Dell Goes Patch Crazy to Fix Its Overheating Laptops

From DailyTech: Overheating problems in mobile electronics are hardly new territory, but they're always unpleasant to say the least. Thus when news broke earlier this week that some users' Dell Latitude E6400 and E6500 (as well as select XPS notebooks) were overheating and...

Samsung Begins to Mass Produce NAND Flash with DDR Interface

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it began shipping its 32Gb multi-level-cell (MLC) NAND flash chips with an asynchronous DDR (double data rate) interface made using 30nm-class process technology to major OEMs at the end of November.

“With the new DDR MLC...

Microsoft denies blame for 'black screens of death'

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has denied that its November Windows updates are causing a widespread "black screen" lock-out of users' PCs.

"Microsoft has investigated reports that its November security updates made changes to permissions in the registry that are resulting in system...

Psystar Stops Selling Mac Clones With Apple's OS

From PC World: Mac clone maker Psystar has agreed to pay Apple nearly $2.7 million in a partial settlement approved today by the federal judge who has overseen the 17-month case.

Psystar has also halted sales of Intel-based clones with Mac OS X preinstalled. Late Tuesday, its Web...

Comcast poised to get NBC Universal

From CNET News.com: Comcast is very close to sealing the deal to acquire NBC Universal, CNBC anchor and reporter David Faber reported Tuesday. The only thing left to do is sign the papers.

Faber said in a story posted on the CNBC Web site that the deal is expected to be formally...

One of Google Chrome OS's hardest tasks? Printing

From CNET News.com: Many challenges will have to be solved before Google is ready to release Chrome OS, it's browser-based operating system for Netbooks. One of the biggest ones could be something as far offline as it gets.

Driver support has derailed many an operating system...

Intel Issues Fix for X25-M G2 SSD Firmware

From DailyTech: In late October, DailyTech reported that Intel was once again having firmware issues with its speedy MLC-based SSDs. In the latest case, the new firmware not only boosted write speeds by 40 percent for the 160GB X25-M G2, but it also added TRIM support in Windows 7...

Sony Commercializes the First TransferJet Chips

From X-bit Labs: Sony Corp. on Monday unveiled the world’s first controllers for TransferJet close-proximity communication technology. At present the company only ships samples of appropriate chips, hence, final devices that will be able to communicate between themselves rapidly and...

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