Adobe Reader to block attacks with sandbox tech

From CNET News.com: Adobe Reader will soon have an additional layer of protection against the many attacks that target the popular PDF viewer.

Adobe Systems is borrowing a page from Microsoft's and Google's playbook by turning to sandboxing technology designed to isolate code from...

Motorola Droid X Screen Failures, Privacy Issue

From DailyTech: Just days after launching the Motorola Droid X -- Verizon's non-QWERTY follow-up to the massively successful Motorola Droid -- a few issues have been reported by early adopters, the most serious being a bug with the screen that can render the device useless. Neowin...

Xbox 360 4GB Console Priced at $199, Kinect to Retail for $149

From DailyTech: Microsoft introduced its slimmer, quieter Xbox 360 design last month. The console, which is priced at $299 for the 250GB version, quickly shot to the top of the sales charts for the month of June surpassing both the Wii and PS3.

Today, Microsoft is looking to bolster...

AMD's Ontario Mass Production Set to Begin This Quarter - Rumours

From X-bit Labs: The manufacturing of the code-named Ontario accelerated processing unit (APU) by Advanced Micro Devices may being as early as this quarter at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Revenues obtained from manufacturing of code-named Ontario processors designed...

Sony to Decrease Resolution for PlayStation 3 Stereo-3D Games

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment has set the guidelines for stereoscopic 3D-supporting video titles designed for the PlayStation 3 game console. In a bid to ensure proper performance, SCE advices game developers to trim resolution of stereo-3D (S3D) games to 720p.

Sony's...

Lenovo to release Android tablet PC at year's end

From InfoWorld: After releasing its own handset to compete with Apple's iPhone, Lenovo looks like it may be preparing to take on the iPad. The Chinese company plans on releasing its own tablet PC at the end of the year.

The device will be called the "LePad" and will use the Android...

Sharp Plans to Launch E-book Reader This Year

From PC World: Japan's Sharp plans to enter the increasingly competitive e-book reader market later this year with a device that can read a new e-publishing file format of its own, it said Tuesday.

The company will launch an e-book reader in Japan before the end of the year and is...

Intel to Disclose New Directions in Mid-September

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. technical conference will take place in San Francisco on September 13 - 15, 2010. In its 13th year, the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) focuses on Intel’s technology and platform roadmap directions for the next year and beyond in the areas of digital...

Intel Quietly Begins to Sell Non Extreme Six-Core Microprocessors

From X-bit Labs: ntel Corp. on Sunday added its six-core Core i7-970 central processing unit (CPU) to the price list. The chip giant has not made any formal announcements on the matter of its six-core microprocessor that does not belong to the "Extreme" family. The chip's price...

Google Buzz opens up the firehose

From CNET News.com: Google has opened up a key data stream coming out of Google Buzz that gives developers access to content as it's published.

Access to the so-called "firehose" of Google Buzz data was turned on Monday, Google announced in a blog post. This allows developers to...

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