Samsung to invest up to $4 billion in Texas plant

From CNET News.com: Samsung is investing billions of dollars into a plant in Austin, Texas, that's known to produce Apple's mobile processors.

The company said yesterday that it'll spend between $3 billion and $4 billion retrofitting its facility to improve production of more...

Judge Says Google Still Isn't Being Forthright About Paid Bloggers

From DailyTech: Google Inc. (GOOG) beat Oracle Corp. (ORCL), in the Java infringement lawsuit, but even before the inevitable appeal, it is struggling with embarrassing questions regarding payments to bloggers.

Oracle and Florian Mueller -- a blogger who for months predicted Google...

Canon Launches New PowerShot SX500 IS, SX160 IS Cameras

From DailyTech: Canon has announced two new digital cameras that fall into its consumer-friendly PowerShot line. The new cameras are aimed at users looking for super zoom solutions to get them close to the action from afar. The Canon SX500 IS has 30x optical zoom and the SX160 IS...

SanDisk Celebrates 25th Anniversary of NAND Flash Memory

From X-bit Labs: SanDisk Corp., a leading supplier of flash memory storage solutions, on Monday marked the 25-year anniversary of flash memory and shared some of its achievements associated with manufacturing of appropriate memory.

Companies such as SanDisk have increased the...

HTC to take $40 million loss from OnLive investment

From CNET News.com: The embattled HTC is facing some bad news, following OnLive's recent acquisition and restructuring.

The handset maker announced today that it'll be forced to recognized a $40 million investment loss in OnLive. HTC didn't provide details on the loss.

Reports...

Best Buy Names New CEO

From DailyTech: Best Buy has announced the hiring of a new CEO to replace former CEO Brian Dunn. Dunn resigned from his position as CEO in April of this year, after concerns were raised about and "inappropriate relationship" he had with a 29-year-old employee. Dunn was then replaced...

Apple to Release Set-Top Box with Live, On-Demand Content

From DailyTech: Apple is planning to release a set-top box with a myriad of new features onboard, but it must contend with cable operators and entertainment companies first.

The new Apple set-top box device has one main goal: to offer both live and on-demand content in one place...

Lenovo: Windows RT Tablets Will Be Cheaper than Windows 8 Slates

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group believes that media tablets running Windows RT operating system and utilizing system-on-chips based on ARM architecture will be $200 - $300 cheaper than slate-type PCs powered by Windows 8 that use x86 microprocessors. As a result, ARM-based tablets will...

Sony Is Working on Cost Reduction of PlayStation Vita

From X-bit Labs: Sales of Sony PlayStation Vita are far from great due to competition from numerous non-gaming devices as well as relatively high prices amid short list of video games designed for the platform. Sony Computer Entertainment is working on a version of PS Vita with...

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