AMD reports $1.27 billion in revenue for Q3 2012

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While AMD wrestled to get back on the good foot last quarter, the Sunnyvale chip maker continued to struggle for the third three month financial period of 2012. While reporting $1.27 billion in revenue, the company still saw a ten percent sequential decrease and a 25 percent decrease year-over-year. The hurt not ending there, AMD’s graphics division saw a revenue decrease of seven percent sequentially and 15 percent year-over-year. “The PC industry is going through a period of very significant change that is impacting both the ecosystem and AMD,” said Rory Read, AMD president and CEO. Such words mirror that of longtime rival Intel, which also continues to struggle with a very unfriendly PC market. In an effort to rebound, AMD announced a restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses that will hopefully give the company more leeway to develop and produce new products and strategies.

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SlashGear iOS app gets 2.0 update for iPhone 5

If you’ve not seen the iOS app version of the SlashGear experience, now is a better time than ever as the whole system gets an upgrade to version 2.0 for the iPhone 5. This app is made for both the iPad and the iPhone, able to handle essentially any iOS device running version 4.3 or greater – and that does include iOS 6, as well. With the new iPhone iteration of this app, you’ll have a set of major design changes in your ability to see trending topics, load more articles in a single swing than ever before, and to comment with full Disqus integration top to bottom!

With the iPhone 5 you’ll be able to roll out with a full display of SlashGear greatness especially here in version 2.0. This version of the iPhone side of things will work on the iPad as well as the iPhone and works perfectly well on the iPod touch as well. You’ll be able to see a straight up frontpage news feed near a collection of rotating featured stories and a set of videos as well. The videos section will keep you in the know with hands-on action and in-person event sequences galore.

This newest version also has added gallery support with a simple interface that allows you to cycle through batches of images in reviews, featured pieces, and more. With each new screen comes an optimized view of each new column complete with links to our entire archive of tech and gadget news. Up to the minute updates come in at a tap of the load button and full download/save for later, text size adjustment, and share buttons are running at full steam.

The best part about this update is an update to our comments system. You can now log in with Disqus, the same system we use in the web-based version of the site. This system allows you to log in with any of several well-known systems such as Facebook and Twitter – and of course Disqus’ own user login base too. You can grab this app right this minute by [heading to Apple’s iTunes App Store] for a completely free download.

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SlashGear iOS app gets 2.0 update for iPhone 5 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Wear This Goggle Hood Jacket and You Deserve Every Snowball Sent Your Way [Coats]

Apparently wearing puffy down-filled jackets in the winter doesn’t look ridiculous enough. So for $424 you can upgrade your winter wear to the Matt Nylon Hooded Down Jacket which comes with a zip-around hoodie sporting integrated snow goggles and ventilation holes so you don’t suffocate. Although, that could be a better fate than venturing outside in this. More »

This No-Name Chinese Company Could Kick Sony’s 4k Ass [TV]

There’s little doubt Sony’s monstrous 84-inch 4k TV will be a high resolution atom bomb of a TV. There’s also no doubt it costs $25,000, about as much as an actual atom bomb. Hisense is selling a 4k unit for under $6,000. Do the math. More »

Mac OS X gets some more classic games

Game DRM companies are falling into line behind OS X after Steam decided to support the operating system, and today online game retailer GOG.com is bringing over 50 titles to the Mac. Notable games include Ultima IV and Sim City 2000. Right now they’re on sale too, so you should go and pick them up. For some of these games, this is the first time they’ve ever been legally able to run on Mac OS X. Good Old Gaming is a company dedicated to preserving historic games and making them able to run on modern PCs, so this is great news for gamers who run Macs. (more…)

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: The ReadyCase for the iPhone does more than just protect your device, Analysts predict that the iPad mini will eat into the iPad’s sales,

AMD rumored to drop prices for APU Llano chips

AMD‘s recent launch of their new Trinity APUs may soon result in a drastic price drop of the company’s last-gen Llano APU chips. According to DigiTimes, sources familiar with several motherboard manufacturers have mentioned that the entire lineup of AMD’s Llano series will see price cuts, including the A4-3300, which is said to cost only $30 after the price drop.

AMD’s latest APU chips, codenamed Trinity, run off of the company’s new FM2 socket, meaning that if you want to snatch one of these bad boys, you’ll have to upgrade your motherboard as well. However, the upgrade will certainly be worth it, seeing that you can grab the entry-level A4-5300 for just $65. This will get you a 3.4GHz dual-core processor with Radeon HD 7480D integrated graphics.

Along with the AMD’s last-gen A4-3300, it’s said that the other Llano chips will receive a generous price cut as well, including the A4-3400, which is said to be lowered to $35. It’s also rumored that A4-5300 will see a price slash down to $30 sometime next quarter (Q1 2013) in order to compete with Intel’s Pentium series.

If you’ve never played around with an APU before, we highly suggest getting one if you plan on building a budget computer anytime soon. Don’t let the low price fool you either. The last-gen entry level A4-3300 is plenty powerful to play HD content and even a few games on medium settings or so. They make for great processor for HTPCs, and Windows 7 runs really well on them.


AMD rumored to drop prices for APU Llano chips is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Microsoft Earnings Lag as Everyone Waits for Windows 8 [Microsoft]

Just like people didn’t buy iPhones before the latest generation came out, people held off on Microsoft products in light of the upcoming Windows 8 debutante ball. That translated to a disappointing quarter for Redmond, and underscored just how much the company has riding on its massive desktop transformation. More »

Microsoft announces Q1 earnings with $5.31 billion in profit, braces for Windows 8 surge

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It’s Microsoft’s turn at quiet-before-the-storm quarterly results, and that’s evident in the fiscal first quarter earnings it just dropped on our laps. The Redmond team is reporting $16.01 billion in revenue, but a more modest than usual $5.31 billion in profit over the summer — while it’s healthier than the Q4 loss stemming from the aQuantive write-off, it’s not as impressive as the $7.2 billion profit from a year ago. While a tough PC market is partly to blame, it’s equally hard to say that Microsoft couldn’t have done better. There’s a real chance that some of its customers have been holding back on purchases in anticipation of the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 launches; it’s already setting aside $1.36 billion in revenue for Windows and Office upgrades. The company is unquestionably preparing itself for a giant spike in demand once at least Windows 8 rolls around later this month, so we’d say that the real litmus test will be the results we get after the holidays.

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Guy Convicted of Punching Darth Vader’s Wife, Surprisingly Doesn’t Get Force Choked

Here’s a crazy story. A man in Walsall, UK threw a punch at Darth Vader. This punch missed and hit Vader’s wife instead. It’s unclear if Vader used the force to deflect the blow and let his wife’s face take the hit instead.
The punch was thrown by Ikbal Hare, 35, who apparently is on the Light Side and left his lightsaber at home that day. The result was that Mrs. Vader was struck on the right cheek. Unlike her husband, she wears no helmet and has no force powers, so it probably hurt really bad. Vader changed his name from Mark Nokes by deed poll for charity, several years ago.

Police were called out to an alleged domestic dispute involving Hare and his girlfriend Kerry Campbell. Hare suspected Mr. Vader had been romancing Ms. Campbell and that’s why he threw the punch. He now has 18 months of supervision. He probably has intergalactic bounty hunters looking for him too.

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Ain’t No Staircase High Enough To Keep MTGR from Getting to You [Video]

While grand-scale robotics programs like DARPA’s Big Dog project may spark our sci-fi fancy, they’re still years away from the front lines. This half-pint unmanned ground vehicle, however, will immediately start saving lives by acting as a Special Forces scout. More »