T-Mobile USA Reports Q3 2012 Operating Results

From DailyTech: T-Mobile USA has announced its Q3 2012 operating results and the company racked up total revenues of $4.9 billion during the quarter, which is a decrease of 6.4% year-over-year. Total service revenues for the year were $4.3 million, a decrease of 8.7% year-over-year...

AMD Substantially Cuts Prices on Entry-Level Desktop Chips

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices this week significantly lowered prices on its inexpensive desktop offerings, including previous-generation Fusion A-series accelerated processing units (APUs) as well as various Athlon II central processing units (CPUs). The price-cut should...

Intel’s Future Itanium and Xeon Chips Set to Be Socket-Compatible

From X-bit Labs: Approximately ten years ago Intel Corp. announced plans to unify building blocks for its Itanium and Xeon server platforms. Nowadays, both chips use similar core-logic sets and platforms have many similarities. On Thursday Intel announced further plans to unify its...

BlackBerry 10 wins U.S. security clearance ahead of launch

From CNET News.com: Research in Motion has won key government security certification for its BlackBerry 10 operating system months ahead of its launch, allowing the smartphone to be used in secure government workplaces.

The FIPS 140-2 certification signals that U.S. and Canadian...

AT&T Pumps $14B USD Into Wired, Wireless Infrastructure Upgrades

From DailyTech: In its arms race with the nation's top carrier, wireless giant Verizon Communications, second-place AT&T Inc. (T) is digging deep into its pockets, looking to pour $8B USD into infrastructure upgrades.

AT&T currently beats Verizon in speed tests in select markets and...

AMD Closes Linux Kernel Development Lab to Reduce Costs

From X-bit Labs: As a part of its initiative to cut its expenses by reducing its staff, Advanced Micro Devices has shuttered its Dresden, Germany-based operating system research center (OSRC), which is a part of AMD Research organization, according to a media report. The laboratory...

Texas Instruments Develops Single-Chip Wireless Power Solution

From X-bit Labs: Texas Instruments has introduced its first single-chip wireless power receiver with integrated battery charger and a new "free-position" transmitter integrated circuit, which expands the charge area by 400%. Two bqTesla chips give smartphone users a simpler...

Sprint inks $480 million deal for U.S. Cellular customers

From CNET News.com: Sprint is starting to flex some muscle with regional carriers.

The company announced today that it has inked a deal with U.S. Cellular for $480 million. Sprint will acquire 20MHz of PCS spectrum in the 1900MHz band across Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Champaign...

Apple to Pay VirnetX $368 Million after Losing FaceTime Lawsuit

From DailyTech: Apple has been involved in a legal battle with a company called VirnetX over alleged patent infringement involving FaceTime video calling features. VirnetX is the same company that won $200 million in a settlement from Microsoft in 2010.

U.S. District Judge Leonard...

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