Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate its loss-making handset division from its other businesses. The move, which comes amid an intensifying proxy battle against activist investor Continue reading “Motorola to split into two companies”.
To the surprise of probably no one, Take-Two Interactive Software has rejected Electronic Arts’ hostile buyout offer. In an announcement Wednesday morning, Take-Two said its board of directors and company officers have recommended that shareholders Continue reading “Take-Two rejects EA’s bid as ‘inadequate’”.
The head of Sun Microsystems’ chip division has stepped down and, having cashed in the last payment of a rich retention agreement, is reportedly jumping ship. David Yen, the executive vice president that manages Sun’s Continue reading “Sun Micro Chip Chief Steps Down – David Yen Might Go To Juniper Networks”.
Asustek to roll out second-generation Eee PC with touchscreen panels and possibly GPS support in May or June. Asustek’s 8.9-inch second-generation Eee PC lineup will include touchscreen panels and possible GPS support, with shipments expected Continue reading “Asustek to roll out second-generation Eee PC with touchscreen panels”.
Microsoft has sought to appease frustrated Windows Vista customers by giving away free support to anyone struggling to install service pack one (SP1). A huge swath of people has been frozen out of the upgrade Continue reading “Vista SP1 customers get free support”.
With more gamers and enthusiasts using quad-core processors the need for improved cooling it a must. Many have used air cooling, but are tempted to move on to bigger and better cooling methods like water cooling. Today, we will be looking at Thermaltake’s Bigwater 760i water cooler to see how it does on an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. Read on to see how it does against one of the best air cooled heat sinks we have to see if Bigwater 760i is worth it.
Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo Inc and upgraded Yahoo shares to “buy” from “hold.” The brokerage raised its price target on Yahoo’s stock to $34 from Continue reading “Citigroup says Microsoft likely to raise Yahoo offer”.
S3 Graphics today released WHQL-certified drivers for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 API as part of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to take advantage of new graphics features brought to market by Microsoft. This milestone allows software Continue reading “S3 Graphics Leads the Way with DirectX 10.1 Certification for Windows Vista”.
Intel Corporation has further increased its energy-efficient performance lead today with the introduction of two low-voltage 45 nanometer (nm) processors for servers and workstations that run at 50 watts, or just 12.5 watts per core Continue reading “Intel Introduces two 50W low-voltage 45nm Xeon server processors – L5420 and L5410”.
Last week, we got a chance to look at the XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card and found that it was a very powerful card for gaming. At the conclusion of that article we stated that we couldn’t show Quad-SLI numbers as NVIDIA had them under NDA. The gag order has finally lifted, so we can share with you our thoughts on Quad-SLI with a pair of XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics cards!
Fujitsu plans to begin selling in late June a new range of high-performance hard-disk drives for laptop PCs that offer more storage space than current models. The “MHZ2 BJ” series of drives have disks that Continue reading “Fujitsu plans a 320GB laptop drive with 7,200 RPMs”.
Europe’s top semiconductor maker, STMicroelectronics, said it has developed a portable chip to detect influenza viruses including bird flu in humans. The device, which functions as a mini laboratory on a chip, can screen and Continue reading “STMicro launches chip to detect bird flu – VereFlu Chip”.
Asustek Computer recently launched its latest 1U server, the RS100-E5/PI2, a quad-core/dual-core Intel Xeon 3000 series platform, which supports Intel 45nm processors with a FSB up to 1333MHz. As a uni-processor server, the RS100-E5/PI2 provides Continue reading “Asustek launches compact server based on Intel 45nm technology”.
Today we bring you a round up of a few of the recently reviewed coolers. From inexpensive to high end, light to heavy, short to tall, all are compared to Intel’s stock cooler. In the process of updating the LR test bench we had to re-benchmark all the coolers, so why not do a round up with the collected data? So, today we will show you how the LR stable of coolers stack up to one another. Read on to see how they stack up.
Three major camps have formed out of the 25 companies sued by SanDisk over NAND flash-related patent infringement, with Kingston Technology’s camp taking the lead in fighting against SanDisk, according to sources at Taiwan memory Continue reading “Kingston leading the opposition against SanDisk patent lawsuit”.
