Microsoft Reportedly Prepping to Allow USB Storage for Xbox 360

From DailyTech: Consoles have long used proprietary memory units of various flavors to store data such as gamer profiles or savesgames. Gamers have had to stomach a mess of memory cards that change between every console version and every company.

With the latest generation of the...

Nvidia Merges Core-Logic and System-on-Chip Development Teams

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. confirmed early on Thursday that it had combined the core-logic and system-on-chip development teams. The move will considerably enlarge the amount of engineering resources for development of next-generation Tegra system-on-chip (SoC) solutions.

“We...

Mainboard Maker Reveals Clock-Speeds of AMD Phenom II X6 CPUs

From X-bit Labs: Mainboard manufacturer Gigabyte Technology has reveled clock-speeds of Advanced Micro Devices’ forthcoming Phenom II X6 “Thuban” central processing units (CPUs). As expected, AMD’s six-core chips will feature substantially lower clock-speeds than their quad-core...

Google Maps for Android gets improved user interface

From InfoWorld: Google has released version 4.1 of Google Maps for Android, adding a constantly updated map wallpaper, tweaking the way search results are displayed and adding a new Latitude widget for tracking your friends.

The search result changes, announced in a blog post on...

Facebook Users Targeted in Massive Spam Run

From PC World: Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee.

Over the last two days, millions of messages have been...

Amazon releases Kindle app beta for Mac

From CNET News.com: First came the Kindle electronic book reader device itself. Then the applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry, and for Windows. Now Amazon has brought the e-reader software to Mac OS X.

The Kindle for Mac beta version, as with the other apps and devices, lets...

Microsoft nixes barrier to Windows 7's XP mode

From CNET News.com: Although Windows 7's "XP Mode" has been a welcome feature of the new operating system, there's been a fair bit of confusion brought on by the virtualization layer's hardware requirements.

To work, XP Mode has required a PC processor that supports hardware...

Google, Sony, Intel Working on Google TV

From DailyTech: Advertisers started with traditional media like newspapers, TV, and magazines. As the internet became a more important piece of the daily lives of consumers, advertiser started flocking to online advertisements.

Today online advertising is a massive moneymaker with...

HTC Says its Going to Fight Apple's iPhone Suit

From DailyTech: HTC says in a press release that it is prepared to fight back against Apple's patent litigation in court. It has not yet filed an official response or countersued, but that should follow within a few weeks.

Apple is currently suing HTC to block the import of Android...

Report: Nvidia GTX 480, 470 Availability Delayed

From Tom's Hardware: It's no secret that making Fermi has been a harder-than-expected task for Nvidia, but the company will officially unveil its finalized product in the GeForce GTX 480 at the end of next week on March 26.

While you can expect to see an announcement at an event at...

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