Wii U deluxe promotion aims to boost game downloads

From CNET News.com: If you're willing to invest in new games for your long-awaited Wii U home console, a Nintendo promotion will grant you an extra $5 for every $50 you spend.

The Wii U, due to go on sale starting November 18, will come in two bundles: a $299 basic set and a $349...

Microsoft Officially Launches Windows Phone 8

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. this week debuted Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the company’s smartphone operating system. Windows Phone 8 further enhances Microsoft’s mobile platform and finally brings the core of Windows for personal computers into smartphones and similar...

Intel Touts Many-Core Processors for Mobile Devices

From X-bit Labs: As smartphones, media tablets and other low-power consumer devices are gaining personal computer-like functionality, they need higher-performance microprocessors that are still small and not really power-hungry. Intel Corp. claims that extreme many-core chips, such...

Google's Nexus 10 goes for the iPad's jugular

From CNET News.com: On paper, at least, Google's Nexus 10 is a remarkable-sounding tablet that challenges the iPad on key hardware metrics.

Those metrics would include size, weight, and display. Not to mention price.

"What we're seeing is the establishment of the new high end,"...

Intel Unveils New Solid-State Drive 335 Series

From DailyTech: Intel has rolled out a new line of solid-state drives to replace hard drives in computer systems. The new series is called the Intel SSD 335 Series and is aimed directly at the DIY consumer and entry-level enthusiasts. Intel promises that performance, quality, and...

Google Officially Announces Nexus 4 Smartphone, Nexus 10 Tablet

From DailyTech: As has been widely rumored for the past couple of weeks, Google today officially announced two new members to the Google Nexus product family: the Nexus 4 smartphone and the Nexus 10 tablet.

The Nexus 4 (which runs Android 4.2) was developed in conjunction with LG...

AMD Does Not Rule Out ARM-Based Solutions for Clients

From X-bit Labs: Even though the first ARM-based project from Advanced Micro Devices will be aimed at the market of cloud servers, the company does not rule out a possibility to release consumer solutions featuring ARM architecture. In fact, partnership with ARM opens AMD the doors...

Price of Computer Memory Continues to Drop on Low PC Demand

From X-bit Labs: DRAMeXchange, a research division of TrendForce, said Tuesday that due to the persistent oversupply situation in the global DRAM market, along with the 5% year-over-year drop in shipments of personal computers, caused prices of dynamic random access memory [DRAM] to...

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