According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has asked HTC to put Windows Phone in more HTC phones. Specifically, HTC Android phones. The report says that the head of Microsoft’s operating systems unit Terry Myerson asked HTC last month to "load Windows Phone as a second option on [Android] handsets."
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At CEATEC Japan, TDK was demonstrating HAMR (heat-assisted magnetic recording), a technology designed to dramatically increase the data density of mechanical hard drives. Hard drives are typically limited by how much bits of information they can safely store per square inch of each platter surface (HDDs can feature many platters or disks). Since the information is saved as a magnetic polarity, attempting to pack too much information in a tight space may result in weird analog interferences that ends up breaking down individual bits of information and effectively corrupt the data. (more…)
TDK Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording Boosts HDD Capacity (HAMR) original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Paris is the city of love. It’s a city of style. A city of taste. It’s a city where life ballets itself around you. Now imagine that dreamy Paris without any people. Without any life. Without any love. Scary! Claire and Maxime of Menilmonde filmed Paris and deleted people, cars and life from the footage and came with this deeply unsettling short.
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After buying Nokia’s devices and services business, what’s Microsoft’s next step to growing the Windows phone market? According to Bloomberg’s unnamed sources, that includes new devices from HTC, possibly goosed by loading Windows on its Android phones. The report also claims Microsoft operating …
While Archos gave a sneak peek at its Platinum lineup a month ago at IFA, it’s finally ready to spill the beans now. The company has released not just one, but three new tablets in three different sizes — 8-inch, 9.7-inch and 10.1-inch. All of them come equipped with 1.6GHz quad-core processors, …
Earlier today, word surfaced that Amazon has a device in the works called the Amazon Firetube, something said to be similar to the Google Chromecast. Following this, the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Amazon has plans to launch a set top box in time for the upcoming holidays, something said to be codenamed […]
Flat beer sucks. And that’s the motto of TapIt Cap, the new cap that saves your growler bottled craft beer until you’re good and ready to finish it.
HTC’s issues appear to have worsened, as the company announced its first-ever net loss for a quarter in Q3. According to the statement, it’s notched a net loss of $101.2 million (NT$2.97 billion) on revenue of $1.6 billion. As we noted last quarter, a shrinking profit put the load on the new HTC One …
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