Google, Samsung Get Official With the Galaxy Nexus

From DailyTech: After weeks of teasing and false starts, Google and Samsung are finally ready to get official with Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) and the Galaxy Nexus. Being that this a "pure" Google phone, customers will get the full Ice Cream Sandwich experience without the added...

Apple Announces Record Q4 Earnings, Investors Aren't Impressed

From DailyTech: Apple today reported revenue of $28.27B for the fourth quarter and $6.62B in net profit ($7.05 per diluted share). These numbers compare quite favorably to $20.34B and $4.31B ($4.64 per diluted share) for the same quarter last year.

Gross margins for Apple during Q4...

Intel's Ivy Bridge Processors to Reduce Power Consumption to 77W

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp.'s attempts to lower power consumption of its chips aimed at ultrabooks and eventually at media tablets and smartphones inevitably bring fruits to desktop personal computers as well. Based on unofficial information, the company's next-generation Ivy Bridge...

HP to Rethink PC Spin-Off Plan - Report

From X-bit Labs: A new report citing sources with knowledge of proceeding inside Hewlett-Packard suggests that the board of directors and Meg Whitman will cancel plans to spin-off the personal systems group. Apparently, new analysis reportedly shows inefficiencies in the PC business...

Galaxy Nexus Set for Debut Tonight

From PC World: The hottest new Android smartphone contender to the wildly successful iPhone 4S will be launched by Samsung and Google in Hong Kong within 12 hours, insiders say.

Called the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the smartphone would be the first to run Android 4.0, also known as Ice...

RIM unveils its next-gen mobile OS: BBX

From CNET News.com: BBX combines the best qualities of RIM's older BlackBerry operating system and its QNX platform, which powers the PlayBook tablet, Lazaridis said during the company's developer conference today.

Lazaridis is still speaking, so I'll have more as his talk unfolds...

Microsoft Hands Cash to Nokia, Samsung to Seduce Customers to Mango

From DailyTech: According to a report by the UK's Mobile Today, Microsoft Corp. hopes to cast a spell on smartphone buyers this holiday season, pouring $44.1M USD into promoting its new Windows Phone 7.5 "Mango" operating system. Windows Phone has struggled in sales thus far, due to...

ARM and TSMC Tape-Out First Working 20nm Processor

From X-bit Labs: ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Tuesday said that they had taped out the first 20nm ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore processor. The two companies completed the implementation from RTL to tape out in six months using TSMC’s open innovation platform (OIP)...

AMD Wants Fusion APUs to Be Compelling Option for Gaming Purposes

From X-bit Labs: For many years ATI Technologies and Advanced Micro Devices did not help game designers to specifically optimize their titles for integrated graphics adapters to ensure truly high performance. But the times are changing and AMD confirmed in a recent interview that it...

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