Nvidia originally planned to roll out the new MCP72 chipset in late November or early December but will now postpone shipping to January, along with the planned launch of its MCP78, according to sources at Continue reading “Nvidia to postpone shipments of MCP72 chipset family to January”.
Airlines and service providers seeking to deliver high-speed Internet services to passengers say they’ve learned from Boeing Co.’s 2006 decision to pull the plug on its ambitions to outfit its planes with a similar service. Continue reading “Airlines take another look at inflight Internet”.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc quietly canceled its online video download service less than a year after the site went live, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday. Wal-Mart shut down the download site after Hewlett Packard Co Continue reading “Wal-Mart cancels movie download service”.
Google’s browser toolbar is back in court on patent infringement charges, after a U.S. court of appeals overturned part of a lower court decision. Google’s AdSense contextual advertising service, though, is in the clear. Hyperphrase Continue reading “U.S. court of appeals hands Google a patent setback”.
Shares of online U.S. retailer Amazon.com rose more than 2 percent on Wednesday after the online retailer said the 2007 holiday season was its strongest since it opened in 1994. On December 10, its busiest Continue reading “Amazon says 2007 holiday season strongest ever”.
AMD has recently outlined the phase-out schedule for several of its Athlon 64 X2 CPUs, while the Athlon brand name will be re-purposed for upcoming dual-core CPUs based on the K10 core, according to sources Continue reading “The AMD Athlon X2 is dead; long live Athlon 6000”.
Nokia has again pushed back the launch of its gaming service N-gage due to delays in software testing, a spokesman said on Thursday, in the latest blow to the Internet services ambitions of the world’s Continue reading “Nokia delays Ovi gaming service launch to early 2008”.
The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans — and the detour couldn’t come at a better time in the city’s struggle to rebuild its shattered economy after Hurricane Continue reading “NASA To Build Space Ship to Mars in New Orleans – Orion”.
Russia successfully launched a rocket on Tuesday carrying the last three satellites to complete a navigation system to rival America’s GPS. The military-run GLONASS mapping system works over most of Russia and is expected to Continue reading “Russia launches final satellites for its own GPS”.
AMD has recently adjusted its triple-core CPU model numbers and launch dates, according to sources at motherboard makers. AMD will launch two B2 stepping triple-core CPUs, Phenom 8600 and 8400 in March of next year, Continue reading “AMD to launch triple-core Phenom CPUs in March 2008”.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has set Jan. 7 as the launch date for an open-source search project that eventually hopes to challenge Google and other established players. The Wikia Search project has assembled the basic Continue reading “Wikia search to launch Jan. 7 – Will it Challenge Google?”.
Digital phone service Vonage said on Friday it has settled a patent dispute with AT&T. Vonage did not disclose the nature of the settlement, which it said occurred on November 7. The settlement was finalized Continue reading “Vonage and AT&T settle patent dispute”.
The fourth generation of mobile broadband has moved closer to reality, following fresh trials by Nokia Siemens Networks. Nokia Siemens Networks’ tests, announced last week, involved Long Term Evolution (LTE), a potential successor to 3G. Continue reading “4G inches closer with Nokia Siemens tests”.
AMD has recently notified its partners that the launch of higher-end quad-core Phenom processors, including the 9700 and 9900, will be postponed to the second quarter of 2008 from the original schedule of early 2008, Continue reading “AMD Phenom CPUs to see further delays – TLB Erratum Again”.
In an interview around the street date of Crysis the developers mentioned that the first patch for the game was coming out within the two weeks and would improve performance. It has been over a Continue reading “Crysis Game Patch Delayed – Bad News For PC Gamers”.
