Hynix Semiconductor. The newly formed chipmaker reportedly made a disclosure at the Korean stock a exchange about its bid for Elpida.

"We have submitted our...

NZXT HALE82 750W (Page 1 of 4) | Reports

If you are white and you live in North America, chances are that you are not a part of the visible minority. That is, unless you are studying engineering here at the University of Calgary, or you are a computer power supply. While the Faculty of Engineering is dominated by Asians and most PSUs are black, a little over a year ago, NZXT decided to be brave and decided to be different -- they made a white power supply unit. The 80...

Vote on nano-SIM technology gets delayed

From CNET News.com: A decision on what will be the next SIM card technology for smartphones and other portable devices has been delayed following a spat between competing hardware makers.

In a statement today, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) said that it...

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