Category: Technology

HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7 Billion

HP and 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) (“3Com”) yesterday announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3Com, a leading provider of networking switching, routing and security solutions, at a price of $7.90 per share in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $2.7 billion. The terms of the transaction… Continue reading HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7 Billion

Acer aims to overtake HP in notebook sales

Acer recently outpaced Dell as the second largest PC seller in the world. Is No. 1 Hewlett-Packard next on the list? Acer Chairman J.T. Wang reportedly intends to ship 40 million notebooks in 2010, a number that could help the Taiwanese company challenge and even overtake current champ Hewlett-Packard for the top spot in portable… Continue reading Acer aims to overtake HP in notebook sales

Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit

Facebook was awarded $711 million in a judgment Thursday against self-described “spam king” Sanford Wallace. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted Facebook’s application for a default judgment against Wallace for violating the Can-Spam Act, which bans “false and misleading” marketing e-mails. Fogel also found that Wallace… Continue reading Facebook awarded $711 million in spam lawsuit

Intel replacing 2.66GHz Core i7 with 2.88GHz chip?

While Intel hasn’t publicly announced its plans, the chipmaker is set to replace its popular 2.66GHz Core i7 920 CPU with a 2.88GHz Core i7 930 early on into 2010, says a Thursday report. The new chip will be based on 45nm architecture, but Fudzilla says it will otherwise retain the current chip’s quad-core, eight-thread… Continue reading Intel replacing 2.66GHz Core i7 with 2.88GHz chip?

Sun, Oracle save Microsoft's Pink after Danger data disaster

Microsoft has announced the restoration of Sidekick users’ contacts as the first milestone in recovering data it lost in the cloud computing disaster affecting its Danger subsidiary, while a new source explains why the restoration was possible without a backup and why it is taking so long. A source familiar with Sun SAN hardware used… Continue reading Sun, Oracle save Microsoft's Pink after Danger data disaster

Apple Introduces the Multi-touch Magic Mouse

Apple today introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll wheels or scroll balls, the entire top of the Magic Mouse is a seamless Multi-Touch… Continue reading Apple Introduces the Multi-touch Magic Mouse

Apple Unveils New iMac With 21.5 and 27-inch Displays

Apple today unveiled an all new iMac line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors… Continue reading Apple Unveils New iMac With 21.5 and 27-inch Displays

Modeling a black hole with a 300 GigaWatt laser

Researchers have figured out how to recreate the environment near a black hole in order to understand the processes that cause them to emit high energy X-rays. Black holes are famous for having a gravitational field that is so potent that light cannot escape its pull. But that same gravitational pull causes nearby matter to… Continue reading Modeling a black hole with a 300 GigaWatt laser