BlackBerry Offers Up BB10 Demo for iOS, Android Users

From DailyTech: BlackBerry is giving Android and Apple users a sneak peek at what its new BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system can do -- right through their mobile browser.

BlackBerry wants to do more than just tell the world about BB10. It wants to show it why the new OS is...

Nvidia Begins to Refresh Kepler Product Family with GeForce 700M

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. on Monday introduced a new family of mobile graphics processing units for notebooks as well as began to introduce the new breed of Kepler graphics processors by rolling-out code-named GK208 chip. The new family of mobile GPUs provide a step up in...

Android outscores iOS in U.S. smartphone sales, says report

From CNET News.com: Android has grabbed the lead over iOS in the battle for U.S. smartphone buyers, according to a report out yesterday from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech.

From mid-November through mid-February, Android increased its share of U.S. smartphone sales to 51.2 percent, up...

IBM Roadrunner Supercomputer Retires

From DailyTech: One certainty in the technology world is that computer technology advances quickly. What was once of the fastest computers in the world only a few years ago is today well down on the list of the world's top performers. A perfect example is the Roadrunner supercomputer...

Facebook to Unveil Its Own Android-based OS Next Week

From DailyTech: While a Facebook Phone has been through the rumor mill several times over the years, it looks like this idea has finally come to fruition -- and it will be revealed next week.

The press has been invited to a Facebook event at the company's headquarter in Menlo Park...

AMD A-Series Trinity APUs Can Drop Clock-Speed Under High-Loads

From X-bit Labs: Contemporary microprocessors from AMD and Intel can dynamically change their clock-speeds in order to reduce power consumption or improve performance. Still, there are certain clock-speeds that are declared to be default and at which the chips should operate most of...

Lenovo Set to Design Own Microprocessors – Report

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group, one of the largest suppliers of personal computers in the world, is developing its own system-on-chip solution for mobile devices, a media report claims. The application processors are set to be integrated into the new generation of media tablets and...

Dell CEO said to mull Blackstone buyout only with CEO assurance

From CNET News.com: It was assumed just a couple of months ago that Dell would go private with a $24.4 billion buyout under founder and CEO Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake.

But several wrenches have been thrown into that plan.

Dell confirmed earlier this week that...

Razer's Windows 8 Gaming Tablet Starts Shipping

From DailyTech: Founded in 1998, gaming-electronics firm Razer built a strong name for itself in the peripherals realm and has today branched out into its own branded gaming PCs. Its latest effort lands this week -- a gaming geared (x86) Windows 8 tablet named the "Razer Edge".

The...

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