Apple Hopes to Drop Samsung, Tests TMSC Chips

Will Spotify Force the Music Industry to Adjust? Business Insider Spotify, the music service that has enthralled its European customers and inspired deep envy in US music lovers, has come to the US By all accounts the service provides a delightfully fast and seamless user experience. Now that the service is here, ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: Apple Hopes to Drop Samsung, Tests TMSC Chips DailyTech Samsung currently manufacturers LCD screens for the iPhone (right) and CPUs for the iPad 2. Apple hopes to phase out Samsung as a chip supplier, transitioning production to TMSC. (Source: Sizzle Core) Analysts say Apple may have difficulty dropping ... See all stories on this topic » DailyTech

Google shares soar in early trading, up more than $70 BetaNews By Joe Wilcox | Published July 15, 2011, 11:22 AM Investors rewarded Google on Friday for strong second quarterly earnings results, with shares up more than 13 percent in early trading. Google traded $599.69, up $70.75, or 13.38 percent soon after the ... See all stories on this topic » BetaNews

24000 files stolen from defense contractor: Pentagon PhysOrg.com A foreign intelligence service swiped 24000 computer files from a US defense contractor in March in one of the largest ever cyberattacks on a Pentagon supplier, a top Defense Department official revealed on Thursday. "It is a significant concern that ... See all stories on this topic »

Study: Human Memory Increasingly Depending on the 'Cloud' International Business Times By James Lee Phillips | July 15, 2011 1:51 PM GMT This is the central finding of "Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips" by Betsy Sparrow, Jenny Liu, and Daniel M. Wegner, published online on Thursday ... See all stories on this topic »

Astronauts fix another failed computer on shuttle Forbes By MARCIA DUNN , 07.15.11, 12:22 PM EDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The pilots on NASA's last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an alarm that shattered their sleep. NASA declared all five of ... See all stories on this topic »

Apple Introduces Bulk App Store Purchases for Businesses PC Magazine By Leslie Horn Apple will soon introduce a new Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for the App Store, allowing businesses to buy iOS apps in bulk, the company announced this week. "Streamline your purchasing process and put more power and productivity in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Twitter: 1 Billion Items Delivered A Day Is Nice, Google+. We Do 350 Billion. TechCrunch MG Siegler has been writing for TechCrunch since 2009. He covers the web, mobile, social, big companies, small companies, essentially everything. And Apple. A lot. Prior to TechCrunch, he covered various technology beats for VentureBeat. ... See all stories on this topic »

Loss of Large Predators Man's "Most Pervasive Influence on Nature" International Business Times The loss of large predators and large herbivores may be "humankind's most pervasive influence on nature," according to a paper published in journal Science. When top predators and large herbivores are weakened, the animals and plants they eat usually ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Microsoft launching a social network? Computerworld By Sharon Gaudin Microsoft may have accidentally leaked an image of its own social networking platform. Called "Tulalip," the site is designed to enable users to "find what you need and share what you know easier than ever," according to the image of ... See all stories on this topic »