AOL to lay off several hundred employees

From CNET News.com: The AOL layoffs are finally here, and they are smaller than some had been expecting.

According to several people close to the situation, the New York-based Internet giant will lay off up to several hundred staffers starting Thursday in very targeted areas of the...

Apple's OS X is First OS to be Hacked at This Year's Pwn2Own

From DailyTech: The conception that Apple, Inc. computers running OS X are magically more secure than Windows computers was dealt another setback this week. Using a flaw in Apple's pre-installed first-party Safari browser, it took French security pro Chaouki Bekrar merely 5 seconds...

Sony Corp. Reorganizes, Will Operate as Two Groups

From DailyTech: Today, Sony Corporation announced a major executive-level reorganization "intended to facilitate the next phase of Sony's transformation into the world's leading provider of networked entertainment and solutions," the company said in a press release.

After the...

Microsoft Kinect Named Fastest Selling Consumer Device Ever

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced another milestone in the commercial life of Kinect for X360 motion sensor. The device has been sold in ten million quantity, which is more than okay for a fairly closed Xbox 360 ecosystem.

"Following one of the biggest launches...

OCZ Sees Dramatic Increase in SSD Demand

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group, Inca leading supplier of solid-state drives (SSDs), said this week that the demand towards SSD in 2010 increased by 380% from 2009. The firm plans to report approximately $190 million in review.

"We are pleased to have achieved record annual...

Apple releases Java updates for Leopard, Snow Leopard

From InfoWorld: Apple rolled out new software updates Tuesday, though probably not the one some users were looking for. Instead of the iOS 4.3 update that some corners of the Internet insisted was in the works for Tuesday, the company released Java updates for Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6...

Rumor: Apple to hold iOS 5, MobileMe event in early April

From CNET News.com: According to a German Web site claiming to have a reliable source, iOS 5 and the new-look MobileMe, widely expected to become a free syncing service offered by Apple, will be unveiled at an event in early April to be held on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif...

Amazon considering free Kindles for Prime members?

From CNET News.com: There are more rumors fluttering around Seattle that at some point, likely the holiday season of 2011, Amazon will start giving away its Kindle e-book reader for free, likely to select (as in Prime) members. And as the e-book market expands, the possibility is...

Report: LTE-Enabled Samsung Stealth Heading to Verizon

From DailyTech: When an unnamed device from Samsung known only as SCH-i520 made the rounds at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, it got lost among Verizon's 10 other forthcoming LTE devices.

While the now aptly named Samsung Stealth flew under most radars back then, it is...

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