Asustek hopes to lower production costs and raise its competitiveness worldwide by outsourcing 20% of their branded motherboards to Flextronics International. Usually when companies out source a product quality becomes an issue, but with Asustek Continue reading “Asustek to outsource motherboard production to Flextronics”.
Can a sophisticated audio processing architecture without native Windows Vista support withstand the integrated audio juggernaut? Extreme Tech takes a look at the new sound cards from Creative and has some interesting thoughts on the Continue reading “Creative Labs X-Fi: The Last PCI Sound Card?”.
Imagine watching a football match on a TV that not only shows the players in three dimensions but also lets you experience the smells of the stadium and maybe even pat a goalscorer on the Continue reading “The Goal: Make 3D television by 2020”.
Nvidia is flying high these days and I am sure that they are loving the chipset shortage over at Intel. It seems that people are buying motherboards without graphics and adding in an Nvidia or Continue reading “Intel’s IGP Chipset Shortage Helps Nvidia Sales Numbers”.
The Well was one of the first bulletin boardsrun on the internet and started before pretty much anyone knew what the internet was. There was speculation that remaining members of The Well would set up Continue reading “The Well: First Major Online Community Up For Sale”.
Microsoft typically updates the free utility once a month?on Patch Tuesday?but with at least a dozen “Zotob” variants squirming through unpatched Windows 2000 systems, the company added detections for 10 mutants to help with the Continue reading “Microsoft Ships Zotob Worm Removal Tool”.
Worldwide IT spending is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 5.9% through 2009, a market research firm says. It is not known if they figured in the price of gas and Continue reading “Steady Growth rate of 5.9% is Expected In Global IT Spending”.
A virus war has broken out between the proud parents of the most recent Windows 2000 viruses that exploit a recently discovered loophole in the Plug-and-Play component. Some of the variants seek out and delete Continue reading “Windows 2000 bug starts virus war”.
Intel has been working hard on the LPIA project in the hopes of creating a mobile processor that consumes less than 5 watts of power. The research is being conducted by Intel’s Systems Technology Labs Continue reading “Intel Admits to a Low Power Intel Architecture (LPIA) Project”.
Leading effectively tested (eTT) DRAM supplier Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has dropped its eTT DDR prices US$0.10, according to sources at memory module houses. The 256Mbit eTT DDR spot prices have gone from $2.60 to Continue reading “Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. (PSC) is dropping eTT DDR prices”.
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA VN800, the company?s first chipset solution for the VIA C7-M processor that supports DDR2 memory and hardware-based MPEG-2 decoding for DVD playback. I was able to meet with VIA Continue reading “VIA launches VN800 mobile integrated (IGP) chipset”.
Most people wouldn’t stand in line and pay $50 for a four year old notebook, but fans of Apple’s iBook do. Nearly 5,500 people turned out to buy one of the 1,000 notebooks a local Continue reading “$50 Apple iBook laptop sale sets off violent stampede”.
If you are running Apple’s Mac OS 10.3.9 or 10.4.2 operating systems then you should update your software. Apple’s security update 2005-007 patches 44 vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. Head on over to Apple Continue reading “Apple Fixes 44 Flaws in Mac OS X”.
It has been pointed out to us from Google that our Monday news story on the Geico Vs. Google AdWords Case was incorrect. According to Google’s response the judges conclusion sided that Google’s policy on Continue reading “Geico Vs. Google AdWords Case Update”.
If you are running Windows XP or Server 2003 take a deep breath as the most recent internet virus does not impact you. If you are running Windows 2000 and did not patch the three Continue reading “Zotob worm finds its path limited, but still spreads”.
