AMD Demos 5W APU for Tablet Computers

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices claims that power consumption of its code-named Ontario accelerated processing unit (APU) can be reduced to 5W. Such APU can power devices like tablets, but it is clearly a temporary solution and going forward AMD will have to introduce a...

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...

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