From PC World: This year’s Google I/O wasn’t as dramatic as the I/Os of yesteryear. Nobody jumped from a blimp with a radical new face computer strapped to his face, and Larry Page neglected to step foot on stage, much less wax poetic about the infinite sadness in the world. But despite the lack of...
From CNET: Handset maker HTC said Wednesday that it plans to bring Google's newest Android operating system to its flagship phones as soon as it's able, though it couldn't yet provide a timeline.
The move is part of the company's campaign to retain customers amid years of flagging sales. Despite...
From DailyTech: Remember the iPod? You know, that small MP3 device that helped turnaround Apple’s fortunes and eventually paved the way for the iPhone? Apple has given little thought to the product line for the past year or so, but today is finally making some worthwhile changes to its iPod touch....
From InfoWorld: Oracle's pending acquisition of retail and hospitality technology vendor Micros is its biggest since scooping up Sun Microsystems in 2010, which begs questions about why it's willing to pay so much.
Micros is going for $4.6 billion, net of its cash, while Sun cost Oracle $7.4...
From TechHive: Sony will soon widen the availability of its PlayStation Now game streaming service to more than just consoles. Starting Monday, Sony plans to open PlayStation Now to owners of select 2014 Sony TV models under a program called the Private Pilot Service.
Announced in January...
From CNET: Barnes & Noble unveiled plans Wednesday to break apart into two companies, separating its retail unit from its struggling Nook Media business.
The bookstore operator said it plans to complete the separation by the end of the first quarter of 2015. The company has engaged Guggenheim...
From DailyTech: The Google I/O conference kicks off later today, but that doesn’t mean that Google has to save all of its announcement for the show. With that in mind, the company has announced that Google Glass is getting a slight hardware/software upgrade.
After performing a few tweaks in the...
Ask me what the most expensive laptop I have seen in my life, and I would answer back with any rugged line of laptops, like the Panasonic Toughbook. When I first spotted them at a local retailer back around 2002, it was the first time I saw a good combination of weight, performance, and -- get this -- an optical drive. Unfortunately, it was also the first time the price of a laptop alone made me take a second glance. At the time, I did not...
From InfoWorld: Intel hopes to take hardware performance to the next level with its latest Xeon Phi supercomputing chip, which packs an array of new hardware technologies that could ultimately find their way to laptops and desktops.
The new Xeon Phi chip, also called Knights Landing, is Intel's...
From PC World: Microsoft is continuing Nokia’s Android experiment by adding a new smartphone to the Nokia X series. The next-generation model due in July will feature even more Microsoft software.
Called the Nokia X2, the phone’s hardware improves slightly on the first generation of Nokia X...
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