AMD Radeon HD 7990 May Arrive in Late July, in Limited Quantities

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices is getting ready to release its dual-chip flagship graphics card code-named New Zealand sometime in late July. The device will not only be late to market as its main competitor, the GeForce GTX 690, has been available for over two months now...

MicroStar International Set to Launch Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: MicroStar International, a company mostly known for its mainboards, graphics cards and notebooks, plans to enter the market of solid-state drives shortly, according to a list over at SandForce LSI web-site.

Not a lot of details are presently known about MSI's solid...

Angry Birds to land on Samsung TVs

From CNET News.com: After soaring into the PC and mobile world, Angry Birds is flapping into its next arena -- smart TVs.

Samsung today announced the launch of a new Angry Birds app (English translation) designed for certain of its smart TVs.

Tapping into Samsung's Smart...

Twitter CEO: We're Not Going Public Anytime Soon

From DailyTech: Twitter's CEO recently said his company has a "truckload of money in the bank,"and that there is no need for the social network to go public anytime soon.

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo chatted with the Los Angeles Times about Twitter's recent happenings and its...

Windows 8 Gets OS X Time Machine-Like Backup With File History

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) OS X has long offered dedicated backup. Introduced in 2007 with OS X 10.5 ("Leopard") Time Machine allowed users to restore older copies of files, preventing headaches and lost work. Then last year Apple introduced "Versions", software that...

Google's Nexus 7 costs $152 to build, iSuppli says

From CNET News.com: The components that make up the Google's entry-level Nexus 7 cost roughly $152, according to a tear down study by IHS iSuppli.

The results, which were first reported by AllThingsD, suggest the possibility of a minor profit from the device, which will retail for...

Nokia Gives Laid Off Employees $30K Loans to Start New Firms

From DailyTech: Say what you will about Finnish phonemaker Nokia Oyj.'s (HEX:NOK1V) struggles in the market, but the company does deserve plenty of credit for a uniquely humane approach to employee layoffs.

While the company has committed to trim its ranks by 10,000 employees by...

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