From X-bit Labs: The chief executive officer of High-Tech Computer (HTC) Corp. said that the company plans to release its first phones supporting long-term evolution (LTE) 4G connection technology in 2011. In addition, he said that the company will continue to pursue multi operating...

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology this week unveiled its new series of "eco-friendly" hard disk drives (HDDs) called Barracuda Green. The new lineup boasts with non-standard spindle speed, advanced format as well as a special technology that ensures high performance of drives with...

From InfoWorld: Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would backport an Office 2010 security feature to the older and more widely used Office 2003 and Office 2007 early next year.

Dubbed Office File Validation (OVE), the technology validates older, pre-XML file formats for Word, Excel...

From PC World: Mobile broadband based on HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) will in the future be able to offer download speeds of more than 650M bps, T-Mobile USA and Nokia Siemens Networks said on Wednesday.

The technology is called Long Term HSPA Evolution and should be ready for...

From CNET News.com: Higher competition and lower consumer demand combined to bite into Best Buy's sales and earnings in the third quarter.

For the quarter ended November 27, the electronics retailer yesterday reported earnings of $217 million versus $227 million a year ago, while...

From CNET News.com: Mozilla is outspoken in its dislike of the patent-encumbered video technology called H.264, but Microsoft, an H.264 fan, is providing a plug-in that will let Windows 7 users use it anyway.

H.264 is a codec--technology to encode and decode video--that's widely...

From DailyTech: A disconnect in what analysts think will happen and what actually happens with consumers seems to be commonplace within the TV industry. In October, DisplaySearch released some figures that forecast the shipments of connected TVs to soar this year. So far, according...

From DailyTech: One underemphasized point during the launch of Microsoft's much ballyhooed Windows Phone 7 operating system was that it was only available at launch on two networks in the U.S. -- T-Mobile (America's fourth largest carrier) and AT&T (America's second largest carrier)...

From X-bit Labs: Toshiba Corp. on Wednesday unveiled its new family of solid-state drives (SSDs) intended for enterprise applications. The drives are based on single-level cell (SLC) memory and boast massive performance and rock-solid reliability. The drives are based on Toshiba’s...

From X-bit Labs: Corsair Memory, a leading supplier of advanced memory modules and other computer parts, has released new Dominator GT memory modules capable of running at whopping 2133MHz clock-speed amid standard 1.5V voltage for DDR3 memory. At present the memory modules have no...