Two of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology rivals will promote initiatives this week to grow their global business by providing low-cost computers to developing countries. Intel is announcing it will spend $1 billion to speed up Continue reading “AMD, Intel Keep Planning For Super Cheap PC”.
Fudo over at The Inq. found out that AGEIA has shipped thier PhysX card to their retail partners and that reviews are coming soon. Now we just need games to take advantage of these PPU’s, Continue reading “AGEIA PhysX Cards Shipping To Retail Partners”.
When a reader when to a local Best Buy store and managed to buy an ATI-branded X1900 GT retail card he took it home and noticed the sticker said X1900 GTO! Sure the fact that Continue reading “Best Buy Already Selling the ATI X1900 GT Video Card”.
ATI has acquired Bitboys, the Finnish graphics chip developer which now focuses on handset GPU designs but is perhaps best known for pledges made in the late 1990s to ship desktop graphics cards that it Continue reading “ATI Buys Bitboys and Gains Handheld Intellectual Property”.
Foxconn has made several smart moves over the past couple years and their combined profits are starting to reflect that. With a net profit of NT$50 billion ($1.6 billion USD) they are one of the Continue reading “Foxconn Group approaches combined profits of NT$50 billion in 2005”.
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Tuesday said it will offer “Orcs & Elves,” a fantasy role-playing game from the makers of the blockbuster “Doom” titles, to Verizon Wireless customers later this month. I’m Continue reading “Electronic Arts To Bring Gaming To Mobile Phones – Orcs & Elves”.
Napster Inc. will offer some music free as part of an effort to drive more customers and advertisers to its Napster.com Web site. Doesn’t sound like a bad plan, but I hope it works. I’m Continue reading “Napster offers 5 free tunes — Hopes to gain subscribers”.
Marvell today announced the immediate availability of the Prestera 98DX2x5 family of packet processors for the secure enterprise and metro Ethernet markets. The Marvell Prestera 98DX2x5 family of packet processors enables intelligent, secure service delivery Continue reading “Marvell Introduces The Prestera 98DX2x5 Packet Processor”.
Low prices and a wide range of component choices are what CyberPower proudly offers their customers. But can a company go too far when it comes to pricing their systems and fail to deliver an Continue reading “CyberPower Custom Build PCs Are Substandard”.
Immigrant workers in the US stage a special day of protests to show how much they matter to the economy. Millions are expected to stay away from work and school, and avoid spending money, in Continue reading “Immigrants begin US boycott day”.
Yahoo Inc. on Monday unveiled a new section aimed at helping consumers cope with the onslaught of new technology that’s reshaping modern life. Their desktop section is very basic and not a threat to the Continue reading “Yahoo introduces new tech section”.
Agiea has a big battle coming up if they want their technology to translate into sales, but it could be possible if they play their cards right. The upcoming PC game Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Continue reading “Ageia Technologies PhysX Processor Coming Really Soon”.
Level 3 Communications signed a $1.24 billion deal to acquire TelCove, a privately held Pennsylvania-based telecom company. Level 3 will pay $445 million in cash, $637 million in stock and assume $155.5 million in debt, Continue reading “Level 3 Communications To Buy TelCove”.
Do you ever look at your phone and wonder why you spent so much money on a phone with a million features, but only use a few of them? I had one of those evenings the other night with my Treo 650 and figured I’d try and do something new with my Treo 650 smartphone – I wanted to play DVD movies on it! Read on to see how do to it!
Shares of Microsoft tumbled more than 11% Friday, the stock’s biggest single-day loss in about five years, as investors gave a thumbs-down to the company’s heavy spending plans. In recent trading, shares were off $3 Continue reading “Microsoft Takes A Royal Beating and Drops 11 Percent”.
