Thursday’s Web Reviews “During my battery of tests, Xclio’s Stablepower 460W PSU lived up to its name. They could also legitimately call it the Silentpower, as it performed its duties without a whisper of noise. Continue reading “February 8th News From Around the Web”.…more
ESPN is relaunching its shuttered cell phone service through Verizon Wireless, this time delivering its flashy feed of sports scores, news and video highlights through a top industry player instead of competing for subscribers with Continue reading “Mobile ESPN to relaunch through Verizon Wireless”.…more
Level 3 Communications posted a wider fourth-quarter loss, set plans to cut 1,000 jobs and said it would raise $500 million in its latest financing transaction. The Broomfield, Colo., telco lost $237 million, or 20 Continue reading “Level 3 Swings the Ax”.…more
Standards for energy-efficient PCs are about to take a step forward for the first time in more than a decade. The Energy Star program is set to release the first revision to the specification for Continue reading “PCs to get updated Energy Star ratings”.…more
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software to thwart piracy known as digital rights management (DRM). Jobs said Continue reading “Apple’s Jobs calls on music industry to drop DRM”.…more
Video game addicts, rejoice: U.S. researchers have found that playing is actually good for your eyes, and despite all those dire warnings from your parents, it won’t make you blind. A study by the University Continue reading “Study: Video games are good for eyes”.…more
South Korean memory chip giant Hynix Semiconductor on Wednesday denied local media reports that it planned to move its operations to China. A problem finding land in South Korea for a new factory to make Continue reading “Hynix denies move to China”.…more
IBM sold off a chunk of its stake in Lenovo Group, leading the world’s third-largest PC vendor to temporarily suspend trading of its shares in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Reports have shown that IBM has Continue reading “IBM sells part of its stake in Lenovo”.…more
Nintendo’s Wii game console outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 by nearly three to one last month in Japan, the country’s largest video-game magazine publisher said Tuesday. Nintendo sold 405,000 Wii units in January, compared with 148,000 Continue reading “Wii outselling PS3 in Japan”.…more