Android 2.2 JavaScript Performance Roasts iOS4

From DailyTech: Ars Technica recently pitted Android 2.2 (Froyo) against Apple's iOS4 in JavaScript benchmark tests. The findings show a Froyo-equipped Nexus One "demolishing" Apple's mobile Safari browser on the iPhone 4.

Froyo received some "significant performance improvements"...

Mac Sales Rocket Up 35 Percent, Even as People Embrace iPad

From DailyTech: Many may have thought the iPad would surely devour sales from any other Maccomputer available right now due to its lower price of entry, but according to analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray from the NPD Group, Mac sales increased by 35 percent during the month of...

BlackBerry Copies IOS 4 Feature in Server Upgrade

From PC World: Research in Motion released BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) 5.02 today, an update that, in an unusual turnabout, copies a mobile management capability from the iPhone's iOS: the ability to manage corporate data separately from personal data. That allows, for...

Google green-lights crowdsourced film project

From CNET News.com: Sometimes Google takes a break from its mission of organizing all the world's information and decides to embark upon an artsy project that encapsulates...organizing all the world's information.

Late on Tuesday, the search giant posted an entry to the Official...

Windows 7 Saves 43 Hours, or $1,400 Per PC

From Tom's Hardware: We know from personal experience that Windows 7 is a faster, smoother, smarter and more capable operating system than it predecessors. But now businesses are finding that there may be a worthwhile investment in stepping up to a more modern operating system...

Samsung's Q2 forecast highlights tech industry recovery

From InfoWorld: Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest electronics makers, on Wednesday forecast record operating profit for the second quarter of 2010 on strong sales.

The company is considered a technology industry bellwether because it is the world's largest producer of...

AMD looks to boost Fusion processor with investments

From InfoWorld: Advanced Micro Devices is looking to invest in technology companies as it tries to build a hardware and software ecosystem around its upcoming Fusion processor, the company said on Tuesday.

The chip designer will invest in software companies to develop applications...

Apple: iTunes Hack Is No Big Deal

From PC World: News of hacked iTunes user accounts made headlines earlier this week, but it turns out only a very small fraction of users were affected. Apple says just 400 user accounts were compromised over the weekend, which equals to around 0.0003 percent of the over 150 million...

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