The most recent federal disclosure forms offer a stark reminder of Microsoft Corp.’s mighty Washington presence: The software giant’s tab of almost $2 million for the third quarter alone nearly equaled the amount its rival Continue reading “Microsoft’s lobbying tab in Washington dwarfs Google’s tally”.
The T-Mobile G1 smartphone, the first wireless handset to be based on Google Android mobile operating system, carries a bill-of-materials (BOM) cost of US$143.89, according to a virtual teardown conducted by iSuppli. The most costly Continue reading “T-Mobile G1 Android handset has US$143.89 bill-of-material”.
AMD today announced ecosystem support by leading x86 operating system (OS) and virtualization partners for the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, codenamed Shanghai. Built on 45nm process technology, the enhanced processor will offer innovations for Continue reading “AMD Demonstrates Ecosystem Support for Its 45nm Quad-Core”.
Intel Corporation today announced its Intel Health Guide, a care management tool designed for health care professionals who manage patients with chronic conditions. The Health Guide represents Intel’s entry into a new category of personal Continue reading “Intel Announces its First Home Medical Device – Intel Health Guide”.
ASUS today announced that Sams Club Canada will give eco-friendly Canadians a chance to purchase a limited number of ASUS highly-anticipated U6V bamboo notebook. The partnership is a win for ASUS, Sams Club Canada, and Continue reading “ASUS and Sams Club Canada Join Forces to Deliver Green Computing to Canada”.
Circuit City has filed for bankruptcy on Monday about a week after it said it would close 20% of its stores, the Associated Press reports. Circuit City says it has more than $1 billion in Continue reading “Circuit City Files for Bankruptcy”.
Last month I thought it would be interesting to compare Blu-Ray playback performance with the Intel DG45ID motherboard and a Radeon HD 4830 graphics card to see how each would do with VC-1 and H.264 movies. The article went over well, but after it was posted I was contacted by both AMD and Intel letting me know both the motherboard and video card that I used needed a BIOS update. Here are the new and improved numbers!
The gang over at Corsair Memory dropped me an e-mail and let me know that they have posted a system build log for the Intel Core i7 platform. They of course use their own brand Continue reading “Corsair Memory Publishes Intel Core i7 Build Log”.
Nvidia offered investors the first glimpse of a comeback Thursday, even as the chipmaker reported that its profit tumbled 74% in the fiscal third quarter. With a slew of new products hitting the market, and Continue reading “Nvidia Aims for Growth Amid Slowdown”.
Once the BlackBerry Bold was released by AT&T this week many consumers are looking for something to protect this new Smart Phone. OtterBox has once again come to the rescue and has released a thin, skin-like sleeve for the BlackBerry Bold that is part of the Impact Series. Read on to see what these sleeve looks like and how it fits on the BlackBerry Bold.
Today NVIDIA launched NVIDIA Quadro FX 470, the first integrated professional motherboard GPU, and NVIDIA Quadro FX 370 Low Profile, an entry-level Quadro graphics boards for small form factor systems, delivering high performance and flexibility Continue reading “NVIDIA Announces The Quadro FX 470 – First Professional IGP”.
Toshiba has introduced its flagship gaming notebook and it uses all NVIDIA core logic and GPUs — a GeForce 9400M and two GeForce 9800M GTS GPUs — to deliver blistering fast gaming performance in SLI Continue reading “Toshiba Announces Laptop With Three NVIDIA GeForce GPUs – Qosmio X305”.
Attendees of the annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), held in Los Angeles this week, will have the opportunity to experience the visual enhancements coming in Windows 7 in part due to the close collaboration Continue reading “NVIDIA Graphcis Technology Ready For Microsoft Windows 7”.
AMD, in collaboration with Red Hat, today demonstrated for the first time live migration of a virtual machine across vendor platforms. Live migration enables the movement of running virtual machines (VMs) from one physical server Continue reading “AMD & Red Hat Demo Live Migration Across Vendor Platforms”.
Struggling chip maker Advanced Micro Devices said Wednesday that it is cutting 500 workers, or 3 percent of its global staff, to help the company return to profitability. The cuts are AMD’s second big round Continue reading “AMD Cuts 500 More Jobs – 2,100 Workers Cut in 2008”.
