Top Nokia Exec Admits He's Leaving After Being Snubbed for CEO

From DailyTech: Anssi Vanjoki might not be a very familiar name, even to American tech enthusiasts well versed in the likes of Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer. However, he was a key player at Finnish phonemaker Nokia for nearly two decades. Mr. Vanjoki came to Nokia in 1991 from...

Marvell Unleashes 1.5 GHz Triple-Core Mobile Processor

From DailyTech: While dual-core smartphones have been touted as the wave of the near-future by companies like Samsung and LG, chip manufacturer Marvell has leapfrogged the others with the announcement of the world's first tri-core processor.

The Armada 628 is an "ultra-low power...

Industry standards arrive for testing SSD endurance, reliability

From InfoWorld: The leading developer of standards for the microelectronics industry today announced new metrics for determining the endurance and reliability of solid-state drives (SSD), allowing users to more easily select the best products for applications.

The JEDEC Solid State...

Dell Demonstrates a Tablet Running Google Android

From X-bit Labs: Michael Dell, chief executive officer of Dell, demonstrated a tablet running Google Android operating system at an event organized by Oracle. This device will be Dell's second product featuring the operating system developed under the lead of Google after Dell Streak...

Nvidia to Hit the x86 CPUs With CUDA Capability

From Tom's Hardware: We've heard rumors that Nvidia been dipping its toe into the x86 CPU market, and today the graphics company made an announcement related to that – but it's not what you think.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang revealed that the company will bring its CUDA programming...

Standard Java improvements due in phases

From InfoWorld: Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE) will be upgraded in separate releases in 2011 and 2012, with the platform getting capabilities for developer productivity, modularity, and dynamic languages.

The two-phase upgrade involves offering Java SE 7 next year and Java SE...

Cisco Updates Small-business Switches, Phones, Cameras

From PC World: Cisco Systems is updating parts of its product line for small businesses, a world where IT needs have grown up over the past few years.

In a broad product rollout set for Wednesday, the company is introducing new managed Ethernet switches, IP (Internet Protocol)...

BlackBerry Tablet May Appear Next Week, Report Says

From PC World: Research in Motion may introduce a tablet computer next week, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Persistent rumors over the past few months have pointed to a BlackBerry tablet that would aim to compete with Apple's popular iPad.

The Journal, citing...

Apple's Game Center playing nice with others

From CNET News.com: One question that was raised almost immediately when Apple announced Game Center, the company's first-party social gaming service, in April was what would happen to existing social game networks on the platform? The early answer, surprisingly, is comfortable...

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