IBM unveiled a new microprocessor Monday, claiming advances in performance and power consumption for the high-end servers used by many corporations. The Power6 features 790 million transistors, with circuits measuring 65 nanometers and is said Continue reading “IBM Powers Up New Power6 Processor”.…more
In a bold and potentially risky move, Google is making dramatic changes to the way it helps hundreds of millions of people find information on the Internet. Executives Wednesday unveiled a new master search engine Continue reading “Google retools search engine”.…more
The Itanium Solutions Alliance has commended Sun Microsystems and Intel Corporation, a Founding Sponsor of the Itanium Solutions Alliance, on their cooperation to deliver Sun’s Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) for Itanium 2-based solutions. Continue reading “Java SE To Be Supported For Intel Itanium 2-Based Systems”.…more
Millions of broadband Internet users across most of eastern Japan were unable to log on Tuesday evening after a problem at the country’s largest broadband provider. All said and done 2.85 million customers were impacted Continue reading “Millions disconnected by NTT broadband outage”.…more
Microsoft Corp made its broadest challenge to date against open-source software, including Windows rival Linux, claiming that such programs violate 235 Microsoft patents and saying it will seek license fees. The world’s largest software maker Continue reading “Microsoft says open-source violates 235 patents”.…more
At the AMD CTO Summit held last week in Monterey, Calif., AMD put a few members of the press under nondisclosure and gave them a detailed look at unpublished products and plans. Tom Yager goes Continue reading “Intel FUD versus AMD fact”.…more