Five days in, Modern Warfare 3 makes $775 million

From CNET News.com: In its first five days of availability, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 generated $775 million in worldwide sales, helping the game set a new revenue record over that period, Activision announced today. The previous record-holder, Call of Duty: Black Ops, generated...

Samsung Changes Galaxy Tab Design for Germany to Try to Avoid Ban

From DailyTech: It's been two months since Germany dropped the ban hammer on the Galaxy Tab 10.1. A Germany court ruled that the tablet, manufactured by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. was too similar to the Apple, Inc.'s iPad in its minimalist design. The judge found...

Google Music Officially Launches in the US

From DailyTech: Back in May, Google announced its music service and launched Music beta at its I/O Conference for developers. Now, Google Music is finally here and ready to challenge the likes of Amazon's Cloud Drive and maybe even Apple's iTunes.

Music beta allowed users to upload...

Intel Celebrates Forty Years of Microprocessor

From X-bit Labs: This week, forty years ago, Intel Corp. introduced the world’s first commercially available microprocessor – the Intel 4004 – triggering the start of the digital revolution. Nowadays, the absolute majority of consumer, enterprise, professional and other electronics...

HP unveils its first business ultrabook laptop

From InfoWorld: Hewlett-Packard introduced Wednesday its first business "ultrabook," offering nine hours of battery life, a solid-state drive, and a security chip that protects data in email and information on the hard drive.

The roll out by HP comes less than a month after the...

Windows 8 Won't Update Third-party Software Via Windows Update

From PC World: Microsoft on Tuesday slammed the door on updating third-party software via Windows Update in the upcoming Windows 8.

One security expert said the company was missing a big opportunity to improve the overall security of Windows PCs.

The new operating system will not...

Dell's long, slow climb on R&D spending

From CNET News.com: Dell CEO Michael Dell is working hard to position the company as more than just a PC vendor. In fact, Dell is pushing the company upstream so much he’s willing to walk away from low-margin PC deals and spend more on research and development.

The catch is that...

Photo of RIM's First BBX-Powered Smartphone Leaks to Web

From DailyTech: A photo of a smartphone has caused quite a stir in the tech community, as many believe it may be Research In Motion's next-generation touchscreen BlackBerry smartphone running the new BBX operating system.

The Verge got its hands on the first photo of what is...

Nokia Vows to Release Windows 8 Tablet in Mid-2012

From X-bit Labs: A high-ranking executive from Nokia Corp. has promised to release a tablet running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 8 operating system already in the middle of next year. While a Windows 8-based tablet has been expected from Nokia for some time now, the launch timeframe...

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