NBC Universal and News Corp. announced Thursday that they are teaming up with Google’s biggest rivals in an effort to topple ‘the kings’ of YouTube off their Internet throne. Executives from NBC Universal and News Continue reading “Can Hollywood topple YouTube?”.…more
In a preliminary victory for Palm, a federal judge halted proceedings Thursday related to a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it by NTP. The ruling, handed down by Judge James R. Spencer of the U.S. Continue reading “Judge halts patent case against Palm”.…more
Intel Corporation recently announced that it has released a new implementation guide, developed in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that helps PC manufacturers and system integrators deliver ENERGY STAR-qualified PCs based on Continue reading “Intel Releases Energy Star Implementation Guidelines”.…more
A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to government efforts to control Internet pornography, striking down a 1998 U.S. law that makes it a crime for commercial Web site operators to let children access Continue reading “U.S. judge blocks 1998 online porn law”.…more
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies plans to close a manufacturing plant in Mexico and lay off around 11 percent of its 40,000-person global workforce in a bid to shore up its hard disc drive (HDD) operations. Continue reading “Hitachi to slash workforce by 11 percent”.…more
With the number of companies participating at the CeBIT IT trade show declining every year and visitors becoming more localized, Asustek and Gigabyte Technology both stated they are considering whether or not to attend CeBIT Continue reading “Asustek and Gigabyte may not attend CeBIT in 2008”.…more
Not many publications have the ability to show performance of a dozen video cards over several generations of GPU’s, but that is exactly what Legit Reviews has been able to do. We’ve taken a handfull of our ‘retired’ graphics cards out of the closet to get some updated benchmarking numbers. Armed with the above 24 ATI graphics cards we bring you some benchmark numbers that show how they all stack up!
Google is experimenting with a new way for advertisers to pay for listings. The company said late Tuesday that its new pay-per-action, or PPA, model allows advertisers to specify how much they would pay Google Continue reading “Google Takes Click Fraud Action”.…more
Apple on Tuesday started selling the Apple TV, the wireless set-top box designed to show video downloaded from the iTunes store on the living-room television. The device has a 40GB hard drive that is able Continue reading “Apple TV Goes On Sale – $299”.…more
John Backus, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, has died. He was 82. Backus’ early work at IBM Continue reading “Computing pioneer John Backus dies – Fortran”.…more