Android Market Unofficially Hits 200,000 Apps

From PC World: Google's Android Market now has more than 200,000 apps, according to the third-party app tracking service AndroLib. This marks another big milestone in the breakneck race to the top with Apple's App Store but Google has not confirmed this achievement yet.

If AndroLib...

New MSI Motherboard Packs Eight x16 PCI Express Slots

From DailyTech: Gaming-geared hardware maker MSI's new P67 board, designed to work with Intel's new LGA1155 Sandy Bridge CPUs, will compete with Intel's first-party board designs. If you have the money, MSI Big Bang Marshal, revealed by Semiaccurate, hands you some serious firepower...

PayPal Taps Cross-border Trade Potential With New China Deal

From PC World: EBay's online payment service PayPal is hoping to hit a "sweet spot" in China's e-commerce market by making it easier for Chinese merchants to make money from overseas sales.

On Tuesday, PayPal signed an agreement with the Chinese city of Chongqing to jointly develop...

ATIC Increases Stake in Globalfoundries

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), an investment company controlled by the government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, this week increased its stake in Globalfoundries, a contract maker of semiconductors owned by ATIC and Advanced Micro Devices. The two...

First Verizon 4G LTE Phone HTC Thunderbolt Photos

From PC World: Android blog DroidLife has 12 exclusive photos of the HTC Thunderbolt, which will reportedly be the first Verizon 4G LTE smartphone.

The Thunderbolt (previously known as Mecha and Incredible HD), which looks a lot like the HTC Desire HD except with Verizon branding...

HP discounts Envy 13, a MacBook Air rival

From CNET News.com: Hewlett-Packard has moved its Envy 13 into the fire sale bin--the last gasp from a discontinued model.

HP is now selling the Envy 13 for $999, with a $450 instant rebate. That includes an Intel 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo Processor (SL9300), 3GB of memory, ATI Mobility...

Intel's Core i7-2630QM Sandy Bridge Spotted

From Tom's Hardware: It's almost CES time, which means that Intel is nearly ready to unleash the next generation of Core processors, codenamed Sandy Bridge.

Before things even kick off in Las Vegas, however, it seems that the Sandy Bridge products are already on the Asian markets...

WiMAX Lights Up Bay Area, LTE-Enabled HTC Thunderbolt 4G

From DailyTech: As promised, Sprint has lit up its 4G WiMax service in San Francisco today. “The Bay Area is responsible for creating so much new technology and today we are bringing the power of 4G to our customers in that region who are hungry for fast mobile broadband,” Sprint 4G...

LG to Show Monster, Mobile 3D TVs at CES

From PC World: LG Electronics will unveil 3D televisions at both ends of the size spectrum at next week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it said Tuesday.

The company plans to debut a 72-inch 3D LCD television that ranks as one of the largest on the market. It...

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