HP's Palm Prepares Tablet Onslaught of Its Own

From DailyTech: According to Engadget, Hewlett-Packard subsidiary Palm is preparing a pair of tablets to try to create an identity for itself in this hot market. It was long expected that Hewlett-Packard, the world leader in personal computer shipments, would come up with a...

Lenovo Forms Group to Develop Tablets, Smartphones, Smart TVs

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group on Tuesday said it is establishing a new business group, the mobile Internet and digital home business group (MIDH), responsible for creating mobile Internet-focused devices, including tablets and smartphones, as well as devices for new categories like...

Facebook tools to help data thieves

From InfoWorld: Just when you thought the conflagration over Facebook privacy issues was winding down, Facebook has stoked the fire once again.

On Friday, the social networking company announced that it had modified its platform to make users' home addresses and phone numbers...

Netflix nixes DVD choice from streaming gear, vexes users

From CNET News.com: Netflix has triggered a slew of customer complaints after revealing that it's taking away the ability to add titles to the DVD queue from streaming devices.

Announced in a blog post yesterday by Jamie Odell, director of product management, the move would mean...

W3C's new logo promotes HTML5--and more

From CNET News.com: Underscoring the confluence of technology, politics, and marketing, the World Wide Web Consortium today unveiled a new logo for HTML5.

With the logo, the W3C wants to promote the new Web technology--and itself. The Web is growing far beyond its roots of housing...

Sprint Tacks on $10 to Everything Data Smartphone Plan

From DailyTech: It looks like there is more bad news coming in for smartphone customers this morning. We first reported that Verizon is ending its customer-friendly "New Every Two" and Early Upgrade programs. The new policy will be in effect for new customers and will expire for...

Samsung's TV App Store Picks Up Steam, Downloads Top 2 Million

From DailyTech: Public reception to Sony's internet TV efforts, which put a beefy smartphone operating system (Android) in a TV, was decidedly mixed. Some customers loved the concept, despite rough edges such as interface bugs and the fact that TV networks blocked access to online...

AMD Intros New Version of Radeon HD 6970 with $279 Price-Point

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices late on Monday announced the incoming of premium-class Radeon HD 6970 graphics board with reduced amount of onboard memory at $279 price-point as well as the massively factory-overclocked versions of its Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards.

Various...

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