Microsoft to roll out Visual Studio upgrade

From InfoWorld: Without further adieu, Microsoft will release on Monday its Visual Studio 2010 software development system and the accompanying .Net Framework 4 platform, followed later in the week by the release of the Silverlight 4 rich Internet plug-in software.

The three...

Twitter Acquires Tweetie Developer Atebits

From PC World: There was no shortage of Twitter clients for Apple's new iPad when it debuted last week, but one absence struck us as conspicuous: where was popular iPhone app--and App Gem winner--Tweetie? That question now lays answered as Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced on...

Java co-creator James Gosling leaves Oracle

From CNET News.com: Java co-creator James Gosling is saying good-bye to Oracle just a few months after the company acquired his longtime employer, Sun Microsystems.

Gosling made the announcement on his blog, saying he resigned from the company on April 2.

Gosling didn't give any...

Amazon exec slams some in music sector

From CNET News.com: An executive who helped oversee Amazon's music division the past three years is jumping to the company's Kindle unit, but he has a parting message for some in the music sector.

"A few of you have been a total pain in the ass," Scott Ambrose Reilly wrote in a...

Mionix Naos 5000 Review

It is quite hard to believe that it has been over two years since we last took a look at any mice that are on the market! The most recent one is the Logitech G9 review, which our Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kwan had written about way back in November of 2007. After two long years, we are back with a brand new computer mouse review, presented by yours truly. "A star has been born" is a prominently advertised slogan on Mionix's product...

Apple iPad Costs $260 to Manufacture – Teardown Analysis

From X-bit Labs: Even though Apple sells its iPad for the starting price of $499, the actual manufacturing cost of the device is around $260, a teardown analysis by iSuppli market research firm has revealed. It appears that Apple makes a vast amount of money both on the device itself...

Lenovo Set to Delay the Launch of the World’s First Smartbook

From X-bit Labs: The prospects of Lenovo Skylight, the industry’s first smartbook, are getting much dimmer as Lenovo Group announces delays of its shipments by over three months in the U.S. As a consequence, when the device finally hits the market, it will not only have to compete...

AMD Unveils Turbo Core Processor Technology

From PC World: AMD has released a bit more information on its upcoming six-core Phenom II X6 processor (codenamed Thuban) and revealing its take on automated overclocking, dubbed Turbo Core. We've covered Intel's Turbo Boost feature at length, and AMD's Turbo Core follows many of the...

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