Archive for October, 2011 - Page 13

There is quite a bit we know as fact in terms of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Of course, given the handset has had an official announcement — that probably comes with little surprise. But for as much as we do know, there are still a few important details that remain [...]

Back in October 16, Taiwanese manufacturer Catcher Technology was forcibly shut down due to strange odors emanating from the plant. Catcher Technology manufactures 60% of all unibody enclosures for Apple’s MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and the iMac desktop. When the company shut down due to what could be environmental issues [...]

The official biography of Steve Jobs was released recently, this October 24, with the digital versions available for download from Apple’s iBookstore and Amazon’s Kindle store. Written by Walter Isaacson, its’ the only official Steve Jobs-sanctioned biography. Unfortunately, some buyers complained of poor formatting and image issues on the digital [...]

Facebook wants to save on cooling costs for its server infrastructure, and is building a server facility at the edge of the Arctic Circle.

If you’re a fan of the David Jaffe-led God of War entries, then we’ve got some bad news for you – Jaffe has said that he isn’t interested in returning to the God of War series any time soon. That is, he isn’t interested in going back to the franchise [...]

Netflix may have been in trouble for its premature announcement of a split between its streaming and DVD business. But Netflix might still be at the top of its game, capturing more than a third of peak bandwidth usage in the U.S. in 2011 to date.

Microsoft recently acquired Skype, and with that, we assume that means the chat app will be deeply integrated into the Windows Phone platform. And it will be — but it will take time, and the developers can’t make it till the first batch of Windows Phone Mango devices are released [...]

Verizon has just posted an official Galaxy Nexus sign-up on its website, but the carrier isn’t specifying any details regarding the launch of Samsung’s next flagship device.

The Transformer Prime is Asus’ next-gen Android tablet, which is waiting to be released. The device was unveiled during the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong last week and we now have more leaked images starring the device to show you.

HP might be challenging Intel’s dominance in the desktop and server processor market, and will use ARM processor chips on servers, instead.