From DailyTech: Even as the death knells sound for Research in Motion, Ltd. (TSE:RIM), the smartphone industry may be close to claiming another casualty. Faced with slumping sales and unable to compete with slick handsets from Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd....

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. said it had started volume shipments of its next-generation Core i 3000-series central processing units (CPUs) code-named Ivy Bridge. The world's largest maker of chips expects very rapid ramp of its microprocessors produced using 22nm process technology...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices this week lowered recommended pricing on some of its latest "Southern Islands" graphics cards and also said that it would provide three new video games for free with the purchase of high-end graphics boards. The decision will likely help AMD to...

From InfoWorld: Oracle and Google kicked off a high-stakes jury trial in San Francisco on Monday, with Oracle arguing that Google ran roughshod over its intellectual property rights because the search giant was scared of getting left behind in the mobile advertising business.

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From CNET News.com: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published patent 8,161,411 related to a "graphical user interface for browsing, searching, and presenting media items." Apple filed for the patent back in 2004, when the online retail venue was still known as the iTunes...

From DailyTech: Windows XP launched in 2001 with two primary editions -- Home and Professional. Later Media Center and a handful of regional-targeted versions would be tacked on. In 2006 Windows Vista -- an operating system that fairly or unfairly would come to be quite loathed and...

From DailyTech: Patriot Memory has announced its new Patriot Memory EP Series. The cards come in both SDHC and SDXC formats and promise twice the performance of Class X memory cards. The catch is to get the extra speedy have to be using a camera or video camera that is UHS-I...

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. on Monday introduced its latest family of affordable solid-state drives (SSDs) that combine high performance with relatively low prices. Intel 330-series SSDs are mostly designed for consumers, who want to speed up operation of frequently used programs...

From X-bit Labs: Western Digital has refreshed the VelociRaptor lineup of high-end hard disk drives (HDDs) designed for performance enthusiasts. The new family of hard drives with 10 000rpm spindle speed now includes three models and utilizes the latest technologies, such as advanced...

From PC World: Following the outbreak of the Flashback Mac Trojan, security researchers have spotted two more cases of Mac OS X malware. The good news is most users have little reason to worry about them.

Both cases are variants on the same Trojan, called SabPub, Kaspersky Lab...