From InfoWorld: Intel hopes to take hardware performance to the next level with its latest Xeon Phi supercomputing chip, which packs an array of new hardware technologies that could ultimately find their way to laptops and desktops.
The new Xeon Phi chip, also called Knights Landing, is Intel's...
From PC World: Microsoft is continuing Nokia’s Android experiment by adding a new smartphone to the Nokia X series. The next-generation model due in July will feature even more Microsoft software.
Called the Nokia X2, the phone’s hardware improves slightly on the first generation of Nokia X...
From CNET: Samsung plans to introduce its first Android Wear device at Google's developer conference next week, people familiar with the matter told CNET. The wearable will be a smartwatch, much like the Gear devices Samsung has released in the past year, the people said.
Samsung has been working...
From DailyTech: The Google I/O conference kicks off tomorrow with a two-hour keynote, and we’re bound to see a big emphasis placed on the Android Wear platform that will power a new generation of wearable devices.
While LG has announced its G Watch, and Samsung is set to show off its own Android...
From InfoWorld: Advanced Micro Devices is reworking its core PC chip design to be 25 times more energy-efficient over the next six years, possibly resulting in laptop battery life of up to 50 hours on idle time.
So said Sam Naffziger, corporate fellow at AMD, adding that estimated battery life on...
From PC World: Nvidia has cancelled plans to develop a 64-bit CPU processor for servers, three years after it said it would build such a chip.
“That’s not something we’re doing today,” said Ian Buck, vice president of accelerated computing at Nvidia.
The company is instead focusing its latest 64...
From CNET: Rumours have been flying for some time now that HTC is making the next Google Nexus tablet, with industry insiders tipping that it might come with an 8.9-inch screen, matching the latest offerings from Apple and Amazon. This seems to be supported by specs and photos leaked to Android...
From DailyTech: Google acquired Nest Labs back in January in an all-cash deal valued at $3.2 billion. Now, thanks to the deep pockets of its parent company, Nest Labs has acquired Dropcam for a reported $555 million.
News of the deal first surfaced nearly a month ago following reports that Google...
Since this is the first time we here at APH Networks are covering something with the name "Deskstar" attached to it, I have no choice but to go over a bit of history. Back in 1994, IBM launched their Deskstar line of hard drives. This name became infamous to consumers and professionals alike at the turn of the millennium, thanks to the Deskstar 75GXP, which consisted of six models ranging from 15GB to 75GB notoriously known for their unusually...
From InfoWorld: Oracle is scooping up co-browsing software maker LiveLook in a bid to flesh out its suite of customer experience software.
LiveLook's product is already being used by more than 100 Oracle customers, having been embedded into Oracle's customer service application. It gives support...
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