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Tablets are currently the most fashionable form of computing, and their slick form factor and high production values makes them very attractive when compared to the relatively cumbersome laptops. At the same time their highly intuitive interfaces makes them a great way to get the non-computer literate using and thriving with machines again, which is [...]
After an uncertain few months, it looks like JooJoo/CrunchPad maker Fusion Garage is going under. According to a leaked document sent to Business Insider, creditors are preparing to force the company into liquidation. The total owed to investors by FusionGarage is said to be in the neighborhood of $40 million. Fusion Garage was originally set [...]
Kingston Technology, which focuses on memory products like RAM and solid state drives, is buying a NT$96 million (~US$3,3 million) stake in JMicron, DigiTimes reports. JMicron’s board of directors approved the sale of 1.5 million shares to Kingston at …
The European Union won’t stand in the way of Intel’s proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security firm McAfee, though the chip maker did have to promise it wouldn’t engage in any shenanigans, InformationWeek reports. Specifically, Intel had to promis…
Don’t pay any attention to all that banter about Foursquare being driven out of business by Facebook Places. The location check-in service just released some numbers indicating they saw astonishing growth of 3400% in 2010. It’s not just that …
Google is giving outgoing chief executive officer Eric Schmidt a $100 million equity award as he steps down and hands the job over to co-founder Larry Page, Bloomberg reports.
This is Schmidt’s first such award, which he will receive in stock and stock…
As Android grows, so too does HTC, Taiwan’s No. 1 smartphone maker. It’s been a banner year for HTC, which announced fourth-quarter earnings twice as high as one year ago, according to an AP report.
HTC continues to cash in on the smartphone frenzy and…
Overall one would have to say it was a fairly good year for AMD, who despite still trailing Intel for the performance crown, still managed to post $6.49 billion in revenue for the year ended December 25, 2010, the chip maker announced on Thursday. Reve…