RIM rejects claims of weak PlayBook battery

From CNET News.com: RIM has rebutted recent claims that its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is hampered by a short battery life.

On Tuesday, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu issued a report in which he cited unnamed sources saying that the PlayBook's battery lasts only a few hours...

Apple Verizon iPhone Coming After CES: Report

From eWeek: Apple will host an event for the Verizon iPhone “very soon,” according to a new report by Bloomberg Businessweek, adding to the steady drum-roll that the smartphone’s break from exclusive U.S. carrier AT&T is imminent.

“Apple’s introduction of an iPhone for use on...

Silverpop's Latest Loss -- 4.9 million Honda/Acura Buyers' Emails

From DailyTech: Honda has posted an online warning and sent an email to 2.2 million customers informing them that a database containing their e-mail addresses, VINs and login information had been stolen. In addition 2.7 million Acura customers had their emails only stolen.

The...

Researchers Create CPU With 1,000 Cores

From Tom's Hardware: Think you're pretty cool there with your hexacore desktop processor? That's nothing. Researchers from the University of Glasgow have created a CPU that has 1,000 cores – that's right, one thousand cores on a single chip.

The scientists are using a Field...

Android Trojan Let Loose in China, Creating Botnet

From DailyTech: Android is starting to pick up steam in the world's biggest nation – China -- in terms of both population and cell phone use. With its rise in popularity, a number of third-party app stores have popped up alongside the official Android Marketplace. While these third...

Skype Unveils IPhone Video Calling Over 3G and Wi-Fi

From PC World: As expected, Skype is ringing in 2011 with the addition of video calling to its Skype for iPhone app.

With Skype 3.0, you can place video calls from Skype on the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 4th-generation iPod touch, and you can receive video calls on the iPad and the...

Intel launches solid-state drive

From EETimes: Intel Corp. has introduced to the market a solid-state drive (SSD) that offers 40- and 80-Gbyte memory capacity in a format measuring 51-mm by 30-mm and only 5-mm deep. The unit weighs 10 grams.

The memory contains 34-nm NAND flash memory, is available in an m-SATA...

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