After dwindling resources, plummeting share prices and constant investor backlash, RIM’s making some significant changes at the top bunk. The BlackBerry makers’ co-CEOs and founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down making way for current COO Thorsten Heins to fill in their shoes. Wait, it gets more interesting.
The 131 year old film pioneer, Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of an ever increasing digital world. Kodak was unable to find its way into the new era, even after trying several cost cutting strategies. However, it is sad to see the pioneer in the field brought down on its knees. Keep reading for more.
Alienware has been at the helm of gaming process since time immemorial. Although people have looked at other brands from time to time, but more or less everyone agrees when it comes to sheer predominance there’s nothing remotely equivalent to an Alienware system. Continuing with the jaw-dropping spec-sheet of the new Aurora, Alienware has launched the X51 with a smaller form factor. The mini-tower is equipped to handle the latest in games along with various connectivity options that are expected from the brand. More pictures and spec-sheet after the break.
AMD has removed the wraps of its latest Radeon HD graphics card, the 7970. The single-GPU graphics card is based on AMD’s new 28nm fabrication process and has full support for the new PCI 3.0 specifications. Keep reading for more.
Mozilla has returned with yet another update for Firefox web browser and this time we do have something to cheer about. Firefox 9 comes with a speedier JavaScript engine that makes its script processing 30% faster in benchmarks. This new JavaScript trickery is being labeled as Type Inference. Another major improvement is the addition of “ two finger swipe navigation ” in Mac OS X Lion. Also the theme integration for Mac OS X has been improved. Head on past the break for the download links.
In the spirit of the holidays, Google has implanted another Easter egg into its search. Just type “let it snow“, click the search button and watch what happens. Keep reading for some of the most amusing Easter eggs implanted in Google search.
