Intel Invests in Social Media Incubator Betaworks

From PC World: Intel invested an undisclosed amount in social media incubator Betaworks to gain insight into real-time user behavior on social networks, the chip maker said on Thursday.

The investment could help Intel develop better hardware for mobile devices or servers that either...

Researcher publishes exploit for new IE hole

From CNET News.com: An Israeli security researcher has published exploit code for an unpatched hole in Internet Explorer that Microsoft disclosed two days ago.

Microsoft had warned in an advisory that a new vulnerability in IE 6 and IE 7, which could allow an attacker to take...

Bing use inches up in February

From CNET News.com: Microsoft's Bing grabbed 11.5 percent of all search queries in the U.S. in February, slightly higher than its 11.3 percent share the prior month, according to the latest figures from ComScore.

Yahoo, which recently won regulatory approval over a search technology...

ARM Expects 50 Tablet Devices to Hit the Market This Year

From X-bit Labs: ARM, a leading developer of microprocessor technologies for portable and consumer electronics, said at a press conference on Wednesday that this year around 50 tablet PC devices akin to Apple iPad released worldwide. While analysts agree that there may be a lot of...

Motorola to put Bing search on Android phones

From InfoWorld: Motorola will start loading Microsoft's Bing search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.

It is the second time since Google said it would stop censoring its search...

No Camera on Apple's iPad, After All?

From PC World: A previous version of the iPad SDK included two icons for accepting and declining video chat. These icons had the iPhone look, but they were wide enough to be used on an iPad. 9To5Mac also found some code that references video chat and "iChat."

The most recent SDK...

Opera releases Mini browser beta for Android

From CNET News.com: In a move to expand its franchise to a higher-end frontier of the mobile phone market, Opera Software has released a beta version of Opera Mini 5 for Android.

Opera's Mini and more feature-rich Mobile browsers are widely used in the mobile phone market, but the...

Sony unveils Move, its PS3 motion controller

From CNET News.com: A small device that looks like a microphone--but with something on top of it that looks like a ping pong ball with an LED inside--Move is Sony's bid to gain control over the motion controller wars that are currently led by Nintendo, with its Wii controller, and...

OCZ's New 30GB Onyx SSD to Debut for Under $100

From DailyTech: When we discuss the topic SSDs on DailyTech, one thing that normally is a given with these hot devices is a high price tag. Take for example the Reactor and Nova Series SSDs that Corsair announced earlier this month -- their MSRPs started from $185 and $200...

Report: IPhone OS 4.0 Will Bring True Multitasking This Summer

From DailyTech: If it can't sue its rival smartphone makers out of existence, it appears that Apple plans to at least catch up to them.

According to AppleInsider, Apple will finally be bringing a "full-on solution" to multi-tasking with iPhone OS 4.0 which is set to debut this...

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