During the Computex trade show in Taiwan on Tuesday, Intel’s executive vice president Sean Maloney discussed a new category of laptop computers called “Ultrabooks” that Intel says will dominate 40% of the consumer market by the end of next year. Ultrabooks will blend the performance of today’s laptops with a tablet-like experience in a thin [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top Pentagon contractors have been bleeding secrets for years as a result of penetrations of their computer networks, current and former national security officials say. Original post by Soulskill
According to a new report from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, “radio frequency electromagnetic fields” are “possibly carcinogenic to humans based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer associated with wireless phone use.” The agency met with with 31 scientists from 14 countries from May [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter has acquired the team behind a small Internet company whose tools helped manage advertising campaigns on Google Inc, stepping up the microblogging site’s effort to generate revenue. Original post by Soulskill
During the Computex tradeshow in Tapei, NVIDIA’s CEO Huang Jen-hsun said that sales of tablet PCs will surpass notebook sales in five years, Taiwan Economic News reported on Tuesday. It’s certainly no secret that NVIDIA hopes to profit off of that market shift — the firm already has its dual-core Tegra 2 chip in a [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc has resolved a dispute with Alibaba Group over the Chinese company’s transfer of its online payment system, Alipay, to Chief Executive Jack Ma, two sources close to the matter said. Original post by Soulskill
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs leaps back into the spotlight next week to showcase the iPad maker’s latest software and is widely expected to unveil an online music storage and streaming service. Original post by Soulskill
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge approved a class action settlement over Google’s Buzz social network, and awarded $500,000 to an Internet privacy group that had previously been left out of the proposed deal. Original post by Soulskill
According to a new report form The Wallstreet Journal, Apple’s iCloud storage locker service — set to be unveiled next Monday during the WWDC 2011 conference — will launch with more partners than both Google and Amazon have for their competing services. Reportedly, Apple has inked deals with EMI Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc has resolved a dispute with Alibaba Group over the Chinese company’s transfer of its online payment system Alipay to Chief Executive Jack Ma, two sources close to the matter said. Original post by Soulskill
