Intel Finds Design Flaw in Sandy Bridge Chipset

From PC World: Intel on Monday said it had stopped shipments of the chipset used with its latest generation of Core processors after it found a design flaw.

The flawed chipset was used in PCs with the next-generation Core processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, which were...

Oracle data modeler tool gets collaborative

From InfoWorld: Oracle will release on Monday Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler 3.0, an upgrade to its relational database modeling tool that accommodates collaborative development via links to the open source Subversion version control system.

Integrating with Oracle SQL Developer...

Can Honeycomb Tip the Scale for Android Tablets

From PC World: Since Apple introduced the world to the iPad, the tablet rivalry has been heated between iOS and Android. The problem, though--for Android at least--is that the rivalry was filled with idle speculation and vaporware compared to the blockbuster real-world sales for the...

For Google's AdWords, relevance takes time

From CNET News.com: Dodge's Challenger is a modern muscle car. The Challenger explosion 25 years ago was a tragic moment. Other than the name they don't have much in common, but for several hours Friday morning, Google's AdWords system considered them linked.

That's just one example...

Amazon to give Prime members Netflix-style streaming?

From CNET News.com: Rumors have been heating up over the last few weeks that Amazon was on the verge of offering "free," unlimited video streaming to its Prime members, who pay $79.99 a year for free two-day shipping on many items sold on Amazon. Now a tipster has sent a few...

Android Overtakes Symbian as World's No. 1 Smartphone Platform

From DailyTech: It's been a long time coming and should come as no surprise to anyone who has been tracking Android's meteoric rise -- both in the U.S. and worldwide -- that Google's mobile OS has finally outpaced Nokia's stalwart Symbian platform as the leading smartphone OS...

Intel Proposes Fiber Channel to Ethernet Standard

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. introduced a free new technology that enables all data center traffic to run over a single cable using the Intel 10Gb Ethernet (10m GbE) server adapter X520 family. The new technology will simplify data centers and will therefore reduce costs.

"Expanding...

OCZ Platinum XTE PC3-16000 2x2GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the last little while, news of OCZ leaving the computer RAM business completely by February 28 of this year has been spreading like wildfire on the internet. This announcement came after OCZ's statement in August 2010, when the company decided to withdraw from the unprofitable commodity memory market to focus on high performance enthusiast RAM instead. However, two weeks ago, news...

Schmidt refutes rumors over Google shakeup

From CNET News.com: The decision to hand Google's CEO reins from Eric Schmidt to Larry Page was born not out of internal dissent or competitive fears over Facebook but rather out of the need to tighten up management.

That's the message Schmidt himself has been trying to get across...

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