DDR4 Memory Now Projected to Debut in 2014, But Ramp Up Rapidly

From X-bit Labs: It took over three years for DDR3 dynamic random access memory (DRAM) to take off and become dominating type of memory and it looks like it will remain on the market till at least 2015 as the debut of DDR4 is now delayed till 2014 and even with rapid ramp of the...

iCloud: What's in, what's out for MobileMe users

From InfoWorld: Apple won't officially debut iCloud for months -- September is the bet by most -- but last week the company revealed more information about what the online sync and storage service will and won't include.

The news was especially welcome to customers already paying...

Snow Leopard Updated in Anticipation of Lion

From PC World: Apple last week released the final feature update for Snow Leopard as it prepared users' Macs for the upcoming Lion upgrade set to ship in July.

Included in the update to Mac OS X 10.6.7 were patches for 36 vulnerabilities in Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard Server...

Rapid-release Firefox meets corporate backlash

From CNET News.com: Last week, Mozilla programmers and executives were jubilant when the release of Firefox 5 marked the successful transition to a more competitive rapid-release development cycle.

Now, with a backlash from corporations and others who aren't equipped to handle that...

Team Fortress 2 Free-to-Play for PC, Mac

From DailyTech: Video game developer Valve has announced that "Team Fortress 2" will become entirely free to play for PC and Mac customers.

"Team Fortress 2" is a first-person shooter multiplayer video game that was released in October 2007 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360...

Seagate Unveils Industry’s First Hard Disk Drive for Tablets

From X-bit Labs: Seagate has announced that it supplied hard disk drive (HDD) for the world’s first handheld tablet computers with hard drives. The Archos G9 8” and 10” tablets feature the Seagate Momentus Thin hard drive in super-slim 7mm profile.

Momentus Thin drive, gives users...

XTracPads Ripper XXL (2011) Review

The XTracPads Ripper XXL. Whew, what great memories does it bring back -- and how much have we been through together. From my humble beginnings of product reviewing to the glorious present of APH Networks, the transition from my residence in Edmonton to my new home in Calgary, and with every success and failure I have been through, this is one product that remained faithful on my desk since early 2006. But what made me like this...

Oracle Q4 Net Income Rises 36 Percent

From PC World: Oracle's net income for the fourth quarter ended May 31 rose 36 percent to US$3.2 billion over the same period last year, results that reflect growth in software sales but a slight dip in hardware revenue, the company reported Thursday. Total revenue for the quarter...

Intel's Haswell chip in focus: Heads up Nvidia

From CNET News.com: A technical document posted recently on an Intel software blog drops some hints about its "Haswell" chip due in 2013. The upshot, watch your back Nvidia.

Here's what we already know about Haswell, per a conversation I had last month with Intel marketing chief Tom...

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