HP Unveils New PCs and Displays Ahead of CES 2012

From DailyTech: HP will be showing some new systems at CES 2012 as well and it has unveiled the new machines ahead of the show.

The company pulled the wraps off several new devices including a new AIO computer and some new displays. The AIO s called the HP Omni27 PC and features a...

Intel Certifies OCZ's mSATA Solid-State Drives for Ultrabooks

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group on Wednesday said that its Deneva solid-state drives in mSATA form-factor have been certified by Intel Corp. to power ultrabooks, thin-and-lightweight notebooks with maximum responsiveness and performance amid reduced power consumption. OCZ's...

Quanta Sues AMD for Allegedly Faulty Graphics Processors

From X-bit Labs: Quanta, a well-known contract maker of notebooks and other electronics, has sued Advanced Micro Devices for allegedly faulty ATI Radeon graphics processors that AMD no longer supplies. Quanta claims that defective graphics chips significantly impacted its...

Google Disciplines Itself in Chrome Browser PageRank Controversy

From PC World: Google is giving itself the digital equivalent of 100 lashes by downgrading the search result ranking of the company's own Web browser, Google Chrome, for 60 days. The decision came after recent reports that a marketing company working for Google encouraged bloggers to...

Microsoft, Nokia pour $200M into Windows Phone push, report says

From CNET News.com: Microsoft and Nokia are ready to back the money truck up for Windows Phone.

That's according to Windows IT Pro, which reported today that the companies are planning to spend $200 million on marketing in the U.S. to promote the upcoming lineup of phones.

The...

Android Market hits 400,000 available apps, says analytics firm

From CNET News.com: Google's Android Market has hit an important milestone, according to analytics firm Distimo.

The mobile application marketplace now has 400,000 available programs, according to Distimo. Out of that, two-thirds of the available applications are free, jumping from...

Yahoo Appoints PayPal President as New CEO

From DailyTech: After months of searching, Yahoo has finally selected a new chief executive officer to take the helm. According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo has appointed PayPal President Scott Thompson as Yahoo CEO.

Since 2008, Thompson has been in charge of eBay's online...

Galaxy Ace Plus is More Powerful, But Still Packs a Weak Punch

From DailyTech: The iPhone 4/4S by Apple, Inc. (AAPL) may be trailing the barrage of high-end Android phones in cumulative sales, but it has earned high marks for its Retina display (960x640 pixel; 326 ppi). Nonetheless, HTC Corp.'s (TPE:2498) Rezound smartphone recently passed the...

Elpida May Team Up with Toshiba or Micron for Survival

From X-bit Labs: In a bid to survive on the market of dynamic random access memory, Elpida Memory, which has to pay over $1.4 billion in April, 2012, the company may try to merge with its rivals. A possible combination will include Elpida, Micron and Toshiba, which has all chances to...

Out of the Frying Pan? Nintendo 3DS Sells 4 Million Units in U.S.

From PC World: Welcome back to the land of happy press stories, Nintendo: The company says it's now sold four million 3DS game systems in the U.S., adding that its no-glasses 3D handheld has so far sold "more in its first nine months than the Wii did." Altogether, Nintendo sold 12...

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