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| Rumors on iPhone 5 features |
1/24/2011 |
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It is expected that the iPhone 5 may be supportive to 3D games and there are possibilities that the handset will be available on Sprint, a third US carrier.
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| Congress to work on Patent Reform Bill |
1/21/2011 |
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The Patent Reform Act of 2011, which will be introduced in the Senate on Jan. 25, mirrors draft legislation announced last March. It aims to change the U.S. to a so-called first-inventor-to-file system and provide limits on infringement damages.
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| T-Mobile sell towers to fund 4G |
1/21/2011 |
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T-Mobile said yesterday it may sell non- core assets to finance the building of a next-generation network using long-term evolution, or LTE.
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| Google shuffled top executives |
1/21/2011 |
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Starting April 4, Page will take over Google's day-to-day operations, and his fellow founder Sergey Brin will focus on "his passion" of strategic projects, as he said on an investor call Thursday.Schmidt will concentrate "externally on deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership
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| 17 million tablets shipped in 2010 |
1/20/2011 |
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The tablet computer market in 2010 was nearly 17 million units and this is set to grow to 44.6 million units in 2011, according to market research company International Data Corporation (IDC). In 2012, IDC forecasts worldwide shipments of 70.8 million units.
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| Trident lost CEO |
1/20/2011 |
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''The revenue shortfall is primarily attributable to order push-outs and cancellations from TV customers in the seasonally weak fourth quarter as well as slower than expected program ramp-up and a weaker retail segment for the company’s set-top box products,''
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| Verizon to sell iPhone 4 starting Feb. 2 |
1/20/2011 |
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Promotional pricing is $199.99 for the 16 GB model, and $299.99 for the 32 GB model with a new two-year activation agreement — new customers can order starting Feb. 10.
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| Rumor that Apple is to have multi-touch screen |
1/20/2011 |
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One screen shot shows the option to turn multitouch gestures on or off. Below that, it says "four or five fingers" can be used to pinch to the homescreen, swipe up to reveal the multiasking bar, or even swipe left or right between applications.
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| The wait for the white iPhone |
1/19/2011 |
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The Apple rumor site MacRumors received a screenshot of what their source claims is a Best Buy inventory page showing the white iPhone will be in stock Feb. 27.
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| Intel to set $9B Capex for this year |
1/19/2011 |
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The year's growth will be supported by the planned $9 billion capex investment, R&D spending of $7.3 billion, and moves top 22 nm, executives said.
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| New iPad 2 features surface |
1/19/2011 |
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More importantly, the use of a mini DisplayPort would allow the iPad to be connected to the iMac (and other Apple monitors) without any other adaptor.
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| Starbucks accepts Mobile Payment from smartphone |
1/19/2011 |
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The coffee behemoth launched its mobile payment service today, and Blackberry and iPhone or iPod Touch users can download an app that lets them pay through a barcode sent straight to their devices.
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| ARM to work with IBM on 14nm |
1/18/2011 |
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This is intended to minimize the risk and barriers to migrating to smaller geometries while enabling optimized density, performance, power and yield in advanced SoC designs; accelerating the introduction of advanced electronics into the marketplace.
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| Plastic solar panel color match your roof |
1/18/2011 |
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The cells are printed onto glass or other surfaces, are available in a range of colors and could be ideal for new buildings where solar cells are incorporated into glazing panels and walls.
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| Smart phone hack activity will peak next week |
1/18/2011 |
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Ralf-Philipp Weinmann told Computerworld that his technique will break into a smartphone's baseband processor, which sends and receives radio signals as it communicates with the mobile network. A hacker can then listen in to conversations from far away.
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| World PC ship increased while US shipment declined |
1/17/2011 |
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Worldwide PC shipments totaled 93.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, a 3.1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2009, according to preliminary results from Gartner. For the whole of 2010 PC shipments totaled 350.9 million units.
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| Scientist are one step closer to quantum memory |
1/17/2011 |
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"We have already demonstrated entanglement between a photon and the atoms of the crystal. Our next step will be to use interactions with a third photon to teleport its state into our solid-state memory by virtue of that entanglement," said University of Calgary professor Wolfgang Tittel at the Institute for Quantum Information Science.
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| Other tablet makers getting aggressive |
1/17/2011 |
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RIM PlayBook and Motorola Xoom tablet orders to Taiwanese hardware makers point to 2 million in first-quarter shipments for the Apple iPad challengers.
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| Steve Job to take medical leave again |
1/17/2011 |
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Mr. Jobs's health is key to Apple. He is deeply involved in all aspects of the company's business and is widely credited for reviving the then-struggling computer maker in the late 1990s with hit products such as the iMac desktop computer.
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