iPhone iOS edges Android on smartphones in U.S.

From InfoWorld: Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry are in a dead heat for U.S. smartphone ownership honors, according to market researcher Nielsen.

But the iPhone's iOS was the clear winner when American smartphone owners were asked which mobile operating system they...

Google Search Engine Now Detects Bad Businesses

From PC World: In an uncharacteristically public way, Google has acknowledged modifying its search engine so it can identify businesses that provide bad service and lower their search results rankings accordingly.

Google took action after a recent story in The New York Times...

RIM acquires TAT, designer of user interfaces

From CNET News.com: Research In Motion has acquired user interface specialist The Astonishing Tribe for an undisclosed sum, the company announced on its blog today.

TAT could be a major pickup for BlackBerry maker RIM. The company, which is based in Sweden, makes several different...

Real to announce new media organizer next week

From CNET News.com: Next week at the D Mobile technology conference, Real Networks will demonstrate its first new major consumer product in a long time, a cross-platform media management service. The as-yet unnamed product is in two parts: software that consumers run on their...

Visiontek Unveils Graphics Card with Built-in Network Accelerator

From X-bit Labs: Visiontek, a well-known supplier of graphics cards from the U.S., on Wednesday introduced the first graphics card with integrated Ethernet processor which speeds up traffic generated by video games and thus minimizes latency. While the graphics card seems interesting...

Nvidia to expand CUDA parallel processing to mobile devices

From InfoWorld: Nvidia is looking to expand its CUDA parallel-processing architecture to mobile devices in the next few years, the company's CEO said Wednesday.

The move, when it comes, could mean a big jump in the ability of mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers to...

Apple Wins Patent on 3D Projector That Needs No Glasses

From PC World: Apple has been awarded a U.S. patent for a display system that would allow multiple viewers to see a high-quality 3D image projected on a screen without the need for special glasses, regardless of where they are sitting.

Following the success of 3D films in movie...

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