| High-speed graphene transistors could mean faster mobiles, computers A group of UCLA researchers has fabricated the fastest graphene transistor to date, which could translate into faster electronic devices such as radios, computers and... | |
| USB speakers set to get 'more oomph' out of laptops Soon, music aficionados can use plug-in USB speakers that produce high-quality sound from the laptop without the need for mains... |
| Offerpal names new CEO, again Offerpal Media , the Fremont company that came under fire last year for allegedly flooding social games with offers that took advantage of users, has named its third CEO in less than a year. Mihir... |
| Toshiba recalls Satellite laptops Toshiba is recalling its Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite Pro T130 laptops in response to reports that these devices overheat and can burn users.About 41,000 laptops sold between... |
| Texas AG Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Google Google Celebrates Chrome's Birthday with Stable Release Google released an updated version of its Chrome browser, which promises faster speeds and a simplified... |
| Google Settles Buzz Class-Action Suit for $8.5M Google Celebrates Chrome's Birthday with Stable Release Google released an updated version of its Chrome browser, which promises faster speeds and a simplified... |
| Apple's iPod, Apple TV Updates: 10 Big Questions and Answers Samsung Galaxy Tab and Apple iPad Compared Can the Samsung Galaxy Tab topple the Apple iPad? We compare the key specs for each tablet side by side to see if the iPad's days as top tablet are... |
| HP outlasts Dell in bid for 3PAR NEW YORK--U.S. computer giant Hewlett-Packard emerged the winner on Thursday in a bidding war with Dell for 3PAR after raising its offer for the data storage company to US$33 per share or US$2.35... |
| Nautilus gets $5 million Nautilus Inc. has received a $5 million loan from its controlling shareholders, according to a Securities & Exchange Commission filing Friday. The loan from New York investment... |
| YouTube likely profitable this year cited by the New York Times . Google, which owns the videosharing website, does not break out financial information for YouTube, but the Times said revenue from advertising in videos has more than... |
| Google to Simplify Privacy Policy Google Celebrates Chrome's Birthday with Stable Release Google released an updated version of its Chrome browser, which promises faster speeds and a simplified... |
| Google Chrome 6: Hands On Google Celebrates Chrome's Birthday with Stable Release Google released an updated version of its Chrome browser, which promises faster speeds and a simplified... |
| Canon Shows Off Concept Cameras at Expo Canon Pixma MG8120 Wireless Photo All-In-One Printer The Canon Pixma MG8120 Wireless Photo All-In-One Printer focuses on printing high-quality... |
| Dell Retakes No. 2 Spot in Global PC Market from Acer lost its long-standing No. 2 spot in the global PC market to rising star Acer , based in Taiwan. But Acer hasn't stayed there. Despite the global PC market's 1.1 percent sequential increase in unit... |
| Summary Box: HP snatches 3Par away from Dell LAST-MINUTE SCRAMBLE: Dell Inc. boosted its bid for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. to $32. Hewlett-Packard Co. came back with a $33-per-share offer before Dell's move could be made public. The board of... |
| Blog host Vox to close down Vox will shut down at the end of September, the San Francisco-based company said in an announcement Friday. The company said it halted new membership on Thursday and would stop allowing new posts on... |
| Epiq Systems concludes $29.9M share repurchase Epiq Systems Inc. has wrapped up a $29.9 million share repurchase program, buying about 2.3 million shares. The board of the Kansas City, Kan., company (Nasdaq: EPIQ), which provides software and... |
| iTech Electronics issued 'F' from BBB iTech Electronics an "F" grade for failure to resolve some consumer disputes. The bureau said the company did not respond to six of 13 complaints issued over 36 months, despite being... |
| Ga. Power files cost plan for nuclear project customers will pay an extra $1.74 a month on average for five years to help offset the costs of building two additional nuclear reactors at the utility’s Plant Vogtle. Those preliminary... |
| EBay fine reduced in counterfeit luxury goods case LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA said Friday, but the online retailer's fine was reduced. Between 2001 and 2006, counterfeit Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior products were sold by users... |
| Dell Streak's size a drawback In this Aug. 24, 2010 photo, an Associated Press reporter holds the Dell Streak phone during a product review in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)... |
| Apple's Ping Inundated with Spam Comments iTunes-based social network called Ping . It's probably too early to draw many conclusions about Ping, but according to Chet Wisniewski at Sophos, one thing is clear: Apple didn't think too long... |
| Mobile Apps Helps Boost Twitter Membership to 145M Twitter for iPad Sporting a (mostly) clean layout, multiple account support, and the slick Panes feature, Twitter's official iPad app is one of the best of its... |
| Apple's iTunes 10 Adds TV Rentals, Security Fixes new version of iTunes out that provide lots of new features and services from Apple, but it's got another surprise under the covers: security vulnerability fixes. iTunes 10 for Windows includes a... |
| Toshiba Recalls Some Laptop Computers (8/31/2010) Toshiba has issued a recall of about 41,000 of its laptop computers after reports of the devices melting laptop cases and of minor injuries. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission... |
| HP Wins 3PAR, What's Next for Dell? conceded the 3PAR bidding war to HP. With that epic struggle behind it, Dell has to determine its next steps--sans 3PAR and now competing against the cloud storage service it had hoped to be... |
| Nvidia Debuts GeForce 400M Series Notebook GPUs Nvidia has introduced the first notebook graphics processing units (GPUs) designed with its Fermi architecture. Built from the ground up for DirectX 11, the GeForce 400M series includes the GeForce... |
| Studying Computers To Learn About Ourselves September 3, 2010 Clifford Nass, a communications professor at Stanford University, has been studying the ways humans interact with computers to tease out some of the intricacies of how people... |
| HP outlasts Dell in bidding war U.S. computer giant Hewlett-Packard emerged the winner on Thursday in a bidding war with Dell for 3PAR after raising its offer for the data storage company to US$33 per share or US$2.35 billion.HP... |
| Toshiba Satellite laptops recalled for burn hazard IDG News Service - The U.S. and Canadian governments this week said that Toshiba is voluntarily recalling some Satellite laptops for posing a burn hazard to customers. Laptops could overheat and... |
| Bruker subsidiary files for $100M IPO Bruker Corp. , plans to go public with an initial public offering in which the superconducting technology company is looking to raise approximately $100 million. According to the form filed with... |
| Facebook testing Twitter-like 'Subscribe' feature Twitter 's follow feature, according to reports. VentureBeat and the blog All Facebook report that the feature, being tested with a small number of people, gives subscribers notifications of new... |
| BP closes $98M biofuels buyout first announced in July . As part of the acquisition, Verenium’s pilot plant and demonstration-scale facility in Jennings, La., is now owned by BP. BP also takes over the Cambridge... |
| NIH awards Celsion $200K grant National Institutes of Health for research and development on drugs used to treat cancer. The company was awarded a competitive Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research grant for development... |
| Mack, Volvo use technology to expedite repairs announced that they are using a new Web-based system that will allow them to better coordinate fleet repairs and maintenance. Through a partnership with Virginia-based Decisiv Inc., Mack Trucks is... |
| Nanosys opens Korean facility Nanosys Inc. has opened a subsidiary in Korea to support its business in Asia. Palo Alto-based Nanosys uses nanotechnology to create materials with unique properties that enhance quality and... |
| Pfizer ends deal with Celldex has terminated its agreement to develop a potential brain cancer vaccine. Celldex said in a statement that Pfizer has decided that the program “is no longer a strategic priority”. The... |
| H&R Block trims first-quarter loss, tops revenue expectations reported a net loss of $130.7 million or 41 cents a share, during the first quarter, which ended July 31. That is am improvement from last year, when the Kansas City-based company lost $133.6... |
| AT&T adds 19 new Spanish channels in Alamo City is giving more Spanish-language channel options to U-verse television customers in San Antonio and South Texas. The company has added 19 new Spanish-language channels to its AT&T U-verse TV... |
| Top 7: Elder Care Providers Presbyterian SeniorCare topped this year's list of the 25 Largest Pittsburgh-area Elder Care Providers, with 3,193 area beds. The complete list of the 25 Largest Pittsburgh-area Elder Care... |
| BancVue acquisition doubles client base BancVue Ltd. has acquired a credit portfolio that will more than double its client base. BancVue, founded in 2003, provides products, marketing and consulting to community financial institutions... |
| Play 'StarCraft II 'On Multiple Monitors with Actual Tools Utility Twitter for iPad Sporting a (mostly) clean layout, multiple account support, and the slick Panes feature, Twitter's official iPad app is one of the best of its... |
| Nvidia Releases 400M Series Laptop GPUs laptops from companies like Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba, the company said. The 400M series, launched at this week's IFA conference in Berlin, features the first laptop processors... |
| The 3 Coolest Products of the Week IBM shook things up this week by announcing details of the world's fastest computer chip -- the 5.2GHz microprocessor in a new version of Big Blue's zEnterprise mainframe. The z196 processor is a... |
| iHome ready for some Apple AirPlay One of the cool demos that Steve Jobs put on at the Apple special event on Wednesday was showing off the revamped Apple streaming service AirPlay (formerly AirTunes). And, thanks to a page on the... |
| For Dell, Plenty of Targets After Shanking on 3Par "It is definitely a loss for Dell, but this is a situation where they were competing with someone about four times their size," said Andrew Redmond, an associate in the technology investment banking... |
| After losing 3Par, Dell's enterprise challenge remains a mix of technology and time SEATTLE - Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure... |
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| Parkinson appoints two Kansas City-area members to health exchange board Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has appointed two Kansas City-area representatives to the 16-member board for the Kansas Health Information Exchange Inc. Dr. Helen Connors, executive director of... |
