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Today in Tech: RIM refutes PlayBook criticism, Nintendo's new HD console?
April 15, 2011: 5:52 AM ETA curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you everyday.
RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie refuted some criticism that the company may have rushed its PlayBook tablet to market. "I don't think that's fair," he told Bloomberg News. "A lot of the people that want this want a secure and free extension of their BlackBerry." The interview came after a few early critical reviews and reports that RIM shares fell 91 cents to $53.92 yesterday and 7.2% this year overall. (Bloomberg)- For all you gamers: Game Informer brings the scoop that Nintendo plans to unveil a brand new home console with hardware specifications that, at the very least, rival those of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's Playstation 3. The device could be announced as soon as this summer's E3 event and would allow games to run in high-definition resolutions, a complaint some have lodged against Nintendo's popular Wii. (Game Informer) More
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Today in Tech: R.I.P. Flip cam, Flock and Download Squad
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It's official: The Flip digital cam is dead. (Long live, Flip.) Cisco, which bought the startup behind the product line for $590 million back in 2009, will close down the business and lay off all 550 staffers as part of a restructuring of its consumer electronics division. The MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 13, 2011 5:00 AM ETPosted in: Accel Partners, AOL, Apple, Download Squad, Flip, Flock, MySpace, Stewart Butterfield, Switched, T-Mobile, Tiny Speck, VentureBeat -
John Chambers: Recovery continues, Cisco to hire in the U.S.
John Chambers is often in a sunny mood, but on Wednesday he had some obvious reasons: Cisco posted financial results that blew past Wall Street's expectations, signaling that despite the rough economy businesses are spending on technology again.
I caught up with him after the earnings announcement to get some more detail on why the results were so strong, and whether he's really planning to ratchet up Cisco's (CSCO) payroll by MORE
Jon Fortt - Feb 4, 2010 9:00 AM ET -
(Screen) size does matter
The Jumbotron comes home --and the computer goes in the pocket.
Even before the recession began two years ago, people were talking about the need for Americans to downsize. What this means for the world of consumer electronics is unclear.
Our television screens just keep getting bigger and better. In 2009, the average screen size was 36 inches, up from 22 inches a decade ago.
For LCD and plasma screens greater than 60 MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jan 15, 2010 6:00 AM ET -
'Bloggie' your life
A guest video post from our friends at CNN.com - part of our team coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show:
Sony flaunts the "Bloggie" HD camera, a rival to the popular Flip cam, at CES 2010.
Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Jan 7, 2010 5:19 PM ET -
New iPhone is no threat to the Flip camcorder
With the launch of the Flip video camera in May 2007, the camcorder market has never been the same. Flip brought video creation and sharing to the masses, which meant even more footage of cats riding skateboards. (We can't thank them enough for that.)
Consumers embraced the convenience, simplicity, portability, and affordability of Flip's "point and shoot" video camera. It has few buttons, records video on an internal chip, and uploads MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jul 13, 2009 10:00 AM ET
