Explosion Hits Intel's Fab 22 in Arizona

From X-bit Labs: An explosion occurred in one of the solvent waste treatment rooms at Intel fab 22 in Chandler, Arizona. Four people were injured and sent to hospital. The fab continues to operate as the company is investigating the causes of the explosion. The chipmaker did not...

AMD Officially Returns FX Microprocessors into Lineup

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday officially confirmed intention to use the "AMD FX" product brand for its desktop code-named Zambezi microprocessors powered by Bulldozer micro-architecture due out later this year. The FX-series chips will be primarily aimed at...

Intel's New Smartphone Chip Is Key ARM Battle

From PC World: Intel's upcoming Medfield chip will be an acid test of the chip maker's ability to enter the smartphone market and battle ARM, analysts said.

The first smartphones with Intel inside will reach store shelves early next year, according to the company. However, device...

First Take: Mac OS X Lion coming in July for $29.99

From CNET News.com: Amid the fanfare of Steve Jobs' return to the stage for the WWDC 2011 conference, Apple went into plenty of detail on how the latest big-cat OS will integrate with iOS devices, mimic iOS features, work with iCloud, and much more.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, set for...

IOS 5 Already Jailbroken

From DailyTech: It's only been a day since Apple announced iOS 5 and the updated OS has already been jailbroken.

IPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd posted evidential screenshots on his Twitter account depicting SSHing utility app iSSH successfully installed from Cydia on his 4th...

Ballmer says Office 365 Launch this Month

From DailyTech: More and more applications and services are migrating from local storage to storage in the cloud. Cloud storage has some big advantages with no need to store files locally and easier access to them when on the go.

Microsoft is looking to the cloud for some of its...

Sony Unveils Official Name, for Next-Gen Portable Console

From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment has unveiled official name and price of its next-generation portable game console previously known as NGP. The device will cost PlayStation Vita, will start to emerge on the market starting late in 2011 and will cost $249 in the U.S.

SCE...

First tablets with Intel's Oak Trail processor ship

From InfoWorld: The first tablets based on Intel's processor code-named Oak Trail started shipping late last week, with the initial models targeted at businesses.

Fujitsu's Q550 and Motion Computing's CL900 tablets have Intel's Z670 processor and Microsoft's Windows 7 operating...

Details of Motorola's Droid 3 Leaked

From PC World: Thinking about snatching up a new Motorola Droid? If so, hold off. Motorola's yet to be announced Droid 3 smartphone was allegedly spotted over the weekend in a number of leaked tutorial videos that reveal the phone is set for a significant update compared to the Droid...

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