Nvidia Quietly Unveils GeForce GT 440 Graphics Card

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has quietly unveiled its new low-cost graphics card aimed at branded desktop computer makers. The GeForce GT 440 will increase performance of PCs aimed at casual gamers.

Nvidia GeForce GT 440 features 144 stream processors operating at 1189MHz as well...

How Scratch Resistant is the Apple iPhone Under Normal Use? | Reports

Whether you like it or not, it is a fact that Apple's iPhone is an extremely popular mobile device. Everywhere I go, a quick glance around easily reveals more than a handful of individuals talking, texting, surfing, or gaming on their iPhones. Despite fundamentally not being a fanboy of the company in question (In fact, probably quite the opposite), like many, I have been an iPhone user for the last few years, simply because it...

Android Helps Sony Ericsson Boost Profits

From PC World: Sony Ericsson reported a profit for the third consecutive quarter as the company's Android-based smartphones continue to help it turn around its fortunes.

The company reported a third-quarter net profit of €49 million (US$69 million), compared to a loss of €164...

Google Sky, Slooh bringing users live astronomy

From CNET News.com: For some time now, Google Sky has enabled users to view a wide range of imagery from high-level sources like the Hubble Telescope, NASA satellites, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. But the service has never provided a method for users to view community-created...

PS3 Netflix Streaming to Lose Disc Requirement Next Week

From DailyTech: Over the last year, Netflix has greatly increased the number of devices that are capable of streaming content making it easier than ever for consumers to try the company's streaming offerings.

In 2009, Netflix streaming landed on the PS3 making the owners of the...

ATI Ships 25 Millionth DirectX 11 Graphics Processing Unit

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices' graphics business unit, previously known as ATI, announced on Thursday that it had shipped 25 million of graphics processing units (GPUs) that support DirectX 11 application programming interface (API). Unfortunately, even advanced product...

AMD to Bet onto Mini-ITX with Nettop Brazos Platform

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices hopes to gain nettop market positions next year when its partners ship micro-ITX mainboards based on Zacate processors for low-power desktop personal computers. While it is clear that Zacate chips have a number of advantages over competing...

Galaxy S Begins Receiving Froyo Update

From DailyTech: Before even launching the Galaxy S line of Android smartphones, Samsung promised consumers that they would receive Froyo at some point on the devices. According to reports from BriefMobile, the beginning of that reality is underway.

A number of users of the Galaxy S...

MeeGo to woo developers with upcoming release

From PC World: The MeeGo project is getting ready to release version 1.1 of the operating system, which should allow developers to start working on applications for smartphones, according to a blog post.

"Creating [version 1.1] is important because it gives developers, especially...

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