Google launches KC fiber net, intros Google Fiber TV

From CNET News.com: Google launched its 1 Gigabit per second broadband service in Kansas City today and also unveiled a new interactive TV service called Google Fiber TV in a move it hopes will push the broadband and paid TV industries to deploy faster speed networks at a lower cost...

Princeton: Replacing RAM with Flash Can Save Massive Power

From Tom's Hardware: Fusion-io and Princeton University recently announced a partnership in which the company would enable customers to use Flash memory as an extension of DRAM. The University now added some more information about the technology that adds to the product and developer...

Apple iPhones Outsold by Samsung 2-to-1 in Q2, Profit Suffers

From DailyTech: The good news Apple, Inc. fans is that Apple is forecast to be the most profitable American company for 2012.

The company's calendar Q2 2012 (fiscal Q3) results, just reported, revealed a 20 percent spike in profits on a year-to-year basis, soaring to $8.8B USD on a...

Samsung Galaxy S3 loses local search after 'stability' update

From CNET News.com: Samsung is rolling out an update for its international Galaxy S3 smartphone that disables on-device search functionality.

According to Android Central, the over-the-air upgrade currently rolling out is described as a "stability" update and, although it brings...

ARM's Q2 continues climb in sales and profits

From EETimes: Processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) has posted yet another quarter with increased sales and profits.

As it announced its 2Q12 financial results ARM highlighted that it shipped 2 billion chips in the quarter, up 9 percent compared with 2Q11 while...

YouTube Asks Users to Post Real Names in Bid to Clean Up Comments

From PC World: Google is trying to clean up YouTube’s comments section by encouraging users to post their real names.

When a YouTube user now tries to comment on a video, a box pops up asking that person to start using their "full name" at the video sharing site. The "full name" is...

AT&T posts Q2 profit of $3.9B, sells 3.7M iPhones

From CNET News.com: AT&T posted a modest increase in its second-quarter profit even as it sold 3.7 million iPhones in the period.

The Dallas telecommunications giant posted a profit of $3.9 billion, or 66 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $3.6 billion, or 60...

Windows 8 Pumps up Metro UI With DirectX 11.1 Graphics

From DailyTech: Windows 8, Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) innovative and controversial new consumer operating system (OS) is set to hit store shelves and go live online on October 26.

Available in three varieties (Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, and the ARM-compatible Windows 8 RT), the new...

Google Nexus 7 16 GB Sells Out, is Android's First Tablet Hit

From DailyTech: While the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KSC:005930) saw some modest international sales success, no Android tablet to date has truly challenged market dominator Apple, Inc. (AAPL), unless you count Amazon.com, Inc.'s (AMZN) quasi-Android Kindle...

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