REVIEW: Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing

REVIEW: Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing Windows 8 BARCELONA, SPAIN — Microsoft is for the first time letting consumers try out its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, which it hopes will be used to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs. The test "beta" version of the revamped system was introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the planet's largest cell phone trade show. Microsoft...

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REVIEW: Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts

REVIEW: Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts  Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts NEW YORK -- Messages from brands such as Walmart and Starbucks may soon be mixed in with your Facebook status updates and baby photos from friends and family. Facebook unveiled new advertising opportunities Wednesday to help the world's biggest brands spread their messages on the world's largest online social network. Brands...

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REVIEW: Google to dig deeper into users' lives

REVIEW: Google to dig deeper into users' lives Google If you're amazed - and maybe a little alarmed - about how much Google Inc. seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning today, March 1, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables it to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than one billion users. Google says the changes make it easier for consumers to understand how it collects personal information,...

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REVIEW: Smartphones have led, and Desktops will follow

REVIEW: Smartphones have led, and Desktops will follow  Smartphones have led, and Desktops  BARCELONA, Spain — These days much of the action in the world of gadgets is happening in smartphones — like their sophisticated design and the apps that run on them. That has left desktop and laptop computers looking a little dull in comparison. Related Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News Steven Sinofsky of Microsoft described Windows 8...

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REVIEW: AMD to buy Seamicro for $334 mln to serve more

REVIEW: AMD to buy Seamicro for $334 mln to serve more AMD SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Advanced Micro Devices  is buying low-power server vendor SeaMicro, a surprise move that puts AMD in the systems business and disrupts Intel Copr. by acquiring one of its close partners. AMD said Wednesday it will pay US$334 million in cash and stock for SeaMicro, an 80-employee Silicon Valley startup that has gained attention for building highly dense...

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REVIEW: Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate

REVIEW: Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate LONDON (Reuters) - A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry. With the prospect of future conflicts between armies controlling weapons with their minds,...

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Sony reviewed and says it has sold 1.2M units of the handheld PlayStation Vita

Sony reviewed and says it has sold 1.2M units of the handheld PlayStation Vita Sony Sony says it has sold 1.2 million PlayStation Vitas worldwide, exceeding the company's expectations amid stiff competition from mobile devices and Nintendo. The handheld game system launched last week in North America, Latin America, Europe and elsewhere. It went on sale in December in Japan and other parts of Asia. Sony Corp. did not break out figures...

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