Google pays out thousands for Chrome bug discoveries

From CNET News.com: Google has awarded several folks serious cash for finding security holes in its Chrome browser.

A researcher identified as "miaubiz" earned the lion's share of the cash Google doled out, securing $7,000 for finding a host of High priority security flaws. The...

Amazon May Release New Kindle Fire as Soon as July

From DailyTech: Amazon may be launching the successor to its Kindle Fire tablet as early as July, and it's expected to offer some new features that customers have been asking for.

According to CNET, the new Kindle Fire will have two main features that many original Fire owners...

Samsung Semiconductor Calls for New Foundry Business Model

From X-bit Labs: As chips become more complex while process technologies thinner and trickier, it becomes harder for fabless chip companies and contract makers of semiconductors to interact and consequently ramp up production of new chips quickly. With the emergence of 450mm wafer...

Court Preliminary Bans Sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in the US

From X-bit Labs: The U.S. court has preliminary halted sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" media tablet in the country as it preliminary found that the device infringes design patents of Apple. Samsung has already filed in the appeal, but in case it fails to convince the court that it...

New look, faster browsing as Firefox returns to Android

From CNET News.com: The first major update to Firefox for Android (download) since January has arrived, and it brings with it a new interface, some new features, and a new approach to Android for Mozilla.

The company released the first stable version of Firefox for Android at the...

Google Adds 8 Trillion Virtual Lego Bricks to Chrome

From DailyTech: Let's face it; geeks love Lego. I'd wager almost all of us have played with Lego bricks at one time or another, be it yesterday or when you were a kid. Many Lego fans want to have as many Lego bricks as possible, but that can get very expensive. It can also be a...

Sony, Google to Release NSZ-GS7 Set-Top Box July 22

From DailyTech: Sony and Google have partnered up for a new set-top box that will finally be released late next month.

The set-top box, called the NSZ-GS7, will be made by Sony and run Google TV. It was initially announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, and now has a...

Microsoft to Takeover Enterprise Social Network Provider Yammer

From X-bit Labs: Microsoft Corp. and Yammer on Monday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Yammer, a leading provider of enterprise social networks, for $1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will join the Microsoft Office division....

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