Intel Acquires InfiniBand Technology from QLogic

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with QLogic to acquire the product lines of and certain assets related to its InfiniBand business. A significant number of the employees associated with this business are expected to accept...

FileSonic Disables File Sharing After MegaUpload Arrests

From PC World: An online storage service, FileSonic, has disabled file sharing between users following the takedown of the MegaUpload service for alleged copyright infringement violations.

The company, which lists corporate offices in Hong Kong and the U.K., ran a banner on the...

Nokia may have shipped more than 1M Lumia phones in 2011

From CNET News.com: Nokia's big push to re-establish itself in the modern smartphone world appears to be paying early dividends The company may have shipped as many as 1.3 million units of its Windows Phone Lumia handsets last year, says Bloomberg.

Surveying the usual range of...

YouTube Reaches 4 Billion Video Views Daily

From DailyTech: From music videos to TV shows to clips of cats playing the piano, YouTube is a place where video enthusiasts and bored Internet users alike can find free entertainment. It seems many Web surfers are finding their way to the site lately, as YouTube recently reached the...

Co-CEOs Balsillie and Lazaridis Kicked Off Sinking RIM Ship

From DailyTech: The writing has been on the wall for months, but the co-CEO's of Research in Motion (RIM) are getting the boot. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have shared power at RIM for over twenty years and oversaw the company's dominance at the start of the smartphone...

Intel Vows to Integrate 4G Tech into Chips

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. is on track to integrate wireless wide area network (WWAN) functionality into its system-on chip devices aimed at smartphones and tablets, something that would revolutionize its positions. The company declined to say when exactly such chips will become...

Sales of Intel Atom Hit All-Time Low: Netbooks Doomed

From X-bit Labs: While Intel Corp. is facing great demand towards its advanced Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" microprocessors, the firm of witnessing rapidly dropping demand towards its low-cost/low-power Atom chip line. In Q4 2011 sales of Intel Atom hit all-time low, which is another...

Patriot Pyro SE 240GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

With an outside temperature of about -30 degrees Celsius at the time of writing this review (That's -22 degrees Fahrenheit for those oddballs who still use such a weird unit of measurement, but we will leave that discussion for another day), sometimes, I kind of wonder where Al Gore is when you need him. Okay, I guess we do know where he is. So meanwhile Al Gore is happily tapping away in his Nashville, Tennessee mansion at above...

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Review

A group of female friends are on vacation when they see a five story hotel with a sign that reads, "For Women Only". The bouncer explains to them how it works. "We have five floors. Go up floor by floor, and once you find the type of man you are looking for, you can stay there". On the first floor, the sign reads: "Short and plain". The friends laugh, and without hesitation, move on to the next floor. "Short and handsome". Still...

Microsoft Upbeat on 2012 Prospects

From PC World: Microsoft executives say they're pleased with the company's quarterly earnings reported on Thursday, saying they were solid during a challenging economic times and reflect growth in new markets.

"I'm pleased with our performance this quarter. Despite a challenging PC...

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