Apple‘s acquisition of flash memory specialist Anobit has apparently been finalized, reports from Israel suggest, with the NAND controller company’s tech used to boost capacity, performance and reliability of storage in future smartphones, tablets and notebooks. Apple has bought Israel’s Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology, for up to $500 million, the Calcalist financial [...]
In what could signal the beginning of the end for netbooks, it looks like Dell is pulling away from them and shifting focus to a thinner, more powerful line of laptops, according to a statement from the manufacturer. For a few years, the netbook world was jumping with the small (and relatively inexpensive) machines were [...]
Ahead of the launch of its new handheld videogame system, Sony Corp. said it is prepared with enough supply of the new PlayStation Vita after pre-orders for the device sold out quickly. Sony Corp, set to report a $1 billion loss this year, is banking on a big slate of new software to drive sales [...]
HP open sources WebOS as the fire sale on the TouchPad burns out in minutes; Apple announces that 100 million apps have been downloaded from the Mac App Store; and Amazon promises a software update to the Kindle Fire to alleviate some of the user interface issues. Amazon.com Inc., the largest Internet retailer, said it [...]
Motorola’s pair of Droid Xyboard tablets has finally gone up for order on Verizon’s site this morning, fulfilling the promise that Big Red made earlier this week. The 8.2-inch version is now available with 16GB of storage for $430, or 32GB for $530 (on a 2-year contract). The 10.1-incher, meanwhile, is available in three flavors: [...]