BFG Quits Graphics Cards Business to Concentrate on Gaming Systems

From X-bit Labs: BFG Technologies, the company primarily known for its Nvidia GeForce-based graphics cards, said on Tuesday that it would exit graphics cards business in an attempt to concentrate on its high-end gaming systems and power supply units. The decision may become a blow to...

HP Vows to Use Palm’s WebOS on Tablets, Printers

From X-bit Labs: Hewlett Packard plans to use Palm’s webOS and its possible derivatives for various kind of devices, not necessarily smartphones. The chief executive officer of HP claims that slates and web-connected printers are likely candidates for the webOS.

“We expect to...

EC fines DRAM chipmakers $404M over price fixing

From InfoWorld: European antitrust regulators fined nine semiconductor manufacturers more than €331 million ($404 million) on Wednesday following a years-long investigation into price fixing in the market for DRAM memory chips.

The European Commission said all of the companies...

Android Sales Surge, but Threats Loom

From PC World: Google's Android looks unstoppable, with quarterly sales steamrolling the iPhone in the U.S. and now Windows Mobile globally, but it's only the eye of the storm for the young operating system.

Gartner's latest statistics show big gains for Android's quarterly sales...

Google opens door for third-party Gmail apps

From CNET News.com: "If you build it, they will come" isn't always enough. Sometime you have to let somebody else build on your foundation.

That's what Google is now doing with Gmail, letting Google Apps customers add various third-party applications that integrate with the e-mail...

Facebook launches mobile site free of data charges

From CNET News.com: Facebook's new mobile site, dubbed 0.facebook.com, is promising quick and data-charge-free access, though it's only accessible through certain mobile carriers.

The popular social-networking site already offers a mobile site designed to display on smartphones and...

AT&T iPhone Users to Finally Get 3G Tethering with 4.0 OS Update

From DailyTech: Well, it only took a year. A little over a year ago, Apple announced iPhone OS 3.0 and along with it came support for 3G internet tethering. The only problem was that while many wireless carriers around the world offered the tethering option to iPhone users, AT&T...

Nvidia Delays Launch of Multi-Display Stereo-3D Solution

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has announced that it would delay the release of its 3D Vision Surround technology, a feature that allows to play video games on three displays with stereo-3D effect. The move will hardly affect the company financially since the designer of graphics...

AMD’s Core-Logic Sets in Tight Supply – Report

From X-bit Labs: The market of computer chips seems to be improving even quicker than originally anticipated by the leading market players. In the recent months shortages of Intel Corp.’s latest mobile processors occurred and according to a report published on Tuesday, Advanced Micro...

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