Novell Moonlight upgrade tracks Silverlight improvements

From InfoWorld: The Novell-sponsored Mono Project on Tuesday will offer a beta version of Moonlight 4, an open source Linux implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application plug-in that tracks the most recent Microsoft release, Silverlight 4.

Built for Firefox and...

Zuckerberg: Facebook Phones are Coming

From PC World: Mark Zuckerberg's been saying it all along: There is no Facebook phone.

But this year, there will be dozens of phones like HTC's ChaCha and Salsa, which focus on Facebook with dedicated buttons for the social network.

Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief...

Blu-ray film comes with Android-friendly option

From CNET News.com: Android handset owners will now be able to watch a digital copy of a Blu-ray film on their smartphones.

The functionality comes by the way of "Unstoppable," an action-thriller starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine that hit store shelves today. The movie is...

First Intel-branded 3G, 4G chips debut

From CNET News.com: ntel announced shipments of the first 3G chips--and future 4G silicon--that sport its branding today at Mobile World Congress--the fruits of its acquisition of Infineon's wireless business.

"Intel Inside" takes on a new meaning with 3G chips. After the...

Apple iOS Developers Finally Get In-App Subscriptions

From DailyTech: One of the key reasons why Apple still retains a lead when it comes to apps (there's currently 350,000 iOS apps) -- despite having been passed by Android in market share -- is that it offers industry-leading monetization for its developers. From direct sales to in...

7 Inch HTC Flyer Tablet Announced

From DailyTech: Android Community reports that HTC has officially announced its Flyer tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and its specs are quite impressive.

The Android 2.4 Gingerbread-based device runs a modified version of the Sense UI, which pairs nicely with the 7...

Asus Aims to Ship Up to Two Million Tablet PCs This Year

From X-bit Labs: While analysts predict that shipments of tablet personal computers may reach around fifty million already this year and one of the top managers of Asustek Computer claims that the company’s Eee tablets have a “secret weapon” against competitors, the company’s actual...

AMD Speeds Up Opteron Chips, Unveil Ultra-Dense Opteron Machines

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Monday refreshed the lineup of multi-core AMD Opteron processors for servers with higher speed offerings. In addition, the company said that various manufacturers of servers are rolling-out ultra-dense machines that provide ultimate...

Microsoft to pay out billions as part of Nokia deal

From InfoWorld: Nokia on Sunday hinted that Microsoft essentially won a bidding war against Google to supply software to the world’s largest handset maker and that the software giant agreed to pay “billions” of dollars for the privilege.

It also suggested that the first phones...

Dell Introduces Server With 96 CPU Cores

From PC World: Dell on Monday introduced a server that can accommodate up to 96 CPU cores -- a big boost in the computational power provided by its hardware.

The Dell PowerEdge C6145 is one of the fastest servers the company has ever introduced, said Armando Acosta, a PowerEdge-C...

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