63% of young adults used a phone while driving in 2009
In 2009, 20 percent of traffic accidents were due to distracted driving drivers that are too busy talking or texting on their cell phones killing 5,474 people and injuring 450,000. That makes it the largest single cause of accidents after drunk driving, according to Consumer Reports.
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Samsung HDDs reach 1TB per platter areal density
Samsung has announced a new breakthrough in HDD areal density, pushing up to one terabyte of data per platter in a new line of drives being shown off at this year's CeBIT convention in Hanover, Germany. The company demonstrated a 3.5-inch two-terabyte, two-platter model during the event that will launch... Read More ...
Report: AMD sets shipment dates for Llano and Bulldozer
According to a report from Xbitlabs citing industry sources, AMD has finalized shipping schedules for its forthcoming Bulldozer and Llano APUs. As rumored, the company will abandon its Sempron, Athlon and Phenom processor brand names with newer products, and as such Bulldozer will become the high-end FX-series, while Llano will... Read More ...
Spotify breaks 1 million subscriber mark
Spotify has announced it has passed the 1 million subscriber mark, making it the biggest paid music service in the world. The company also noted that its members are sharing some 200 million playlists and that it reached 1 million users almost two years ago. Read More ...
Adobe releases experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool
Not only has Adobe launched its own HTML5 video player, added HTML5 export tools to Adobe Illustrator and Dreamweaver CS5, but it has now released an experimental Flash to HTML5 conversion tool, codenamed Wallaby, over on Adobe Labs. Wallaby, currently at Prerelease 1, is an AIR application that allows designers...
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AMD launches dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 graphics card
AMD has finally launched the long-awaited successor to its dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 and new flagship product topping its 6900 range. The Radeon HD 6990, otherwise known as Antilles, is made up of two tweaked versions of the HD 6970's Cayman XT core running at 830MHz, 3072 stream processors, 192... Read More ...
Best Buy to follow Circuit City's demise?
With former heavyweights like Circuit City out of the game, industry experts are questioning the future of remaining electronics superstores. Wall Street Journal reports that retailers like Best Buy have taken staggering losses as online rivals rise to dominance. Although there are less brick-and-mortar competitors than a few years ago,... Read More ...
Froyo, Honeycomb hacks for Nook Color available on eBay
Since its debut last October, the Nook Color has received a lot of attention among modding communities. Hackers were quick to root the device's native Android environment, allowing users to run a standard version of Android 2.2 Froyo and 3.0 Honeycomb. Costing only $249, that poses an interesting value proposition... Read More ...
Google Maps Navigation now automatically avoids traffic
Tired of hearing the traffic report that tells what you already know that traffic is bad on the road you're currently on? Google has announced that Google Maps Navigation, which is still in beta, will now automatically route you around traffic. Read More ...
Lenovo readies ThinkPad X220 with Sandy Bridge, IPS panel
Lenovo is preparing to introduce a new ultraportable notebook, the ThinkPad X220. Although a product page isn't up yet, the system's spec sheet has been discovered on Lenovo's site. The 12.5-inch machine will be offered with a slew of high-end features, including an optional 1366x768 IPS display and five full-powered... Read More ...
Samsung: Galaxy Tab 10.1 on schedule, iPad 2 changes nothing
Last week, Samsung's mobile division VP Lee Don-Joo was quoted as saying that the company would have to rethink its pricing strategy and "will have to improve the parts that are inadequate" after Apple announced its iPad 2. This in turn lead to speculation that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 might... Read More ...
Google buys BeatThatQuote for 37.7 million
UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote.com has announced Google is buying it for 37.7 million ($61.19 million). Google will still have to get the deal past regulators, assuming it causes a lot of controversy. In 2007, BeatThatQuote was the fastest growing website in the UK, garnering more pageviews than popular social...
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HP TouchPad appears on Amazon, sans pricing
You can't order it yet, and there are no pricing details, but the HP TouchPad has appeared on Amazon (via Pre Central). The specifications show that this is the Wi-Fi version, which will be the first to hit the market: Read More ...
Does iBoobs show why Android Market beats the App Store?
Back in December 2008, Apple removed an app called iBoobs from its App Store. Now the app that allows you to literally shake the breasts of various female avatars has returned on the Android Marketplace.
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French Ministry hit by hacker attack, G-20 was the target
Hackers infiltrated French government computers in search of information about France's leadership of the Group of 20 leading economies. The attack took place late last year and the intruders infiltrated around 150 computers and stole numerous documents, out of a total 170,000 computers in France's Finance Ministry, according to the BBC.
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Crytek shows off its next-gen game engine, CryEngine 3
Last week Epic and Dice gave gamers and developers a first glimpse at what their respective engines are capable of. Now, Crysis developer Crytek has revealed a video footage showing of their very own CryEngine 3, together with news that eleven titles are currently being developed using the technology. Crytek... Read More ...
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