Barnes & Noble shares soar on Microsoft deal

From CNET News.com: Barnes & Noble's shares are skyrocketing today following its announcement of a strategic partnership with Microsoft.

The company's stock soared in early trading to $26, nearly doubling last week's closing price of $13.68. Since then, investors have started to...

Verizon Leak: Rezound, RAZR, and Xoom Likely to Get ICS Upgrades

From DailyTech: Top Android-centric blog Droid Life has picked up an interesting tidbit from "Redditor" "DroidTosser", who posted screenshots purportedly from Verizon Wireless -- a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc. (LON:VOD).

America's...

Nvidia Launches GeForce GTX 690

From X-bit Labs: Nvidia Corp. has unveiled its most powerful graphics solution: the dual-chip GeForce GTX 690, which is powered by two Kepler-generation GK104 graphics processors made using 28nm process technology. With the help of 3072 stream processors, the device is set to...

Thermaltake Toughpower XT Platinum 1275W (Page 1 of 4) | Reports

In the introduction of my NZXT Switch 810 review last week, we have discussed the concept of "switch" -- whether it be "switch" (Like a transistor in electronics), or "switch" (As in "change"; Obama's favorite word back in '08). For the first example, I have talked about my Electrical Engineering exam. Good news: That went well. In the second example, I have quoted opinion polls regarding the Alberta provincial election earlier...

LG Launches Dual-core Optimus LTE Smartphone in Europe

From PC World: LG Electronics said on Friday that it will start selling the Optimus True HD LTE in Germany, Portugal, and Sweden, helping the number of available LTE devices to slowly grow across Europe.

The first commercial LTE network may have launched in Europe. But while LTE has...

S&P slashes Nokia's credit rating to junk

From CNET News.com: Just when things couldn't get much worse for Nokia -- the mobile phone maker's credit rating is taking it on the chin.

Standard & Poor's today cut the rating for the Finnish mobile phone maker to junk, anticpating lower sales ahead.

Following a similar move by...

Amazon Reports 34% Revenue Increase

From DailyTech: Amazon (AMZN) released its Q1 2012 financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, where it saw a decline in earnings but managed to top previous forecasts.

According to the report, Amazon's net sales increased 34 percent to $13.18 billion in Q1 2012 compared...

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