AMD Launches New Piledriver-Based Opteron 6300 Family
AMD’s new Piledriver-based Opterons are launching today, completing a product refresh that the company began last spring with its Trinity APUs. The new 12 & 16-core Piledriver parts are debuting as...
View ArticleMicrosoft to Replace Windows Live Messenger with Skype
Microsoft’s theme for the year might as well be “Out with the old and in with the new.” That philosophy accurately describes the launch of Windows 8, which dispenses with the old way of doing things...
View ArticleWhy there’s no 16GB Surface RT
Microsoft has confirmed what many had suspected, that it didn’t offer a 16GB Surface RT tablet because there would have been virtually no room for customer content on the device. According to a FAQ...
View ArticleBelkin Intros First Lightning-Compatible Apple Accessories
Well, you knew it would happen at some point. Belkin has just announced the first major batch of accessories (from a major electronics maker) that’ll work with Apple’s newest connector. The new...
View ArticleMicrosoft ships IE10 for Windows 7 preview, hints at launch this year
As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday shipped a major preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7, using a moniker that hints at a final release as early as next month. Called IE10 Release...
View ArticleVevo prepares for European launch
Vevo, the music video website founded by music majors Universal and Sony, is to break into mainland Europe, launching in France, Spain and Italy. The service, which is also backed by EMI Music, is...
View ArticleMicrosoft promises to support Surface RT for 4+ years
Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with...
View ArticleWindows 8 uptake: More like Vista than Windows 7
After a month on the market, Windows 8’s usage uptake resembles 2007’s Vista — ultimately a poor performer for Microsoft — rather than the eventually successful Windows 7, a Web measurement company...
View ArticleNASA to extend Mars exploration with another robotic rover
With NASA’s super rover Curiosity successfully investigating Mars, the space agency announced plans to extend its work there and even send up another robotic rover. “The Obama administration is...
View Article8 of 10 customers choose Windows 7, says PC builder
Given a choice, customers of a Pacific Northwest PC system builder overwhelming pick Windows 7 over the newer Windows 8, the company’s president said Thursday. “Windows 7 is known, it has years of...
View ArticleGoogle Maps snares 10M downloads on iOS App Store
Google on Monday said that iOS users had downloaded more than 10 million copies of its revamped Maps app in the first two days of availability. Google launched Maps late last Wednesday, returning the...
View ArticleConsumer Reports makes case for Windows 7 PCs
Windows 7 may be the better choice as a PC operating system on new systems than the just-released Windows 8, Consumer Reports magazine said this week. “Windows 7 generally received favorable reviews...
View ArticleReview: Drafts for iPhone and iPad
It’s easy enough to cut and paste text between apps, but these days, much of my iOS-composed text starts out in the aptly named Drafts, a stellar app from Agile Tortoise. Available for both the iPad ($...
View ArticleBlackBerry 10 handsets enter FCC database
A month ahead of the launch of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 operating system, a couple of handsets running the OS have appeared in a U.S. radio regulatory database. There’s not much about the...
View ArticleCanonical prepares Ubuntu for smartphones
Further expanding from its core mission of providing Linux distributions for desktop computers and servers, Canonical is developing a version of Ubuntu for smartphones. The company plans to market the...
View ArticleUpdate: Canonical prepares Ubuntu for smartphones
Further expanding from its core mission of providing Linux distributions for desktop computers and servers, Canonical is developing a version of Ubuntu for smartphones. The company plans to market the...
View ArticleHuawei shows off smartphone with monster 6.1-in. screen
It might not be a household name in the U.S., but China’s Huawei sought to make a statement at CES in Las Vegas on Monday. The company, which is one of the world’s biggest vendors of cellular network...
View ArticleApple’s fortunes rise in China, despite sagging market share
A cheaper iPhone ? A deal with China Mobile ? Despite having neither of the two, Apple reported strong earnings in the Chinese market in its fiscal first quarter, with revenue buoyed by triple digit...
View ArticleRIM hints at two BlackBerry 10 phones launching in early February
Research In Motion has hinted that it will launch two new handsets early next month to accompany the release of its BlackBerry 10 operating system. RIM is expected to unveil the phones at an event in...
View ArticleStreaming video: RIM BlackBerry 10 Launch event (10 a.m. ET)
Today’s the big day for Research in Motion (RIM), which plans to officially unveil its BlackBerry 10 OS at a special event in New York City that begins at 10 a.m. Analysts are calling it a “make or...
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