Nearly two years after scoring one of its greatest business coups, Advanced Micro Devices is sliding backwards. PC marker Dell confirmed reports Friday that the vast majority of its AMD-powered consumer PCs are no longer Continue reading “AMD Dissed by Dell – No More AMD Based PCs For Sale Online”.
Services on two of three broken undersea cables providing Internet services to parts of the Middle East and Asia have been restored after both cables were repaired, an Indian-owned cable operator said on Sunday. FLAG Continue reading “Two undersea internet cables off Egypt, UAE, repaired”.
As Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang prepared to send a letter to Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer rejecting Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid, the possible future of the Internet icon suddenly took an unexpected twist. Word Continue reading “Yahoo may buy AOL – The Drama Continues”.
When you’re the world’s largest chipmaker, it’s hard to turn on a dime. It can be even harder to admit when you’ve overreached. A shift has taken place at Intel over the last year or Continue reading “Intel increasingly letting customers lead the way”.
As expected Microsoft’s first bid will be turned down as being too little! Without other suitors on the horizon, Yahoo has had little choice but to turn a cold shoulder toward Microsoft if the board Continue reading “Yahoo board to spurn $44B Microsoft bid”.
Picked by Engineers, Designers and others in the Gaming Industry, the three top games of the year have been chosen! LAS VEGAS – Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game Continue reading “BioShock,’ ‘Call of Duty’ and ‘Orange Box’ receive top game industry honors”.
IBM, a leading IT company and also a leading producer of chips, said at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) that its Cell processor, which was jointly developed with Sony and Toshiba, produced using 45nm Continue reading “IBM Touts New-Generation Cell Processors.”.
It appears that the AMD-Dell relationship may soon be coming to an end at least online. Dell was rumored for years to consider switching to AMD processors for its computers, but the company constantly denied Continue reading “Dell to Stop Selling AMD-based Systems Online”.
Advancements in solid-state memory technology have brought us from the old days of the ROM technology to recent advances in NOR and NAND flash memory used in the most common personal media devices. So what’s Continue reading “Intel, STM Ship First Phase-Change Memory Samples”.
Effectively immediately in the US and Canada, the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive’s MSRP has dropped $50 to $129.99. Could this be yet another sign of the death of HD-DVD? Call it a fire sale? Continue reading “Microsoft Cuts Price of Xbox 360’s HD-DVD Unit”.
eBay, the online auction site, has said it will overhaul its feedback system and will ban sellers from leaving negative comments about buyers. The move, which will affect users worldwide, has angered many sellers saying Continue reading “eBay Dropping Negative Feedback”.
Ars Technica is reporting that the website PC INpact has received the exact dates of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as well as Windows XP Service Pack 3. According to their sources, Vista SP1 is Continue reading “Windows Vista Service Pack Likely to Launch February 18”.
It seems name recognition can be a definite selling tool! Grisoft is changing their name to AVG Technologies. AVG(Anti Virus by Grisoft) is one of the most recognized names on the internet for Anti Virus Continue reading “Grisoft is Grisoft no longer”.
I remember a time not that long ago that OverClocking was a mystery or dark art to most and then it became a needed skill for gamers! Now it seems to have evolved into a Continue reading “Overclocking shifts from hobby to profession”.
It seems that excuses for not buying that HDTV are running short. Advice from Consumer Reports after testing over 100 plasma, LCD, and rear-projection TVs for its March issue show some of the best picture Continue reading “Consumer Reports’ Tests of HDTVs Show Quality Up & Prices Down”.