Microsoft Bing Slipped to Fifth Place in the Global Search Market

From DailyTech: While Microsoft is running its Scroogled campaign to try to lure away Google users to its own services, Bing has slipped in the global search engine rankings. The latest numbers are in for the last two months of 2012 from comScore. According to the comScore qSearch...

Microsoft, Symantec Bust Bamital Botnet

From DailyTech: Microsoft has announced officially that it and Symantec have worked together to take down the dangerous Bamital botnet. This botnet was used to hijack search results on computers around the world, taking the computer user to potentially dangerous websites. Once the...

AMD to Focus on Radeon HD 7000 For Quite Some Time

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices has already announced that it would refresh its graphics product line in the first half of the year, but it looks like the company will only do so in the second quarter of the year, according to a public statement. While the move is pretty...

Evidence Mounts About Single-Chip GeForce GTX Titan

From X-bit Labs: As the anticipated launch of the new flagship graphics card from Nvidia Corp. is getting closer, more details about the graphics card emerge. According to multiple media and non-media sources, Nvidia is indeed preparing a new single-chip graphics card based on the...

Ubuntu OS smartphones to hit stores in October

From CNET News.com: It's been said that Ubuntu's open-source operating system would be available on smartphones by the end of the year, and now it's confirmed that consumers can get their hands on such devices in October.

Ubuntu is made by Canonical, and according to the Wall Street...

BlackBerry Z10 Sells 3 Times Better Than Previous Models in the UK

From DailyTech: BlackBerry recently launched its new smartphone called the Z10 in the UK and so far, sales are doing very well. The company announced that the new Z10 smartphone is selling nearly three times better in the UK than any of its previous models in the first week they hit...

Sony Posts Eighth Straight Quarterly Loss

From DailyTech: Things aren't going well for Sony, as the company is struggling in multiple market segments to compete. The company has seen its profits slump and recently posted its eighth consecutive quarterly loss. Sony was also forced to cut sales targets for its TVs, gaming...

New Apple Mac Pro High-End Desktop Due This Spring

From X-bit Labs: While Apple will discontinue its existing Mac Pro high-end desktop in Europe and nearby countries later this month as it does not comply with certain local regulations, the absence of Mac Pro on those markets will be temporary. According to a media report, Apple...

Microsoft Xbox Next to Be Incompatible with Pre-Owned Games

From X-bit Labs: As expected, Microsoft Corp. will not rely on digital downloads only for its next-generation Xbox game console and will distribute titles for the system on Blu-ray discs with up to 50GB capacity. Thanks to the new game activation system, purchased games will be...

BlackBerry Q10 phone may not reach U.S. until May or June

From CNET News.com: BlackBerry customers in the U.S. awaiting the new Q10 smartphone may have a long wait ahead of them.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins told the Associated Press this week that the Q10 phone, which offers a traditional physical keyboard, will probably launch eight to...

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