Microsoft's CEO Dismisses Idea to Split Up the Company

From X-bit Labs: Even though an analyst back in October said that it would make sense to split up Microsoft Corp. into several companies targeting different markets to "unlock the hidden value", the world's largest software developer does not have such plans.

"I obviously don't...

Intel: Sandy Bridge Processor Is the Pentium of Our Days

From X-bit Labs: Every new generation of central processing units (CPUs) brings improved performance as well as enhanced set of features. Some generations bring breakthrough changes to computing and some just pass some incremental benefits. According to Intel Corp.'s chief executive...

As Netflix bears down, Hulu Plus cuts price

From CNET News.com: The video portal backed by Disney, Fox, and NBC Universal said today that it has trimmed the monthly price of its subscription to $7.99, an obvious sign that the service is struggling to acquire customers.

In June, when Hulu first began charging for a premium...

Sprint to Launch HTC EVO Shift 4G

From DailyTech: Engadget has obtained some information from a reliable tipster that suggests Sprint will try to capitalize on the huge success of the HTC EVO 4G by introducing a new version in the near future.

The HTC EVO Shift 4G, as it is being trademarked, is set to be a smaller...

Nook Color Airs For $250, Early Reviews are Mixed

From DailyTech: Launching at $250, the Nook Color, a new e-book reader from America's largest book retailer, Barnes & Noble, is an interesting proposition. It lacks apps, but otherwise offers most of the features of a tablet, albeit crippled to various degrees. The 7" E-Book Reader...

Intel Demonstrates HPC Knights Ferry Accelerator at Trade Show

From X-bit Labs: At the SC10 trade-show dedicated to supercomputers, Intel Corp. demonstrated its first high-performance computing (HPC) accelerator for the first time on public. The code-named Knights Ferry device - which is not supposed to become a commercial compute solution and...

Hitachi Releases Its First Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: After two years of development, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has unveiled two families of its enterprise-grade solid-state drives. The novelties feature Serial Attached SCSI or Fibre-Channel interfaces and will be solely aimed at the markets that...

AMD to ship first Bulldozer server chips in Q3

From InfoWorld: Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday said it will start shipping next-generation Opteron server chips based on the new Bulldozer architecture starting in the third quarter next year.

The first Bulldozer server chips are code-named Interlagos and will come with up to 16...

Warner Music earnings continue skid

From CNET News.com: The transition to digital doesn't seem to be going that well for Warner Music Group.

The third largest of the four top record labels reported a net loss of $46 million for the company's fourth quarter. During the same period last year, the company reported a loss...

Amazon Goes Hollywood With New Online Movie Studio

From PC World: Amazon.com is getting into the movie business by opening Amazon Studios, with the goal of using the Internet to put fresh movies on the big screen.

The new Internet movie studio will allow writers to upload screenplays to its website where the global Internet audience...

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