IT News HeadLines (AnandTech) 24/12/2010

ASUS MS238H Review - Slim and Affordable
So I have a confession to make. The past few months I've been incredibly preoccupied with smartphones, so much so that the ASUS MS238H has been sitting on my desk for a very long time. The data's been largely taken, the display calibrated, but for whatever reason the review has endlessly been on my back burner - I'm sorry ASUS. The upside of this situation, however, is that I've spent a long time using the ASUS MS238 and feel like I know it inside and out, and it's a slim value performer.

Read on for our full review.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab - The AnandTech Review

The iPad started shipping in April, and since then it has basically had the tablet market to itself. Literally, in the six months after the iPad’s release, it didn’t have a single direct competitor. Dell launched the Streak shortly after the iPad, but the Streak was a 5” unit that was significantly smaller than the iPad. In the 7-11” tablet market, Apple has been the only real player.

But that all changed when Samsung launched its 7” Galaxy Tab last month. On paper, the Galaxy Tab is essentially a jumbo-sized implementation of the Galaxy S smartphone platform. You’re looking at the same A8-based 1 GHz Hummingbird processor and PowerVR SGX 540 graphics chip, the same 512MB RAM, the same lightweight plastic build, and pretty similar industrial design. The screen has been upsized, from the 4” WVGA unit in the Galaxy S to a 7” WSVGA panel. As the first Android-based slate to come from a major manufacturer, it’s a very important device, and not just to test Android’s viability as a tablet platform.

So in the first of our Android tablet reviews, we have Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. Read on to find out how it stacks up against the iPad and whether it can put a dent into Apple’s current domination of the tablet market.

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HTC Hopes to Force "Sense" into Windows Phone 7
“HTC’s goal is for the Sense experience to span all of our products"
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Report: Google TV Issues Force Logitech to Kill Revue Shipments
Box will likely be reinstated in February with the Android Marketplace active
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Microsoft Lets Users Know Their Data Was Leaked From the Cloud
Configuration bug allowed some users unauthorized access to others' data
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Gene Deletion Contributes to Common Adult Brain Cancer
Deletion of the gene NFKBIA helps cause tumor development and treatment resistance in those with glioblastoma
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Massive China Dig Reveals How Evolution Conquered Mass Extinction
Collection of 20,000 fossils reveal that life almost recovered within 10 million years
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Demand for Gasoline in U.S. is on Permanent Decline
Peak use was in 2006 and experts think we will never hit the same use again
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Computer Program Monitors, Identifies Changing Ocean Features
Researchers plan to improve the program and use it to track changing environmental conditions
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Sony Eyes Toshiba Chip Factory, Says 15M PS3 Goal is in Reach
Sony sold Toshiba the chip factory in 2008
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W.T.F., What's Going On? CIA Wikileaks Panel Reveals Findings
The CIA's unwillingness to share saved its secrets, says the Wikileaks Task Force (W.T.F.)
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Brain Imaging Technique May Predict a Dyslexic Child's Ability to Improve Reading Skills
Neuroimaging technique proves to be 90 percent accurate
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Rumored iPad 2 to Ship in January
New device could be smaller, with larger speaker and dual cameras
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12/22/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews
DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
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Botnets Barely Stirring this Christmas Season
Botnet activity is very low online right now
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