From PC World: Microsoft's getting ready to follow Amazon, Apple, and Google into the reading game with an app for Windows to peruse e-books, magazines, and comics. The new app appears be part of Microsoft's cross-platform Xbox entertainment services, which currently include Xbox Music and Video...
From DailyTech: Sony has announced a new bundle that will include the new “slim” PlayStation Vita and Borderlands 2. Sony hasn’t given an exact launch date for the new bundle, but did say that it will be available in the U.S. this spring.
The bundle will include the new PCH-2000 series PS Vita...
From X-bit Labs: The ultra-high-definition (UHD) video is not coming only to living rooms and cabinets, it is coming to every device possible, catalyzing new levels of performance across the continuum of computing devices. NPD DisplaySearch predicts that as many as 23 million of smartphones with...
From EETimes: The new director of Intel Labs vowed to run a tight ship in his first public outing, a press conference describing papers on low-power interconnects and security techniques it will present at this week's International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
The 1,000-person group aims to "be...
From PC World: PC owners probably don’t give firmware updates much thought and rarely, if ever, seek them out directly. Enthusiasts and small businesses running low-end servers, on the other hand, have a keener interest in firmware since sometimes skipping an update can be fatal for their investment...
From DailyTech: HTC has seen its fair share of losses in its recent past, but the smartphone maker has a plan to turn things around in 2014.
According to a new report from Reuters, HTC will sell more mid-tier and affordable smartphones as a way of filling in the gaps in its offerings.
Apple and...
From X-bit Labs: Sony Corp. has announced significant new measures to address reform of its TV business aimed to return the company to profitability. In a bid to streamline its TV unit, Sony will spin it off, enhance usage of outsourcing and reduce headcount of employees. Finally, Sony will attempt...
Over the years, I have owned many Dell UltraSharp LCD monitors. The first one I have owned is a 2005FPW roughly nine years ago; an exceptional 20" 16:10 widescreen LCD featuring a brilliant 8-bit S-IPS panel. Since then, I have tried to own monitors of other brands, and even ventured into ones equipped TN panels -- but I have always come back to premium UltraSharp monitors for my main setup. Its picture quality, features, and price is simply...
When 2014 rolled around, the first question I asked myself was whether or not I would make a New Year’s Resolution. Resolutions are quite common around the beginning of a year, as leaving the past and looking forward to the future gives people a sense of hope for better things to come. These resolutions can be self-focused or selfless. Goals like losing weight, getting organized, or spending more time with family are quite common. In a study...
From InfoWorld: Microsoft Thursday said it will issue five security updates next week, two tagged as "critical," to close holes in Windows and the company's Exchange-based Forefront Protection 2010 security software.
Three of the four updates for Windows will affect Windows XP, the 13-year-old...
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