Intel to exceed eight cores with Nehalem-EX successor

From InfoWorld: Intel said on Thursday it would release a successor to its eight-core Nehalem-EX chips next year with more cores and faster speeds as it tries to push the limits of server performance.

The new chips, code-named Westmere-EX, will be targeted at servers with four...

Apple Announces U.K. IPad Prices, More Countries

From PC World: Have you been waiting eagerly for the iPad to be available outside the U.S.? If so, then today is your day: Apple announced on Friday that it will make the iPad available in nine more countries this summer, as well as dishing on the prices for pre-ordering in the U.K...

iPhone shipments up 131 percent in first quarter

From CNET News.com: Apple iPhone shipments surged 131.6 percent in the first quarter over the same period last year, according to a report released Friday.

Market researcher IDC said 8.8 million iPhones shipped in the first quarter, compared with 3.8 million in year-ago period. The...

Report: Apple iPad Encroaching on Notebook, Netbook Market

From DailyTech: The anticipation surrounding the iPad in the months leading up to its official announcement was intense. Once the product was officially announced, many competitors started saying that the iPad might be Apple's worst product ever.

Despite what competitors and...

Nvidia Reportedly Preps Lower-Cost DirectX 11 Graphics Cards

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp., according to a media report, plans to refresh nearly the whole lineup of its graphics processors by back-to-school season. The new line will reportedly include GF104, GF106 and GF108 graphics processing units, which support DirectX 11 along with other...

ARM Blames Adobe Flash for Delays of Smartbooks

From X-bit Labs: ARM Holdings, a developer of low-power microprocessor architectures, blamed the lack of Adobe Flash support by ARM processors for postpones of smartbook computers. In addition, a vice president of ARM indicated that unexpected popularity of slate-type systems also...

Microsoft gets some heat over HTML5 plans

From InfoWorld: Microsoft came under fire from some of its rivals on Wednesday for its decision not to offer Internet Explorer 9 -- and hence support for the upcoming HTML5 standard -- to users of its older Windows XP operating system.

Microsoft said at its MIX developer conference...

New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Your Profile

From PC World: When a piece of software is automatically installed on your computer without your knowledge, it's called malware. But what do you call it when Facebook apps are added to your profile without your knowledge? We discovered Wednesday that this is actually happening, and...

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