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Nvidia Hit With Securities Lawsuit Over Bad Graphics Chips
A lawsuit filed in a California court on Tuesday alleged Nvidia violated U.S. securities laws and concealed the existence of a serious defect in its graphics-chip line for at least eight months "in a series of false and misleading statements made to the investing public." The lawsuit charged that Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang and CFO Marvin Burkett knew as early as November 2007 about a flaw that ...read more
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First flip-phone BlackBerry launched
Research In Motion is launching a flip version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, a move that reasserts its push into the consumer market. Like RIM's original Pearl model, the first-ever flip BlackBerry comes loaded with multimedia features such as a video and music player and a 2-megapixel camera with flash, as well as a web browser and an abridged keyboard. "Seventy percent of ...read more
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Google Moves to Increase User Privacy
One of the oft cited concerns towards search engine giant Google is the fact that it has access to mountains upon mountains of potentially confidential user data. From email to documents to even web browsing, Google potentially has its arms in every part of person's digital life. Today, the company announced on their blog a new measure to protect its users' privacy: Google has cut its old 18 ...read more
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Sky beams TV onto PSP
Sony and broadcaster Sky have finally televised details of their joint subscription TV-on-PSP service, which is now available to the portable console's punters. Dubbed Go!View, the service enables gamers to access a variety of telly content through Sky, including films. Shows are downloaded onto the handheld Sony gadget through a PC - the system uses the Windows-only Kontiki peer-to-peer ...read more
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Mattrick: Over $1 billion spent on Xbox Live
Microsoft's Don Mattrick has revealed current sales stats for the Xbox 360 and boasted that the hardware will outsell its bitter rival during this generation. North American sales of the Xbox 360 have reached 10.3 million, pushing the machine over 5 million units ahead of the PS3, according to the Xbox boss. "I'm willing to declare here today that Xbox 360 will sell more consoles ...read more
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Microsoft unveils new Xbox Live interface
Microsoft has announced details of its new Xbox Live interface at this morning's E3 press conference. John Schappert unveiled a new GUI - showing video, game, primetime, community and My Xbox channels replacing the current blades - complete with user-created avatars designed by Viva Pinata studio Rare. Players will be able to customise the look of their avatar, which appears on the ...read more
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iTunes 7.7
iTunes is a piece of software that lets you add to, organize and play your digital media collection on your computer, as well as sync it to a portable device. It's a jukebox player along the lines of MusicMatch and Windows Media Player, and you can use it on a Mac or Windows machine. The most significant difference between iTunes and some other media players is the built-in iTunes Music Store ...read more
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Intel Bloomfield CPU pricing reveals pleasant surprise
In order to speed up adoption of quad-core CPUs, Intel is planning to offer its upcoming 3.2GHz Extreme series Bloomfield processor at US$999 in thousand-unit tray quantities, US$500 cheaper compared to the current top-end Core 2 Extreme QX9770 which sells at US$1,499, according to sources at motherboard makers. In the past, Intel had always priced its flagship Extreme model at US$999, but ...read more
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AOL a less challenging buy than Yahoo for Microsoft
While it still would present some integration challenges, AOL might be easier for Microsoft to absorb than Yahoo from a cultural and political perspective now that Microsoft's battle for Yahoo has gotten so ugly. Though Yahoo's search business is the crown jewel Microsoft has been after, the quest to acquire it has degenerated into a string of taunts, threats, and mudslinging for which there ...read more
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Apple fastest growing computer manufacturer in US
Apple computers have enjoyed an excellent second quarter of 2008, with sales growing faster than any other manufacturer. Gartner is reporting that Apple’s sales grew 38 per cent over the period and the company now has 8.5 per cent of the US market. HP consolidated its position as market leader with over 11 per cent sales growth, giving it a market share of 31.9 per cent. Overall the ...read more
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