Intel Confident it Can Beat ARM in the Mobile Space

From DailyTech: Microsoft’s announcement that the next version of Windows would support ARM chipmakers' CPUs was a bombshell and shocking news to x86 chipmaker Intel. Many took the news as a sign that Microsoft felt Intel, the world leader in PC CPU shipments, was offering too...

Lenovo May Acquire Majority Stake in NEC Computers

From X-bit Labs: Lenovo Group, the world's fourth largest supplier of personal computers, and NEC Corp. are reportedly planning to create a joint-venture that will sell PCs in Japan. The two companies will jointly develop and build PCs in order to reduce their costs through economies...

Eric Schmidt Steps Down As Chief Exec of Google

From X-bit Labs: After ten years at the company, Eric Schmidt decided to resign as the chief executive officer of Google, a leading Internet service company. Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, will take the helm and will become chief executive officer starting early April. The...

Cause of Windows Phone 7 data spikes found

From InfoWorld: Microsoft has reportedly traced the cause of random, high spikes in data usage by some Windows Phone 7 handsets to a widely accessed "third-party solution." Microsoft is working with that so-far unidentified vendor, according to SeattlePI.com.

The glitch, according...

Oracle Promising game-changing Storage Announcement

From PC World: Oracle is planning to announce what it calls "a dramatic leap in storage technology" during a Jan. 31 webcast.

"We can't tell you just how much this will improve your datacenter until the big event," the company's website states. But customers will experience greatly...

App downloads top 2 million on Samsung TVs

From CNET News.com: Samsung is seeing significant growth in app downloads on its line of HDTVs.

The company announced this week that 2 million apps have been downloaded from its sets since its marketplace launched last year. The news comes less than two months after Samsung...

Amazon to acquire European equivalent of Netflix

From CNET News.com: Amazon.com has signed an agreement to acquire Lovefilm, a U.K.-based company that's considered a European equivalent to Netflix.

The online retail giant had owned a minority stake in Lovefilm since 2008 when the latter bought Amazon's DVD rental business, which...

Nintendo 3DS Launch Date/Price Confirmed

From DailyTech: Nintendo announced today that its 3DS system will be in stores March 27 of this year, and will cost $249.99.

The Nintendo 3DS is a portable game console that is capable of producing 3D effects through the use of autostereoscopy. Autostereoscopy allows a user to...

AMD Airs Embedded Fusion Processors With DirectX 11 Graphics

From DailyTech: While flashy PC CPUs have long grabbed most of the media attention, embedded CPUs have become an integral business for chipmakers like Intel. AMD has over the last decade become a critical competitor in this market, with designs like its Geode and 64-bit embedded...

Samsung Acquires Ultra Low-Power Display Technology Developer

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of LCDs, has acquired Liquavista company which develops ultra-low power display technologies. The decision emphasizes Samsung's interest to use the electrowetting display technology in electronic book readers, mobile...

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