HTC to acquire majority stake in Dr. Dre's Beats

From CNET News.com: HTC is expected to announce Thursday that it has acquired a 51 percent stake in Beats Electronics, the company that manufacturers the Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and loudspeakers, sources close to the talks told CNET today.

HTC, a maker of popular smartphones...

New USB 3.0 Version to Deliver Up to 100W of Power to Peripherals

From X-bit Labs: The USB 3.0 Promoter Group on Wednesday announced that it is creating a new power delivery specification which will significantly extend the capabilities and usages of cable bus power in USB applications. The new technology will allow to deliver up to 100W of power...

AMD: Own-Brand Memory Modules - Probe of Opportunity

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices said on Wednesday that the AMD Radeon-branded memory modules that emerged for sale in certain regions are just a test of the opportunity and the company is currently trying to find out whether it makes sense to sell such products. The company...

Microsoft patches 1990s-era Ping of Death

From InfoWorld: Microsoft today issued 13 security updates that patched 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office, and other software, including one that harked back two decades to something dubbed "Ping of Death."

Of Tuesday's 13 updates, called "bulletins" by...

Verizon reportedly blocking tethering for jailbreakers

From CNET News.com: Verizon is reportedly preventing jailbreakers from unauthorized tethering, at least according to one account at ReadWriteWeb.

The tech blogging site recently revealed that one of its own employees tried to use a jailbroken Motorola phone without a data plan to...

AMD Says No Thanks to Smartphone Business

From DailyTech: Like Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. salivates at the prospect of seizing a piece of the soaring tablet market. Two months ago it launched its Z-Series CPUs (code-named Desna), targeting the tablet market.

The design, which weighs in at a modest 5.9 watts...

Apple Lawsuit Bans Sale/Marketing of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in EU

From DailyTech: In April of this year, Apple launched a lawsuit against mobile competitor Samsung, saying that the South Korean electronics maker stole the interface elements and exterior design of iOS gadgets to make their own. Then, in June 2011, Apple sued Samsung a second time...

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