World of Warcraft Blamed for Porn's Decline

From Tom's Hardware: The porn industry, said to be recession proof and almost always on the cutting edge of technology, is now falling on hard times due to the emergence of its once greatest ally – the internet.

Believe it or not, online gaming such as World of Warcraft is named as...

Samsung's New 64GB Flash Chip Is Ideal for Mobile Devices

From PC World: Electronics manufacturer Samsung announced on Tuesday two new flash-based storage solutions, both of which are ideal for mobile use. The company unveiled a high-density 64GB moviNAND flash memory chip, in addition to a 32GB micro secure digital (SD) card.

The...

Yields for 40nm Still Below 70%

From X-bit Labs: In spite of the fact that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company initiated mass production using 40nm process technology nearly a year ago and other companies have been attempting to start volume production at 40nm node for about half a year, the percentage of...

Adobe Targeted by Cyber Attack from China

From DailyTech: China is a hot bed for pirates and other nefarious activities that plague the software and technology sectors. Many coordinated attacks against computer networks at a myriad of different companies are suspected to originate from China.

Reuters reports that a recent...

Gmail to get secure Net connection by default

From CNET News.com: Shortly after Google announced the partially successful cyberattack on Gmail, the company said it will activate by default a secure network technology for its e-mail service.

Google has long offered the option to access its Web-based Gmail service by using HTTPS-...

Firefox 3.6 due this month; next comes 'Lorentz'

From CNET News.com: Mozilla hopes to release the final version of Firefox 3.6 later this month and a stability-improving update code-named Lorentz by March as part of a revised updating strategy.

Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox, said Tuesday that he's pleased so far...

Intel Does Not Have Any Competitive Advantages – ARM

From X-bit Labs: Even though there are no shipping mobile phones with Intel Corp.’s chips inside and no personal computers featuring ARM processors on the market, it is widely believed that the competition between the two companies is ongoing. Many believe that going forward Intel...

Despite Slow Season, Demand for DDR3 Is Strong

From X-bit Labs: Despite of relatively strong season, spot price of DDR3 memory is approaching $3 per 1Gb equivalent, according to DRAMeXchange market research firm. While usually first quarter sales are not high, it is likely that China-based makers of PCs are gearing up for Chinese...

Via builds low-power server based on laptop chips

From InfoWorld: Via Technologies on Tuesday announced a compact server that will be powered by low-power processors, which are traditionally designed to run in laptops and netbooks.

The company's Mserv S2100 device will run on the Nano processor in a desktop-size box that is 10.2...

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