Electronic Arts Unleashes Alpha Version of Origin System for Mac

From X-bit Labs: More video games are on their way to Apple Mac personal computers as Electronic Arts is preparing to launch its Origin video game distribution service, making the latest titles available on the platform that could not be named “gamers friendly” just a few years ago...

Belkin to Acquire Cisco’s Linksys Home Networking Business

From X-bit Labs: Belkin, a private company specialized on computer accessories and networking products, on Thursday said that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s home networking business unit, including its proven products, technology, well-known Linksys brand and...

Nokia pulls off a profit, holds out hope for the future

From CNET News.com: Nokia might be down, but it's certainly not out.

The company today reported its fourth-quarter earnings, and offered up performance that might make its doomsayers think twice. During the fourth quarter, Nokia was able to generate a profit of 202 million euros (...

Apple Earnings Worry Investors; Stock Falls 10 Percent

From DailyTech: While Apple managed to surpass analysts' profit forecasts for the fiscal 2013 first quarter, the company's stock took a tumble as investors worry over Apple's ability to maintain steady growth with new products.

Apple reported a revenue of $54.5 billion for the...

AMD Beats Analyst Estimates, Trims Losses

From DailyTech: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) still is in a very uncertain position. Its GPUs are currently getting outpriced and outcompeted by NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA). On the CPU side, it is shining in certain niches -- heavily threaded applications (with Piledriver server chips...

Mass Availability of WD’s Solid-State Hybrid Drive Slips to 2014

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital announced its solid-state hybrid drives (SSHD), storage devices that combine high-speed NAND flash memory and high-capacity rotating media, last September, but since the products are still in development, they will likely miss window of opportunity...

WD’s Revenue Down as Hard Drives Unit Sales Drop

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital on Wednesday reported revenue for Q2 of its fiscal 2013, which ended on December 28, 2012. The company’s revenue was down significantly as a result of substantial drop in hard disk drive (HDD) shipments and flat average selling price. While the...

LG Optimus G Pro to debut this April

From CNET News.com: LG's Optimus G Pro smartphone will reach consumers in April, at least those in Japan.

Japanese provider NTT DoCoMo announced the news yesterday. A Google-translated version of the company's press release revealed early April as the launch date for the successor...

Google Reports Increased Profit for Q4 2012

From DailyTech: Google has reported impressive fourth quarter earnings for 2012, but missed analyst expectations on the revenue front.

Google's revenue was $11.34 billion in Q4 2012, not including Motorola Home's sales of $802 million. Analysts were expecting $12.4 billion for the...

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