Hardware

Apple growth hinges on China, new devices – in.news.yahoo.com

Apple Inc’sO> shares may have risen 9 percent on Wednesday … “It can’t just be a piece of hardware,” Gartner’s Milanesi said of the possible TV, adding that it would have to “drive a similar replacement cycle as you see … Continue reading

Microsoft counts on allies in mistimed tablet market – Raw Story

Amazon.com Kindles based on free Google-backed Android operating systems and Apple iPads have proven that while buyers like slick hardware, they love devouring videos, music, applications, digital books and other “content.” “Sometimes we …

Apple ‘seriously considered’ hardware keyboard for the iPhone – Fadell – Australian PC World

Tony Fadell, former senior vice president of the iPod Division at Apple, has revealed that the company seriously considered a hardware keyboard for the iPhone, before settling on the entirely touchscreen smartphone that was launched. Fadell worked on the …

Apple ‘seriously considered’ hardware keyboard for the iPhone – Fadell – Good Gear Guide

Tony Fadell, former senior vice president of the iPod Division at Apple, has revealed that the company seriously considered a hardware keyboard for the iPhone, before settling on the entirely touchscreen smartphone that was launched. Fadell worked on the …

Mozilla Opens Doors On New $3 Million Datacenter – Wired News

This machine, based on an lower-power Intel chip called Atom … There are a lot of data center secrets. Google, Apple, Amazon, and others consider many of their data center techniques a serious proprietary advantage and, accordingly, they …

Is a Smartphone in Amazon’s Hardware Future? – Wired News

What will Amazon’s hardware division do next? For answers, we might look to Facebook, which along with Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, has the potential to own an entire “stack” — in other words, a walled-off ecosystem in which …

Smarter TV: CrestaTech Grabs $13M To Bring Region-Free TV Reception To Any Device – TechCrunch

What’s more, it’s leveraging its smart chip technology to make this experience compatible with high def, hardware that will continue to improve alongside advances in mobile OSes and technologies. Some believe that Apple may begin licensing …

Biz Break: Strong economic news takes Dow to four-year high – San Jose Mercury News

Dow hits four-year high as Intel and HP rise, Apple falls The positive economic news prompted many investors to switch their money from bonds to stocks Tuesday, driving the Dow to its highest level in four years. “You needed a … Continue reading

Android 4 share soars – Beta News

and presumably most users have updated since Apple makes it so easy. By contrast, the majority of Androids are ineligible to receive Android 4.x right now, and cellular carriers or hardware manufacturers make the process hard, if for no other … Continue reading

Buy Intel, Microsoft as They Prepare Assault on Apple – TheStreet.com

In 2011, AAPL returned over 25%. INTC increased by just over 15% and MSFT dropped by more than 5%. While AAPL still reigns supreme, the tide has begun to turn. As of Monday’s close, AAPL is up 42% YTD, compared … Continue reading