From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices' graphics business unit, previously known as ATI, announced on Thursday that it had shipped 25 million of graphics processing units (GPUs) that support DirectX 11 application programming interface (API). Unfortunately, even advanced product...

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices hopes to gain nettop market positions next year when its partners ship micro-ITX mainboards based on Zacate processors for low-power desktop personal computers. While it is clear that Zacate chips have a number of advantages over competing...

From DailyTech: Before even launching the Galaxy S line of Android smartphones, Samsung promised consumers that they would receive Froyo at some point on the devices. According to reports from BriefMobile, the beginning of that reality is underway.

A number of users of the Galaxy S...

From PC World: The MeeGo project is getting ready to release version 1.1 of the operating system, which should allow developers to start working on applications for smartphones, according to a blog post.

"Creating [version 1.1] is important because it gives developers, especially...

From PC World: Have you noticed? Facebook, the world's favorite social networking tool, has been jockeying for position lately. So have Skype and Twitter. These giants lost their lead after an unprecedented run-up from newcomer Tango, a new free mobile-to-mobile video calling service...

From DailyTech: Well, we didn't see this one coming. With all of the talk about a "done deal" for Apple's iPhone 4 on Verizon's CDMA network, it appears that were backroom discussions of a different nature going on between the two companies. Verizon announced today that it will be...

From DailyTech: Yahoo! Inc. and AOL, Inc. have a lot of in common. Both are two of the most recognizable names on the internet. But both have struggled greatly in recent years. AOL, known for its iconic free registration floppy discs and CDs, had 30 million registered users to its...

From X-bit Labs: Hon Hai, or Foxconn, is essentially the manager of one of the world's major electronics factories. Foxconn is one of the premier manufacturers of electronics designed by Apple, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft, Dell, HP, among many others.

Although Foxconn is...

From CNET News.com: Opera Software announced significant new steps for its browsers today, including the release soon of Opera Mobile for Android phones and extensions technology in the upcoming Opera 11 for computers.

In both those cases--and also in the Opera Mini browser for less...

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics has started volume production of 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) 64Gb flash memory chips made using 20nm-class process technology. The new products will allow the company to produce lower-cost memory cards or flash drives with higher capacity.

Samsung’s...