Intel reveals next-generation Atom details
via Ars TechnicaIntel has revealed the launch specs for the first-ever line of x86 products that contain both a GPU and CPU on the same die. Pine Trail, the next-generation Atom platform, will pave the way for future integrated CPU/GPU parts from both Intel and AMD…
Why O2 Wants to Buy Jajah
via GIGAOMO2, a division of Telefonica, a Spanish telecommunications company, is in talks to acquire Jajah, a VoIP startup, for about $200 million, Reuters reported today…
Firefox 3.5: The World’s Most Popular Browser
via MashableFirefox 3.5 is now the most popular browser worldwide, edging past Internet Explorer 7, according to analytics site StatCounter…
RSS Reader Market in Disarray, Continues to Decline
via ReadWriteWebOne of the interesting trends of 2009 has been the gradual decline of RSS Readers as a way for people to keep up with news and niche topics. Many of us still use them, but less than we used to…
Yelp Walks Away From Google Deal, And Half A Billion Dollars
via TechCrunchJeremy Stoppleman, the CEO of Yelp, has walked away from an all-but-signed deal to be acquired by Google for more than half a billion dollars…
The End Of The CrunchPad
via TechCrunchIt was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad. The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. We could even let people play with the device themselves…
Ballmer Pitches Windows 7 As Cost-Cutting Tool
via GIGAOMMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage today in San Francisco to extol how the company’s new slate of products — Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Exchange Server2010 — can help businesses save money and increase productivity as corporate IT budgets remain tight. The phrase Ballmer repeated throughout the talk was “with less, do more,” a reference to the tagline in a marketing campaign the company ran a few years ago…
100,000 Google Wave Preview Invites: Everything You Need to Know About Tomorrow's Launch
via ReadWriteWebGoogle just officially announced that it will send out 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave tomorrow. These accounts will go to developers who are already in the developers preview and users who signed up for accounts at wave.google.com on a first-come, first-served basis…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Chrome And Safari Are Rounding Errors
via TechCrunchThis is the third installment of our exclusive interview last week with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
. In the first article we showed an overview and video footage of the main subject areas we covered: Big Opportunities, Operating Systems/Browsers, Mobile, Search and Developers…
Nokia To Acquire UK Startup Dopplr
via TechCrunchNokia has been on an acquisition tear
lately, albeit mostly small deals (Plum, Cellity and Bit-Side all this year). A source close to the deal says that they’ve just made one more acquisition: boutique travel social network Dopplr
, headquartered in London…