HP's Project Odyssey to Wed Itanium with Xeon Processors

From X-bit Labs: HP has announced “Odyssey”, a project that promises to redefine the future of mission-critical computing with a development roadmap that will unify Unix and x86 server architectures to bring industry-leading availability, increased performance and uncompromising...

Intel recasts Pentium chip for servers

From InfoWorld: Intel is giving new life to its Pentium processor for servers, and has started shipping the new Pentium 350 chip for low-end servers.

The dual-core processor operates at a clock speed of 1.2GHz and has 3MB of cache. Like many server chips, the Pentium 350 lacks...

Apple yanks first subscription-based game app

From CNET News.com: Despite considerable fanfare from Big Fish Games as having the first subscription-based game on the App Store, it turns out the company was breaking Apple's rules, and has since paid the price.

As picked up on by iLounge earlier, Big Fish's software called Play...

Google Axes 7 More Products in Fall Spring-Cleaning Effort

From DailyTech: Back in September, Google announced that it would be conducting a fall spring-cleaning over the coming months in order to eliminate the products that aren't providing the expected results and focus on those that are. It is now in the third phase of this cleaning...

Dell PowerEdge servers get AMD's new 16-core chips

From InfoWorld: Dell on Tuesday said it has upgraded its PowerEdge servers with the just-released 16-core Opteron processors from AMD.

The company has upgraded the four-socket PowerEdge M915 blade server, which will be able to include up to 64 Opteron 6200 chip cores. The new...

Samsung Has a Fix for Galaxy Nexus Sound Volume Issue

From PC World: Samsung will update the Galaxy Nexus as soon as possible to fix an issue that is causing problems with sound volume, the company said on Wednesday.

"We are aware of the volume issue and have developed a fix. We will update devices as soon as possible," a spokesman...

Microsoft Pushes Streamlined Online Distribution for Windows 8

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) next generation operating system, Windows 8 has some big shoes to fill, as the successor to the fastest-selling operating system in Microsoft's history. It is currently in Developer Preview (publicly available) and is set to launch late next...

Lenovo Announces World's Smallest Desktop PC, The IdeaCentre Q180

From DailyTech: With all the talk about notebooks, smartphones, and tablets these days, it's easy to forget that there is still a market for desktop computers these days. While notebooks have been crowding out desktops for a couple of years now in consumer market share, Lenovo is...

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