Project Decibel on Wednesday announced Starry, a company that promises easy broadband Internet access at speeds of up to 1 GB with no caps. Starry will deploy what it says is the world's first millimeter wave band for consumer Internet communications. Initial deployment will be a beta in Boston in t...
BlackBerry on Wednesday officially launched its new square form factor smartphone, the Passport. This new handset has the size and shape of most national passports, which the company dubbed the "international symbol of mobility." The Passport is now available for $599 in an unlocked version, or abou...
Google on Thursday announced the Chromebook Pixel, a branded touchscreen netbook with a price tag that consumers may balk at, considering the cost of rival offerings. The Pixel will be available in WiFi-only and 4G LTE versions, priced at $1,300 and $1,450, respectively. That pricing might prove to ...
A recently published University of Exeter paper brings the possibility of achieving brain-like computing one step closer. The paper, published in Advanced Materials, states the result of a study that demonstrated for the first time the ability to simultaneously perform information and storage tasks ...
Microsoft has put its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system out for technical preview. "Starting today, thousands of prototype phones from Asus, LG and Samsung are making their way into the hands of developers over the next few weeks," Terry Myerson, corporate vice president, Windows phone enginee...
Seagate Monday began shipping its second-generation hybrid solid state/hard disk drive to original equipment manufacturers and its sales channels. The Seagate Momentus XT is priced much lower than full solid-state drives. The device spins at 7,200 RPMs and comes in capacities of 250 GB, 320 GB and 5...
Less than six weeks after announcing the BlackBerry 9630 Tour phone, Research In Motion has released news on its latest product, the BlackBerry Curve 8520. The smartphone will be carried by T-Mobile, and it will be available on Aug. 5. Although it is aimed at the lower end of the BlackBerry market, ...
Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung has launched a $5.85 billion hostile takeover bid of flash memory chipmaker SanDisk. News of the all-cash offer for SanDisk caused shares of the Milpitas, Calif.-based company to skyrocket more than 40 percent in early morning trading. SanDisk, which rebuffe...
As the tech media and blogosphere focused their spotlights on the announcements coming out of Apple's "let's rock," press event on Tuesday, Microsoft risked being lost in the chatter. The company chose Monday to reveal details about upcoming changes to its Zune digital media player. Among the new fe...
Intel posted first-quarter results Tuesday that met or slightly beat expectations -- the chipmaker lowered its own targets last month -- and posted record revenue for the seasonally slow time of year. The company's results were a win for the tech sector, with investors driving Intel shares up about ...
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