Nook Gets Updated to v1.3, Offers Free In-store Book Browsing

From DailyTech: The eReader market really kicked off in earnest when Amazon threw the Kindle onto the market. The eReader proved to be so popular that other companies started quickly developing products of their own. One of the more interesting offerings that turned up was the Nook...

HTC Walks Away from Palm Purchase as Lenovo Steps Up

From DailyTech: Palm is having a very hard time in the smartphone market both in the U.S. and abroad. The company is seeing its profits drop and its handsets are failing to sell in the numbers that the company and analysts expect.

The poor sales of its handsets have led the company...

Flawed McAfee update paralyzes corporate PCs

From InfoWorld: A flawed McAfee anti-virus update sent enterprise administrators scrambling today as the new signatures quarantined a crucial Windows system file, crippling an unknown number of Windows XP computers, according to messages on the company's support forum.

The forum has...

Nokia Profit and Sales Grow, but Q1 Still Disappoints

From PC World: Nokia reported improved profits and revenue for the first quarter, but both numbers were below analysts' expectations. The company also lowered its operating margin outlook for 2010.

Nokia's first-quarter profit came in at €349 million (US$465 million), up from €122...

Nvidia, Intel vie for lead role at Apple

From CNET News.com: Nvidia is once again playing a central role in Apple's new MacBooks, curbing to some extent the immense influence of industry giant Intel.

In order to understand what Apple is--and has been--doing with its MacBook Pro design, jettison the conventional notion of...

Netflix: More than half of subscribers tap streaming video

From CNET News.com: Netflix's transition from a DVD distributor to a streaming content provider hit a notable milestone in the first quarter--55 percent of its nearly 14 million subscribers are now watching movies and TV via the Internet.

To put that streaming media figure into...

MSI Launches GX640 15" Gaming Notebook with Radeon HD 5850

From DailyTech: Yesterday, we brought you news of a new eco-friendly laptop from Lenovo, the L-Series. Today we turn the tides by going with a high-powered gaming laptop aimed at hardcore gamers on the go.

MSI has announced that its new GX640 15.4" (1680 x 1050) gaming notebook is...

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