Google Offers Clarification on Privacy Policy Updates

From DailyTech: There has been a lot of confusion on the changes that Google plans to make to its privacy policy. Today, Google offered up a few clarifications on its policy what the changes mean.

Specifically, the search giant is pointing out that it is changing its privacy...

EU Nails Samsung With Formal Investigation Over 3G Patent Abuse

From DailyTech: Europe has been a focal battleground in the international patent dispute between Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KS:005930) and Apple, Inc. (AAPL). Of late, justices in EU member states seem to be growing tired of the discourse and have been throwing the cases out...

Intel Introduces Sandy Bridge Microprocessors without Graphics

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has quietly started to sell its Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" microprocessors without integrated graphics cores. Although the new chips lack a key feature of Intel's current-generation product and thus require standalone graphics solution, cost starts at...

Hitachi Introduces Fast 4TB Hard Disk Drive

From X-bit Labs: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has quietly started to ship its hard disk drive with 4TB capacity with 7200rpm spindle speed. The new Deskstar 7K4000 hard drive weds extreme capacity with high performance and will likely become popular among enthusiasts this year...

Samsung Refreshes Galaxy Smartphone

From PC World: Samsung pulled the wraps off another slick-looking smartphone Monday.

While the model's name doesn't quite trip off the tongue -- the Galaxy S Advance -- it does have some tantalizing features like a four-inch AMOLED display with 480 by 800 resolution and 1 GHz dual...

Yahoo cleaning house, kills a bunch of mobile apps

From CNET News.com: The company said on Friday that it has discontinued Yahoo Meme for the iPhone and iPad, Yahoo News for Android, and Yahoo Finance for RIM's BlackBerry operating system, among others. The company said that its decision was a response to the rapidly changing mobile...

Sony Outs Three New Point-and-Shoot Cameras

From DailyTech: Sony has tossed three new compact digital cameras onto the market that slip into the company's Cyber-shot line. The announcement comes even as Sony admits that the point-and-shoot category is a dying breed due to the prevalence of smartphones with high-resolution...

HP Dumps Ex-Palm CEO, Celebrates Mobile-free Future

From DailyTech: In a further blow to those hoping for a webOS revival Jon Rubinstein, the iconic Palm CEO who supervised the creation of the webOS-powered Pre, has been released from his executive post at Hewlett-Packard Comp. (HPQ).

HP has been on a mess roller coaster ride over...

SanDisk Pins Lot of Hopes on 19nm Process Technology

From X-bit Labs: SanDisk, a leading supplier of NAND flash-based products, said that it had begun production of NAND flash memory using 19nm process technology, as planned, back in Q4. The company actually pins a lot of hopes onto the new type of flash memory and asserts that it will...

Laptop-Tablet Hybrids May Redefine the Market: Lenovo

From X-bit Labs: Back at the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 Lenovo Group quietly introduced its IdeaPad Yoga concept: a laptop that can be easily converted into a tablet thanks to an innovative construction. According to a vice president of Lenovo, this concept can absolutely...

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