Micro-Star International (MSI) has outsourced the production of its own-brand 15.6-inch Sandy Bridge notebook, the CX640, to Pegatron Technology in order to shore up its profitability. MSI expects its combined shipments of notebooks and netbooks in 2011 to grow 10-15% from 2.8 million units shipped in 2010. To further lower its production costs, MSI has [...]
Folks at NoWhereElse have produced a very nice looking infographic that illustrates all the rumors and possibilities for the next-generation iPhone 5.
A 29-year-old former UK council accounts clerk was just sentenced to two years in prison, plus a 30-week suspended sentence. His crime? Impersonating two employees, Ashley Mitchell repeatedly hacked into Zynga’s database and transferred more than $12 million worth of in-game currency to his own accounts. He then went on the Zynga black market–that’s right, it [...]
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says a massacre has been avoided in Libya but that Moamar Gaddafi’s forces remain a serious threat to civilians after five days of US-led air attacks. Ms Clinton also praised the United Arab Emirates and Qatar for offering “crucial” Arab support for the military coalition in Libya, on a [...]
Wind speeds and wave heights over the world’s oceans have been steadily increasing for the last quarter of a century, a new long-term study shows. The researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne say the trend could also have an effect on the transfer of energy between the sea and the atmosphere – one [...]
Scientists have discovered around 500 planets thus far. Until now, however, all have originated within the Milky Way galaxy. For the first time ever, scientist discovered a planet from another galaxy. It’s not really that straightforward, however–while the planet and its star originated in another galaxy, it was subsequently cannibalized by our own. The star, [...]
The HTC Flyer 7 inch tablets is expected to start shipping any day now. It features a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, and support for finger and pen input. The tablet also runs Google Android 2.3, since HTC hasn’t had time to develop a custom version of [...]
“That’s a big Hyundai.” The Equus uses a stretched version of Hyundai’s rear-wheel-drive BH platform – the same one that underpins the smaller Genesis sedan. At 203.1 inches long, the Equus adds 7.2 inches to the length of a Genesis, riding on a wheelbase that’s been stretched by 4.3 inches. Width hasn’t changed in creating [...]
Toshiba’s external storage offer will soon be expanded through the release of two new STOR.E drives that feature an USB 3.0 interface, the 2.5-inch STOR.E STEEL S and 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch STOR.E ALU 2S. Seen below, the STEEL S drives have a steel casing colored in silver, black and titanium, and will be available in 500GB, [...]
A bit faster than I expected Casio has now finally debuted its first Bluetooth connected watch. The Casio G-Shock Bluetooth is designed for use with upcoming Bluetooth profile 4.0 mobile phones that are said to be coming soon (a few might already be around). As Bluetooth 4.0 is designated as a “low energy profile,” this [...]
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