Asus Reportedly Preps Ares with Two Radeon HD 5870 Chips

From X-bit Labs: Although ATI Radeon HD 5970 graphics card with two graphics processing units (GPUs) onboard is the fastest graphics card available today, it does not feature full-speed Radeon HD 5870 chips, which is why such cards cannot offer maximum possible performance. Asustek...

AMD’s Next-Gen Low-Power Platform Aimed at 'New Form-Factors'

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices believes that its next-generation ultra low-power platform code-named Brazos will not only power netbooks and similar types of devices, but will also address new form-factors.

AMD’s Brazos platform is based on the code-named Ontario...

Oracle hails Java but kills Sun Cloud

From InfoWorld: Oracle's plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.

Under Oracle's new stewardship, Java will be expanded to more...

Motorola Reports a Small Profit, Held Back by Phone Sales

From PC World: Motorola's fourth-quarter sales fell 20 percent year-on-year, but the company still made out a small profit, unhampered by the exceptional charges that plunged it into loss a year ago, it reported Thursday. It expects to make a loss in the first quarter, however.

The...

Firefox Mobile inches towards 1.0, sheds Flash support

From CNET News.com: It's been a long slog getting Firefox Mobile off the ground, but on Wednesday, Mozilla announced a third release candidate for its mobile browser. (Our First Look video gives an overview of RC2, the previous version.) Once code-named Fennec, Firefox 1.0 for Nokia...

AT&T profits up 25 percent on wireless growth

From CNET News.com: AT&T posted a 25.6 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings as its wireless and new TV businesses continued to grow.

In the quarter that ended December 31, AT&T said Thursday, it earned $3.09 billion, or 51 cents a share. During the same period a year ago...

Apple Delivers Sleek, 'Magical' iPad, Starts from $499

From DailyTech: Apple today announced the iPad, a promising new tablet device which the electronics manufacturer swears will revolutionize the mobile computing industry, much as its iPhone did. The new device runs a modified version of OS X similar to the iPhone. Unlike the iPhone...

Google Voice Finally Returns to the iPhone

From DailyTech: Google Voice became the face of complaints about both AT&T's service policies and Apple's App Store policy. The app, which would allow for free SMS texts and domestic calls (using data rather than the voice network), was set to promise iPhone owners a way to escape...

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