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Entries for June, 2011

Deal of the Day – 25% Off Dell UltraSharp 27” 2560 X 1440 (WQHD) LCD Monitor

Today’s LogicBUY deal is the Dell UltraSharp U2711 LCD monitor for $824.25.  Features: WQHD 2560 X 1440 resolution IPS panel, 6ms gray-to-gray response time, 80,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 8-in-1 card reader, capacitive-touch switches.  1 USB 2.0 upstream port and 4 USB 2.0 downstream ports, HDMI 1.3, DisplayPort, two DVI, component and composite inputs. $1099 – [...]

Google now activates 500,000 Android devices each day

Google announced at its annual Google I/O conference last month that as of the beginning of May, the tech giant was activating 400,000 Android new devices each day. That amazing pace seemed almost impossible to keep up, but fast forward to Tuesday and Google’s Android boss shared a new stat. “There are now over 500,000 [...]

SmallNetBuilder Giveaway Results: Cisco Linksys E3000 High Performance Wireless-N Router

The contest has ended and the winner of the Cisco Linksys E3000 is Owen Cauley. Original post by CmdrTaco

T-Mobile announces myTouch 4G Slide

T-Mobile and HTC officially took the wraps off of the new myTouch 4G Slide on Tuesday, an Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) handset. As its name implies, the myTouch 4G Slide offers support for T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 4G network. We recently sat down with HTC for a preview of the phone before its launch, and the manufacturer said [...]

Google faces damages claim from French rival 1PlusV

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French search engine 1plusV said it is suing Google Inc for 295 million euros ($418 million), alleging the U.S. company used its dominance to thwart rivals. Original post by Soulskill

New Motorola Android handset for Sprint leaked

An image of a new Android-powered Motorola handset for Sprint has supposedly been leaked. The device, which could be a follow-up to the Motorola XPRT, packs a full QWERTY keyboard and a rounded form factor that reminds us much more of a BlackBerry than any Android device we’ve seen to date. In fact, it reminds [...]

AU Optronics opens Slovak plant, to offer 3,000 jobs

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Taiwan’s AU Optronics (AUO) opened on Tuesday its second European base for production of LCD displays in Slovakia, helping recovery in the heavily export-reliant economy. Original post by Soulskill

The OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Preview: Second-Gen SandForce Goes PCIe

Solid-state tech marches on, and we’re already approaching SATA’s 6 Gb/s ceiling. OCZ is once again stepping in with a PCIe-based solution with speed in reserve. The company’s RevoDrive 3 X2 promises sequential transfers in excess of 1 GB/s. Original post by Dave Rees

Google “What do you love?” to launch at WDYL.com

<SlashGear> Chris Davies, June 28th 2011 A new Google search portal has been discovered ahead of its official launch, with “What do you love?” offering an aggregated selection of results and services based on a single search term. Currently found atwww.wdyl.com, the new site pulls in news, books, shopping, photos, search and other results, as well [...]

Nintendo Wii U System with Customized AMD Radeon HD GPU

<DIGITIMES> AMD, at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), has announced its support for Nintendo’s newly-announced Wii U system, as a new way to enjoy HD console gaming entertainment, according to DIGITIMES. The custom AMD Radeon HD GPU reflects the characteristics of AMD’s graphics technology solutions: high-definition graphics support; rich multimedia acceleration and playback; and multiple display support, [...]