Intel is taking the first steps in promoting the Pentium M processor for use in Desktop platforms. Next week at IDF (Intel Developer Forum) it is rumored that Intel will announce that it is going Continue reading “Intel Goes the Way of the Watt as MHz a thing of the past”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 16, 2005 at 8:33am
Nintendo Co. is getting more aggressive in the portable video game market, announcing a $20 price cut Tuesday. The Nintendo DS will now be priced at $130 after the price cut. Prices on the Sony Continue reading “Nintendo DS Gets $20 Price Cut”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 16, 2005 at 8:11am
A US district court has ruled against Google in a trade mark action over the sale of the terms ?Geico? and ?Geico Direct? in AdWords, its keyword advertising service. The judge found that there was Continue reading “Google loses AdWords trade mark case”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 15, 2005 at 9:41am
Intel plans to provide details on a new generation of multicore processors and in the process highlight how its chip families are coming back together. Intel CEO Paul Otellini plans to provide details about the Continue reading “Intel talks about upcoming Merom and Conroe chips”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 12, 2005 at 7:00am
Samsung Electronics announced today that it is now producing more DDR2 based memory than DDR for the first time in company history. Samsung also claims to hold an industry leading 40% of the DDR2 market. Continue reading “Samsung outputs more DDR2 than DDR for first time”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 10, 2005 at 11:02pm
The case started over two years ago when an 18 year old shot down three police officers and blamed it on a video game. After the killings Devin Moore actually said, “life is a video Continue reading “Murder Defense: My Video Game Made me do it”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 10, 2005 at 6:44am
Now that the 4-year contract that Dell and Samsung had is over Samsung it looks like Dell is moving on when it comes to ODM’s to make their notebooks. Samsung Electronics will now sadly lose Continue reading “Dell does not renew Samsung as their ODM notebook client”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 10, 2005 at 6:36am
Federal police can stop fretting about criminals using VoIP to mask their communications with proxy services as new tapping methods of VoIP are coming to light. (Proxy services are offered by FindNot.com, Proxify.us and Anonymizer.com) Continue reading “New discoveries in VoIP tapping research”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 9, 2005 at 10:03pm
Macromedia Flash Professional 8 software is expected to begin shipping sometime next month according to sources inside Macromedia. The Flash authoring software will cost $699 for a full commercial license and $299 for an upgrade. Continue reading “Macromedia Flash Pro 8 software to be released next month”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 9, 2005 at 12:08pm
Google is now being sued over accusations that it overcharged advertisers who use the Web search giant’s paid search advertising program. Shares of Google (GOOG) are down $1.53 for the day as a result of Continue reading “Google Sued Over Claims of Excess Advertising Fees”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 9, 2005 at 9:25am
Microsoft has settled a case with the “Spam King” and will take a nice lump sum of $7 million from Scott Richter and his company. It just goes to show how many millions of dollars Continue reading “Microsoft settles case with spammer Scott Richter”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 9, 2005 at 9:17am
Remember when your mom told you that video games won’t pay the bill and told you should go finish school work? They were dead wrong on that one, but if your parents told you that Continue reading “Korea: Man dies after 50 hours of online gaming”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 9, 2005 at 9:11am
Longtime ABC “World News Tonight” anchor Peter Jennings lost his battle with lung cancer today at just 67 years old. Many Americans under 35 grew up watching Peter Jennings on television and have fond memories Continue reading “Peter Jennings dies of lung cancer at 67 years young”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2005 at 11:38pm
Over in the UK leading broadband provider NTL has increased the basic speeds of its broadband service from an entry level of 3Mbps to 10Mbps at NO additional cost! Cross your fingers and hope that Continue reading “NTL more than doubles broadband speeds”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2005 at 11:18pm
Did you get worried with all the year 2000 hype? Good thing you bought that bomb shelter since Mini-Y2K is coming up in 2007. When daylight-saving time starts earlier than usual in the United States Continue reading “Longer daylight saving time could mean tech trouble”. …more
By Nathan Kirsch •
Aug. 7, 2005 at 3:50pm