Verizon Buys Intel Media OnCue Cloud TV assets

From DailyTech: Intel has announced that it has finally found a buyer for its Intel Media assets. Intel Media is the arm of the chipmaker that ran the OnCue Cloud TV platform. The terms of the deal are unannounced, but sources previously tipped that Intel was seeking $500 million for the assets....

Court Okays Toshiba’s Purchase of OCZ’s SSD Assets

From X-bit Labs: Toshiba Corp. and OCZ Technology Group on Friday announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware had approved the agreement under which Toshiba will take over substantially all of OCZ assets. OCZ Technology Group will continue to search for a buyer of...

Krzanich Confirms Intel Overestimated PC Chip Demand

From EETimes: Intel reported 3% increase in revenue and 6% increase in profit, year over year, in its earnings call on Thursday. The company’s Q4 results were mixed, however, attributing the results to the PC business stabilizing while tablet and datacenter business grew modestly. Intel also offered...

HP is Giving Customers What They Want: Windows 7

From DailyTech: To say that Windows 8 has been controversial is putting it lightly. Many long-time Windows customers have been left frustrated by Microsoft’s touch-centric operating system, and efforts to correct mistakes with Windows 8.1 have only slightly reduced the number of pitchforks raised in...

AMD Develops Behemoth Chip with Sixteen Cores on Single Die

From X-bit Labs: No matter how secretive AMD wants to be with its future plans, sometimes it just has to open up its cards and show what’s next in a bid to ensure wide industry support for its innovations. Looks like, now is the time, as one of the company’s public documents revealed that the...

ASUSTOR AS-202TE Review (Page 1 of 8)

Recently, I was surfing a popular Western Canadian home electronics retailer's website, taking a look at the latest home audio equipment deals. One deal that particularly caught my eye was a complete package that consists of an A/V receiver, two tower speakers, one center speaker, and two bookshelf speakers for a "whopping" deal of $698. Ironically, I added all the components up separately -- from the retailer's own website, no less -- and it...

TSMC: Solid Growth in Q4 Backed Up by Mobile

From EETimes: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) showed a solid 10.9% growth in revenue in the fourth quarter, which ended December 2013, compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company's fourth quarter net income and diluted earnings per share both increased by 7.7%.

The foundry...

Nintendo revises earnings down on weak Wii U, 3DS sales

From PC World: Citing disappointing holiday sales of its Wii U and 3DS game devices, Nintendo cut its earnings forecast for its fiscal year ending in March to a net loss.

The video-game giant warned on Friday of a net loss of ¥25 billion (US$240 million) for the year, instead of the ¥55 billion net...

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