Qualcomm and Samsung Form Wireless Power Alliance

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm have joined other technology companies to form the alliance for wireless power (A4WP). The new group will work independently and will promote global standardization of a wireless power transfer technology for various mobile devices so...

Samsung Focus 2: At $49 You Can't Afford Not to Check It Out

From PC World: The Samsung Focus 2 has been outed this week at CTIA in New Orleans. The next generation Windows Phone smartphone will be available from AT&T beginning May 20 for the bargain price of just $49 with a two-year contract.

A while back I wrote an article asking “Is the...

Apple wins patent for 4G MacBook connectivity

From CNET News.com: A new patent Apple has been awarded seems to hint that the company is considering bringing 4G connectivity to its MacBook line.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a granted patent Apple won related to the way in which a 4G antenna is...

Lenovo Launches New ThinkCenter AIO, Desktop Computers

From DailyTech: Lenovo has launched several new ThinkCentre AIO computers including the new ThinkCentre M and Edge series. These new machines are aimed at business users and use third-generation Intel Core vPro technology. The ThinkCentre Edge 92Z uses a 10-point multi-touch Infinity...

Deadlocked Jury Shifts Momentum from Oracle to Google

From DailyTech: Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL) made a bold gambit when it refused a licensing settlement with Google Inc. (GOOG) in lieu of a trial by jury. That gamble may yet prove an unwise decision. The world's largest smartphone operating system maker (Google) appears to be on the...

OCZ Increases Performance of Vertex 4 SSDs with New Firmware

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group on Monday introduced release candidate firmware v1.4RC, which improves the performance of its Vertex 4 series SSDs. Most notably, v1.4RC nearly doubles sequential write performance for lower capacity models, significantly boosts sequential read...

Seagate to Demonstrate SAS-12Gb/s Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: Seagate Technology will demonstrate a variety of technologies at the SCSI trade association (STA) technology showcase this week aimed at improving the performance of servers, datacenters and cloud computing applications, including the first public demonstration of...

Big Bad Apple Wants iPhone 5 Domain from Fans

From PC World: Whether the next version of the Apple's best-selling smartphone will be called the iPhone 5 or not, the company apparently covets the domain based on that name.

In a complaint filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Apple is challenging the...

Android reclaims 61 percent of all U.S. smartphone sales

From CNET News.com: Android has staged a healthy lead over Apple's iOS as the smartphone wars continue.

Looking at the first quarter of the year, NPD Group pegged Android's U.S. market share at 61 percent, a jump over the 49 percent recorded in last year's fourth quarter.

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