Google's Plans to Leave China are 99.9% Certain

From X-bit Labs: Not too long ago, Google threatened to shut down Google.cn and walk out of China. The threat was a response to a mid-December hack originating from China as well as an anti-censorship protest. On Friday, the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Li...

Say Goodbye to Your iPad When the Battery Fails

From X-bit Labs: Over the weekend it emerged that iPad users would also have to send their devices to Apple if they wanted a replacement battery. However, unlike iPhones and MacBooks, Apple isn't going to crack open your iPad and replace the battery, it's going to send you a new one...

Intel releases affordable SSD

From InfoWorld: On the heels of OCZ Technology Group's release of its first sub-$100 solid-state drive (SSD), Intel is shipping a $125 SSD called the X25-V Value SATA SSD.

Affordable is the word Intel wants associated with this drive, but the price per gigabyte is the same as that...

IBM Says Rivals Behind Anti-IBM Report in India

From PC World: IBM has slammed a report critical of the adoption of its mainframes in India, saying the report was driven by IBM competitors and has no credibility.

The report was sponsored by OpenMainframe.org, an online forum for news and information related to creating an open...

HP Starts Damage Control After China Laptop Buyer Complaint

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard extended the warranties on motherboards in certain laptops in China as it came under increasing criticism there for problems including overheating in some of its computers.

HP is also working with a Chinese government agency to resolve issues that...

Apple loses key chip executive

From CNET News.com: Dan Dobberpuhl, the PA Semi founder and CEO who came to Apple with the acquisition of his company, has apparently jumped ship to work at a chip-related start-up.

Apple acquired PA Semi in April of 2008 for $278 million. At the time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the...

China warns Google partners: Look for backup

From CNET News.com: The Chinese government has warned Google business partners to prepare for a day when they can't use Google services such as a search bar on their Web sites, according to a New York Times report Sunday.

Google has significant if not dominant share of the search...

QNAP NMP-1000 Review (Page 1 of 4)

When I started to plan the upcoming review schedule for APH Networks early last month, the influx of new network media players onto the market really caught my attention. Providing more digital media integration with your living room audio/video equipment than ever before, long gone are the days when we were restricted to watching certain videos on our computers only, or swapping a bunch of CDs every time you wanted to listen to...

APH Networks announces a new award for product reviews

Here at APH Networks, we review a significant amount of high tech products per year. APH's current line of available awards, including APH Recommended, APH:Renewal, and APH equal.balance, recognizes three distinct categories of excellence in the market today. Because of our careful consideration...

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