Sharp Creates Switchable 2D-3D Screen Technology for Mobile Devices

From X-bit Labs: Sharp Corp. said Friday that it had developed a stereo 3D touch-screen LCD featuring the industry’s highest brightness that can switch between 2D and stereo 3D modes. Users can view 3D images without the need to wear special glasses, making this LCD ideal for mobile...

Microsoft Ending Support for Itanium

From PC World: Microsoft is ending its support for Intel's Itanium processor with the current version of its Windows Server OS, according to a Microsoft blog posting Friday.

"Windows Server 2008 R2 will be the last version of Windows Server to support the Intel Itanium architecture...

Google raises stakes in video, acquires Episodic

From CNET News.com: Episodic, a San Francisco online video platform startup, has been acquired by Google, the privately-helpd company said today on its blog.

Terms of the deal were not released. The company said news signups of its service are being suspended during the transition...

Apple: Over 300,000 iPads sold on first day

From CNET News.com: We'd heard analysts' predictions, but until now no one knew for sure how many iPads were sold on launch day.

On Monday, Apple announced it sold more than 300,000 of its new tablet computers on Saturday.

That figure included preordered iPads delivered to...

Verizon Offers Two Palm Pres/Pixis+Free Hotspot for $49/$29

From DailyTech: Verizon has just posted a deal on the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus smartphones that is nothing short of incredible.

With all Palm's recent struggles, the company is turning to big discounts to try to heat up sales. It hopes that sales of webOS phones, originally...

ASUS Debuts New U30Jc Notebook Computer

From DailyTech: ASUS is a monster in the netbook market and started the entire segment with its Eee PC netbooks back in late 2007. Today the netbook market is one of the most robust segments in the computer industry. ASUS has a vast array of netbooks, but the company hasn’t forsaken...

Globalfoundries Scraps 32nm Bulk Fabrication Process

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, a contract maker of semiconductors controlled by Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company, said on Thursday that it had cancelled its 32nm bulk fabrication process technology with high-k metal gate (HKMG). The company became...

Arctic Cooling Arctic Sound E352 Review

Quick -- name an earphone manufacturer. While Arctic Cooling probably isn't the first company that comes to mind when it comes to personal audio, the company actually has had a pretty complete line of budget to entry level performance earphones for some time already. Until this point, Arctic Cooling is a well known manufacturer for making excellent computer cooling solutions for very reasonable prices. Products including the Arcti...

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