Samsung Ships 1TB Internal Hard Drive for Laptops

From PC World: Samsung this week announced the Spinpoint M8 internal hard drive with 1TB capacity, which could raise the bar in storage available on laptops.

The drive has two 500GB platters and is 9.5-millimeter (0.37 inches) high, so the drive can fit easily into laptop storage...

HP TouchPad launching in US July 1

From CNET News.com: Today, HP announced its first WebOS-based tablet, the HP TouchPad, will be available in the U.S. starting July 1 for $499.99 for the 16GB, Wi-Fi model and $599.99 for the 32GB model.

Preorders will begin on June 19, and the WebOS-based tablet will be sold at...

Nokia CTO Abandons Ship

From DailyTech: It's been nearly eight months since we last reported a major Nokia executive's defection from the struggling company — after a string of them [1 2 3]. But the brief lull doesn't make today's news about the possible resignation of Nokia's chief technology officer any...

Wii U Announcement Actually Featured Xbox 360/PS3 Game Footage

From DailyTech: Yesterday proved to be an exciting time for Nintendo as it announced the Wii's successor, Wii U, at its press conference at E3. While the improved system specs and tablet-like controller seemed to have won many Nintendo fans over, the game footage looked like nothing...

Corsair Recalls Certain SSDs with SandForce Controllers

From X-bit Labs: Corsair Memory, a leading manufacturer of memory modules and a well-known provider of solid-state drives (SSDs), announced a recall of certain SSDs with SandForce controllers. According to the company some of Corsair Force 3-series 120GB SSDs require both new...

Twitter rolls out automatic URL shortening

From PC World: Twitter rolled out an automatic link shortening feature on Tuesday that enables users to paste long URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) directly into messages sent through its microblogging website, without worrying that the message will exceed the service's 140-character...

Hello Chrome 12, good-bye Google Gears

From CNET News.com: Google updated its stable browser channel today, pushing Chrome 12 to its widest base of users. Chrome 12 stable (download for Windows | Mac | Linux) doesn't contain any surprises from the Chrome 12 beta that was released a month ago, but it does bring more...

Microsoft Introduces Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel

From DailyTech: Microsoft's E3 keynote yesterday revealed the upcoming release of several new video games as well as features like Kinect Fun labs and voice recognition. Now, the tech giant has more coming your way with the announcement of the Xbox 360 Wireless Speed Wheel.

This...

Nintendo Unveils Wii U, Will Launch in 2012

From DailyTech: Nintendo's Wii was a smash hit when it launched in 2006 and was sold out for months as buyers scrambled to get their hands on one. The Wii's sales streak continued for years until the downturn in the economy and competing motion-controlled accessories started making...

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