Intel: Future smartphones will be assistants, companions

From InfoWorld: The future of computing is all about devices that are not just smarter than today's, but are also more aware of the habits and day-to-day lives of their users, says Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer.

During this morning's keynote presentation at the...

Craigslist Says Adult Ads Gone For Good

From PC World: Pressured by law enforcement, advocacy groups, and Congress the popular site Craigslist said it would permanently remove adult services from its online classified ads here in the United States. The move has been lauded by foes of Craigslist's adult services ads, but it...

PS3 Blu-ray 3D playback landing Tuesday

From CNET News.com: 3D playback for Blu-ray discs is making its way to the PlayStation 3 on Tuesday, Sony said in a blog post yesterday.

The ability to play 3D Blu-ray films will be included in software version 3.50, which will be available as a free download.

Sony first announced...

Mozilla issues quick-fix Firefox updates

From CNET News.com: Mozilla released on Wednesday two new versions of Firefox, 3.6.10 and 3.5.15, to deal with a surprise problem that was crashing the browser during launch.

Mozilla had released the preceding versions a week earlier but cut off downloads when the bug emerged.

The...

Another Study Shows iPhone Market Share is Dropping

From DailyTech: Market research firms Canalys and the NPD Group claim that Google's Android has passed the iPhone in U.S. market share. Apple has denied this and CEO Steve Jobs has gone as far as to suggest that some of his competitors (obviously inferring Google) are lying about...

AMD to Redesign Memory Controller in Bulldozer Chips

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices continues to disclose details about its forthcoming processors with Bulldozer micro-architecture. Apparently, the company plans to redesign memory controller of its new central processing units (CPUs) in order to speed up memory access.

"There...

Intel: 22nm Microprocessors Are Already in Production

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Intel Corp. said that the company's forthcoming microprocessors are already in sample production. The world's largest maker of chips is on track to start their volume production using 22nm fabrication process in late 2011.

"We are on track...

IE9 Has Google Chrome on the Run

From PC World: Google released Chrome to reignite competitive development of browsers, and now it is playing catch-up on at least one front: hardware-assisted acceleration.

This week, Microsoft will release the first public beta of the IE9 (Internet Explorer version 9) browser...

Simplified Twitter Redesign On Its Way

From DailyTech: Yesterday, Twitter unveiled a revamped version of its website that it hopes will be much easier to navigate and advertise on, The New York Times reports.

“It’s going to increase the value that people are getting out of Twitter, so in less time you can get more...

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