Google Changes Name to Topeka in Elaborate April Fools' Ruse

From DailyTech: Across the country cities are competing to become the first to receive Google's trial deployment of 1 Gbps fiber optics, which is part of Google's initiative to bring high speed internet to the entire world. Many cities are so desperate to score the bid that they've...

Server vendors focus on memory in Nehalem-EX servers

From InfoWorld: Orthodox server designs are receiving a face-lift with Intel's Nehalem-EX processor, with vendors implementing new memory features to boost application performance.

Intel on Tuesday announced new Nehalem-EX processors, which will include up to eight cores and are...

AUO to Acquire Toshiba LCD Plant in Singapore

From PC World: Taiwanese LCD maker AU Optronics (AUO) has signed a deal to acquire Toshiba's LCD manufacturing plant in Singapore, the company said Wednesday.

Under terms of the agreement, AUO will acquire all of the shares in AFPD, a TFT-LCD screen maker owned by Toshiba Mobile...

Firefox coders propose fast-graphics deadline

From CNET News.com: Competition among browser makers is getting fiercer, and Mozilla programmers are pushing a schedule in one hotly contested area, hardware-accelerated graphics.

On Windows, this takes the form of support for Direct2D and DirectWrite, technology to tap into the...

Report: AT&T helped Apple with iPhone issues

From CNET News.com: AT&T executives, apparently feeling the heat of iPhone users' complaints about poor service, have reportedly been working with Apple to resolve the issues.

Since Apple's iPhone launched exclusively on AT&T's network more than two years ago, customers have been...

GE Launches WiMAX Smart Meter Pilot Program

From DailyTech: GE is a major company with a wide range of products and operations around the world. The company has announced that it intends to start a new trial using smart meters in homes and WiMAX 4G service to optimize energy delivery/consumption.

The new pilot program is the...

LG Aims to Grab One-Fourth of 3DTV Market

From DailyTech: LG Electronics plans to sell 1 million 3DTV models by the end of the year, which will give it roughly one-fourth of the developing market. LG is the No. 2 TV brand in the world, and sees the growing 3D market as a key industry business. The South Korean company also...

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