Microsoft has released the final version of Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP. Version 11 sports a redesigned user interface and incorporates seamless integration with MTV’s URGE music service. According to Microsoft, the URGE Continue reading “Windows Media Player 11 Released”.…more
DFI used to focus on motherboards but has extended its production to IPCs, which the company calls applied computing platforms (ACPs). Currently, ACPs and motherboards account for 80% and 20%, respectively, of total revenues, DFI Continue reading “GE acquires take in DFI”.…more
Sony is looking for profits in movies and consumer electronics to offset the costs related to its upcoming PlayStation 3 game console, the company said Monday. However, the world’s second largest consumer electronics maker said Continue reading “Sony looks for profits elsewhere to offset PS3”.…more
Asustek has received an order to supply Toshiba with one million notebooks, an order which before went to Compal Electronics, with shipments to commence in May 2007, according to the Chinese-language Commercial Times. Following Inventec, Continue reading “Asustek snatches Toshiba notebook orders from Compal”.…more
With the number of cell phones in use worldwide hitting 2.5 billion and rising, recycled phones are playing a growing role in the spread of wireless communications across the developing world, where land lines can Continue reading “Used phones drive Third World wireless boom”.…more
A Sony-made battery used in a Fujitsu laptop computer overheated and emitted sparks, Fujitsu said Friday, amid a massive global recall involving Sony batteries. A Fujitsu worker was visiting a customer’s home to retrieve the Continue reading “Sony battery emits sparks during recall pickup”.…more
Apple Computer Inc. won a patent for a speech-recognition technology earlier this week, fueling speculation that the iPod-maker is laying the groundwork for a future “iPhone.” The patent, approved Tuesday by the U.S. Trademark and Continue reading “Apple + new patent = iPhone speculation”.…more
A federal judge refused a request from Take-Two Interactive Software to immediately dismiss some claims in a lawsuit accusing it of selling “Grand Theft Auto” video games containing sexually explicit images under the wrong content Continue reading “‘Grand Theft Auto’ maker loses round in lawsuit”.…more
For the past two years Advanced Micro Devices has made Intel, one of the world’s most prominent companies, look bad. Better products and better timing have brought AMD significant market share and prominent new customers Continue reading “For AMD, more money means more problems”.…more