Posted by TechNewsMan on July 31st, 2010 |
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With Apple reporting another record quarter and releasing new products, pressure was high for Microsoft’s results. Microsoft just announced its earnings on Friday and at first glance they aren’t pretty, representing another quarter of declining revenue.
The numbers appear very dire, with revenue, operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share dropping, 14%, 25%, 18% [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 30th, 2010 |
0 commentsTwitter co-founder Biz Stone speaks during the Twitter Conference LA in Los Angeles in September 2009. Facebook and Twitter stars on Saturday shared lessons learned with young entrepreneurs aspiring to be the next hot technology firm.
Facebook and Twitter stars on Saturday shared lessons learned with young entrepreneurs aspiring to be the next hot technology firm.
Facebook’s [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 30th, 2010 |
0 commentsSystem builders and system buyers looking for lower-cost and lower-power AMD options now have a lot more. The company announced today eight new processors in its Athlon II line, including three-core CPUs and two energy-efficient 45-watt CPUs at every core count, intended for mainstream minitower, small-form-factor, and all-in-one systems.
AMD intends the processors to compete against [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 29th, 2010 |
0 commentsRecent copies of Time and People magazines. Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay off some 540 employees starting next week, or six percent of its workforce, The New York Post reported Friday.
Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 29th, 2010 |
0 commentsWhile Firefox and Internet Explorer earn most of the news and publicity, smaller browsers like Google Chrome and Opera are quietly earning more marketshare. Norwegian-based Opera recently debuted a new browser, Opera 10, which brought improved speed compatibility, and some innovative built-in features.
Among the most popular of the new browser’s features is Opera Turbo. The [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 29th, 2010 |
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Nokia Corp., the world’s top maker of mobile phones, announced on Thursday that it had filed a complaint against Apple with the Federal District Court in Delaware, alleging that Apple’s iPhone infringes Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards.
The ten patents in suit relate to technologies fundamental to making devices which are [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 28th, 2010 |
0 commentsFollowing a year of hype mostly centered on the fact that it’s not its predecessor (Vista), Windows 7 has finally been released to the world today, to mostly positive notices. Of course, it’s been available in various forms since about the beginning of the year, but today is the first day you can officially buy [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 28th, 2010 |
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Last week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced Wi-Fi Direct — a peer-to-peer wireless networking method that could replace what we commonly know today as Ad Hoc networking mode.
With Ad Hoc, we can usually share internet connection of one computer to other computers thru the built-in WiFi. One such example is our tutorial here — How [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 27th, 2010 |
0 commentsPC water-cooling components specialist Danger Den is almost ready with its water-block compatible with AMD’s upcoming dual-GPU accelerator codenamed “Hemlock”. Almost, since the base-plate of the water-block has already been designed and molded, which makes for most of the product in itself, requiring only the top, its sealing, and fittings. The monolithic, full-coverage block base [...]
Posted by TechNewsMan on July 27th, 2010 |
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As expected, Canon’s newest professional camera gets announced before the end of the year (and probably the last model for the year) — Canon EOS 1D Mark IV.
It comes with all the usual bells and whistles with some improved specs.
16.1 MP sensor
45-point autofocus
ISO range: 100 – 12,800
Dual Digic 4 Processors
1080p HD video recording
Estimated price is [...]