Dual-core Snapdragon details emerge

New details have emerged on Qualcomm’s new dual-core Snapdragon processors. Engadget reported that the Mobile Station Modem MSM8260 and MSM8660 Snapdragon chipsets will have a clock speed of 1.2 GHz, integrated GPS as well as a GPU with 2D/3D acceleration engines for Open GL ES 2.0 and Open VG 1.1. They will also support 1080p video encoding and decoding and be able to handle devices boasting a 24-bit WXGA 1 280 x 800 pixel display.  

Facebook reunited another family

After reuniting a father and son after 37 years, Facebook has reunited a Californian mother with her kids after they were kidnapped by her husband over 15 years ago. The woman’s husband took her then three year old daughter and two year old son and told her she would never see them again. After a long and exhaustive search, she stumbled upon her daughter's Facebook page in March. She contacted her via the site and also got in touch with the local authorities. The husband was arrested and the children were placed in the care of the Department of Children and Families, with custody reverting back to their mother. 

Google Wi-Fi data handover imminent

According to the BBC, Google is on the verge of handing over data to the German authorities, which contains Wi-Fi info that was mistakenly gathered from individuals and businesses via their Google Street View vehicles. The search giant’s deadline for the hand-over of the data was 27 May and although Google answered many of the questions about the data posed by the Hamburg Information Commissioner’s office, the company has yet to hand the info over due to concerns that it might be violating German telecommunication law by doing so. Google is now “close” to resolving these concerns.

New Twitter feature coming

According to CNN, Twitter's new “You Both Follow” feature will allow users to click on another user’s profile in order to see which Twitter feeds they have in common. This will allow users to follow people that share the same interests as they do. Twitter developer Nick Kallen tweeted about the new feature and stated that all Twitter users received the feature for about five minutes for testing purposes, with apparently 10% of users with permanent access to this beta feature. No word yet on when this feature will leave the testing phase to become a standard Twitter feature.

HP unveils new line of budget conscious business PCs 

Who says the desktop is dead? HP has unveiled their latest line of desktop PCs for the SA business market. The HP Pro 3120 is powered by Intel Core processing technology, while the Pro 3125 boasts the latest AMD Phenom processors. Both of them sport a massive 8 GB of memory, as well as multiple expansion ports for increased flexibility. Rounding off the new offerings is the 500B Microtower PC with 4 GB of memory, an Intel processor and Windows 7 doing the operating. More detailed specs and pricing info isn’t available yet, but all three of them will be available in South Africa from 1 July.