AT&T completes acquisition of Verizon wireless spectrum

From CNET News.com: AT&T announced Tuesday that it had completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of wireless spectrum from Verizon Wireless, which it plans to use to strengthen its 4G LTE coverage.

More than seven months after the deal was sealed in January, AT&T announced today that...

Intel Quark is 32-bit, x86 Chip

From DailyTech: For those wondering, about whether Intel Corp.'s (INTC) new Quark chip might use an an instruction set from ARM Holdings plc (LON:ARM) or MIPS (a recent acquisition of Imagination Technologies Group Plc (LON:IMG)), wonder no longer.

I spoke with several Intel...

Apple Announces $99 iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S with 64-bit A7 Processor

From DailyTech: It's that time of year again when consumers go crazy for new iPhones and analysts and tech pundits bicker over whether the newest release is "innovative enough” in the face of strengthened competition.

As has been the case in previous years, much of today's...

Intel Shows Off Hybrid PCs Running Core i Broadwell Microprocessor

From X-bit Labs: On Tuesday Intel Corp. for the first time demonstrated its next-generation Core i-series 5000-sequence “Broadwell” microprocessors in action publicly. Regrettably, the company did not reveal a lot of details on the matter, but indicated that the new manufacturing...

OCZ Reveals Compact PCI Express SSD, NVM SAS SSD

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group, a leading maker of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), has unveiled the upcoming smaller form factor Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD. In addition, OCZ has introduced a non-volatile memory (NVM) SAS drives for latency-sensitive applications.

OCZ...

Seagate Positions Slim, 500GB HDD for Tablet Market

From DailyTech: When it comes to devices like consumer tablets, we've all just grown accustomed to the use of fast and reliable onboard SSDs for our storage needs. The use of SSDs makes sense because of the performance and inherent robust nature of the storage medium when used in a...

Xbox Music Gets Free Web Streaming and iOS, Android Apps

From DailyTech: Microsoft has announced some very important changes to the Xbox Music service. One of the biggest changes is that Xbox Music now supports streaming at no cost via the web. That allows you to access Xbox Music from any browser and listen to any track from the 30...

Sony Announces PlayStation Vita TV Game Console

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment on Monday introduced PlayStationVita TV (PS Vita TV), a new entertainment system within the PlayStation family that will allow users to easily access video services, games and various content on their TV at home. The new system adopts chip...

Sony PS4 to land in Japan in February

From CNET News.com: During a press conference in Japan, Sony has announced the release date and price of the Sony PlayStation 4 in Japan. It will start selling on February 22, and go for 39,980 yen (US$400), or 43,980 yen (US$441) with the camera accessory.

This is three months...

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