NVIDIA Corporation is sponsoring the multi-city Adobe and MAXON Power Integration Tour, which kicks off today, Tuesday July 10, 2007 in New York City. Integrating NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions with Adobe CS3 and Production Continue reading “NVIDIA Sponsors Adobe and MAXON Power Integration Tour”.
Intel will take a $218.5 million equity stake in VMware, a subsidiary of data storage firm EMC. The deal will give Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel an approximately 2.5% ownership stake in VMware, which EMC plans Continue reading “Intel To Take a $218.5 Million Equity Stake in VMware”.
The average zero-day bug has a lifespan of 348 days before it is discovered or patched, but some vulnerabilities live on for much longer, according to security vendor Immunity’s chief executive officer. Zero-day bugs are Continue reading “Average zero-day bug has 348-day lifespan”.
The Live Earth global pop concerts Saturday broke a record for an online entertainment show by generating more than 9 million Internet streams, Microsoft Corp. Web portal MSN said. An Internet stream is when a Continue reading “Live Earth breaks Internet-streaming record – 9 million streams”.
Sony cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game console’s lackluster sales. The PlayStation 3, which includes Continue reading “Sony cuts price on PlayStation 3 by $100”.
A consumer advocacy group has expressed outrage over Apple Inc.’s battery replacement program for the iPhone as replacements cost $79 plus $6.95 shipping and will require three business days for the work to be completed! Continue reading “Apple iPhone Battery Soldered on Inside – Can’t Easily Replace!”.
OCZ Technology Group recently released PC2-6400 2GB SODIMM modules, a high-speed addition to their line of premium laptop upgrade memory. These performance memory modules are built to handle the powerful processors and other high-end components Continue reading “OCZ Offers DDR2 Enthusiast Notebook SODIMMs”.
With Intel’s 1333MHz FSB (front side bus) patent license renewal still not yet settled, VIA Technologies has been rumored to be planning to quit the chipset business. However, according to PC makers with close ties Continue reading “VIA reportedly to focus on own-brand chipsets”.
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday said it would take a more than $1 billion charge to fix “an unacceptable number of repairs” to its Xbox 360 video game consoles and had missed shipment targets for the Continue reading “Xbox repairs cost Microsoft $1B”.
Transmeta Corporation and AMD today announced that AMD has invested $7.5 million in Transmeta in exchange for Transmeta preferred stock. “We are very pleased that AMD has made a strategic investment in the future of Continue reading “AMD Makes Strategic Investment in Transmeta”.
Dell Inc., the world’s second-largest computer maker, said on Thursday it will soon start selling its laptops and desktops at Asian retail chains and stores. The company broke from its 23-year-old practice of direct sales Continue reading “Dell to sell PCs at Asian retail chains”.
Cable companies are planning to charge more for set-top boxes to help pay for new, more expensive cable card versions mandated by the Federal Communications Commission. As of July 1, cable companies were required by Continue reading “Cable firms to raise set-top box rates due to cable cards”.
E-mail worms, not long ago the scourge of the Internet, have declined sharply in 2007, a security company has revealed. According to UTM security vendor Fortinet, the incidence of mass-mailing worms has declined by 5 Continue reading “E-mail worms declining five percent per month in 2007”.
Microsoft said on Thursday that it would launch the advanced version of its Xbox 360 game console, Xbox 360 Elite, on October 11 in Japan, a country where sales of its game gear trail far Continue reading “Microsoft to launch Xbox 360 Elite in Japan in October”.
After seeing an end to consecutive falls in DRAM contract prices in June, industry players, citing the aggressive push for higher memory densities by PC OEMs, are optimistic that an increase will be seen in Continue reading “DRAM contract price likely to see improvement in July”.