Dell to buy 3Par for $1.15 billion

From CNET News.com: Dell is set to acquire storage specialist 3Par for about $1.15 billion to beef up its enterprise cloud offerings, the tech giant announced Monday.

3Par, founded in 1999, offers highly virtualized storage arrays designed to help businesses treat storage as a...

Facebook snaps up Chai Labs

From CNET News.com: In yet another small acquisition, Facebook has bought Chai Labs, several sources said.

BoomTown could not confirm the price for the purchase of the content-focused start-up, but it is likely to be under $10 million and more focused on acquiring talent.

The...

Microsoft Forms Games Studios Mobile Gaming

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. formed its Microsoft Game Studios publisher back in 2002, about the same time it released its Xbox game console, in order to provide exclusive content for the new video game system. It looks like months before the launch of Windows Phone 7 operating...

Micron Unveils Its First Enterprise SSD with SLC Flash Memory

From X-bit Labs: Micron Technology, a leading maker of various types of memory, has launched its first lineup of enterprise-class solid-state drives (SSDs) that combine single-level cell (SLC) flash memory with Serial ATA-600 interface. According to Micron, the novelty delivers up to...

Cooler Master CM Storm Inferno Review

Ever since the recent release of Starcraft 2, most of us who are hardcore gamers have become quite a bit busier. Whether it be playing through Campaign on 'Brutal' difficulty level for the Sarah Kerrigan portrait, or just running up the ranks on Ladder, one thing is for sure -- while playing Starcraft 2 (Or games of other genres, for that matter, such as RTS, RPG, and FPS), one needs to be prepared with the right equipment to go...

Microsoft Readies Internet Explorer Beta

From PC World: Microsoft on Thursday announced it will release a public beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) on September 15, a little less than five weeks from now.

Only a minority of Windows users will be able to try the beta, however. IE9 will not work on Windows XP, the aged...

Details about Intel's upcoming Medfield smartphone chip emerge

From InfoWorld: Details have emerged about Intel's upcoming Medfield chip platform for smartphones, which is due for release in 2011 and will succeed the company's existing Moorestown platform, which was originally announced in May.

The Medfield platform will include a power...

Oracle sues Google over Android and Java

From CNET News.com: Oracle issued a press release late Thursday saying it has filed suit against Google for infringing on copyrights and patents related to Java, which Oracle acquired along with Sun Microsystems earlier this year. The terse release claimed Google "knowingly...

Nvidia's Graphics Chips and Core-Logic Revenue Drops 30%

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp.'s sales of graphics processors and chipsets dropped 29.5% sequentially in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, the company said on Thursday. But weak sales of consumer chips was not the only reason why the firm posted a loss. Apparently, Nvidia was hit...

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