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Western Digital Fully Recovers by July, HDD Prices Still Up

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:45:00 +0000

The hard disk drive market suffered severely from the floods that struck Thailand late last year (2011), but Western Digital, the company most seriously affected, may just recover faster than originally expected.

According to the company’s most recent words on the matter, full recovery is expected to happen by the end of J… ()

Xbox co-creator channels arcade classics at mobile-game startup

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:15:58 +0000

The correlations between classic arcade games like Centipede and popular mobile games like Angry Birds are undeniable: they’re simple, fun, and addictive. Seamus Blackley has hired a slew of old-school game developers to try to cash in on that fact with his company Innovative Leisure.

Firefox 11 to get add-on sync

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:46:08 +0000

Changes are a-foot again for Firefox. The beta channel can now sync add-ons, the Aurora channel completes a smoother update process, and work on the faster native UI for Android continues.

Games for football lovers on iPhone and Android

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:16:00 +0000

The big game is this Sunday and I’ve put together a collection of games for both iPhone and Android that let you play the role of different players on a football team.

Are composite pickup trucks in our future?

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:42:18 +0000

Transportation design firm Motive Industries released sketches of what a pickup made of composite material could look like.

Being Ahead of NVIDIA in Graphics Is Essential, AMD Says

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:41:01 +0000

If anyone was afraid that AMD would pull the plug on any of its video products, they can rest easy knowing that in this field, at least, the company intends to put all the effort it can muster, instead of canceling plans and letting things stagnate.

Today is AMD’s Financial Analyst Day (February 3, 2012), when the company out… ()

Ford Edge Ecoboost a harbinger of the new efficiency

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:37 +0000

CNET tests the 2012 Ford Edge with its Ecoboost engine. With only 2-liters of displacement, this engine produces more than adequate horsepower while getting excellent mileage.

Military, government officials could get secure Android phones

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:12:08 +0000

CNN reports that U.S. civilian and military officials are testing the use of secure Android smartphones that could be capable of transmitting confidential documents.

Apple cleans App Store of high-profile lookalike apps

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:59:22 +0000

Apple’s quietly removed a number of iOS games that could readily be mistaken for their popular counterparts, and had climbed up the charts as a result.

A hydrogen fueling station powered by the wind

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:57:04 +0000

By building a wind turbine to power a hydrogen production and fueling station, a little hamlet in Long Island is positioning itself a bellwether for carbon-neutral transportation.

AMD Trinity Low Voltage APU 3DMark Scores Revealed

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:51:01 +0000

AMD’s Trinity ultra-low voltage APUs, that are scheduled to be released by the company in the middle of this year in order to counter Intel’s ULV processors, are expected to provide up to 100% better graphics performance than today’s Ultrabook CPUs.

At the end of the presentation held by Lisa Su, SVP and general m… ()

Verizon Galaxy Nexus loses Google support?

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:48:50 +0000

The CDMA version of the phone gets dropped from the Android developer site.

Reading this kitchen scale takes on new meaning

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:33:09 +0000

The Taylor Book End Scale stores upright on a bookshelf. A thin design and protective cover add to the appeal.

Mozilla preps the Web to push

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:29:36 +0000

Mozilla’s gestating a new project that takes its cues from the mobile world: site-specific push notifications. Could this be a next-generation RSS?

Cryoscope lets you feel your forecast

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:02:54 +0000

Robb Godshaw, an industrial design student at Rochester Institute of Technology, demonstrates a haptic weather forecaster called the Cryoscope.

GloSpex glasses light up, freak people out

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:01 +0000

The GloSpex Kickstarter project is destined to be a darling among ravers. The specs feature one-way illumination. The lens glow outwardly, but don’t shine in the wearer’s eyes.

Anti-SOPA forces have ISP snooping bill in their crosshairs

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:18:34 +0000

An Internet outcry forced Rep. Lamar Smith to delay a vote on SOPA. Opponents of Smith’s ISP snooping bill are hoping they can repeat the process.

Reporters’ Roundtable: What’s Facebook going to do with that money?

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:12 +0000

Facebook plans to raise $5 billion in an IPO. What will Facebook do with the money? This week on the Roundtable, Rafe discusses Facebook’s future with Josh Constine from TechCrunch and Shervin Pishevar from Menlo Ventures.

AMD Hondo Tablet APU Arrives in 2012 with 4.5W TDP

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:01:02 +0000

AMD has officially announced that 2012 will witness the introduction of a new low-power APU, code-named Hondo, specially developed to be used in tablet devices, which will improve upon the specs of the current Desna Z-01 accelerated processing unit.

AMD made the existence of this chip official during the company’s 2012 Financ… ()

Pair of unknown LG Androids found ahead of Mobile World Congress

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:42:45 +0000

Newly found details and model numbers indicate LG may have at least two devices ready for the annual event.