RIM PlayBook Tablet to Offer Android Apps

From DailyTech: For Research In Motion, a lot is hinging on the success of its forthcoming PlayBook tablet. And while Android is garnering attention of its own for the anticipated Motorola Xoom tablet, RIM might be developing a plan to steal some of its thunder.

Bloomberg reports...

HP Unveils TouchPad, Enters the Market of Tablets

From X-bit Labs: Palm division of Hewlett-Packard this week unveiled the company's first PC in tablet form-factor. The company emphasizes that its TouchPad slate is not only a media tablet, but a device ready to run with productivity applications and actually make some work. The...

AMD May Axe Microprocessor Brand-Names - Document

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices may can specific brand-names of its microprocessors in order to emphasize its corporate AMD Vision trademark and attract attention to its corporate brand. As a result of the move, Athlon, Phenom and Sempron will vanish into oblivion.

When AMD...

Surprise! Bing tops Google in search accuracy

From InfoWorld: Here's a line of defense Microsoft could use against accusations that Bing steals Google's search results: Bing doesn't rip off Google because Bing is more accurate than Google. Ouch!

According to research by Experian Hitwise, Bing (and Yahoo Search powered by Bing)...

RIM PlayBook May Undercut HP TouchPad, Compete with iPad

From PC World: Pricing for the new HP TouchPad hasn't been announced, but it looks like Research In Motion's 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook will cost $500. That rumor comes after Twitter user Ben Shipley posted a screenshot that shows what appears to be an internal Office Depot webpage of...

Sprint gains subscribers amid 4th-quarter loss

From CNET News.com: Sprint Nextel's fourth quarter highlighted a company that has rebounded nicely, with almost 1.1 million net subscriber additions, including prepaid and postpaid customers. However, Sprint could have to pony up some cash to support Clearwire, the partner that runs...

Google seeks to unlock Android 3.0 hardware power

From CNET News.com: An interface coming with the forthcoming Honeycomb version of Android will open up a new ability for programmers who want to tap into hardware power unlocked by low-level programming.

The new interface, is called Renderscript, said R. Jason Sams, an Android...

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 SP1 to OEMs

From DailyTech: Microsoft has released to OEMs its latest service pack -- an update that contains compiled Windows Update bugfixes and, typically, a handful of new features. The new service pack is the first for the best-selling Windows 7 operating system and the Windows Server 2008...

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