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| Netflix to bring Movie on Demand to iPhones |
8/26/2010 |
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But streaming media on demand is clearly the marquee feature of the app, and if that works half as well as the iPad version, most users will probably welcome it with open arms.
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| Dell over bids HP |
8/26/2010 |
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Dell had initially offered $18 a share last week, but on Monday, Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest technology company, started a bidding war for 3Par, bidding $24 a share, 33 percent higher than Dell’s offer. Dell’s latest bid is a slight increase over Hewlett’s.
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| Cannon announced super resolution image sensor |
8/25/2010 |
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The sensor is the so-called APS-H size and measures 29.2-mm by 20.2-mm and contains 13,280 by 9,184 pixels (121.96 million pixels). The advantage of such a extremely high-resolution sensor is that images can still be at high resolution – similar to film quality – after zooming and cropping.
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| Breakthrough in shrinking MRAM |
8/25/2010 |
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Now researchers claim to have solved MRAM's density problems by crafting a ferroelectric interface that allows perpendicular magnetic domains to be as small as 40 nanometers, potentially achieving higher densities than flash.
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| Google to announce VOIP services |
8/25/2010 |
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If the speculation is true, Gmail is about to become an even more indispensable Web-based productivity app than it already is.
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| Apple to introduce 99 cents TV episode rental |
8/25/2010 |
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Bloomberg reports the Apple announcment's big news will be the introduction of 99-cent television show rentals that will feature the content partners News Corp. along with CBS, NBC Universal, and Walt Disney.
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| Jailbreak on iPhone comes with problems |
8/24/2010 |
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Since the U.S. Copyright Office declared last month that it's legal to jailbreak your iPhone, lots of iPhone users have been doing just that -- nearly 9 percent of them as of late July.
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| Samsung widen market share on DRAM |
8/24/2010 |
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Second quarter DRAM was the highest the industry has seen since 1995 and bit shipments, at 3.56 billion 1Gbit-equivalent units, reached the highest level ever, iSuppli said. The $3.03 ASP for all DRAM parts was the highest it has been since the third quarter of 2008.
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| Samsung to introduce Tablet on Sept. 3 |
8/24/2010 |
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Tech-focused readers are interested in an unreleased Android device over an iPad. As of this morning, a surprising 58% of them (below) would rather have the Android OS on their tablets.
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| HDD company alliance to look at new technology |
8/23/2010 |
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"So in the next two years we have to make some significant decisions," Munce said. "The supply base needs a common direction from the industry, and that can't come from one company alone,"
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| Leaked Droid X shut down |
8/23/2010 |
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"With the release of Froyo MDW has received a C & D from Motorola requesting removal of the software from our server. We are sorry for the inconvenience but we must oblige Motorola."
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| Apple has technology to identify iPhone user |
8/23/2010 |
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"The photograph, recording, or heartbeat can be compared, respectively, to a photograph, recording, or heartbeat of authorized users of the electronic device to determine whether they match,"
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| HP out bids Dell on data storage company |
8/23/2010 |
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In 3Par (PAR) they are bidding for a company that provides software for organizing data on corporate servers. The company, based in Fremont, Calif., offers its products on a subscription basis over the Web, an approach known as "cloud computing."
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| Dell: Corporate is coming back |
8/20/2010 |
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Dell said that it is seeing the effects of a corporate refresh cycle, with revenue in total mobility and desktop products growing 21 and 17 percent, respectively, driven by particular strength in large enterprise and small and medium businesses.
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| PC sales increasing rapidly in India |
8/20/2010 |
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"Personal computer is a multi-functional device that consumers can use to work, learn and play. Most importantly it helps people to take full advantage of today’s technological advances and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges,”
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| Lenovo sales rebounced |
8/20/2010 |
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Lenovo was hit hard by the global economic crisis, which prompted its core corporate customers to slash purchases. The company suffered three losing quarters before rebounding to profit in the three months ending last September.
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| Battle on Powerline network heats up |
8/20/2010 |
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Marvell's acquisition Thursday (Aug. 19) of powerline chip maker Diseno de Sistemas en Silicio SA (DS2) follows by less than a year the acquisition of Intellon by Atheros.
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| DRAM Contract Prices free fall again |
8/19/2010 |
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People in the know, and the strokers of beards think that since DRAM prices are so low, PC vendors will seek to increase the memory content of their products ensuring that demand picks up in the next quarter.
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| Cell Phone battery explosion kills man |
8/19/2010 |
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The victim, 23 year-old Gopal Gujjar, was found along with the remains of his Nokia 1209 mobile phone and its battery. He had suffered serious injuries to his neck and right ear.
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| Intel lost some ground on Q2 market share |
8/19/2010 |
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Intel earned 80.7 percent of the market of PC microprocessors in the second quarter of 2010, a quarterly sequential loss of 0.3 percent, IDC said. Intel's main rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. captured 19.0 percent of the market, a sequential increase of 0.2 percent, while Via Technologies earned a market share of 0.3 percent, IDC said.
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| Intel roadmap show new processor lineup |
8/18/2010 |
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It seems to be pretty straightforward, and we are told that frequencies will range between 2.3GHz and 3.8GHz in Turbo mode, depending on the model. Thirteen models will be pitched at desktops and the remaining nine at laptops.
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| Intel/Micron announce 25nm TLC Nand |
8/18/2010 |
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For example, a 256GB SSD can be built with 32 of the 8GB NAND flash dies instead of 64 dies; a 32GB smartphone needs just four dies; and a 16GB flash card requires only two. The change also cuts the overall cost to produce mobile products.
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| Iran activists sued Nokia for providing wiretap equipment |
8/18/2010 |
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The activists' lawyers, alleges that Isa Saharkhiz, a journalist and dissident, has suffered at the hands of the Iranian authorities because those authorities were able to listen to his telephone conversations using monitoring equipment sold to Iran by NSN.
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