May 14, 2010

Thuban based Phenom II X4 960T is not canceled but rather just delayed.

AMD's Thuban based Phenom II X4 960T is not canceled but rather just delayed. Unfortunately, our sources were not clear about the specific date but were pretty sure that it will come eventually.

As you may remember, Legitreviews.com reported yesterday that the "unlocking-friendly" Phenom II X4 960T will be limited to OEMs and probably paired up with a non-unlockable motherboard. Our sources suggested that it is a mere delay and that the noted CPU will indeed be available.

next version of Google's Android platform bring native USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities

The next version of Google's Android platform, codenamed Froyo, looks to kick Apple where it hurts. While we've already learned that v2.2 brings native Flash support, more memory, and apparently a huge 450-percent boost in overall performance (which 2.1 was supposed to offer but apparently did the opposite), the next spike in the groin is the platform's ability to not only provide native USB tethering support, but act as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

HTC EVO 4G Launching date

Last week there were some reports that EVO 4G on June 6 with a pricetag of $200. It seems those reports were half right, while the device will be launching for $199, the smartphone is going to hit shelves just a smidgen earlier than June 6.

Massive lawsuit against potentially tens of thousands of torrenters

The Hollywood Reports carries an exclusive report in which it claims the producers of Kathryn Bigelow's 'The Hurt Locker' are preparing to file a massive lawsuit against potentially tens of thousands of torrenters. The suit could be filed as early as today and targets BitTorrent users.
Voltage Pictures has teamed up with the U.S. Copyright Group, a Washington D.C.-based venture that litigation campaign against torrenters in March. The Hollywood Reporter cites Thomas Dunlap, a lawyer at the firm, who says the multi-million dollar copyright infringement suit should be filed this week. Though Dunlop wouldn't put a number on how many people would be targeted, he did offer that it would be bigger than any other film the firm has pursued in the past.

Microsoft is coming with Faster Hotmail

Today, Microsoft unveiled its response to the rise of Google Docs for word processing, spreadsheets, and sharing, in the form of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
Next week, Microsoft will unleash a new version of its category-leading Hotmail email service that carries the fight against Google from corporate IT departments onto the screens of the hundreds of millions of lone users and small teams who swear by Gmail.
And instead of mumbling vague, wussy generalizations about key benefits, the word is that Microsoft’s Hotmail team will come out swinging the bat straight at Gmail’s forehead.
Social networks and Web apps get lots of attention nowadays, but email and search are still far and away what most computer users spend most of their time doing. (Yahoo’s search team reminded us of this during a recent demo.)