T-Mobile Makes 2013 LTE on AWS plans official in Earnings Report
In T-Mobile USA's fourth quarter 2011 earnings report, the magenta-branded carrier made official its plans to deliver LTE in 2013 on its AWS spectrum holdings, which were recently bolstered...
6 by Brian Klug on 2/23/2012
TI Posts OMAP 5 Dual Core A15 vs Quad Core A9 Video
It seems as though everyone is trying to preempt build excitement before MWC 2012 with their next-generation SoC related news. We've previewed Qualcomm's Krait performance on an MDP MSM8960...
26 by Brian Klug on 2/23/2012
LG's Optimus 4X HD: 1.5GHz Tegra 3 Smartphone w/ 4.7-inch HD Display to Launch at MWC 2012
Although we're still waiting on the global announcement, LG Korea has already announced the Optimus 4X HD one of the first Tegra 3 based smartphones. The 4.7-inch display is...
19 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/22/2012
NVIDIA's Rebrands Tegra 3's vSMP as 4-PLUS-1
ARM Cortex A9 cores are relatively tiny and it's not too difficult to put a handful of them down on an SoC. NVIDIA did just that with its Tegra...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/22/2012
Intel 313 Series SSDs Launching Soon
Intel 313 Series SSDs (also known as "Hawley Creek") were originally scheduled for Q4'11 release but obviously they were delayed. VR-Zone is now claiming that the release will take...
16 by Kristian Vättö on 2/22/2012
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and mini 2 Announced: Mystery SoC Within
In August of last year, Samsung laid out it's naming strategy for their Galaxy line of phones, with a grand total 5 device categories. Well, turns out they left...
7 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/22/2012
NVIDIA Posts GeForce 295.73 Driver Package
NVIDIA has just posted GeForce graphics driver 295.73, its latest WHQL-certified driver package for desktops and laptops running 32-bit and 64-bit flavors of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The...
16 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/21/2012
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Available Today
BlackBerry PlayBook OS version 2.0 has been released to the public, according to a Research In Motion press release that was posted today. The new OS version introduces...
12 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/21/2012
Microsoft Showcases SkyDrive Metro and Desktop Apps for Windows 8
Microsoft has talked a bit about SkyDrive before in its plans for Windows 8, but Microsoft's Mike Torres and Omar Shahine have authored a Building Windows 8 blog post...
17 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/20/2012
AMD Radeon 7770 Launch Recap
We got off pretty easily with our 7750 launch recap earlier today - with only three cards, it was pretty simple to compare and contrast them and be done...
9 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/20/2012
ZTE Mimosa X: First Smartphone Powered by NVIDIA's Icera 450 Modem
In May of last year NVIDIA was on a roll. Hot off the release of the first Tegra 2 based phones, NVIDIA announced the intent to acquire baseband manufacturer...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012
LG's Optimus Vu Takes On Samsung's Galaxy Note: Are You Ready For A 5.x" Phone?
When Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note at IFA, we were excited, but a bit perplexed. The Galaxy Note's 1280x800 HD Super AMOLED display could be a big winner, but...
32 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/20/2012
AMD Radeon HD 7750 Launch Recap
Unlike some of our launch recaps (including the 7770 recap article, which covers a whopping ten cards and should come later today), we have only a handful of cards...
20 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/20/2012
Intel at ISSCC '12: More Research into Near Threshold Voltage
At IDF last year Intel's Justin Rattner demonstrated a 32nm test chip based on Intel's original Pentium architecture that could operate near its threshold voltage. The power consumption of...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012
Intel Demonstrates dual-core Atom SoC with Integrated WiFi Transceiver
This week is the annual International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) where chip companies from all walks of life present papers documenting everything from shipping architectures to future research projects...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012
Acer Updates Iconia Tablets to Android 4.0
True to their word, Acer is announcing the availability of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for their recently launched A200 tablet. We posted the PR blurb about...
1 by Jarred Walton on 2/17/2012
Apple Releases OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" Preview
Using several media outlets, Apple has just announced major details about Mac OS X 10.8, the next version of the company's desktop operatng system. The new release, codenamed "Mountain...
38 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/16/2012
Windows Store App Submission Process Detailed
Microsoft’s Jonathan Garrigues has detailed some aspects of the submissions process for the upcoming Windows Store on the company’s Windows Store for Developers blog. The post describes in detail...
8 by Andrew Cunningham on 2/15/2012
LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series Now Available
LaCie showcased their 2big Thunderbolt drive at CES 2012 and it has now started shipping. Specifications of LaCie 2big Thunderbolt Series Capacities 4TB and 6TB (and 8TB) Revolutions per minute (rpm) 7200rpm Maximum Read...
23 by Kristian Vättö on 2/15/2012
Virtualized or Not? We've Got Numbers
We have had epic discussions with quite a few readers about the importance of virtualization in our reviews. In our six-core Opteron review we wrote: "Let there be no misunderstanding...
35 by Johan De Gelas on 2/15/2012
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