U.S. sales of video game hardware and software rose 28 percent in December from a year earlier as holiday shoppers snapped up new consoles like Nintendo Co Ltd’s top-selling Wii, market research firm NPD said Continue reading “U.S. game sales rise 28 percent in December”.
Intel plans to agrresively expand its shipments of notebook CPUs aiming to almost double its total of 2007 within the next few years, according to sources close to the company. Since Intel launched its Centrino Continue reading “Intel aiming to almost double notebook CPU shipments by 2011”.
AMD today reported fourth quarter 2007 revenue of $1.770 billion, an 8 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2007 and flat compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. In the fourth quarter of Continue reading “AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results”.
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA NAB 7500 embedded board for advanced network security solutions. Building on VIAs strength in bringing to market power-efficient, highly targeted platforms, the VIA NAB 7500 brings VIAs expertise to Continue reading “VIA Launches Specialized Network Appliance Board”.
The American consumer has ridden to the rescue of corporate revenues for years. Buoyed by highly valued homes that served as virtual ATM machines, consumers indulged their appetite for goods and services, particularly consumer electronics Continue reading “Consumer slowdown may hit IT this year!”.
Microsoft Corp. said hackers have found a way to use some older versions of its Excel spreadsheet program to take over control of people’s computers. Microsoft said late Tuesday that it is investigating reports of Continue reading “Microsoft reports security hole in Excel 2003”.
Dell Inc returned to double-digit percentage growth in global PC shipments in the fourth quarter as its new retail sales strategy began to pay off, while rival Hewlett-Packard Co’s growth slowed, technology researcher IDC said Continue reading “Dell seen back to strong growth”.
The Rolling Stones may leave EMI Group Plc after more than 20 years on the label, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The band would be at least the fourth to express Continue reading “Rolling Stones May Leave EMI as Financier Guy Hands Cuts Jobs”.
Gigabyte Technology has join the growing list of companies to jump on the low-cost PC bandwagon with plans to launch its contender for the market in June, company vice president Richard Ma, has revealed. The Continue reading “Gigabyte to launch low-cost PC in June”.
ASUS today released two dual-processor server motherboards based on the next generation Intel 5400MCH platform to support the new 45nm Intel Xeon 5400/5200 processors. Designed for enterprise-class computing environments where efficiency and stability are critical, Continue reading “ASUS Launches High Performance Dual-Processor Server Motherboards – DSEB-D16/SAS and DSEB-DG/SAS”.
Apple has released its first security updates of the new year, fixing bugs in its QuickTime media player and iPhone and iPod touch devices. As with previous updates, the iPhone 1.1.3 software patch sent those Continue reading “Apple Patches iPhone, iPod, QuickTime Security Flaws”.
Though cable news pundits may predict hard times ahead, reports from IBM and Intel for 2008 show the technology industry isn’t ready to mimic the banking industry’s financial woes just yet. Intel announced its second Continue reading “Intel optimistic despite some economic uncertainty”.
Apple on Tuesday launched an aluminum-clad laptop just three-quarters of an inch thick, seeking to bring a new computer to market with the same cachet as its iPod and iPhone devices. Apple also said it Continue reading “Apple unveils super-thin”.
Steve Jobs gave it his best, delivering a new must-have gadget called the MacBook Air, deals with a full house of compliant Hollywood studios, and more bells and whistles on his existing products and services Continue reading “Apple stock falls as fans rave”.
ntel has pushed back the volume shipment date of its Core 2 Extreme QX9770 processors for the high-end desktop segment to February-March 2008 instead of January as reported previously, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard Continue reading “Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 CPU pushed back to Feb-March 2008, say sources”.
