Finally we get some proper (official) numbers for the just announced Xperia Arc. It’s got 1GHz processor in the form of a Qualcomm MSM8255 paired with an Adreno 205 graphics chip. The company also mentioned (or admitted) about their infamous record with Android updates, and promises recent changes have put it in “a good position to make sure that Xperia Arc will get later versions in a timely manner.” Yeah, we do believe you, when you deliver that is.

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Verizon US announced their 4G LTE network, and obviously to push that you’ll had to have lots of LTE-enabled devices to push sales. Now, besides lots of LTE tablets and smartphones, Verizon has also added Cisco’s rare business-savvy Cius tablet onto LTE starting this March, besides Cisco’s second generation Integrated Service Router.

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In all weird phenomenal of Apple and Microsoft, we never expected this. Got iTunes? Got a Windows Phone 7 handset? Then it’s probably a great time to download this new Remote app in the Marketplace. That’s because the app promises to make the two sing in perfect harmony by making them talk over a WiFi connection.

There’s a basic set of iTunes controls at your WP7 phone’s disposal, including volume, starting /stopping music, and searching by album, artist, and song, and a corresponding piece of desktop software you need to install to make the magic happen. It’s compatible with both Windows (XP and above) and Mac OS (10.5.8 and above), so all you really need now are $1.99 for the mobile app and the overwhelming desire to control your playlists remotely.

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CES sees Intel announcing Sandy Bridge and making giant impact on upcoming laptops, but we see very little for the desktop. No love there it seemed. Nevertheless, desktop manufacturers and custom PC makers have quietly updated their systems with Intel’s new second generation Core processors. Dell’s XPS 8300 and Vostro and Alienware is now available with Sandy, as well as Digital Storm’s entire family, besides Cyber Power’s Gamer Xtreme 1000/2000, and also iBuyPower’s Chimera XLC all having the brand new Core i5 and Core i7 processors. ORIGIN PC also has them ready for you if you want an overclocked Sandy Bridge water cooled but don’t want to mess around with it youself.

SOURCE via Logic Buy, Puget Systems, HotHardware(1), and HotHardware(2)

This is not something of sudden surprise. This is what we call an extreme and unpredictable twist of a cheesy movie. The amount of battles between NVIDIA and INTEL in the court will need more fingers than you have, but now all the great wars are over. Out of the blue, the two arch-rivals (besides AMD) just announced a new six-year cross-licensing deal that will see Intel paying NVIDIA a total of $1.5b over the next five years for access to NVIDIA’s technology, while also giving NVIDIA a license to some of Intel’s patents. What? That’s not all; the two companies have also agreed to drop all pending litigation, because they’re now friends. Double what? Read more…

We still don’t have a clue when will the PlayStation Phone be released, but these people just can’t stop teasing us with pictures, what not videos. Here’s a hot minute if you have one, to catch a glimpse of one lucky brat playing Resident Evil 2 and Rage Racer on the gaming phone.

The hardware is apparently on the up and up, although the fact that the titles had to be loaded through ROM Buddy (a third-party Android app for running ROMs) suggests that the software is still being tinkered with. Either that or this is a very bad joke. That said it looks like this thing is pretty much a done deal and ready at any time.

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Bigfoot Networks stated that they’re targeting motherboard manufacturers, but we never knew it’s going to be this big. The company has announced at CES three partnerships with major mainboard makers, and they’re MSI, ASUS, and Gigabyte. Gigabyte will have their G1-Killer motherboards infused with Bigfoot chips; ASUS will have a ROG Rampage III Black Edition featuring the E2100 on a combined LAN / audio called ThunderBolt; and MSI will probably have them in their upcoming Big Bang lineup. Pricing and release information remain a mystery across the range, but it’s practically a guarantee that we’ll see more of these tie-ups in the coming months.

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Kingston announced at CES their latest range of SDHC cards, the USH-I UltimateXX, which will be on sale later this month. The USH-I UltimateXX is stated as perfectly backwards compatible with Class 4, Class 6, and Class 10 equipment. By using USH-I, the SDHC card is capable of hitting read rates of 60MB/sec and write rates of 35MB/sec, with pricing set for $69.99 (8GB), $179.99 (16GB) and $349.99 (32GB). Sounds like a card that’s storing lots of porn. Anyway, besides launching this USH-I UltimateXX, Kingston also launched their latest DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 USB flash drive, and it has plans to launch an entry-level flash drive in “late Q2 / early Q3.”