Microsoft and Research In Motion are expected to announce on Thursday a partnership that will make it easier for BlackBerry users to reach Microsoft’s search engine, according to a source familiar with the companies’ plans. Continue reading “Microsoft, RIM to announce search deal for Blackberry users”.
Due to the failure of motherboard demand to pick up, as well as the fact notebook shipments did not surge as the company originally expected, Micro-Star International (MSI) only saw non-consolidated revenues of NT$7.93 billion Continue reading “MSI and ECS announce on-month drop in revenues performance for August”.
Kingston Technology today announced it is shipping an 8GB Multi-Kit as well as a 4GB microSDHC card plus USB reader combination. Designed especially for the mobile consumer, the two new products make transferring and saving Continue reading “Kingston Launches 8GB Multi-Kit and 4GB microSDHC w/ USB reader”.
Goldman Sachs has delivered some bad news for IT vendors. In its “Independent Insight: U.S. Technology Strategy” report released Monday, Goldman Sachs predicts that IT spending growth in 2008 will drop to 4 percent from Continue reading “IT spending expected to drop another four percent this year”.
AMD today announced the ATI Radeon HD 4600 series, mainstream graphics offerings that deliver exceptional gaming and HD multimedia performance while consuming less power than a standard light bulb.2 Comprising the ATI Radeon HD 4670 Continue reading “AMD Introduces the ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series Graphics Card Series”.
The law firm of Shalov Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP has filed a securities fraud class action on behalf of all investors who purchased or otherwise acquired the common stock of NVIDIA Corp., between November Continue reading “Securities Fraud Class Action Filed Against NVIDIA Corp.”.
Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Inc., bought about $100 million of the computer maker’s stock last week, his second such buying spree in the past three months. Shares in the world’s second-largest maker of personal Continue reading “Michael Dell buys $100 million in Dell stock”.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), and other foundries are slowing their 12-inch fab expansion, showing no signs of active equipment move-in for their ongoing 12-inch projects, according to sources with equipment Continue reading “TSMC, UMC slowing down 12-inch fab expansion”.
In California a couple weeks ago, Chinese researchers unveiled details of a microprocessor that they hope will bring personal computing to most ordinary people in China by 2010. The chip, code-named Godson-3, was developed with Continue reading “China Still Developing Processor – Godson-3”.
AMD is planning to launch mid-range ATI Radeon HD 4000-series GPUs (the ATI Radeon HD 4600-series) this month and two 45nm quad-core CPU by the end of this year, according to sources at motherboard and Continue reading “AMD to launch new GPUs this month and 45nm CPUs by the end of 2008”.
HP today announced an unprecedented milestone in mobile computing: up to 24 hours of continuous notebook operation on a single battery charge. As measured by an industry-standard benchmark, the new HP EliteBook 6930p configured with Continue reading “HP Breaks the 24-hour Battery Life Barrier For Laptops”.
AMD today announced the availability of robust new virtualization solutions powered by a combination of technologies from AMD and Microsoft Corp. This new deployment model uses AMD Opteron processors with AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) technology together Continue reading “AMD Delivers Optimum Platform for Virtualization”.
Intel Corporation continues to expand its 45-nanometer (nm) manufacturing chip portfolio with the launch of its first four halogen-free Intel Xeon processors, signaling another step in Intel’s march toward minimizing the environmental footprint of its Continue reading “Intel Ships New Eco-Friendly Intel Xeon Server Processors”.
SanDisk Corp., the world’s largest maker of memory cards used in digital cameras, surged the most in almost eight years in Nasdaq trading after Samsung Electronics Co. said it may buy the U.S. company. Samsung Continue reading “Rumor: Samsung Considers Acquisition of SanDisk”.
During the conference call reporting on second quarter financial results, Dell’s new CFO Brian Gladden said several times that the company has “more work to be done,” to improve profitability and decrease costs. He wasn’t Continue reading “Dell planning to ditch factories”.
