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OCZ talks up 2TB and 4TB SSDs, previews Thunderbolt-enabled drive

SSD maker OCZ revealed a host of upcoming NAND flash products last week, including 2TB and 4TB drives as well as the first solid-state drive using a Thunderbolt interconnect - offering twice the throughput as SATA 3.0.
Sony adds two new phones on Android Gingerbread to Xperia NXT line

Neither of the new phones, which will be available in the second quarter, runs Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android. They?ll come loaded with Gingerbread instead.
Carrier Ethernet 2 standardisation aims for global connectivity

The Metro Ethernet Forum has updated its Carrier Ethernet specification, hoping to standardise the use of Ethernet for global multicarrier services.
Android and Windows Phone creep up on Apple iOS

The future is looking less than rosy for Apple's iOS mobile platform, if new research reports by analyst houses Ovum and IHS iSuppli are to be believed.
ARM shooting for serious server market share, says CEO East

ARM hopes for a serious impact on the server market starting in 2014 when its 64-bit processor design reaches the market, CEO Warren East said.
AMD ultrathin line to undercut Intel Ultrabooks on price

AMD is preparing chipsets for thin laptops that would cost up to $200 less than an Intel-powered Ultrabook, according to a Digitimes report. AMD hopes to take down Intel?s Ultrabooks on price, and is set to launch in June its platform for thin and light laptops, codenamed Ultrathin, which the company hinted at during the CES.
CES sets new records despite doomsayers

CES is more popular than ever - according to its sponsors - despite naysayers who predicted doom for the mammoth trade show after Microsoft said it would drastically scale back its participation following this year's event.
Windows 8 on ARM chips on show at CES

Microsoft's Windows 8 OS was shown on a handful of prototype ARM-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, but almost no one was allowed to try it out.
Fujitsu prototype smartphone powered by quad-core Tegra 3 processor

Fujitsu has unveiled a prototype smarphone powered by a quad-core processor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Robotic helpers and drones at CES pave the way for the future

The Navibot and TeleMe show where robotics could be going.

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What will Windows 8 touchscreen laptops look like?

Windows 8?s touch-centric interface will help to usher in a new wave of laptops with tabletlike touchscreens. To make it easier for users to tap and swipe on even superthin Ultrabooks, laptop makers will break out of the traditional clamshell shape and introduce laptops with more unusual designs.
Mobile World Congress - Quad-core smartphones and Ice Cream Sandwich

It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to reveal at Mobile World Congress at the end of this month after the deluge of products that debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show to kick off 2012. But Sony, HTC and others have gotten wireless watchers in a frenzy already by issuing MWC event invitations and stirring speculation about Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich', Windows Phone and quad-core devices.
Five ways to mix business and personal data on your smartphone

Smartphones now make up almost half of all phone sales, and many millions of people use them for personal communications as well as work-related tasks. Yet, few people want to carry multiple phones at all times just to separate the workday from their home life. Here are five ways you can access your business and personal accounts without having to carry two phones.
Top gaming accessories at CES 2012

Gamers have plenty of hot new accessories to choose from.
Home networks given new options at CES

Your IPTV needs an internet connection. But your living room is too far from your router to run an Ethernet cable, so what do you do? Or perhaps you have an office in the basement and need to transmit large files to the desktop down there, but the Wi-Fi keeps cutting out due to interference. Several companies demonstrated at CES various different answers to such dilemmas, but with a common theme: it was that no room in your house should be left unconnected.
Do mobile phones and tablets really need multi-core chips?

Multi-core processors for tablets and smartphones are being touted by chip maker Nvidia and others at the CES trade show, but some in the industry question their value.
What to expect from tablets in 2012

What will tablets look like in the coming year? Tablets are out of their infancy and moving into adolescence - which means that we can expect big changes ahead as tablets' design and components improve.
Five reasons Microsoft could win the tablet war

Microsoft has let it be known that the next version of Windows will run on ARM architecture, and it has demonstrated early builds of Windows 8 (or whatever Microsoft ultimately calls the next OS) on a tablet at both CES 2011 and MIX '11.
Intel Sandy Bridge chip flaw could be good news for tablet PCs

Intel discovered a fatal flaw in the "Cougar Point" chipset, interrupting and delaying the launch of the new "Sandy Bridge" processor line.
How desktop PCs got their groove back

Is the desktop PC dead? Far from it.

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