Samsung goes big with 5.8-inch Galaxy Player

From CNET News.com: A big screen may be awkward for a phone you hold up to your ear, but it's nice for movies and games -- which likely is why Samsung announced a bigger new 5.8-inch model of its Galaxy Player line.

The company offers smaller versions -- for example, its $200...

Google seeks to distance itself from $1B Apple patent verdict

From CNET News.com: Some two days after Apple's lopsided patent victory over Samsung, the Korean electronics giant's pseudo silent partner is breaking its silence.

Google, which provides the Android operating system that Samsung devices use, issued a statement this evening that...

Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Theron Review

The evolution of technology was always an intriguing idea for me, especially when I was at a very young age. At that time, the main thing that appealed to me was none other than playing video games, simply because you would feel like you have successfully accomplished something big, especially after defeating the final boss. To me, the hardware I played my games on did not matter, since I did most of my gaming on my PlayStation...

Verizon Spectrum Deal Approved by FCC With Conditions

From PC World: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission conditionally approved a multibillion swap of wireless spectrum between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and four of the biggest cable TV system operators in the U.S.

But for the deal to go ahead, the FCC is demanding Verizon meet...

Kodak Extends Auction Deadline, Plans to Sell Imaging Units

From DailyTech: Kodak has been fighting to emerge from bankruptcy for months. The photography giant has been preparing for an auction of two patent portfolios that were expected to fetch billions of dollars. Kodak's auction plan came under criticism from technology giant Apple, which...

HP Swallows $8.9B USD Loss, But Analysts Praise Its Revamp Work

From DailyTech: When Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ) hired Léo Apotheker as its new CEO shortly after his firing from SAP AG (ETR:SAP) and cost his former employer $1B USD for allowing the theft of code from rival Oracle Corp. (ORCL), we warned that a rocky road could be ahead for the...

Amazon Set to Announce New Products on September 6

From X-bit Labs: Amazon has sent media resources invitations to a press conference it will hold on Thursday, September 6, 2012. The company is expected to reveal a new lineup of e-book readers, tablets and maybe even give a glimpse onto its long-rumoured smartphone.

Quite naturally...

PowerColor Unleashes World's First Dual-GPU Radeon HD 7990

From X-bit Labs: Tul Corp., the company behind PowerColor supplier of graphics card, has introduced the world's first graphics card that uses two AMD Radeon HD 7970 "Tahiti XT" graphics processing units (GPUs). The PowerColor Devil 13 HD 7990 graphics board uses the company's own...

Microsoft Unveils Redesigned Logo

From PC World: After 25 years Microsoft is hanging up its old corporate logo in favor of a new one that includes a squared off version of its four-color window pane and a typeface that is more in line with its Windows 8 logo.

The logo was scheduled to be revealed this morning at the...

LG's New Display Tech Hit Mass Production, Headed for iPhone

From DailyTech: LG Electronics, Inc.'s (KSC:066570) own Android-based smartphone product line is finally seeing some legitimate global success, but the company's biggest success in the smartphone market actually comes from its display business. LG Display, the world's second largest...

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