Nvidia has a plan to make cheap Android tablets a lot more powerful. The company will launch a platform this year called “Kai” that will let device makers bring quad-core tablets to market for $199.
Nvidia Vice President Rob …
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Facebook, Wall Street Banks Sued Over Pre-IPO Financial Forecasts
Just days after its controversial IPO, Facebook and its Wall Street bankers have been hit by shareholder lawsuits alleging that the social networking giant and its underwriters concealed the company’s decelerating revenue growth from investors.
via Facebook, Wall Street Banks Sued Over Pre-IPO Financial Forecasts | Business | TIME.com.
Overhauled Google iPhone App: Full-Screen Image Results, Faster Search
Using Google to look up random stuff in social situations is one of the joys of owning an iPhone. Sadly, the search experience using Google’s iPhone app so far has been pretty unimpressive.
Google is looking to remedy that …
Glasses Could Help the Blind See like Geordi La Forge in ‘Star Trek’
If Star Trek: The Next Generation has taught us anything, it’s that being blind in the 24th century is no big deal, mostly because you can just wear an all-seeing visor a la Geordi La Forge. Why scientists in the future couldn’t …
10 Quick Tech Links: Apple Designer Knighted, Facebook Lawsuits, Death to Rickroll and More
Here’s a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Wednesday, May 23.
Jonathan Ive interview: Apple’s design genius is British to the core [The Telegraph]
Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive, who receives a
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Xbox 360 Should Be Banned from U.S. for Violating Patents, Judge Says
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 should be banned from import and sales in the United States for violating Motorola patents, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled.
The Xbox 360 violates four Motorola patents, according to ITC …
Lord of Record Sales: Blizzard Says Diablo III Is Fastest Selling PC Game in History
Surprise, Diablo III sold to the moon and back since its release last week on Tuesday, May 15, says developer/publisher Blizzard in so many words. In fact the company says more than 3.5 million people picked up a copy of its …
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Digitimes on Digitimes: We Know What We’re Doing, and We’ll Try to Do Better
Last week, I wrote about Digitimes, the Taiwanese tech site which covers the Asian gadget supply chain and is most famous for its stories about alleged upcoming Apple products.
I revisited 25 old Digitimes stories about Apple …
Google’s Moog Doodle: Play a ‘Mini-Goog’, Celebrate the Life of an Electronic Music Pioneer
When I woke this morning to find a funky-looking 24-key Moog synthesizer staring at me from just above Google’s homepage search box, I knew exactly what I’d be writing about. I’ve played the piano since I was four, growing up in …
Facebook IPO Furor: Feds Probing Deal over Insider Bank Warnings
Facebook’s Wall Street investment banks warned top clients of new doubts about the social network’s financial prospects just days before the company’s IPO, according to a series of reports that emerged Tuesday.
via Facebook IPO Furor: Feds Probing Deal Over Insider Bank Warnings | Business | TIME.com.
How Insect-Inspired Legs Could Help Robots Walk on Asteroids
James Cameron created a Titanic-sized stir when he invested in Planetary Resources Inc., an asteroid mining operation co-chaired by personal spaceflight pioneers Peter Diamandis and Eric Anderson. While Planetary Resources might …