RIM sets BlackBerry 10 event for January 30

From CNET News.com: Research In Motion has officially announced a BlackBerry 10 event for January 30.

The company today sent out invitations to select media outlets, inviting them to Pier 36 in New York City that day for the global unveiling of BlackBerry 10: "You can see it first."...

HTC Reconsiders Large-Screen Windows Phone 8 Market

From DailyTech: Rumors are circulating that HTC has scrapped a project that would produce a 5” or larger smartphone using the new Windows Phone 8 operating system. Apparently, HTC couldn’t justify going with the larger screen due to Microsoft’s strict screen resolution requirements...

Sprint Announces Clearwire Buyout at $2.97 Per Share

From DailyTech: Rumors were circulating late last week that Sprint and Clearwire were close to a deal that would see wireless carrier Sprint acquire all Clearwire shares that it didn't already own. Sprint has announced today that it has entered into an agreement that would see it...

OCZ Technology Tests Linux-Based SSD Caching Solutions

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group has initiated a beta test program for its Linux Acceleration (LXL) software development and invites its enterprise SSD customers to participate. The new OCZ LXL software is a fast caching storage solution for OCZ's portfolio of enterprise SSDs...

AMD Preps Radeon HD 8000M Solar System Product Family

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices plans to show off the first Radeon HD 8000M products that belong to the new code-named Solar System family at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, next month. The new chips will be aimed at notebooks and will support a number of...

Cooler Master Storm Ceres 400 Review

If I were to say I was a typical Chinese kid, what would be the first thing that pops into your mind? Would it be the fact that I have glasses, brown eyes, and black hair? What about things I’m good at? Naturally, I would say Chinese people fall into one or more of several categories. We can be good at maths and sciences, have some sort of musical or artistic talent, and/or they’re a hardcore gamer. We can also be categorized as...

Softbank puts cap on how much it'll pay for Clearwire

From CNET News.com: Japan-based Softbank is limiting how much Sprint can pay to acquire Clearwire, a new report claims.

Sprint Nextel yesterday confirmed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it's willing to pay $2.90 a share to buyout the remaining shares in Clearwire...

Apple's iPhone Guilty of Infringing Three Nokia, Sony Patents

From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. (AAPL) has lost an important, but under publicized patent infringement jury trial regarding its iPhone. The trial was held in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, a jurisdiction that is viewed as plaintiff friendly (much like East Texas)...

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