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Moto Droid overclocked to 1.1GHz

It's a never-ending stream of outrageous shenanigans for Android's enterprising home brew community, and today they've added another feather to their cap: A 1.1GHz Motorola Droid. Add comment

New French law may screw filmmakers

The new HADOPI law in France may affect film releases worldwide, and is a striking consequence of government regulation on media. Add comment

Why Firefox isn’t on the HTML5 video train

Mozilla Engineer Mike Shaver provided insight this weekend on why Firefox isn't compatible with the HTML5 video players from Vimeo or YouTube. Add comment

ITC finds for Rambus over NVIDIA

An administrative law judge at the US ITC has issued a ruling against graphics chip maker NVIDIA in a case involving Rambus memory interface technology Add comment

Motorola accuses RIM of patent infringement

Motorola this weekend announced that it has filed a complaint with the US ITC alleging that smartphone maker RIM has engaged in unfair trade practices. Add comment

AMD launches slate of new CPUs

AMD today announced the introduction of five new CPUs consisting of Athlon II and Phenom II parts designed for economical or power-conscious systems. Add comment

Mind of UPSLynx for the week of January 17th

This week Valve blows my mind, a tear is shed for AVATAR, and Hello Kitty Online as a charitable event. Add comment

Radeon refresh parts on track

New Radeons are on track for the end of 2010. Add comment

Vimeo trials HTML5 player

The Vimeo team announced today that it has begun trials of a new player based on the fledgling HTML5 video standard. Add comment

iPhone OS 4.0 rumor roundup

We've scoured the net to bring all tasty iPhone 4.0 rumors into one handy location. Add comment

ATIC looks for sole ownership of Globalfoundries

Advanced Technology Investment Company, one of the principal financiers which made the birth of Globalfoundries possible, is looking to to acquire AMD's share in the company to consolidate its decision making. Add comment

TSMC to make 32nm GPUs by year’s end

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced this week that it will be ready to produce 28nm GPUs in volume by Q4 2010. Add comment

Firefox 3.6 released

The Mozilla Foundation has today released version 3.6 of their popular Firefox browser, bringing with it better themes, HTML5 canvas video support,and a host of other features. Add comment

YouTube launches experimental HTML5 player

The YouTube team announced yesterday that it has begun trials of a new player based on the formative HTML5 canvas video standard. Add comment

AMD, NVIDIA squabble over PhysX… Again

Another day, another tempest in a teapot: The GPU giants have once again begun exchanging sissy slaps about the specifics of NVIDIA's PhysX physics engine. Add comment

Amazon announces Kindle app store

Amazon today announced that it is launching an application store for it's Kindle e-reader as well as a development kit that will aid developers in producing apps for the device. Add comment

Verizon confirms Pre and Pixi Plus pricing

Verizon Wireless announced today the official pricing for the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus. Add comment

Samsung settles with Rambus for $900 million

Samsung Electronics and Rambus announced today that they have reached an agreement that settles all claims between them for a total amount of approximately $900 million. Add comment

[Rumor] Is this the HTC Bravo/Passion?

Rumor has it that the HTC Bravo/HTC Passion will be launching on T-Mobile near the end of the month. Add comment

[Rumor] T-Mo G1 goes Android 2.0 this month, myTouch in March

Rumors swirled today about a screenshot taken "members only" T-Mobile forum which implies that the T-Mobile G1 will be updated to Android 2.0 in January. Add comment

TSMC boosts 40nm yields

TSMC SVP of Operations Mark Liu said yesterday that issues surrounding the firm's 40nm process have been resolved. Add comment