Verizon: iPhone sets first-day sales record

From CNET News.com: Verizon today said that it has suspended preorders of the iPhone 4 after registering what it called the most successful first-day sales in the company's history.

The long-awaited smartphone was made available yesterday for preordering by existing Verizon...

Motorola Xoom zooms to Best Buy on Feb. 24?

From CNET News.com: A brief tidbit of information shared by a Best Buy outlet now says the Motorola Xoom will hit store shelves on February 24, a week later than some initial reports had claimed.

The Best Buy store in Grand Rapids, Mich., revealed the date on its Facebook page even...

AMD's Most Affordable Six-Core Chip Now Costs $175

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices this week reduced prices of its desktop Phenom II central processing units (CPUs) aimed at performance-demanding end-users. As a result of the price-cut, six-core microprocessors from AMD got more affordable.

AMD's highest-performing chip at...

AT&T to offer Wi-Fi tethering for iPhone

From InfoWorld: AT&T said on Wednesday that it will allow tethering of multiple devices to Apple's iPhone and add a 2GB data allowance to the $20-per-month service.

The carrier declined to spell out a timetable for the move, however.

"We are working on bringing it to the iPhone,"...

Asustek Chairman Vows 'secret Weapon' for IPad 2

From PC World: The chairman of Asustek Computer, Jonney Shih, noticed the growing thirst for mobile computing early on. When he challenged his engineering teams to design a new, more mobile computer, they came up with the netbook, a mini-laptop with extended battery life designed to...

News Corp. ready to unload MySpace

From CNET News.com: News Corp. is weighing the sale of MySpace as one of a few remaining options to deal with the once popular but now languishing social network.

News Corp. CEO Chase Carey said yesterday in an earnings conference call that the time is right to consider either...

Net powers: IPv4 is over. All hail IPv6!

From CNET News.com: The Internet's overseers bid adieu to the last 83.9 million addresses needed to connect devices to today's Net--then took advantage of the moment to evangelize the next-generation Internet and the dangers of life support for today's Net.

Today's Internet is wired...

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