Reports: Google to launch online bookstore

From CNET News.com: The search giant announced Thursday at the Frankfurt Book Fair that in the first half of next year it will launch Google Editions, a new service that will deliver e-books to anyone with a Web browser.

Partnering with publishers which whom it already has digital...

RIM Launches BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Through Verizon, Vodaphone

From DailyTech: Smartphone maker Research in Motion is unveiling the BlackBerry Storm2. It is model 9550, not 9520 as reported by other websites. Its predecessor was the first BlackBerry to eschew a physical keyboard in favor of a touchscreen. It launched with mixed reviews...

Acer Kicks Dell Out of Second Spot in Global PC Shipments

From DailyTech: The latest numbers in PC shipments for Q3 2009 are in from research firm IDC. According to the numbers, the PC industry is finally turning around with growth in the face of the poor economy. Intel posted growth this week for Q3 leading to speculation that the computer...

Intel Reaffirms Aggressive 32nm Plans for 2010

From Tom's Hardware: Despite of the global economic crisis, Intel Corp. plans to finish building of four production facilities that will make chips using 32nm process technology next year. The chipmaker strongly believes that advantages provided by the new fabrication process will...

Acer debuts smartphone, netbook with Google Android

From X-bit Labs: Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, on Wednesday announced two of its most highly anticipated products with Google's Android mobile operating system on board, the Liquid smartphone and an Aspire One netbook.

Acer Liquid is a touchscreen smartphone running...

An iPhone With FM Radio? Yes Please!

From InfoWorld: Apple is developing an in-house iPhone and iPod Touch radio application, which will enable users to listen to FM radio on their existing devices, according to sources quoted by 9to5Mac.

The iPhone 3G/3GS and the latest iPod Touch are able to receive FM radio signals...

Next Microsoft Xbox Console to Use AMD GPU?

From PC World: Tag as "really iffy rumor," but tech site Fudzilla is claiming AMD's GPU technology will once more do the heavy lifting under the hood of Microsoft's next video games console.

In a vague, perfunctory post, Fudzilla writes "We've learned from industry sources that AMD...

Intel earnings beat Wall Street predictions

From CNET News.com: Intel's third-quarter revenue jumped $1.4 billion over the second quarter, though year-to-year revenue and profit comparisons were down.

The world's largest chipmaker is struggling to lead the PC industry out of a brutal downturn that saw demand collapse earlier...

Call it a comeback? Google earnings due

From CNET News.com: With the online ad business appearing to have collected itself at the bottom of the ravine, all eyes will be on Google's earnings report Thursday to see if it has figured out where the path back to the top starts.

Investors are feeling good about Google in the...

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2 Released For Public Testing

From DailyTech: The team behind the Mandriva Linux operating system recently announced the immediate availability of the Mandriva Linux 2010 Release Candidate 2.

The update mainly fixed user-reported bugs, but had several new software packages, with kde 4.3.2, GNOME 2.28, Poulsbo...

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