Nvidia CFO: Manufacturing Yield Problems Are 'easing'

From PC World: Manufacturing problems that delayed the release of Nvidia's high-end Fermi chip family have eased, giving the company a boost in terms of sales and gross margin, the company's chief financial officer said Thursday.

Fermi is the code name for a graphics chip...

RIM tablet said to be 'companion device'

From CNET News.com: Boy Genius Report said on Thursday that it confirmed with multiple sources that the upcoming Research In Motion tablet will be a "companion device." Where have you heard that before? Oh right: The ill-fated Palm Foleo. The "best idea" Palm founder Jeff Hawkins'...

Apple Macintosh Finally Gets Video Games with Valve’s Steam

From X-bit Labs: Although Apple Macintosh computers have been pretty popular among consumers, they have only supported select OpenGL-based games and have never been considered a platform for gaming. However, as Valve Software releases its Steam client for Macs, the situation may...

Microsoft counters Google's sales pitch to Office users

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has gone on the counterattack against Google, saying that its rival's online applications don't cut it as supplements to Microsoft Office.

In a lengthy blog post, Alex Payne, director of Microsoft's online product management team, took on a recent Google...

Sony: PlayStation Finally Profitable, Sort Of

From PC World: Wonder of wonders, Sony's PlayStation 3 may have finally inched into the black after years of splashing around in an ocean of red. The company claims it turned the road in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year which runs from April to March, posting a profit for the...

HTC Evo 4G available June 4 for $199.99

From CNET News.com: Sprint CEO Dan Hesse finally revealed the pricing and release date of the much anticipated HTC Evo 4G at a special event here Wednesday. The nation's first 4G smartphone will be available starting June 4 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail...

Adobe fights Apple with pro-Flash ad campaign

From CNET News.com: Adobe Systems may not have a chief executive with Steve Jobs' high profile, but it does have money. And on Thursday it began spending some of it on an effort to rebut the Apple CEO's crticisims of Adobe's Flash technology.

The campaign includes a Web site...

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