HTC Supplying Equipment to Mobile Operators Alliance

From PC World: Smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC) signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday with a group of Asian telecom service providers who will be jointly buying equipment for mobile Internet from the Taiwanese company.

The group, called Conexus Mobile Alliance...

Exclusive: Third attack against Sony planned

From CNET News.com: A group of hackers says it is planning another wave of cyberattacks against Sony in retaliation for its handling of the PlayStation Network breach.

An observer of the Internet Relay Chat channel used by the hackers told CNET today that a third major attack is...

IDC: Nokia Remains Top Smartphone Vendor Worldwide

From DailyTech: While 2010 was a blockbuster year for smartphone sales across the globe (the market grew by 72 percent last year), 2011 so far looks to be a continuation of the trend.

Yesterday, research firm IDC reported that the smartphone market grew 79.7 percent in the first...

Sprint and Motorola Unveil XPRT, Titanium Android Smartphones

From DailyTech: Sprint and Motorola have announced that they are adding a pair of new Android smartphones to the lineup. One of the new smartphone is the Motorola Titanium and it looks more like a Blackberry than your typical Android smartphone. The Titanium has a QWERTY keyboard on...

CPU Shipments Grow Year-over-Year amid Lowering Demand Towards PCs

From X-bit Labs: Even though the demand for personal computers softened in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, shipments of central processing units (CPUs) actually increased year-over-year, according to new data from IDC. Not only microprocessor market grew...

Acer Does Not Consider Netbooks Dead - Company

From X-bit Labs: Acer Group, one of the largest PC suppliers in the world and the No. 1 maker of netbooks, said that even though sales of netbooks collapsed in the first quarter, the category has not died and will continue to co-exist with notebooks. Specifically, the company noted...

Microsoft Security Essentials struggles in antivirus tests

From InfoWorld: Microsoft's popular free antivirus program Security Essentials has put in a mediocre showing in the latest quarterly tests from German test outfit AV-Test.org, finishing second to the bottom out of 22 products.

In Q1 2011 Security Essentials 2.0 (MSE) performed well...

Android Captures More of the Smartphone Market

From PC World: Market research firm Canalys has given Google's Android OS a 35 percent share of the smartphone market for the first quarter of 2011. Nokia had a share of 24 percent, with iOS on 19 percent.

Compared to Canalys' figures for the fourth quarter of 2010 Apple had...

New Nook coming soon; most likely e-ink model

From CNET News.com: This isn't how products are typically announced, but thanks to a couple of sentences in an SEC filing, word is out that Barnes & Noble plans to release a new e-reader later this month.

Late yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that according to the filing...

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