Microsoft Azure Stabilizes After Leap Year Glitch

From PC World: Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service was apparently running nearly trouble-free on Thursday, following a series of outages on Wednesday that affected multiple aspects of the system

The Azure service health dashboard showed only one problem at...

Apple Store app now lets you choose your iPhone carrier

From CNET News.com: Apple customers who buy products through the iOS Apple Store app will find a couple of helpful updates in the latest release.

Launched yesterday, version 2.1 of the Apple Store app now lets U.S. buyers of a new iPhone choose a plan from among all three carriers-...

HTC Admits to Sense UI Bloat, Says Sense 4.0 is Less Complex

From DailyTech: Many Android smartphone fans will agree that custom OEM user interfaces for Android often muddle the user experience. Some users prefer the standard Android interface, but much of the ire felt against custom user interfaces on Android is that they often significantly...

Windows 8 Public Consumer Preview Beta is Live

From DailyTech: Windows 8 Consumer Preview (a beta build) is now officially live on Microsoft's servers, so get ready for the rush. Travel here to get it.

Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky at the unveil event stated, "We are really excited to be here. This is a day that's been long in...

Google: 850 Thousand of New Android Devices Activated Daily

From X-bit Labs: Google Android operating system continues to set records, according to the company's findings. Approximately 850 thousand of new Android-powered devices are activated around the globe every day, which is well over than the number of new Apple iOS devices turned daily...

AMD Takes Over SeaMicro Low-Power Server Maker

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday drastically shifted its server strategy by acquiring SeaMicro, a manufacturer of low-power servers. Through the acquisition of SeaMicro, AMD will be accelerating its strategy to deliver disruptive server technology to its OEM...

Windows 8 on ARM on Track, Microsoft Says

From PC World: Anyone can take Windows 8 for a spin now that Microsoft has launched the so-called "consumer preview" version of the software at an event in Barcelona on Wednesday.

The company said that ARM processor reference designs for Windows 8 are in testing and making the same...

Qualcomm shows horsepower of next-gen H.265 video

From CNET News.com: H.264 is today's leader when it comes to mainstream video encoding technologies, but it will have to share the stage in 2013 with a successor called H.265 that can squeeze a video into nearly half the file size.

H.264, also known as the Advanced Video Codec (AVC)...

Samsung Admits to Tablet Market Failures

From DailyTech: Samsung isn't too proud to admit when it's not measuring up to the competition. At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), Samsung touted its new Galaxy Note, but mentioned that the company isn't exactly thriving in the tablet arena.

MWC is the world's largest...

AMD Airs Two New Bulldozer Chips, Drops Price on a Third Chip

From DailyTech: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has just injected some new performance CPUs into its lineup, hoping to boost this segment where it is struggling to stay competitive.

The chipmaker has seen stellar success with its accelerated processing units (APUs), which offset...

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