Motorola Droid Official Webpage Hits Net EarlyRead more...

Motorola has been teasing with dark videos and other hints of its
latest Android smartphone called the Droid for a few weeks now.
Some
early
hands-on impressions and other details on the Droid turned up
this week online. Today the official
Droid page on the Motorola site was “accidentally”
pushed live. The page didn’t stay on the site long, but it was
plenty [...]

Microsoft beats expectations to cap off big weekRead more...

A picture taken on October 6, 2009 shows Microsoft headquarters in Paris. Microsoft reported Friday that net profit fell 18 percent in the first quarter of its fiscal year but the US software giant easily beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts.

Microsoft on Friday capped off a rousing week in which it released Windows 7, [...]

Tech Support Firm Recommends to Wait with Windows 7 UpgradeRead more...





Microsoft Windows 7 is here and available for purchase, but even though Windows Vista can be annoying in some cases, tech support experts do not recommend to upgrade to the novelty straight away. Microsoft will find a way to make its new operating system even better in several months time and it may not make [...]

Speed Showdown: Windows 7 vs. Windows VistaRead more...

With Windows 7 to be released tomorrow, this seemed like a perfect time to take a final look at how its performance compares with that of its much-maligned predecessor, Windows Vista. What we found probably won’t surprise you very much, if you’ve been following the progress of Windows 7 since folks first started getting their [...]

ARM Expects Mobile Phones with Dual-Core Processors Next YearRead more...





Dual-core central processing units (CPUs) were considered a breakthrough in the personal computer industry back in 2005. In 2010, dual-core chips, albeit powered by processors with different micro-architecture, are set to enter the market of mobile phones, according to ARM, a leading developer of processors for portable electronics.
“We don’t need silly GHz speeds. With our [...]

India says will start 3G auction in JanuaryRead more...

An Indian vendor uses her mobile phone to take customers orders at a wholesale market on the outskirts of Hyderabad in April 2009. India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign firms.

India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of [...]

"Hidden Threat": ATI Radeon HD 5850 Graphics Card ReviewRead more...







The recent release of the ATI Cypress graphics processor (RV870) and the first Cypress-based graphics card Radeon HD 5870 has been more than successful. The new product has proved to be as fast as the dual-processor Radeon HD 4870 X2 (and even faster in some applications) but at [...]

Icahn resigns from Yahoo! boardRead more...

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn (pictured in 2005) has resigned from his position on the Yahoo! board, saying the US Internet giant no longer needed an “activist” director like him.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn resigned from his position on the Yahoo! board, saying the US Internet giant no longer needed an “activist” director like him.

“I don’t believe [...]

Archos 5 Internet TabletRead more...


To many, it’s still unclear how the internet tablet fits in the scheme of things but I think it will be going in the same direction as the popular iPod Touch. The Archos 5 Internet Tablet should fit the bill.

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet has some pretty nice specs:
4.8” TFT LCD @ 800×480 pixel resolution
8 [...]

SanDisk: Not All SSDs Are Reliable… But We Are Working on ThatRead more...





SanDisk, one of the leading suppliers of flash-based products, admitted that far not all solid-state drives (SSDs) that are on the market right now are really reliable, which is why many of them are never used inside branded personal computers. But Eli Harari, chief exec of SanDisk, claims that the company does know what to [...]