TECHNOLOGY

Intel Launches the Itanium 9500 Future Generation Processors

Speed enthusiasts would be happy to know that top chipmaker Intel just launched a new processor called Itanium 9500 series which belongs to 64-bit family. According to Intel, the new processor offers up to 2.4 times performance scaling and 33 per cent faster Input and output speed versus its previous generation.

8 Reasons Why Samsung Smartphones Toppled Apple from the Number One Spot

Samsung reigned supreme in the past three quarters of 2012 as the Best-Selling SmartPhone Manufacturer. IDC said the firm sold 56.3 million smartphones compared to Apple's 26.9 million units. Latest figure from Samsung showed that the company sold over 30 million Galaxy S III smartphones in the past five months. The model is Samsung's flagship unit.

Weakest Growth of Quarterly Profit Registered by Lenovo in Two Years

Lenovo Group Ltd, which is looking to register itself as one of the top makers of PCs in the world, has suffered a major setback when it logged the weakest quarterly profit growth in a period of two years this quarter. The result was caused by the fact that more and more customers are intending towards the mobile gadgets instead of the PCs to fulfill their needs of computing.

Pizza Hut Australia Website Hackers Gained Access to Customer Information

The famous pizza restaurant chain, Pizza Hut, reported a website-hacking incident where customer’s names, email addresses and contact information were leaked. Despite Pizza Hut’s claims that the customer’s credit card information was not affected, the unpleasant incident should serve as a lesson for the business to keep strict protection of its personal and financial records.
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President Obama Beats Justin Beiber

Reelected president Barack Obama won over pop sensation Justin Beiber in Twittersphere tweeter with the most retweeted tweet in the history of the internet.

The Cyber Phenomenon Called Instagram

To indicate the growing use of Instagram among social networking sites, in the Tuesday election in the U.S., over 100,000 photos taken with the photo application was tagged with #iVoted and 150,000 with #election2012.

One-Third of Google Workers Shun Posting in Google+ in a Month

While the role of Facebook and Twitter in helping elect and celebrate the Wednesday poll victory of U.S. President Barack Obama has once more been emphasised, the newbie social networking site Google+ appears quiet and out of the political equation.

U.S. Jury Finds Apple Guilty of Patent Violation, Ordered to Pay $US368M+

Another legal setback for Apple as the tech giant was ordered Wednesday by a U.S. federal court in Texas to shell out more than $US368 million for patent infringement, stemming from the technology behind FaceTime, the video call feature that is a mainstay on Mac computers, iPhone and iPad.

Pricing Tussle of EU e-book to be Won by Amazon

According to sources familiar with the situation, the regulators of the European Union are all set to put an end to the antitrust probe on the prices of e-books by agreeing to the offer of Apple Inc. and also other publishers in order to loosen the price restrictions set on Amazon.com Inc.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Sold for Less Than $1?: Where to Buy

This is probably the best time for US consumers to buy their smartphone since Christmas deals are starting now available, especially on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. One of the great news is that you can buy Samsung Galaxy S3 for a dollar.

HTC Droid DNA aka Verizon HTC DLX is ‘American’ HTC J Butterfly?

When HTC J Butterfly was released in Japan, gadget reviewers could not get two things out of their mind: one, its 1080p 5-inch display, and two, when could something like the J Butterfly be available in North America? Then rumours on HTC Droid DNA aka Verizon HTC DLX started to surface.

Microsoft Picks Skype Over MSN Messenger

Microsoft is fully embracing the $USUS8.5 billion internet communication technology that came with its Skype acquisition in 2011, disclosing on Tuesday that the messaging client would be its sole application for hundreds of millions of global users to connect via PCs or mobile devices.

New Gadgets for Inclusion in Christmas Shopping List?

The yearend holiday is fast approaching and this early, some people are drawing up their Christmas shopping list. People, after all celebrate Christmas not only with food, decorations, events, and travel, but also with gifts. Today's techie generation inevitable includes high tech gadgets and devices as much appreciated Christmas gifts.

Apple’s iPad Mini Rolled Out in Asia to Shorter Lines

Fans of Apple Inc.'s devices in numerous Asian countries had lined up on the 2nd of November in order to lay their hands on the Apple iPad mini that was due for release on that day. The price of the Apple iPad mini device has been set higher to some of the similar gadgets of rival companies like Amazon.com and Google Inc.

Facebook Share Sale Adds COO Sandberg to Lineup

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg along with two other key decision makers at the social-media giant took part in Facebook Inc. share sale amounting to millions of dollars this week following the expiry of the restrictions on insider trading.

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