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...

Apple mulls turning MobileMe into film, music hub

From CNET News.com: MobileMe is an online storage locker, a service that enables users to keep calendars, address books, and e-mail on Apple's servers. In the future, Apple could turn the service into an entertainment and media hub, where users maintain their digital music and video...

Samsung Officially Announces Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 10.1

From DailyTech: Samsung teased its replacement for the original Galaxy S back in mid-January, but the company today made its announcement official. The company pulled the wraps off the Galaxy S II.

The Galaxy S II -- like most new high-end smartphones being introduced in 2011 --...

Sony Playstation Phone Leads Shiny New Android Trio

From DailyTech: Today at the Mobile World Conference 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, Sony Ericsson took the wraps off three new Android smartphones. Sony (Ericsson), as you may recall, recently dropped out of the top five in global smartphone market share. Takings its place were Apple...

AMD Plans Extremely Rapid Transition to New Micro-Architectures

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices seems to be planning extremely rapid transition of its desktop microprocessors to 32nm silicon-on-insulator fabrication process, a person with knowledge of the matter said. By the second quarter of 2012 virtually all AMD processors will be made...

Fujitsu and Oracle Extend Relationship, SPARC Collaboration

From X-bit Labs: Fujitsu and Oracle this week announced that they are strengthening a multi-decade partnership with the extension of their SPARC development relationship, an expansive, new product distribution agreement and a commitment to further joint engineering, marketing and...

Intel Core i5-2500K Review (Page 1 of 11)

We have a little song we sing here at APH Networks. It goes along with the tune of Taio Cruz's Dynamite radio hit that plays every five minutes on every North American popular music station. "I put my foot down to the floor sometimes / Saying VTEC / Just kicked in yo. / I want to mount my laser jammers on / Saying VTEC / Just kicked in yo." (Which replaces the chorus, "I throw my hands up in the air sometimes...") I put my foot...

SilverStone Precision PS05 Review (Page 1 of 4)

In the past few weeks here at APH Networks, there has been quite a few articles on SilverStone products. Many users who have followed along would have noticed we had gone through two separate articles on SilverStone products alone over the past month or so. Today, we are finally on our the last of our trio, and plan to go out with a bang. (Not literally. We're not blowing anything up.) We chose the biggest object to review out of...

Asustek 2010 Earnings Signal Notebook Strength

From PC World: Asustek Computer's revenue for 2010 grew 29 percent over the previous year, largely on the strength of traditional laptop computer sales, the world's sixth-largest PC maker said on Friday.

The Taiwanese company hopes tablet PCs, barely a blip in its books last year...

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