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Article | 7/02/2011 AOL to buy Huffington Post for $315 million

AOL has agreed to buy the second most popular news website in the U.S., The Huffington Post, for $US315 million, it said in a statement Monday.

Article | 4/02/2011 Asustek chairman vows 'secret weapon' for iPad 2

The chairman of Asustek Computer, Jonney Shih, noticed the growing thirst for mobile computing early on. When he challenged his engineering teams to d...

Article | 27/01/2011 Late to smartphone party, LG suffers in tough 2010

LG Electronics executives were quick to criticize the performance of its handset division last year, from an excessive focus on emerging markets to a ...

Article | 26/01/2011 Intel taps Will.i.am for creative director job

William James Adams Jr., better known as Will.i.am of the popular music group Black Eyed Peas, was named Intel's new director of creative innovation, ...

Article | 25/01/2011 Optimism for DRAM rises despite tablet threat

The price of DRAM, the main memory chips inside personal computers, may tick up in coming months as stronger demand for laptop and desktop computers w...

Article | 24/01/2011 AMD handily beats fourth-quarter estimates

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) on Thursday reported net profit for the fourth quarter that beat forecasts, due mainly to income from a patent license an...

Article | 8/01/2011 Samsung sees best sales ever in Q4 but profit may disappoint

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip and LCD panel maker, said its sales will likely reach a new all-time high in the fourth quarter, ...

Article | 7/01/2011 OLPC cuts price of XO 1.75 laptop to $165, power by half

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) showed off the next version of its famous laptops on Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,...

Article | 7/01/2011 Intel expects Android Honeycomb to be ready for Atom

Intel expects the next version of Google's popular mobile software, Android 3.0, or Honeycomb, to be ready for use with its Atom microprocessors.

Article | 6/01/2011 Motorola launches Xoom tablet with Android 3.0

Motorola finally unveiled its highly anticipated tablet, the Xoom, with a 10.1-inch touchscreen with the latest version of Google's Android mobile sof...

Article | 6/01/2011 LG shows 4.3-inch, 7-inch glasses-free 3D screens at CES

LG Electronics showed it's serious about 3D in mobile devices on Wednesday, introducing a new 4.3-inch glasses-free 3D screen for mobile devices and a...

Article | 5/01/2011 MSI among first to show Sandy Bridge laptops, mobos

Micro-Star International (MSI) on Tuesday unveiled some of the first laptops and motherboards with Intel's latest microprocessor family, formerly code...

Article | 5/01/2011 Asustek unveils Honeycomb, Windows 7 tablets

Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer unveiled four new tablet devices on Tuesday, including the 10.1-inch touchscreen Eee Pad Slider with the latest versi...

Article | 5/01/2011 Dell, Asus, Motorola offer previews of tablets

Companies have turned to Internet videos to leap ahead of rivals in announcing their new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)...

Article | 5/01/2011 Dell, Asus, Motorola offer previews of tablets

Here come the iPad competitors of 2011