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| Nvidia CEO: Next-gen Android tablets will be 'magical' Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said the next generation of Android phones and tablets will "really surprise people and delight consumers everywhere." Read more |
| iOS 4.2 delayed due to iPad WiFi issue Rumors were running rampant that iOS 4.2 was imminent because a "GM seed" version had been distributed to developers -- but now it appears to be pushed back at least a week or two. Read more |
| Microsoft riffs on cloudonomics: Economies of scale favor public cloud computing Microsoft has published a white paper on cloud computing economics and argues that large clouds could deliver computing power at up to 80 percent lower cost than small ones. Read more |
| How will Android beat a Verizon iPhone? Sub-$50 price tags You might want an iPhone, but can cash-strapped consumers justify the cost when super-cheap Android devices will still get them on the mobile web? Read more |
| Intel slashes prices on solid-state drives for holidays; adds 120GB option Intel is getting into the holiday spirit by cutting the costs on some of its pricey solid-state drives. Read more |
| Gartner: Existing options for migrating from IE 6 are too pricey, risky Gartner Inc. analysts have published a research note for their clients who are still stuck on Internet Explorer 6, offering guidance around "Solving the IE 6 Dilemma." But none of options included are very palatable -- at least not according to Gartner. Read more |
| HTC Surround, LG Quantum WP7 smartphones selling at Amazon for a penny Think you can't buy anything with a penny still? Think again as Amazon is offering up the Windows Phone 7-based HTC Surround and LG Quantum smartphones for $0.01 this weekend only. Read more |
| Facebook gets a do-over Facebook makes a $450 million dollar investment in their second, wholly-owned datacenter. Read more |
| We're a long, long way from securing the Web with SSL/TLS It sounds so simple: Just use SSL or TLS for secure Web connections. So, why are 99 out of the world's top 100 Web sites not automatically securing their connections? Read more |
| Firefox 4 beta 7 - Fast, but Chrome and Opera are faster Mozilla have managed to up the horsepower of the new Firefox 4 beta 7 JavaScript engine, but it still has a way to go before it can catch up with Chrome and Opera. Read more |
| Report rates 50 cities on electric vehicle readiness Just discovered a cool web site for anyone who interested in purchasing an electric vehicle and wondering just how far he or she can travel in same. Called Project Get Ready, the site is a non-profit initiative tied to the Rocky Mountain Institute. The group has published a report called... Read more |
| Verizon FiOS Flex View delivers video on demand for up to five devices Verizon is taking another step toward video content being made available anytime anywhere with its new FiOS Flex View offering. The feature lets you rent or purchase an on-demand offering and have it immediately available to watch on up to five different devices. Instead of using streaming video, Flex... Read more |
| Best Buy, Amazon continue with weekend of early Black Friday sales The closer it gets to Black Friday, the better the sales get. Best Buy and Amazon are both holding special early Black Friday sales again this weekend. Read more |
| Kinect 'Bill Of Materials' around $56 Microsoft's new hands-free Kinect games controller has a bill-of-materials (BOM) cost of around $56, according to a teardown carried out by UBM TechInsights. Read more |
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