Google have been under some criticism lately from various corners with many saying that they are trying to lock down Android to become less and less an ‘open source' project. Andy Rubin, the head of the mobile software team said that he and the company are still committed to keeping …
Read More »Toshiba release 24nm NAND
Toshiba have released SmartNAND based on the 24nm manufacturing process. It uses a control chip which support error correction Code (ECC) and can manage sizes up to 64GB. The technology is exciting because it can remove the ECC load from the host processor, while minimising protocol changes. It helps to …
Read More »Steve Ballmer rated worst CEO by own staff
The latest results from Glassdoor might not surprise many of our readers, but Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO has been voted the worst CEO by employees of his own company. The employees were evaluated for a full year before the final scoring was released. Google employees rate Eric Schmidt highly as …
Read More »millions potentially affected by Epsilon email breach
Permission email marketing outsourcer Epsilon have announced a data breach which could affect millions of people. In a short statement, they announced that the breach affects a ‘subset' of its customer data, but has yet to disclose the full extent of the problem. The unauthorised entry into its email system …
Read More »iPad 2 stock shortage causes Apple to shift strategy
I may be a lowly news guy, but even I knew months ago that Apple's iPad 2 would sell well. Apple have been caught napping, yet again and are having to reevaluate how they get more stock into the supply chain. Apple are reportedly taking on a new supplier of …
Read More »Amazon launch ‘cloud drive’ for music storage
Amazon, the giant online store have launched a new cloud based storage service called ‘Cloud Drive'. To tie in with the launch they have also released a music player which they call Amazon Cloud Player for the web. Amazon have launched the storage service as a means to access music …
Read More »Apple send ‘cease and desist’ order to Adult ‘App Store’
While Apple and Microsoft battle it out through legal channels over the trademark of ‘App Store', Apple are current taking more legal action against MiKandi – an ‘adult app store'. MiKandi have received a ‘cease and desist' order from Apple, over the use of the term ‘App Store', company co …
Read More »Apple sue Amazon, over ‘app store’ term
Apple have taken the gloves off, suing Amazon for using the phrase ‘App Store' without their permission. Heavy hitter Apple have been fighting Microsoft in legal channels recently for the permission to trademark the term. Apple have filed the complaint against Amazon in the federal court for the Northern District …
Read More »Indilinx get taken over by OCZ
Indilinx, a South Korean company who specialise in flash controller technology have been acquired by OCZ Technology. The takeover only cost OCZ £20 million in stock. Indilinx patents will be transferred over to OCZ as part of the deal, giving them a wide poll of technology to call from, including …
Read More »Motorola Xoom wifi launching at $599
Motorola are launching the wifi only Xoom on March 27th, according to a Staples flyer, offering a 3G free and cheaper version of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. Droid Life spotted the flyer, which indicates a $599 price for the Xoom WiFi model. This is the same price as Verizon …
Read More »PC gaming market is thriving, according to EA
Electronic Arts Frank Gibeau has been rather outspoken about the PC being the future of the company and that the platform may possibly be the biggest market for EA over the coming years. He told Gamasutra that ‘The use base is gigantic, PC retail may be a big problem, but …
Read More »Powercolor HD6870 Eyefinity released
Powercolor have been releasing some brilliant video cards in the last year, and the latest announcement comes in the form of the Radeon HD6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition graphics card. Specifications are set to 900mhz on the core, with the 2GB of GDDR5 memory running on a 256 bit memory interface, …
Read More »Mario is confirmed release in full 3D for new 3DS console
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has confirmed that Mario will be hitting the upcoming 3DS console in glorious 3D. While everyone knew this would happen, this is the first official statement that Nintendo have released, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday. The good news is that the Nintendo …
Read More »Android Activations climb, should the competition be afraid?
Android has been gaining a lot of market share since 2010, growing from only 3.9 percent to a staggering 22.7 percent in the course of a year. Apple's iOS however grew just slightly from 14.4 percent to 15.7 percent, with Blackberry OS falling from 19.9 percent to 16 percent. Microsoft …
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