Acer debuts smartphone, netbook with Google Android

From X-bit Labs: Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, on Wednesday announced two of its most highly anticipated products with Google's Android mobile operating system on board, the Liquid smartphone and an Aspire One netbook.

Acer Liquid is a touchscreen smartphone running...

An iPhone With FM Radio? Yes Please!

From InfoWorld: Apple is developing an in-house iPhone and iPod Touch radio application, which will enable users to listen to FM radio on their existing devices, according to sources quoted by 9to5Mac.

The iPhone 3G/3GS and the latest iPod Touch are able to receive FM radio signals...

Next Microsoft Xbox Console to Use AMD GPU?

From PC World: Tag as "really iffy rumor," but tech site Fudzilla is claiming AMD's GPU technology will once more do the heavy lifting under the hood of Microsoft's next video games console.

In a vague, perfunctory post, Fudzilla writes "We've learned from industry sources that AMD...

Intel earnings beat Wall Street predictions

From CNET News.com: Intel's third-quarter revenue jumped $1.4 billion over the second quarter, though year-to-year revenue and profit comparisons were down.

The world's largest chipmaker is struggling to lead the PC industry out of a brutal downturn that saw demand collapse earlier...

Call it a comeback? Google earnings due

From CNET News.com: With the online ad business appearing to have collected itself at the bottom of the ravine, all eyes will be on Google's earnings report Thursday to see if it has figured out where the path back to the top starts.

Investors are feeling good about Google in the...

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2 Released For Public Testing

From DailyTech: The team behind the Mandriva Linux operating system recently announced the immediate availability of the Mandriva Linux 2010 Release Candidate 2.

The update mainly fixed user-reported bugs, but had several new software packages, with kde 4.3.2, GNOME 2.28, Poulsbo...

Apple iPhone Tops in Smartphone Satisfaction

From DailyTech: While most of the technology world finds itself in decline, a few product categories are growing. Two of the most notable are the netbook and smartphone markets. J.D. Power & Associates have released three new studies of the mobile phone industry that each ranks a...

Microsoft taps the 'Family Guy' to sell Windows 7

From CNET News.com: Microsoft on Tuesday plans to announce a deal with News Corp.'s Fox that will see Microsoft sponsoring a TV show that will merge a pitch for Windows 7 with the comedic stylings of "Family Guy" voices Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein.

The show, dubbed "Family...

Windows 7 critical holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday

From CNET News.com: Microsoft released a record number of 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday--and the first critical update for Windows 7--as well as fixes for zero-day flaws involving Server Message Block (SMB) and Internet Information Services (IIS).

The most...

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