AMD Expands Open Physics Initiative with New Tools

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices this week announced that, along with partners Pixelux Entertainment and Bullet Physics, it has added significant support to the Open Physics ecosystem by providing game developers with access to the newest version of the Pixelux Digital...

Design firm accuses Mozilla of UI plagiarism

From InfoWorld: A Canadian interface design firm accused Mozilla of stealing user interface (UI) elements for a development tool in the browser maker's Jetpack project, which aims to simplify add-on making.

MetaLab of Victoria, British Columbia, leveled the charges Tuesday when the...

IBM stops disclosing U.S. headcount data

From InfoWorld: IBM says it is the No. 1 technology employer in the U.S. and the world, but as time moves on it may be harder to tell just what is happening to its domestic workforce.

IBM has stopped providing breakouts of the number of employees it has in the U.S., and in doing so...

Intel Wins Top Spots in SSD Storage Drive Ranking

From PC World: Chip giant Intel won first place in a ranking of flash memory-based Solid State Drives (SSDs), in which the researcher, DRAMeXchange Technology, pilloried the industry over the wide disparity of quality among the storage devices.

Intel took first place in two...

Apple says iPad pre-orders start Friday morning

From CNET News.com: Apple normally offers a very simple message about its products. Often, there's not even a tagline.

So it's curious that at Apple.com, the company emits these words: "A magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price. Coming April 3."

I know that this...

Report: Verizon 4G handsets out by mid-2011

From CNET News.com: Anthony Melone, chief technology officer at Verizon Wireless, told the newspaper he expects Verizon to be able to offer mobile handsets with 4G capability within three to six months after it launches its commercial 4G network. This is about six months sooner than...

Intel Invests in Social Media Incubator Betaworks

From PC World: Intel invested an undisclosed amount in social media incubator Betaworks to gain insight into real-time user behavior on social networks, the chip maker said on Thursday.

The investment could help Intel develop better hardware for mobile devices or servers that either...

Researcher publishes exploit for new IE hole

From CNET News.com: An Israeli security researcher has published exploit code for an unpatched hole in Internet Explorer that Microsoft disclosed two days ago.

Microsoft had warned in an advisory that a new vulnerability in IE 6 and IE 7, which could allow an attacker to take...

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