Intel Needs Nvidia’s Patents to Fight AMD – Analyst

From X-bit Labs: The settlement between Intel Corp. and Nvidia Corp. may be near and the two companies may sign another cross-license agreement, according to an analyst with UBS. The world’s largest maker of central processing units (CPUs) apparently needs patents of Nvidia to more...

Asustek Unveils Low-cost Eee Note E-reader, Notepad

From PC World: Asustek Computer on Monday unveiled the Eee Note EA-800, an e-reader with a stylus for taking notes on its 8-inch touchscreen. The device will be available in Taiwan later this week for the suggested retail price of NT$6,999 (US$228), Asustek executives said.

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Battle lines drawn for 3D on the Web

From CNET News.com: The Web is the next vanguard for 3D graphics, but programmers who want to embrace the new dimension next year will have to place a bet on one of two competing technologies: Flash or WebGL.

For years, Adobe Systems' Flash software has been the way to bring...

No silver lining in Chrome OS delays

From CNET News.com: Google executives like to say they celebrate their failures, reasoning that when something fails, at least they've learned something. Perhaps with Chrome OS, they're learning how to set expectations.

It's looking pretty clear that Google is going to miss its...

Researchers Hand WebOS Vulnerabilties to the Hacking Public

From DailyTech: Palm, Inc. -- new subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard -- hasn't given up on the smartphone market, despite the fact that its Pre smartphones were a relative flop compared to the iPhone and Android platforms. It has revealed the Palm Pre 2, which will soon go on sale in the...

AMD Not Interested in Workstation Market - Analyst

From X-bit Labs: Although ATI graphics business division of Advanced Micro Devices competes against rival Nvidia Corp. pretty successfully on the market of professional graphics cards, AMD seems to be completely not interested in the market of central processing units (CPUs) for...

Doom, Quake Designer Predicts Death of Games on Packaged Media

From X-bit Labs: John Carmack, the head of id Software which designed games like Doom or Quake, said in an interview that in the future digital distribution will destroy the market of video games sold on media. While digital distribution has been dominating the software market on the...

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