Apple shares hit a monthly low Tuesday after a report on slowing song sales in the iTunes Music Store apparently tempered investor enthusiasm, but even the author of the report said Apple shouldn’t worry too Continue reading “Apple Sales Are Off-Key on iTunes, But Don’t Worry?”.
A Christian video game has become the latest battleground in America’s “culture” wars, with its maker claiming it promotes prayer while critics charge it carries a message of violent religious intolerance. The game is set Continue reading “Christian Video Game ‘Left Behind: Eternal Forces’ Causes Controversy”.
Skype released the beta version of Skype 2.2, a software client that allows Windows Mobile smart phones to access the company’s VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service over Wi-Fi connections. Too bad phones like Cingular’s Continue reading “Skype releases beta for Windows Mobile smart phones”.
With Windows Vista up and coming, makers of motherboards and VGA cards are now worried they will incur losses from their inventory of low-end products that do not support Microsoft’s new operating system (OS), according Continue reading “Non-Vista-supporting motherboards and video cards are the suck”.
At the International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) today, IBM and AMD presented papers describing the use of immersion lithography, ultra-low-K interconnect dielectrics, and multiple enhanced transistor strain techniques for application to the 45nm microprocessor process Continue reading “AMD and IBM Talk About 45NM Chips with Immersion and Ultra Low-K”.
Micron Technology has purchased the image-sensor business of privately held Avago Technologies in a deal worth at least $53 million, the memory maker announced Monday Avago’s 90-person imaging team will join Micron, which already makes Continue reading “Micron Technology (Crucial Memory) Buys Avago Tech”.
Red 5 Studios, an online video-game developer led by members of the team behind the wildly popular “World of Warcraft” game, said on Monday it has raised $18.5 million in venture capital. Mark Kern, Red Continue reading “Red 5 – Online video game studio gets cash infusion”.
Research In Motion is suing Samsung, claiming that the name of the company’s new BlackJack smart phone is too similar to that of RIM’s own BlackBerry devices. The suit was filed Friday in U.S. District Continue reading “RIM sues Samsung over BlackJack name”.
AMD has selected United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) to produce its next-generation ATI RS690 chipsets at the 80nm node, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). This will be the first chipset that will be Continue reading “UMC to make AMD RS690 at 80nm, paper says”.
The Humper Flash Drive company has announced their first humping dog USB flash drive called the Hump Drive 180. Not only does it have a nice er tail, it also comes with a clean up Continue reading “Not Your Average USB Key – The Humper”.
abit has introduced a unique Wi-Fi solution by bringing the first PCIe Wi-Fi card to market. The abit AirPace Wi-Fi card is the very first IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN device for universal use with PCI-E interfaces. Continue reading “abit introduces first PCI-E Wi-Fi card – AirPace”.
I just wanted to give our readers a quick heads-up before they go home for the day that Futuermark will be doing a comic strip competition and have just posted up the competition details on Continue reading “Futuremark comic strip competition – Win Alienware Prizes!”.
More and more Americans are in danger of losing their homes; a survey out this week is expected to show. After seeing all the people purchase homes with ARM’s and interest only loans it was Continue reading “Home Foreclosures Rising in America – New Report To Come”.
Over two years in the making, Sun Microsystems is due to release the latest version of its Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software Monday, placing particular emphasis on the application development platform’s support for Continue reading “Sun goes multilingual with Java SE 6”.
Microsoft is pitching a security feature in Windows Vista as a boon for consumer online safety, but others think its benefits lie elsewhere. The software maker is promoting the use of Windows Security Center, a Continue reading “Playing it safe with Windows Vista”.
