Bing deepens liked results Facebook integration

From CNET News.com: Microsoft says the feature that highlights Facebook activity around some of Bing's search results has been "extended" to include any and all URLs.

The company announced the expansion in a blog post earlier today, saying that this integration was just "part of a...

Intel: No Plans for Support of Other Protocols over Thunderbolt

From X-bit Labs: Even though originally Light Peak was meant to support a number of completely different protocols, its final implementation - Thunderbolt 1.0 - only supports two. As a result, those device makers, who want compliancy with the tech should acquire a controller from...

Leading Hard Drive Makers to Support Intel Thunderbolt

From X-bit Labs: Two leading makers of hard disk drives - Seagate Technology and Western Digital - said on Thursday that they would support the new interconnect technology unveiled by Intel Corp., the Thunderbolt. Both companies aim to provide solutions supporting the TB I/O tech in...

Apple's MacBook Pro Update: What's New

From PC World: Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro laptop line Thursday, and it's not just about speeds and feeds this time. With the addition of Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, AMD graphics, Facetime-enabled HD camera and a new high-speed Thunderbolt I/O port (reportedly 12 times faster...

Intel's Thunderbolt gets off the ground

From InfoWorld: Intel's Thunderbolt interconnect technology, formerly called Light Peak, has emerged from the company's lab and will soon find its way into product, including Apple's new line of MacBook Pro laptops, Intel said Thursday.

First announced in 2009, Intel's Thunderbolt...

FaceTime for Mac out of beta

From CNET News.com: Mac owners can now download FaceTime for video chats with friends.

Apple said today that FaceTime for Mac is available in its Mac App Store for 99 cents. With the help of the app, those using Mac OS X Snow Leopard can engage in video chats with people using the...

Vizio dominates LCD TV market in U.S.

From CNET News.com: Vizio easily bested its competitors in the LCD TV market in the fourth quarter and for all of 2010.

The company shipped nearly 2.9 million LCD TVs in the U.S. during the fourth quarter, capturing 27.6 percent market share, research firm iSuppli reported today...

Patriot Announces Wildfire Series SSDs

From DailyTech: Patriot has added new SSDs to its lineup today that are aimed directly at the desktop and notebook market.

The new SSDs are the Patriot Wildfire line and the company claims they are the fastest SSDs that it has ever offered to the public. The new SSDs use the...

Apple Releases OS X 10.7 Lion to Developers

From DailyTech: No other company in the mobile sphere has done quite as good a job of courting mobile app developers as Apple. While part of the reason iOS has by far the largest library of apps still is due to the inherent ease of Objective-C, a major part is the effort Apple puts...

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