Intel and NVIDIA have announced a six-year $1.5 billion cross-licensing agreement that resolves a lengthy patent dispute between the two companies and could lead to close integration of NVIDIA GPUs with Intel’s processors. The dispute centered on technology patented by each company and used by the other. Intel ignited the fight when it filed suit against Nvidia...

Market research firm ComScore has said in a report that Android has a 26 percent market share in the US, snatching the second position after Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry while Apple was relegated to the third spot with 25 percent market share. In number terms, 61.5 million people owned smartphones in the US during the three months ending in November 2010, up...

Chinese products are already famous for their low price. Now, China is again in the market with Apple iTunes. Here too they are following their low price principle. Confused right? A report appeared in China’s GlobalTimes.com reveals that TaoBao.com, China’s largest online auction site, is selling around 50,000 iTunes accounts linked to stolen credit cards....

New year wishes are everywhere! What about for Apple’s iPhone! Well, not quite a HAPPY new year for iPhone. With the year changing from 2010 to 2011, there came one programmatic anomaly in iPhone’s code introducing a bug in the execution environment. iPhone’s one-off alarm is not working since January 1st, 2011. Is the Alarm Bug annoying users or letting...

Vizio Inc., the second-largest U.S. television supplier, will introduce a low-cost smartphone and tablet computer using Google Inc.’s Android software to attract consumers who can’t afford Apple Inc.’s devices. It’s also a sign that the market for Android devices will become even more crowded and confusing for consumers in 2011. Vizio–a small, privately...

Toshiba did not receive impressive market response for the launch of Folio 100, Tablet powered by a customized version of Froyo, Android 2.2. This, for sure, could not heart break Toshiba and today the Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation previewed another Tablet with superior specification. The Tablet is yet to be named and it was just an early look of the...

Internet calling and messaging service Skype has added video call support to its iPhone app, allowing users to make video calls over Wifi – and over 3G, While, Apple’s own video calling feature Facetime available only on iPhone 4 devices and Mac. So, Skype has a lot of room to gain mileage. The app enables free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls over Wi-Fi...

McAfee, the Santa Clara-based tech Security Company is forecasting that social media platforms, mobile devices and Apple products will be the focus of cybercriminals in 2011. According to the report, 2010 is ending with “some of the lowest” global spam levels in years, driven mainly in part because users are moving away from “slower” e-mail communications...

Following the grand success of Galaxy franchise, Samsung is going to unveil a Galaxy Player in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011, probably by next week. Galaxy player will be able to run mobile application, however, is not voice enabled for any phone call. With superior features and specifications, the fourth generation device is being eagerly awaited by those who want...