Intel is going talk about its next chip microarchitecture at a September conference in San Francisco. Imagine a Haswell-toting MacBook Pro Retina that’s thinner, lighter yet more powerful.(Credit: Apple) With Intel’s annual conference just around the corner, its next-gen silicon is always a hot topic. And this year, that’s Haswell. Why should you be interested … Continued
A supposedly leaked Microsoft document offers up details on the Xbox 720, the next version of Kinect, and an intriguing Google glasses-like effort called Project Fortaleza. Bespectacled gamers in an image from the alleged Microsoft document. (Credit: Screenshot by Edward Moyer/CNET) If a supposedly leaked, 56-page Microsoft document is the real deal, we’ve now got … Continued
A Microsoft-crafted tablet needs to stand out. But there’s at least one obstacle to success: the iPad. If Microsoft takes the plunge, then it believes it can do a tablet better than others. So, what exactly does that mean? All signs are pointing to a Microsoft tablet on Monday. Aimed squarely at Apple’s iPad. In … Continued
The company says Bing Maps will offer traffic information in 24 countries around the world. A look at Bing Maps powered by Nokia’s services.(Credit: Nokia) Nokia has brought a couple of its location-based services to Bing Maps. The company announced yesterday that Bing Maps users will now have traffic information available to them from Nokia’s … Continued
A revamped uploading tool may sound drab, but making it easier to get photos onto Yahoo’s site is important. Also: pros now can share 50MB images. Flickr’s new upload site is a much more advanced and versatile tool than its basic predecessor, letting people tag, title, caption, and sort photos before they’re actually published. (Credit: … Continued
Cloud security may emerge as one of the killer apps. Okta believes it can make it more palatable for enterprise to embrace cloud services. Todd McKinnon, CEO Okta You may not yet be familiar with Okta, an on-demand identity and access management service company founded by former Salesforce.com executives and backed by big-time venture investors … Continued
Following a series of aggressive development announcements this year, Mozilla unveils an equally ambitious plan to synchronize its release schedules by the end of summer. A demonstration of B2G (Boot to Gecko) at Mobile World Congress shows that Mozilla’s browser-based mobile OS can send and receive text messages. It also can send and receive calls, … Continued
Pummeled by e-commerce giant Amazon, the big-box retailer said last month that it would shut down 50 stores in the U.S. this year. Here’s the list. Best Buy has released a list of the stores it will close in the U.S. this year. The big-box retailer is closing 50 stores and compensating employees based on … Continued
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