Microsoft is expected to enter the new year facing a number of hurdles–but the chief one will be to position Windows Vista as an enterprise product. I’m most of our readers could add onto the Continue reading “Microsoft?s 10 Hurdles for 2006”.
Just hours ago Dell said that it is voluntarily recalling batteries installed in some laptop computers it sold in the United States over the past year, citing an overheating problem with potential to pose a Continue reading “Dell recalls batteries from 22,000 laptops”.
Spansion, the flash memory joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu, priced its initial public offering below the expected range at $12. Currently the stock (SPSN)is trading at $13.36 on the market. Underwriters led Continue reading “Spansion IPO Starts at $12 a Share”.
Some might have said it would be a cold day in hell when Microsoft and Google team up, but it seems both companies are helping fund a lab that will help make basic web software Continue reading “Google and Microsoft back internet research lab”.
Intel Corporation and the BMW Group today announced a comprehensive partnership that includes technology, co-marketing and Intel?s sponsorship of the BMW Sauber F1 Team. The big hidden news in the press release is that Intel Continue reading “Intel And BMW Enter Comprehensive Partnership”.
It seems that AMD didn’t like the media calling their upcoming socket “Socket M2” and have changed the name over to “Socket AM2”. Be sure to out geek your fellow buddies today at work by Continue reading “AMD Drops Socket M2 for the Socket AM2, Because it Sounds Better”.
One day after Japanese reports came out talking about the future of HD-DVD and Xbox 360, Microsoft has issued an official response saying they have no plans to support HD-DVD. “Microsoft, in both America and Continue reading “Microsoft has no plans to add HD-DVD technology to the Xbox 360”.
Australian record industry initiates contempt proceedings against the masterminds behind the file-sharing software. Looks like the legal system might make an example of the owners by putting them in jail for a short stint. Record Continue reading “Kazaa owners may face time in jail”.
What is going on with video game sales these days? Video game-software sales plunged 18% in November, according to a new research report, marking the third straight month of weak sales! I’m sure sales will Continue reading “Video game-software sales plunged 18% in November”.
I’m sure that if you are reading this you have used our shopping.com pricing service or pricegrabber.com at least once as every hardware review site uses them. It turns out that UK retail group GUS Continue reading “GUS buys Pricegrabber for $485 Million”.
Quanta, the world’s largest laptop manufacturer, will make the low-cost $100 crank laptop designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is no suprise that Quanta got the contract as the only other company with Continue reading “Quanta to build the $100 laptop”.
NVIDIA has announced plans to acquire ULi electronics, a leading developer of core logic technology. This is amazing news and I find it ironic that at lunch yesterday I was talking about how Nvidia is Continue reading “NVIDIA to Acquire ULi Electronics For U.S. $52 Million”.
Could the first line of data security be in hardware? Intel researchers have developed a way to detect rootkits and other malware. Although still in the research stage, it could be added to future Intel Continue reading “Intel Researchers Find Hardware Fight Rootkits and Malware”.
Did you know that over 20 million PCs worldwide are equipped with a tiny security chip called the Trusted Platform Module (TPM)? The TPM will do something never before seen on the Internet: provide virtually Continue reading “Is the TPM chip the end of anonymity on the Internet?”.
Intel has an answer for AMD’s Hypertransport and thinks its technology stacks up pretty well. In fact, Intel is telling customers that it has AMD beat, starting in 2008. While this is still over two Continue reading “Intel’s CSI to outperform AMD’s Hypertransport”.