From EETimes: Intel reported 3% increase in revenue and 6% increase in profit, year over year, in its earnings call on Thursday. The company’s Q4 results were mixed, however, attributing the results to the PC business stabilizing while tablet and datacenter business grew modestly. Intel also offered...
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”...
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