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The European Commission has approve Seagate Technology ’s acquistion of the hard disk private road ( HDD ) business of Samsung Electronics , after conclude that there will still be enough players in the market after the leverage . Seagate said in April that it was evolve the HDD patronage of Samsung Electronics for $ 1.4 billion in stock and hard currency , a calendar month after challenger Western Digital say it would buy Hitachi Global Storage Technologies , the hard drive unit of Hitachi , for $ 4....

Advanced Micro Devices has appointed former Apple iPhone development chief Mark Papermaster as main engineering officer , where he will take charge of acquire AMD ’s future microprocessors and hardware . Papermaster join Apple in 2009 as older frailty president of gadget hardware engineering , leading developing of the iPhone and iPod computer hardware . Apple lease Papermaster from IBM in 2008 , but made his appointment official after settling a lawsuit filed by IBM around Papermaster ’s say intrusion of a noncompete agreement ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict SOHO Organizer 9is the latest version of the organisation software suite from Mac developer Chronos . Organizer consolidate your contacts , calendar and other digital data file into one large database . The Organizer suite consists of three disjoined yet linked programs : Organizer , NotesandPrint Essentials . you’re able to think of the Organizer program as if the OS X Address Book and iCal plan were wed into one gravid , overarching program ....

Our Verdict Since Lion ( Mac OS X 10.7 ) was released , I ’ve covered a few Gems for modify its behavior , such asLion TweaksandLaunchpad - Control . Among Lion Tweaks ’s option is a direction to incapacitate Lion ’s new Resume characteristic — which automatically reopens , whenever you set up an lotion , any windows that were open when you last step down that coating — on a per - app cornerstone ....

Google and Samsung on Tuesday unveiled the Galaxy Nexus phone running Ice Cream Sandwich , the late version of Android . The phone and operating arrangement were acquire collaboratively by engineers from both company that literally worked in the same construction , said Andy Rubin , senior vice president of mobile at Google , speak during a webcast event to launch the phone and operating organization in Hong Kong ....

[ Tim Cook may be Apple ’s chief operating officer these days , but he continues to take part in the company’squarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts , just as he did when he was chief operating ship’s officer . Here ’s an edited copy of some of the things Cook had to say , as Apple announce record net income and sales for its financial fourth quarter of 2011 ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict you may typeset your iPod nano ’s clock - like interface by it : When Apple ships a major update to iOS , you may depend that an updated version of iTunes is also on the menu . Such is the case withiOS 5and its fellow traveler , iTunes 10.5 . ( As is Apple ’s custom , you require the latest interlingual rendition of iTunes to use a new Io update ....

Digital comedian look gorgeous on the iPad — and , as a result of several announcement made at New York Comic Con this weekend , now you may get even more of them on the same twenty-four hours as their printed counterpart . At the convention , funnies publisher DC revealed that several titles from its Vertigo line would be going solar day - and - particular date . Each title will be uncommitted on the iPad the same daytime as the printed issue , beginning with this week ’s Sweet Tooth ....

Our Verdict Version 10 of CyberLink ’s PowerDirector ( $ 100 as of October 17 , 2011 ) is well the most impressive update of the video - editing powerhouse in a while . It comes with a host of Modern features ; the already quick rendering is even faster ; and it now offers comprehensive documentation for 3D video , including tools for editing , converting , combustion , and more ....

For more than a decade , the only reasonable way to configure Apple ’s AirPort Wi - Fi equipment was through a software package package the company provided for Mac OS X ( and , several years ago , for Windows ) . Unlike other wireless groundwork stations , Apple chose to quash a WWW - based interface as an pick for configuration . That ’s a perfectly all right approach , though it can show problematical if the only way to get to the Internet to download said public utility would be by configure a base station ....

I ’ll happily admit it : I ’m a fan of Apple product . Ever since I got my hands on the original iPhone , I ’ve never strayed outside of the Apple geographical zone for my smartphone needs . antecedently , I was a Nokia humankind — I even have an N - Gage for a while , more fool me — but Apple ’s technical school blow everything away , even limited as it was in the very start ....

The Macalope knows some people do n’t like the silly initiate takedown and choose more analytical piece , but you ’ll have to forgive him as he continue to dig out of the consequence of the iPhone 4S launching and the death of Steve Jobs . The French might call it “ un déluge de stupides ” or “ un grand bifteck de stupides avec les pomme frites qui sont aussi stupide ....

Apple ’s iCloud divine service , paired withiOS 5and Lion , offers user a whole wealthiness of new sync features , access to purchased content , and geolocation fun . unluckily , as iCloud is the companionship ’s fourth online serve iteration — fifth , if you count registering for base - level Apple IDs — trying to promote can be confusing at best , jibe - your - head - against - a - rampart - in - frustration at worst ....