Intel to preview new chips on December 17

From CNET News.com: On December 17, Intel will preview new processors for laptops, among other chip technologies.

The preview is significant because it will be Intel's first chance to show off its ready-to-ship, commercially viable next-generation 32-nanometer technology. Almost all...

Intel Discontinues Solid-State Drives with 50nm Flash

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has announced plans to discontinue its X25-M and X18-M solid-state drives (SSDs) that are based on multi-level cell flash produced using 50nm process technology. The process is rather natural given that the company already ships SSDs powered by 34nm flash...

Apple countersues Nokia over patents

From InfoWorld: Apple has filed a patent lawsuit accusing Nokia of infringing 13 Apple patents, in response to Nokia's patent lawsuit against Apple filed in October.

Apple didn't detail what patents it has accused Nokia of infringing. "Other companies must compete with us by...

AT&T All Over the Map in Addressing Challenges

From PC World: AT&T's assertion that customers consume too much data, and its threat to institute tiered pricing rather than providing unlimited data plans is just the latest folly in AT&T's chaotic struggle to address the myriad challenges facing it. The kitchen sink approach doesn...

TechCrunch files suit over CrunchPad

From CNET News.com: TechCrunch filed a lawsuit Thursday against Fusion Garage, the blog's onetime partner on the CrunchPad tablet device, TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington announced Friday.

Arrington wrote that the suit charges Fusion Garage with "Fraud and Deceit...

Facebook backtracks on public friend lists

From CNET News.com: It's been a matter of days since Facebook's new privacy controls went into place, and the company is already making modifications in response to user complaints that they expose too much information. Namely, the company has made it easier to prevent people from...

Microsoft buys data center software firm Opalis

From CNET News.com: Microsoft said Friday that it has acquired Toronto-based Opalis Software, a maker of data center management software.

The company did not disclose financial details of the transaction, but said that the move will augment its System Center line of management...

Dell To Reveal Android Tablet At CES?

From PC World: Various sources hinted this Thursday that Dell could be gearing up to reveal a new tablet device at January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES). If the rumors are true, it could really make 2010 the year of the tablet.

A source, speaking to Pocket-Lint, detailed that...

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