SanDisk Outs 120GB, 240GB Extreme SSDs

From DailyTech: SanDisk has announced the addition of a new SSD to its line up called the SanDisk Extreme SSD. The SSD promises to be 10 times faster than a traditional 7200rpm hard disk drive.

This means the computer using the new Extreme SSD can boot in under 16 seconds and shut...

Via Technologies Set to Develop Controllers for Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: Via Technologies, a leading designer of controllers and low-power microprocessors, has decided to enter rapidly growing market of controllers for solid-state drives (SSDs). The company selected Tensilica's Xtensa dataplane processors (DPUs) for a system-on-chip (SoC)...

Revenue of Nvidia Drop Across the Board in Fourth Quarter

From X-bit Labs: Sales of Nvidia Corp. dropped across-the-board in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012 (ended January 29, 2012) due to supply constraints of hard drives, expectations for better professional solutions and decline of demand for Tegra 2 system-on-chip. For the whole...

Google Wallet Open for Business Again

From PC World: Google has issued a fix that changes the behavior of Google Wallet prepaid cards to prevent abuse. The ability to add new prepaid cards to Google Wallet has been restored, and the mobile payment system is back in business.

Following revelations that an unauthorized...

Apple asks bankruptcy court to sue Kodak for patent infringement

From CNET News.com: Apple has asked a bankruptcy court judge for permission to sue Eastman Kodak over alleged patent infringement.

The iPhone maker filed its request with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York. Apple says that it plans to file a complaint...

LG X3 Packs 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Tegra 3, 4.7-inch Screen

From DailyTech: LG Electronics Inc. (KS:066570) has certainly struggled during the smartphone era, which has led to some high-profile executive attrition. But things finally appear to be looking up. The company's smartphone division became profitable in 2011 for the first time in...

HP Opens Up Some More webOS Open Source Treasure Chests

From DailyTech: WebOS is relatively defunct at Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ), but it's not quite dead. While the company reportedly continues to trim the already skeleton crew team of webOS staffers, the company has also continued to do a respectable job offering up open source...

Hard Drive Supplies to Get Better in First Quarter - Analysts

From X-bit Labs: Hard disk drive (HDD) supplies in the first quarter commenced their recovery from the disastrous floods that struck Thailand in late 2011; still, a full recovery of production is still months away, with unit shipments not expected to return to annual growth until the...

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