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Dell’s New Enterprise Solutions All About End-to-End Speed and Simplicity

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:30:38 PST

Dell used to be a company with a clever sales strategy that sold PCs, but it has increasingly focused on the IT/data center market. Dell has proved that as of late with a slew of acquisitions (a dozen just in the last year or so) and a substantial investment in R&D, and today it announced new enterprise solutions based around the idea...

AMD Launches New Bulldozer CPUs At Substantially Higher Clockspeeds, TDPs

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:05:36 PST

Ever since Bulldozer's less-than-spectacular debut, enthusiasts and investors have watched to see if the company would follow up with faster chips that improved overall performance. That's finally started to happen; AMD announced two new chips today -- the quad-core FX-4170 with a 4.2GHz base clock speed / 4.3GHz Turbo mode, and the six-core...

Specs Emerge For Samsung Galaxy S III

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:25:52 PST

Although Samsung has already made it known that the company won't be announcing the highly-anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone at Mobile World Congress this year, that hasn't stopped specs of this hot phone from leaking onto the web. One of the reasons Samsung isn't planning to announce the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress is because...

Intel Debuts New Smartphone Chips at MWC Event

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:24:09 PST

Intel launched its Medfield platform only six weeks ago, but the company is moving ahead with plans for additional processors based on the 32nm SoC. At Mobile World Congress today, Santa Clara announced plans for two additional system on a chip (SoC) designs to flesh out its product roadmap. The current Z2460 that we covered in January will...

T-Mobile And HTC Announce One S

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:59:11 PST

It looks like AT&T isn't the only one who will be getting one of HTC's new One-branded phones. T-Mobile and HTC are teaming up to offer T-Mobile's thinnest smartphone (7.95mm) in the form of the HTC One S. This smartphone features a 4.3-inch qHD AMOLED touchscreen along with Beats Audio, connectivity to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ 42 Mbps network,...

HH Hot Deals of the Day: Dell Vostro, Asus 27" LCD, Crucial M4 SSD

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:35:25 PST

Happy Monday, Folks. It’s time to kick off a new week, but before we get down to business, we have a fresh batch of HOT deals to serve up, courtesy of our friends at LogicBuy. On the menu this morning, we have a slick Dell Vostro notebook, a beefy Asus 27” monitor, and an SSD from Crucial... 15.6" Dell Vostro 3555 AMD A8-3500M...

Best Buy Knocks $50 Off iPad 2 Tablets, Hints at iPad 3 Launch

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:05:00 PST

Time is running out if you plan to sell your iPad 2 device on Craigslist or eBay and maximize your return in anticipation of Apple's iPad 3 launch. The general consensus is that Apple will announce the iPad 3 in March and possibly start selling the device in April, but if you're looking to unload your iPad 2 for the most money possible, you...

Android Activations Top 850,000 Per Day, Google Says

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:41:00 PST

In addition to new device announcements and technology reveals, some interesting revelations are coming out of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this week. One of those is the number of Android activations that occur on a daily basis. According to Andy Rubin, Senior Vice President of Mobile at Google who oversees the development...

Asus Blitzes Mobile World Congress with PadFone and Transformer Pad Announcements

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:21:00 PST

Asus lived up to its promise of unveiling its PadFone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The PadFone, if this is the first you're hearing of it, is a hybird phone-tablet device, or as Asus pitches it, a three-in-one device that can be used as a smartphone, tablet, or notebook when plopped into the company's separately sold PadFone...

Samsung Announces the Galaxy Note 10.1, Mentions the Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 in Passing

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:19:08 PST

Ah, there it is. The awaited Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is here, bringing a the big screen experience to the Note family. With the larger screen, users can multitask easily, keeping applications such as a Web browser, notepad, and video open simultaneously and viewing them side-by-side in smaller windows. The tablet also features the intriguing...

Huawei Launches Ascend D Quad Smartphones

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:20:44 PST

It can be a crowded field in the handset market, with the likes of Apple, Samsung, and others duking it out for the hearts, minds, and money of mobile users, but Huawei is looking to make a statement. The company announced the Ascend D Quad line of smartphones, which are quad-core phones designed to compete at the high end of the market. As...

ViewSonic Reveals First Dual-SIM Android 4.0 Smartphones At MWC

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:23:03 PST

Not too many folks can honestly take advantage of dual-SIM phones, but for Europeans (as an example) that routinely travel between Germany and Holland, having space for two native SIMs can be a major lifesaver when it comes to roaming costs, and save you a bit of hassle from swapping cards in and out. The planet's first dual-SIM phone running...

HTC Unveils One X Android 4.0 Smartphone, Coming To AT&T

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:24:24 PST

You can expect plenty of phone news from Mobile World Congress this week, including quite a bit from HTC. The company has teamed with AT&T in order to announce the HTC One X, which will bring LTE, Beats Audio and Ice Cream Sandwich to the U.S. carrier. It'll be exclusive to AT&T in the States, but available on other carriers globally....

First Intel-Powered Android Smartphone Coming To France And UK This Summer

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:03:42 PST

It's a rumor no longer. Intel has been trying and trying to get a chip ready for smartphone use, and while trade show after trade show brought us demonstrations of Medfield and the like, there's still no smartphone shipping today with Intel Inside. Now, the company's ready to step up to the plate and offer up some serious competition for Qualcomm,...

Sony Unveils Xperia U and Xperia P at MWC

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:10:37 PST

Sony took the wraps off of two new phones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Xperia U and Xperia P. As reported by GSM Arena, the brushed unibody aluminum P features a 4-inch screen (540x960) with special technology for visibilty in sunlight, NFC capabilities, an 8MP camera that shoots 1080p HD video, and runs on a NovaThor U8500 processor....

LCD Makers Settle Price Fixing Lawsuit for $538 Million

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:02:00 PST

LCD makers got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, so to speak, and now it's time to pay up. The State of California Department of Justice announced a $538 million settlement resulting from a lawsuit filed in October 2010 against 10 companies who allegedly "conspired to fix, raise, maintain, or stabilize prices of TFT-LCD flat panels...

Samsung Stuffs a Pico Projector into Galaxy Beam Smartphone

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:32:00 PST

Pretty much every modern smartphone on the planet can upload videos to YouTube so you can share those impromptu and/or embarrassing moments caught on camera, but what if you want to relive those comical incidents instantly with a group of offline friends and family? One of your few options is to huddle around your phone's 4+ inch display and...

Sprint Came Close To Buying MetroPCS, But Board Walked Away

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:16:54 PST

Are the consolidating years behind us when it comes to U.S. wireless carriers? Perhaps not. According to CNBC and The Wall Street Journal, Sprint -- America's third largest wireless company -- was considering a major deal that would have it paying $8 billion to acquire MetroPCS. MetroPCS may not be a huge name like AT&T or Verizon, but...

NuForce Gives Wireless Audio Streamers Another Choice: Air DAC

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:07:05 PST

If you aren't streaming, you aren't with the program. That's the general mentality these days, and NuForce is stepping in to give you one more option when it comes to wireless audio playback. The new Air DAC Wireless System for personal audio streaming is said to give users the ability to wirelessly transmit their music from a computer without...

ATI HD 7770 and 7750 Graphics Cards Land at AVADirect

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:00:42 PST

AVADirect announced that it now includes ATI HD 7770 and 7750 graphics cards in its product lineup. The company actually has quite a few; there are three 7750s (from ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI) and no fewer than eight 7770s (from ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, Sapphire, and XFX). AVADirect suggests that the although it’s offering the 7770 and 7750...

T-Mobile to Launch 4G LTE Service in 2013

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:36:00 PST

T-Mobile's been having a rough time lately. First it failed to get an iPhone device, leaving it as the only major wireless carrier to offer one. And then the whole AT&T acquisition fell to pieces, which would have negated the iPhone's absence from T-Mobile, since AT&T already carries it. Customers aren't sticking around, either. T-Mobile...

AMD Will Push 'Piledriver' Beyond 4GHz Using Resonant Clock Mesh Technology

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:13:00 PST

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to use resonant clock mesh technology developed by Cyclos Semiconductor to push its Piledriver processor line to 4GHz and beyond, the company announced at the International Solid State Circuits Conferences (ISSCC) in San Francisco. Cyclos is the only supplier of resonant clock mesh IP, which AMD has licensed...

Save Your Tokens: Midway Ports 10 Classic Arcade Games to iOS

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:33:00 PST

Kids today know nothing of dragging a sagging pants pocket full of quarters or tokens to the local arcade, which means they also missed out on some gaming classics, like Rampage, Defender, Joust, and Spy Hunter. Sure, they're a little lame by today's standards, but if you have a nostalgic itch to scratch, $0.99 and a trip to Apple's App Store...

Fraunhofer IIS Demos Full-HD Voice Over LTE On Android Handsets

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:01:48 PST

Fraunhofer IIS may not be a super familiar name in the consumer realm, but in the world of research, there's hardly a company that comes up with crazier things than these guys and girls. The company has chosen Mobile World Congress as the place to present the world's first Full-HD Voice mobile phone calls over an LTE network. Verizon Wireless...

VIA Unveils 1.2GHz VIA Nano X2 Dual-Core CPU And VX900H Media Processor

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:21:09 PST

Small chips can mean big things, you know? VIA's one of the kings of small chips, and the company is this week introducing their COMe-8X90 module, featuring a 1.2GHz VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual core processor and the VIA VX900H media system processor (MSP). The ruggedized VIA COMe-8X90 module targets industrial PC and large OEM customers focused...