Apple Looks to Trademark iWatch in Japan

From DailyTech: Apple is currently trying to trademark the name "iWatch" in Japan, signifying another step forward in the tech giant's quest for a possible 2013 smart watch release.

According to Bloomberg, Apple filed a request with the Japan Patent Office to trademark the name...

Hewlett-Packard to Dive Back into Smartphone Market

From DailyTech: Hewlett-Packard's last attempt at smartphones was a huge bust, but it looks like the company will give it another shot.

Yam Su Yin, HP Senior Director Consumer PC and Media Tablets Asia Pacific, said that HP is planning to enter the smartphone market once again....

Intel’s New Chief Exec Serious About Foundry Business

From X-bit Labs: Being the world’s largest and most progressive maker of semiconductors, Intel Corp. is tremendously interested in keeping its manufacturing capacities fully loaded. The new chief executive of the company, Brian Krzanich, is expected to be much more flexible when it...

Gigabyte Aivia Neon Review

What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
(II. ii. 42-43).

This quote taken from 'Romeo and Juliet', and is spoken by Juliet. In this, Juliet is questioning why her love of her life is also from the family of her enemies. While most of us have read Romeo and Juliet in their earlier days, Juliet does bring up a good point. What is in a name? Not only humans, but companies also have their...

T-Mobile forks over $308M for US Cellular spectrum

From CNET News.com: T-Mobile customers in places like St. Louis and New Orleans are about to get a boost in coverage.

The wireless carrier has agreed to pay $308 million in cash for U.S. Cellular spectrum to expand its footprint in the Mississippi Valley region. Specifically, T...

Microsoft: Windows Phone is in Third Place and We're Proud

From DailyTech: A report from market research firm Interactive Data Corp. (IDC) last month gave some surprising news -- "Windows Phone posted the largest year-over-year gain among the leading operating systems, more than doubling its size from a year ago."

Led by Finnish phonemaker...

Intel’s Havok Releases Free End-to-End Mobile 3D Game Engine

From X-bit Labs: Havok, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel Corp., this week publicly launched Project Anarchy, Havok’s complete end-to-end mobile 3D game production engine. Games developed using Project Anarchy technology can be deployed for free on Apple iOS, Google Android and...

Sony releases PS3 firmware update to fix last week's fiasc

From CNET News.com: Sony has released a patch to fix the buggy 4.45 firmware update that left some people with crippled PlayStation 3 consoles.

Complaints flooded in last week after Playstation users downloaded and installed the 4.45 update, which was designed to let users turn...

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