From TechHive: Verizon's Edge program now allows users to get a new phone every 30 days, though it's still just as expensive to do so.
Under the Edge program, subscribers get a new phone for no money down, with the full (unsubsidized) price spread out over 24 monthly installments. Edge users can...
From DailyTech: To say that Windows 8 has been controversial is putting it lightly. Many long-time Windows customers have been left frustrated by Microsoft’s touch-centric operating system, and efforts to correct mistakes with Windows 8.1 have only slightly reduced the number of pitchforks raised in...
From X-bit Labs: No matter how secretive AMD wants to be with its future plans, sometimes it just has to open up its cards and show what’s next in a bid to ensure wide industry support for its innovations. Looks like, now is the time, as one of the company’s public documents revealed that the...
Recently, I was surfing a popular Western Canadian home electronics retailer's website, taking a look at the latest home audio equipment deals. One deal that particularly caught my eye was a complete package that consists of an A/V receiver, two tower speakers, one center speaker, and two bookshelf speakers for a "whopping" deal of $698. Ironically, I added all the components up separately -- from the retailer's own website, no less -- and it...
From EETimes: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) showed a solid 10.9% growth in revenue in the fourth quarter, which ended December 2013, compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company's fourth quarter net income and diluted earnings per share both increased by 7.7%.
The foundry...
From PC World: Citing disappointing holiday sales of its Wii U and 3DS game devices, Nintendo cut its earnings forecast for its fiscal year ending in March to a net loss.
The video-game giant warned on Friday of a net loss of ¥25 billion (US$240 million) for the year, instead of the ¥55 billion net...
From DailyTech: Sprint has announced that its customers will be among the first to get their hands on the curved screen LG G Flex. The G Flex will take advantage of the Sprint Spark, which is an enhanced LTE network supporting gaming, VR, and advanced cloud services.
The LG G Flex has a 6-inch HD...
From X-bit Labs: The first high-performance accelerated processing unit (APU) from Advanced Micro Devices code-named “Llano” was not particularly successful product for the company: it launched late, its yields were lower-than-expected and its performance was not high. But Llano is yet to deliver...
From EETimes: Intel is making a concerted effort to get traction among cloud customers -- an area where the company already dominates, but is seeking to further entrench itself.
Intel on Wednesday announced a new initiative aimed at the cloud space. The new “Powered by Intel Cloud Technology”...
From PC World: When in doubt, bigger is better, and Sharp's latest Windows tablet packs a massive plus-sized screen and some kingly specs, though it's more of a curiosity than anything else.
The Sharp RW-16G1 straddles the border between portable and portly with a whopping 15.6-inch screen that's...
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