Oh yeah baby, ‘s finally shipping its first dual-core Snapdragons. To whom, is the big question. Its third-generation Mobile Station Modem MSM8260 and MSM8660 Snapdragon chipsets for high-end smartphones — originally announced in February 2009 — are now sampling and capable of running at up to 1. Read more…

It’s hard to say if today’s protest outside of the show floor has anything in particular to do with Taiwan’s president showing up to tour the expo, but there’s zero doubt that it has a lot to do with the recent attention given to labor practices in . A good two dozen protesters were out in force today, with loads of police and TV cameras giving the world a look at how these folks feel about Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Wintek’s CEO in particular. As for Jobs, he was being labeled an “OEM profit bloodsucker” and “the man behind irresponsible contractors,” while a slew of others were deemed “production line killers, number one union butchers, representatives of mass layoffs and kings of chemical killing. Read more…

Intel’s are about to get a stereoscopic shot in the arm this summer. Although the presentation today wasn’t clear on whether it would come in the form of a firmware update or all-new hardware, we’re being promised the ability to watch 3D movies straight off discs. Mind you, the GMA HD graphics aren’t aimed at competing with NVIDIA’s or any other heavyweights, not least because they’ll be relying on polarized lenses to generate that extra sense of depth. Read more…

Well look at that: it’s the world’s first 320GB hard disk drive to spin at 7,200 RPM in a 7-mm high package — take that . The 2.5-inch Serial ATA 3Gbps Travelstar Z7K320 features a 1,334Mbps max transfer rate assisted by a 16MB cache. Read more…

Microsoft isn’t kidding around about showing it’s serious in regard to competing in the tablet space, and while most of the devices surrounding its Computex booth were locked down tight, we were able to spend a few exclusive minutes with a brand new that showed some serious promise. Boasting a 10.1-inch LED capacity touchscreen, the UX10 was one of the most solid tablets we’ve had the opportunity to touch. Read more…

What’s better than wowing your friends with a triple digit WPM on a blank keyboard with your screen off? Why, the glorious Engadget logo shining forth from said blank keyboard. Our very own Yeager Yu over at Engadget Chinese took a murdered out ‘board and got it laser-etched with the Engadget logo — a glorious sight to behold, if we do say so ourselves. Check out the etching in action after the break. Read more…

Tablets may be attracting all of the attention right now, but it’s clear that ‘s keeping a broad focus on mobile computing. During today’s PC Client keynote at , the company took a moment to talk up , an experimental platform that’ll enable 720p video playback on a machine that’s barely thicker than a couple of envelopes stacked together. We got a chance to peek the prototype on hand in Taipei, and we were told that Intel designed the device you’re peering at above completely in-house as a way to sell PC makers on the idea. Read more…

It’s kinda hard trying to keep up with the litany of models in , though placing this one near the top of the point-and-shoot pile shouldn’t be so difficult. It’s equipped with a 14.1 megapixel sensor, a wide-angle F2. Read more…

You don’t need to sit down, we’re not about to hit you with any shocking news, but a recent BookExpo America convention has given publishers the chance to air out their laundry list of . Seriously, do these guys ever have anything positive to say? Now they’ve managed to pinpoint a flaw in the and s resounding success, identifying the two ebook reading platforms as closed, and expressing a yearning for a universal and open format that all books can be published and consumed on. Of course, they wouldn’t be publishers if they didn’t also lust after robust DRM measures, which might explain why they’re not roundly supporting the readily available EPUB format. Read more…

We saw a lot of new technology demoed at keynote this afternoon, but the most impressive thing may have just been running on a 10-inch Moorestown Quanta Redvale tablet. While the demo on stage was very brief, we caught up with some of the product managers right after the presser and convinced them to give us a peek at what is coming in 2011. To say we’re impressed with the “pre-alpha” version of the software is a huge understatement. Read more…