Nvidia Expects Android Operating System to Prosper

From X-bit Labs: Chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. believes that the second generation of the company’s system-on-chip (SoC) devices for mobile gadgets will be successful because of increasing popularity of Google Android operating system. In fact, Nvidia seems to pin most of...

Google Wave won't be quick hit in the enterprise, analysts say

From InfoWorld: Google may hope that the widespread release of Google Wave serves as a new entry into the enterprise, but some analysts don't expect that businesses will rush to adopt it.

The company announced at its I/O developer conference Wednesday that the Google Wave...

Non-U.S. iPad Users Get First Glimpse of Their App Store

From PC World: Country-specific iPad App Stores are showing up one week early than expected for international users who bought an iPad from eBay or Craigslist, before the tablet officially becomes available in their country.

Perks aside, it turns out that they will also have to...

Microsoft warns of 64-bit Windows 7 hole

From CNET News.com: Microsoft is working on a patch to fix a hole in a 64-bit Windows 7 graphics display component that could be exploited to crash the system or potentially take control of the computer by running code remotely.

The company is investigating a new publicly reported...

Google unveils Net storage utility

From CNET News.com: Offering a direct competitor to a widely used Amazon.com service, Google on Wednesday launched an early version of an Internet-based storage system.

As with the better established Amazon Web Services (AWS) option called Simple Storage Service (S3), Google...

Android Outpaces Windows Mobile Globally, Nips at iPhone's Heels

From DailyTech: The smartphone world is changing and it's changing fast. Companies that were big performers for years are now seeing their profits and market share slide precipitously. Among the companies are Microsoft and Palm.

Palm was recently purchased by HP and Microsoft is...

BFG Quits Graphics Cards Business to Concentrate on Gaming Systems

From X-bit Labs: BFG Technologies, the company primarily known for its Nvidia GeForce-based graphics cards, said on Tuesday that it would exit graphics cards business in an attempt to concentrate on its high-end gaming systems and power supply units. The decision may become a blow to...

HP Vows to Use Palm’s WebOS on Tablets, Printers

From X-bit Labs: Hewlett Packard plans to use Palm’s webOS and its possible derivatives for various kind of devices, not necessarily smartphones. The chief executive officer of HP claims that slates and web-connected printers are likely candidates for the webOS.

“We expect to...

EC fines DRAM chipmakers $404M over price fixing

From InfoWorld: European antitrust regulators fined nine semiconductor manufacturers more than €331 million ($404 million) on Wednesday following a years-long investigation into price fixing in the market for DRAM memory chips.

The European Commission said all of the companies...

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