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Intel wins mobile WiMax chip deal with Nokia

Intel Corp. said on Wednesday it had won a mobile WiMax chip order from cellphone maker Nokia, which will use its semiconductors in Internet-focused devices from 2008.

Nokia will roll out the first WiMax-enabled Internet tablets using Intel chips in the first half of 2008, a Nokia spokeswoman told Reuters. Mobile WiMax, the high-speed wireless standard, is expected to support Internet access at speeds as much as five times faster than typical wireless networks, though it will be slower than the fastest wired services.

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Posted by | Wed, Sep 26, 2007 - 01:25 PM | Comments

Intel has ARM Architecture in its crosshairs

Intel could not have signaled its target for the next five years any more clearly than it did at last week's Intel Developer Forum. The world's largest chipmaker didn't make a whole lot of news at the latest edition of IDF, but it did send a message to the legion of chipmakers that build chips based on the ARM architecture: We're coming for you.

A few years ago, Intel tried to get into mobile phones with a product called Manitoba. That project was an attempt to waltz into the mobile phone industry by integrating one of its XScale applications processor (based on ARM's instruction set, coincidentally) a communications processor, and some flash memory into a single package. It was a flop. Intel was never able to convince phone makers to take a risk on its products, and it sold the business to Marvell last year for $600 million.

Posted by | Wed, Sep 26, 2007 - 10:24 AM | Comments

Nvidia extends GeForce 7 series GPUs to Intel-based desktops

Nvidia announced that it has extended its family of GeForce 7 series motherboard graphics processing units (GPUs) to Intel processor-based PCs

The GeForce 7150, 7100 and 7050 GPUs are designed to support a full range of Intel CPUs (Core 2, Pentium, and Celeron CPU families), including upcoming 45nm Intel Penryn processors and other new features, such as 1333MHz front side bus (FSB) technology. The GeForce 7 series GPUs also support optional HDMI or DVI digital output capability to enable the playback of protected digital content directly from the PC to high-definition televisions and other displays, according to Nvidia.

DigiTimes Daily IT News

Posted by | Wed, Sep 26, 2007 - 08:19 AM | Comments

September 26 News from Around the Web

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MSI China Tour 2007 - Day 2 / Tim Roper travels from Texas to China in order to get a better look at Micro-Star International's newest production facilities outside of Shanghai. MSI builds an incredible amount of motherboards, video cards, and now laptops that are shipped worldwide.

Posted by | Wed, Sep 26, 2007 - 06:43 AM | Comments

Kingston Technology Releases 4GB microSDHC Cards

Kingston Technology Company, Inc. today announced it is releasing microSD High-Capacity (SDHC) Flash memory cards, starting with a 4GB microSDHC card in a Class 4 speed rating. Providing speed and capacity increases in the smallest footprint available, Kingston microSDHC cards are perfect to meet the rising communication and multimedia demands of mobile phones and digital devices able to take advantage of the advanced expansion memory platform.

The new microSDHC 4GB card, part number#: (SDC4/4GB) carries a suggested price of $91.00 (MSRP U.S.) and is the first offering in the Kingston microSDHC product line. The format may emerge as the predominant mobile memory standard as more handset manufacturers, including Blackberry, HTC, LG, Motorola, and Nokia embrace it with new or planned microSDHC-compatible mobile phones.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 25, 2007 - 10:42 AM | Comments

Microsoft launches 'Halo 3'

Microsoft Corp began selling "Halo 3" on Tuesday, hoping the acclaimed alien shooter game will widen its lead over Sony Corp in the battle for industry dominance.

What had been a only a modest gathering earlier in the day had swelled to a crowd of about 500 people that cheered as buyers entered the store, resembling other big consumer debuts this year, such as the last "Harry Potter" book and Apple Inc's iPhone. "Halo 3" is seen as the $30 billion video game industry's equivalent of a new Potter book and Microsoft is counting on the game to finally push its money-losing entertainment unit into profitability.

Reuters Technology News

Posted by | Tue, Sep 25, 2007 - 09:39 AM | Comments

September 25 News from Around the Web

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P35 using DDR3 has already shown us that it can be a big player, it’s able to run the memory clocks at 2000MHz without any problems; and now Intel has built further on this by bringing an enthusiast version to the desktop market, the X38. We have already looked at the X38 in detail with our GIGABYTE X38-DQ6 board, however this board was only running DDR2 memory. Today we have been given our first DDR3 supporting X38 from ASUS, the P5E3. How does it fair compared to GIGABYTE’s X38 and P35T? Let’s have a look see.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 25, 2007 - 06:26 AM | Comments

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Starts BOGO Marketing Blitz

The crew over at One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) are saying now that U.S. and Canadian residents can pay US$400 for one laptop to keep and one to give to a child in a developing nation. Hum... The offer, if you want to call it that, will start on Nov. 12 and run through Nov. 26.

"The idea is to help feed programs in the least developed countries and broaden the community of engagement," said Walter Bender, president of software and content for OLPC. By putting the laptops in the hands of people in North America, the group hopes to persuade more people to contribute content or other developments to the project, he said.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 24, 2007 - 10:51 AM | Comments

Microsoft readies 'Halo 3' for launch - Get in Line!

Microsoft Corp geared up on Monday to launch "Halo 3", the acclaimed science-fiction video game that it hopes will widen its lead over rival Sony Corp in the battle for industry dominance.

Shoppers lined up before dawn in New York, many hours before the midnight sale of "Halo 3," the equivalent of a new "Harry Potter" book or "Star Wars" film for the $30 billion video game industry. The game, in which players try to save humanity from an army of aliens, has drawn wide praise from reviewers for its lush settings, cinematic story and breadth of features.

Reuters Technology News

Posted by | Mon, Sep 24, 2007 - 10:49 AM | Comments

Dell allies with GOME to sell PCs in China

Dell, the world's No.2 personal computer maker, said it would sell its latest lineup of PCs through China's largest electronics retailer, GOME Group, aiming to improve on its single-digit mainland market share.

The alliance with GOME Electrical Appliances Holding follows similar moves in the United States by Dell to expand beyond its direct-sales model to increase sales and market share after losing the top-selling PC slot to Hewlett-Packard last year. "This adds another dimension to the Dell direct model," Michael Tatelman, vice president of marketing and sales for Dell's global business, told reporters.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 24, 2007 - 10:48 AM | Comments

September 24 News from Around the Web

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Wrapping up our day 2 coverage at this year’s IDF, began with a mobility keynote hosted by Intel’s David “Dadi” Perlmutter and Anand Chandrasekher. The keynote was broken up into two parts; the first focused on next generation notebooks and Intel’s mobile platforms as a whole and the second focused on “ultra mobility” featuring a number of UMPCs and MIDs.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 24, 2007 - 07:16 AM | Comments

Intel confirms IT layoffs - tech staff will be cut by up to 10%

Intel Corp. is cutting its IT staff by as much as 10% as part of an ongoing effort to make its operations more efficient, a company spokesman said on Friday.

"We're in a very competitive environment and need to stay agile and stay efficient," Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said. The chip maker isn't disclosing how many IT employees will be let go as part of the layoffs, but Mulloy said jobs will be cut worldwide. Mulloy confirmed the workforce reduction plan after being asked about an anonymous blog posting that described in detail -- at times poignantly -- the process involved in cutting IT workers based on an assessment of their skills.

Computer and Video Games

Posted by | Sun, Sep 23, 2007 - 02:00 PM | Comments

The XP alternative for Vista PCs - Downgrade and Save

While Microsoft is still pushing Vista hard, the company is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a "downgrade" option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Windows XP.

The program applies only to Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions, and it is up to PC makers to decide how, if at all, they want to make XP available. Fujitsu has been among the most aggressive, starting last month to include an XP disc in the box with its laptops and tablets.

Posted by | Sun, Sep 23, 2007 - 01:58 PM | Comments

Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are Each Worth $18.5 billion

Googlers Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both 34, tied for fifth on the new Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans released Thursday. According to the magazine's survey, they are each worth $18.5 billion, placing them just behind Oracle's Larry Ellison, 63, who is worth $26 billion.

That makes Page and Brin the youngest ever to crack the top 10 on the Forbes list. Their net worth has more than quadrupled since they first made the list in 2004, when their fortunes were "only" $4 billion each. And at the speed their fortunes are growing, the only question now is whether they can topple Bill Gates, 51, ranked first for the 14th straight year with $59 billion.

SiliconValley.com

Posted by | Fri, Sep 21, 2007 - 09:08 AM | Comments

Apple iPhone has potential security problems

Apple's iPhone is a tough target for hackers, but a security researcher warned Friday that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised. The iPhone has no security software, but Apple doesn't let people load third-party programs on the device, reducing the risk of infection from malicious software. But when the iPhone is connected to the Web, possibilities emerge, said Marius van Oers, a security researcher with McAfee's AVERT Labs in Amsterdam.

"It's fairly easy to send someone an SMS (Short Messaging Service) or an e-mail with a Web link," he said. "And once you go to the Web link, then that server can inject code into the iPhone, and if that happens, [a hacker] can have full control." That's what happened with a Safari flaw found by Independent Security Evaluators, a company that detailed its findings at the Black Hat security conference in August. By constructing a malicious Web site, the researchers injected code into the iPhone and pilfered recent text messages, phone numbers and e-mail. Apple has since patched the flaw.

Posted by | Fri, Sep 21, 2007 - 09:05 AM | Comments

GeCube launches new graphics card based on Radeon HD 2900PRO

GeCube has announced another addition to its ATI Radeon HD 2000 family of graphics cards, the Radeon HD 2900PRO, which supports PCI Express x16 and is based on the R600 graphics chip.

The card can support core and memory frequencies up to 600MHz and 1.6GHz, respectively, with 512MB GDDR3 memory and a 512-bit memory interface to provide the extreme performance, said GeCube. The card will also feature VIVO (video-in, video-out) and HDMI output, it noted.

DigiTimes Daily IT News

Posted by | Fri, Sep 21, 2007 - 09:03 AM | Comments

Sony delays PS3 "Home" but no talk of price cuts

Sony Corp said on Thursday it would postpone the launch of the "Home" virtual community service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early next year, the latest setback in its videogame battle with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Lt

The 3D "Home" online service, in which players can create and "own" characters and content, was originally scheduled for launch this autumn. Sony Computer Entertainment, the video game unit of Sony, said it was postponing the launch to improve product quality.

Reuters Technology News

Posted by | Fri, Sep 21, 2007 - 09:02 AM | Comments

September 21 News from Around the Web

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At first glance we see that the ABS/Tagan ITZ1300 1300w power supply is a well built, flashy, power supply with very good voltage regulation and efficiency. But once we delve deeper into the unit’s performance we find that the ABS/Tagan ITZ1300 is really an 1100w power supply with mediocre DC output quality being billed as a 1300w power supply with good DC output quality.

Posted by | Fri, Sep 21, 2007 - 06:40 AM | Comments

Steve Jobs Subpoenaed over Stock Option Backdating

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was asked by U.S. securities regulators to give a deposition in a lawsuit against the company's former general counsel involving stock options backdating. Engadget gives their take on the recent news.

An internal Apple review claims it found two questionable stock options awarded to Jobs, but found no wrongdoing on his part. For Jobs' sake, let's hope he stays out of the slammer -- a pretty face like that won't last long on the inside.

Posted by | Thu, Sep 20, 2007 - 09:52 AM | Comments

September 20 News from Around the Web

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Power supplies have come of age in the last few years. This new coming of age is due mostly to the new energy standards set forth by the government. These new changes allow the end user to have a more reliable and efficient piece of equipment, which brings me to a new energy efficient power supply I have from Ultra. This is from the line of power supplies named the X3 collection, which range from 600 watt to 1600 watt. The unit I have for review is the 600 watt model. These power supplies are 100% modular, and the 1000 watt model comes in two style: either for SLI or CrossFire. The new line of X3 power supplies will convert as much as 85% of the used AC current into useable DC current, the rest being lost to heat and other electrical anomalies. Being fully modular also eliminates any unneeded cable inside the enclosure, thus giving the end result a cleaner look.

Posted by | Thu, Sep 20, 2007 - 06:47 AM | Comments

New NVIDIA ForceWare 163.69 WHQL Drivers Released

NVIDIA has released brand new ForceWare 163.69 WHQL drivers for Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit. Our friends at NVIDIA let us know that this drivers fix a number of the issues that have been mentioned in previous release notes and that if you have a system with SLI that these drivers will make a big difference in performance and stability.

WHQL Certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs. Improved compatibility and performance for NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications. Improved compatibility for The Way It’s Meant To Be Played™ game titles: BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, and World in Conflict. Added HD video post-processing for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 HD content on the GeForce 8500 and 8600 series GPUs. Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues.

Posted by | Wed, Sep 19, 2007 - 11:44 AM | Comments

Google Unveils Mobile Ads Service

Online search giant Google Inc. is expanding the volume of advertising that it delivers to mobile devices, hoping to make more money from the expanding audience of consumers surfing the Web when they're away from home or the office. Google has been offering a version of its AdWords search marketing program for mobile placement since last year, but this week, it formally introduced AdSense, which serves up contextually relevant ads on content sites, in some markets.

The move means any Web site accessible by a mobile Web browser will be able to become part of Google's ad network. Previously, only search queries directed at Google or third-party sites it provides search technology to could generate mobile ads.

Posted by | Wed, Sep 19, 2007 - 11:39 AM | Comments

Smiley Emoticon Turns 25

Today marks the official 25th anniversary of the first emoticon, also known as the smiley face. Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott Fahlman claims to be the inventor of this emoticon, a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis, where on this day a quarter-century ago, he placed it in a message that was posted on a message board.

Love it or hate it, the smiley is well embedded into our cultural syntax at this point and today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first appearance. Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says he was the first to use the now ubiquitous keystrokes that gave birth to a whole range of emoticons.

Posted by | Wed, Sep 19, 2007 - 11:25 AM | Comments

AMD Announces Three New Low Power Athlons

At the Embedded Systems Conference this week, AMD announced the addition of three new low power AMD Athlon 64 processors to its embedded product lineup. These new single-core processors are compatible with existing AM2 motherboards and look to directly target the embedded systems market.

The AMD Athlon 64 processor Models 2000+, 2600+, and 3100+ feature power envelopes of 8, 15, and 25W maximum thermal design power, respectively. They support ECC memory for high reliability data applications and are especially applicable for systems such as Network Attached Storage (NAS), Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) for the telecommunications market, and various single board computing and industrial implementations. These models will be generally available in Q4.

Posted by | Wed, Sep 19, 2007 - 11:09 AM | Comments

September 18 News from Around the Web

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Nehalem will feature 8-cores on a single die and each core can process two threads, for a total of 16 threads per 8-core CPU. Nehalem processors will be comprised of roughly 731M transistors and feature a number of new technologies.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 07:26 PM | Comments

Crucial Announces Availability of DDR3 Memory Kits

Lexar Media, Inc., a subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc., today launched its first Crucial Ballistix double data rate (DDR)3 memory modules, providing increased memory performance for the ardent PC gamer and computing enthusiast. As the successor to DDR2, the DDR3 design provides higher speeds, reduced power consumption and increased densities. DDR3 enables users to experience more life-like images on screen, allows multiple applications to run simultaneously, and provides for greater overall system performance.

“The Crucial Ballistix memory line has come a long way since our initial offering of 400 MHz DDR memory,” said Mark Adams, VP of Digital Media. “With the launch of 1600 MHz DDR3 memory, we have quadrupled the speed of Ballistix memory.”

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 06:45 PM | Comments

Intel Demonstrates 32nm Chip and Next-Generation Nehalem Architecture

Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini today outlined the industry's First 32-nm chip and next-generation Nehalem microprocessor architecture.

Speaking to industry leaders, developers and industry watchers at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), Otellini showed the industry's first working chips built using 32 nanometer (nm) technology, with transistors so small that more than 4 million of them could fit on the period at the end of this sentence. Intel's 32nm process technology is on track to begin production in 2009.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 03:25 PM | Comments

Google Presentations Gets a Go

Monday night, Google announced the launch of its long-awaited, Web-based competitor to PowerPoint. Google Presentations, which is free, is part of the company's online office suite, Google Docs.

Right off the bat, you will notice that Presentations has some of the same basic functionality as Microsoft's PowerPoint. It does enable you to create some really basic presentations, with themes, but the lack of features and slide show polish are real turn-offs for me.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 10:32 AM | Comments

Apple Launches iPhone in UK

Apple Inc.'s iPhone will go on sale in Britain and the UK on Nov. 9 will have the O2 network as its exclusive carrier, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Tuesday. The 8-gigabyte model will sell for $536 (269 pounds), Jobs said at a news conference in London. Still, in many people's eyes, the iPhone’s most obvious weakness is that it does not operate on third generation (3G) mobile networks, which offer higher web browsing speeds compared with their 2G equivalents.

The iPhone will face tougher competition in Europe from Nokia and Sony Ericsson, who have already unveiled their range of phones with high-quality music and Internet browsing functionality. Steve Jobs, who said that he plans to announce "a few more" operators in Europe next quarter and when asked about lack of subsidies, said: "Sometime you get what you pay for too."

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 10:20 AM | Comments

Intel X48 Express Chipset Has Competition - Boeing X-48B

The Intel X48 Express chipset might have support for 1600MHz FSB and DDR3 memory, but it has nothing compared to the X-48B from Boeing. In the design of Boeing's experimental X-48B aircraft, it's hard to know where the fuselage stops and the wings begin.

In this picture from August 14, an X-48B prototype is flying over Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California, in its fifth trip aloft since its debut flight in mid-July. Following a sixth flight not long ago, the aircraft is now on hiatus till sometime in October as Boeing--and partners NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory--perform maintenance, update software and flight control systems, and evaluate data from the first round of flights. Among the physical changes under way: engineers are taking off removable leading edges with extended slats and replacing them with slatless leading edges, NASA said.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 10:18 AM | Comments

Evesham unveils new OXEGEN series of ultimate gaming PCs

The new Oxegen PC Series from Evesham is a collection of adrenaline pumping, no holds barred, ‘ultimate’, gaming rigs and with killer games around the corner such as Crysis, Hellgate London and Quake Wars to name a few, there is no better time to prepare for the next era in PC Gaming.

Nothing short of brilliant, the Oxegen SX9000 is quite simply flawless. If you built your dream gaming PC, it would probably look like this; Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 CPU (Quad Core, 2 x 4MB, 1066MHz), Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, 2 x 320MB nVidia 8800GTS graphics, 4GB Corsair DDR 2 800 EPP Memory, 500GB SATA 7200rpm HDD, 24” Widescreen LCD with HDMI, Creative Gigaworks ProGamer 5.1 Speakers, 16x DVD ROM and a Multi Format Dual Layer 20x DVD Writer. Enough said.

Posted by | Tue, Sep 18, 2007 - 09:27 AM | Comments

AMD Phenom triple-core processors show up on their desktop roadmap

Delivering a multi-core triple threat, AMD today announced the addition of AMD Phenom triple-core processors to its desktop roadmap. AMD Phenom triple-core processors, expected to be the world's first PC processors to integrate three computational cores on a single die of silicon, can help deliver the visual experience, performance and multitasking capabilities of true multi-core technology to a broader audience. Offering state-of-the-art platforms and a next-generation architecture with expected availability in Q1 2008, the industry's only x-86 triple-core desktop processor shows why AMD's the smarter choice, with its expanded portfolio for customers to offer platforms with unique multi-core options. AMD Phenom quad-core processors remain on schedule to ship in 2007.

AMD Phenom processors with three cores are a response to demand for increased performance delivered by multi-core processors when running state-of-the-art applications. According to Mercury Research, quad-core processors represented less than two percent of desktop shipments in Q2 2007. AMD believes this suggests a need for a wider selection of multi-core solutions. Triple-core AMD processors may stimulate broader multi-core adoption with a product family that scales to more points-of-entry for the customer.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 07:09 PM | Comments

Crucial's 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' Contest

Arrrrgh. Wednesday, September 19th be international “Talk Like A Pirate Day,” and to celebrate, me hearties at www.crucial.com be givin’ away thar treasure: two 2GB custom memory upgrades. Shiver me timbers! But, you have t' wait till Wednesday t' enter!

Aye, visit www.crucial.com on Wednesday and search fer me buried treasure fer a chance to win. Two lucky landlubbers will win! Just click on the parrot fer contest details on the homepage.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 04:25 PM | Comments

Super Talent Project X DDR3 Now With Intel XMP Support

Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of memory and flash storage solutions, today announced that the company's new Project X DDR3 memory supports Extreme Memory Profiles (XMP).

Developed by Intel Corporation in partnership with leading system board and memory module makers, the new XMP specification utilizes a reserved sector of the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) on memory modules to store factory configured profiles of memory timing settings. These profiles make it much easier to overclock memory and squeeze incremental performance from the PC. XMP was designed to optimize memory performance with motherboards based on Intel P35 and X38 chipsets.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 02:56 PM | Comments

TVC Holdings says selling stake in Havok to Intel for $21 Million

Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Havok , a provider of software and services used by digital media creators in game development. Irish venture capital firm TVC Holdings said on Monday it had agreed to sell its stake in software provider Havok Inc. to Intel for around $21 million.

According to Intel, the acquisition will enable developers in the digital animation and game communities to take advantage of Intel’s innovation and technology leadership in the creation of digital media. TVC Holdings said in a statement the deal was expected to be closed in five days and it would sell its stake of just over 27 percent to Intel.

Reuters Technology News

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 11:38 AM | Comments

Famed '$100 laptop' now $188

The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.

Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices would cost $188 if mass production, expected to begin this fall, were to start now. The last price the nonprofit had announced was $176; it described $100 as a long-term goal.

MSNBC Technology News

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 11:24 AM | Comments

Microsoft suffers decisive EU antitrust defeat

Microsoft suffered a decisive antitrust defeat on Monday when a European Union court upheld a landmark ruling that the world's largest software maker had abused its dominant market position to crush rivals. The second-highest EU court dismissed the company's appeal on all key points against the 2004 European Commission ruling and upheld a record 497 million euro ($689.9 million) fine.

"Its clearly a major defeat for Microsoft. There is no doubt it will spur the Commission on to regulate Microsoft much more significantly," said Chris Bright, a British competition lawyer. The court said Microsoft was unjustified in tying new applications to its Windows operating system in a way that squeezed out rivals and harmed consumer choice.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 11:10 AM | Comments

Intel on lookout for next big thing

Speaking of IDF, CNET has a nice outline of what they expect Intel to talk about during this weeks Intel Developer Forum. Among the many topics are Penryn, mobile devices, other consumer electronics, and 'the next big thing' to make stockholders happy!

CEO Paul Otellini will get things going Tuesday morning, and he's expected to preview Intel's upcoming Penryn generation of processors, which will use a new, smaller 45-nanometer manufacturing technology (due later this year). Later in the week, other Intel executives are expected to highlight the company's growing interest in low-power mobile and consumer electronics devices that could help Intel cope with a rapidly maturing PC market.

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 08:16 AM | Comments

Intel puts new naming scheme on hold

With IDF in San Francisco kicking off tomorrow, news on Intel his already hot on the wire this week. To start your day, check out this Digitimes blurb on Intel's plans to rename and unify its naming scheme on CPUs and platforms.

Due to protests from the market, Intel recently notified its partners that the naming scheme plan, which was to start on January 1, 2008 will be postponed. However Viiv and vPro platforms will still be renamed to Core 2 Viiv and Core 2 vPro, respectively, noted the sources.

DigiTimes Daily IT News

Posted by | Mon, Sep 17, 2007 - 08:09 AM | Comments

Corsair Announces DDR3 Intel XMP Memory Kits

On Friday Corsair Memory announced they have been licensed by Intel to use the new Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) certification logo. The certification will apply to the latest DDR3 modules offered by Corsair and specifically programmed with the new Intel XMP specification.

“Corsair and Intel have worked closely to evolve and develop next generation DDR3 SPD memory specifications. The Intel Extreme Memory Profile will open the door to a broader adoption of the DDR3 platform technology,” said Jack Peterson, VP of Marketing at Corsair. “As the recognized leader in high-performance enthusiast memory, we are proud to have worked with Intel to develop this optimized performance specification and to be the first licensee of the certification program logo,” continued Peterson.

Posted by | Sun, Sep 16, 2007 - 10:47 AM | Comments

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