Schmidt avoids a Gates-like disaster in DC

From CNET News.com: Eric Schmidt cut a confident figure today prior to his testimony before U.S. lawmakers, who later appeared determined to find out if Google abuses its supremacy on the Web.

The Google chairman glided into court smiling, sat at the witness table, and began staring...

Report: iPhone 5 Launch Set for October 4 at Exclusive Apple Event

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. is, according to All Things Digital, preparing to hold an exclusive event on October 4, 2011 to launch the fifth generation iPhone and the final build of iOS 5. New chief executive Tim Cook is expected to announce the product.

Given Mr. Cook's shy public...

Nikon 1 System Debuts with J1, V1 Interchangeable Lens Cameras

From DailyTech: Nikon has announced a new camera system that is called the “Nikon 1” system and includes J1 and the V1. There is also a new family of lenses and accessories for the cameras. Nikon claims that the new camera system was built from the ground up to allow the user to...

Nvidia Unwraps Performance Benchmarks of Tegra 3 Kal-El

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has issued a whitepaper that uncovers performance of its forthcoming Tegra 3 “Kal El” system-on-chip for tablets and smartphones and shows off the benefits of a quad-core SoC with a low-power companion core over dual-core offerings from its rivals...

Adobe forges ahead with Flash 11 as industry turns away

From InfoWorld: Adobe has moved forward with its Flash-based strategy, announcing today Flash Player 11 and AIR 3 for creating "immersive" application experiences across devices and platforms. The announcement comes on the heels of ongoing setbacks at the hands of standards-based...

Facebook global revenue expected to hit $4.27B

From CNET News.com: Global revenue for the world's most trafficked social platform will hit $4.27 billion this year, up from $2 billion last year, according to a forecast issued today by digital market research company eMarketer.

Facebook is also on track to pull in $3.8 billion...

NVIDIA's Quad-Core Kal-El Packs a Fifth Core

From DailyTech: The prospect of quad-core or higher smartphones excites many, but it also evokes fear. Many already suffering from somewhat poor battery life so imagine such high core-count designs as being Shiva incarnate for smartphone batteries, a destroyer of your pleasant...

Developers Get Their First Bite of Android's Ice Cream Sandwich

From DailyTech: Google Inc. is giving developers their first of the next version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich. Ice Cream Sandwich will merge together the tablet and smartphone branches of Android. This is a drastic departure from the current situation where Android tablets are...

Intel’s Ivy Bridge Chip Set to Support Yet Unavailable DDR3 Memory

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp.’s next-generation Ivy Bridge processor will bring a lot more interesting features as initially believed. At the Intel Developer Forum, the world’s largest maker of chips revealed additional details about its next-gen central processing units (CPUs). The...

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