''Biggest ever'' iPhone launch drives strong Q4 Apple financials
Apple's fiscal fourth quarter financial results are in, and as expected, the iDevice maker raked in a boatload of money. For the three months ending September 27, Apple made $8.5 billion in profit on revenue of $42.1 billion. Both figures represent double-digit increases over the same period last year.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus launched during the quarter, and they evidently had a big impact. In the press release announcing the Q4 results, CEO ...
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IBM-GlobalFoundries deal faces regulatory hurdles
The folks at EE Times have posted an interesting story with more details about the recently announced IBM-GlobalFoundries deal—including word of some possible roadblocks.
As we learned this morning, the deal is subject to regulatory approval. Turns ...
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You can now pre-order Asus' $199 Win8.1 netbook
Asus' EeeBook X205 is a new take on the netbook concept, with low-horsepower Intel hardware, Windows 8.1, and a puny $199 price tag. We first heard about it almost two months ago, and now, the system has gone up for pre-order at Amazon. The e-tailer charges $199 with free shipping and quotes a November 3 release date.
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare needs 6GB of RAM and 55GB of storage
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is due out on November 4, and the minimum system requirements have appeared on Steam. In some respects, they're not too demanding; any reasonably recent CPU and discrete graphics card should do. However, the new CoD demands at least 6GB of system memory and 55GB of storage capacity.
The last CoD game had a similar minimum memory spec, though it only called for 40GB of storage. Let's hope the extra 15GB has been devoted to ...
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Gmail for Android 5.0 Lollipop to support non-Gmail accounts
Android users may be pleasantly surprised when they fire up the Gmail app in Android 5.0 Lollipop. As Android Police reports, the new app won't just boast an updated look based on Google's Material Design style. It will also lets you add accounts from third-party e-mail providers:
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GeForce GTX 970 cards from MSI and Asus reviewed
There comes a time in the life of every PC gamer when you say to yourself: "Self, I'd like to buy a graphics card with more than twice the shader power of a PlayStation 4 for less money." Then you fire up a web browser, read our review of the GeForce GTX 970, and realize you can have what you want. Because that's how life as a PC gamer works.
Later, around Christmastime, I'll tell you the one about wanting to buy major AAA ...
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Biostar mini PC combines Bay Trail quad with USB audio
On the surface, Biostar's new iDEQ-T1
looks like yet another Bay Tray-powered mini PC. It has a quad-core
Celeron N2940 clocked up to 2.25GHz, two DDR3L memory slots primed for
up to 16GB of RAM, a 2.5" SATA bay that can accept drives up to 9.5 mm
thick, Gigabit Ethernet via a Realtek controller, and a Mini PCIe slot
for wireless cards. Everything is wrapped in a compact 8.3" x 7.3" x
1.6" case that weighs 1.8 lbs and can be hung from a VESA-compatible
mounting bracket.That's pretty much the extent of the highlights for the standard model, otherwise known as the IN2940T1. However, there's a second version with an entirely different audio configuration. Instead of using a Realtek codec, the IN294 K ...
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GlobalFoundries to acquire IBM's microelectronics business
It's a big day for GlobalFoundries. Not only has the firm entered an agreement
to acquire IBM's microelectronics business and associated patents, but
it's also getting a $1.5-billion "cash consideration" from IBM to do so.
I guess you can have your cake and eat it, too.In addition to the above, GlobalFoundries will take over IBM's manufacturing facilities in East Fishkill, New York and ...
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Forbes: Microsoft smartwatch to launch within 'next few weeks'
Yes, Microsoft apparently has a smartwatch in the works—and the device may become available sooner than you think. Quoting "sources close to the project," Forbes reports that Microsoft plans to release the wearable "within the next few weeks" and to have it in stores "soon after launch."
The company will reportedly attempt to "capture the lucrative holiday season" with the device, which is said to feature a heart-rate monitor and more than two days of battery ...
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