Intel-TSMC pact on Atom chips remains on hold

From InfoWorld: A pact announced last year for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to go to work putting Intel Atom microprocessors into smartphones, mobile Internet devices, and other gadgets looks to remain on hold for a while.

The agreement between the two companies was...

Acer Revenue Falls in Q2 Amid European Debt Woes

From PC World: Acer, one of the world's top three PC vendors, reported a decline in revenue in the second quarter compared to the first quarter as the value of the euro fell.

The company's preliminary results for the second quarter showed revenue rose 26 percent year-on-year to NT...

IPhone 4 Carrier Unlock Now Available

From DailyTech: It's been a busy week for smartphone aficionados when it comes to software updates. The iPhone 4 was jailbroken by the iPhone Dev Team over the weekend and both the HTC EVO 4G and the original Motorola Droid were updated to Android 2.2.

Now it's time for a second...

Motorola Droid Froyo Update Available for Manual Install

From DailyTech: Earlier this week, HTC EVO 4G owners were ecstatic to learn that Android 2.2 is now available for their smartphones. Now, owners of the original Motorola Droid are able to get in on the Android 2.2 lovin'.

The Android 2.2 update appears to be rolling out now for some...

Ouch: AOL misses low earnings expectations

From CNET News.com: Wall Street didn't have high expectations for AOL's quarterly earnings--after all, one of the company's executives exclaimed at a conference last week that "we have a big f-ing problem!"--but the Internet service provider turned new-media conglomerate still failed...

Forcing vendors to fix bugs under deadline

From CNET News.com: In October 2006, security researcher H.D. Moore discovered a serious problem with the way applications running on Windows display rich text content.

He reported the vulnerability to Microsoft and nearly four years later it's still not fixed, despite the fact...

BlackBerry Users in UAE Get Free Smartphone After Shutdown

From PC World: Some BlackBerry users in the United Arab Emirates will get to choose a new, free replacement smartphone as a result of the U.A.E. government's decision to suspend data services on Research In Motion's smartphones, mobile operator Etisalat announced on Tuesday.

On...

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