High definition movie DVDs in the Blu-ray format have outsold the rival HD DVD standard in Europe this year, breaking the 1 million barrier and constituting 73 percent of all HD movie discs sold. Citing Continue reading “Blu-ray outsells HD-DVD format in Europe”.
Japanese chipmakers Toshiba and NEC Electronics said Tuesday they would jointly develop 32-nanometer chips to better keep up with rivals. The companies will decide in 2008 how and if they will jointly produce the chips, Continue reading “Toshiba, NEC Electronics to team up on 32-nm chips”.
For those hanging on to XP, good news may be in your future. It has been reported that the SP3 patch will boost performance by as much as 10%! As an XP user, I am Continue reading “Windows XP SP3 to add performance boost?”.
Dubai International Capital, an investment company owned by the emirate’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, acquired a stake in Sony Corp. in the latest sign of the growing appetite for overseas investments by Continue reading “Dubai Investment Fund Buys ‘Substantial’ Stake in Sony”.
Sony said sales in Japan of the new version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) game machine reached 1 million units in the two months since its launch, hitting that milestone at a quicker pace than Continue reading “Sony sells 1 million updated PSPs in Japan”.
Walmart.com, hoping consumers did not get their fill of shopping over the long Thanksgiving weekend, will roll out more holiday deals online every day this week. The site will offer special prices on 150 items Continue reading “Forget Cyber Monday! Walmart Does Cyber Week”.
AMD today announced the appointment of Phil Rogers to AMD Corporate Fellow. In this role, Rogers will continue developing advanced architectures and extend AMD’s software capabilities. Rogers’ emphasis on enhancing graphics processing unit (GPU) and Continue reading “AMD Promotes Phil Rogers to Help Develop ‘Fusion’ Processors”.
Stiff cost pressure among global DRAM makers should force some players to trim output by March 2008, according to Simon Chen, chairman at A-Data Technology. The reduced output should signal a rebound for the entire Continue reading “No Profit in DRAM Production? Memory Market Might See Production Cut”.
Find news from around the web by visiting our forums, including this article from HotHardware.com! Were writing to let you all know that weve just posted a new article at HotHardware in which we evaluate Continue reading “November 23 News from Around the Web”.
Apple on Wednesday agreed to settle a patent dispute with Burst.com, ending two years of litigation. Under the agreement, Apple will pay Burst.com US$10 million and get access to Burst.coms patent portfolio, with some exceptions, Continue reading “Apple settles iPod lawsuit for $10 million”.
Issues with AMD’s new 65nm processors are not only dampening the launch schedule of the highest frequency version Phenom CPU, but may now also affect the 2.4GHz 9700 model as well, according to sources at Continue reading “AMD likely to also postpone launch of 2.4GHz Phenom CPUs”.
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices hit a multi-year low Wednesday, as economic concerns spread through the chip sector. AMD’s stock was down as much as 6.7% to $10.52 at one point Wednesday, breaching its 52-week Continue reading “AMD Stock Price Lowest in Years – Hit $10.52 Today in Trading”.
Nvidia is planning to launch its Intel-based nForce 780i chipset in December this year, however mass shipments will not occur until January next year, according to sources at motherboard makers. The nForce 780 SLI chipset Continue reading “Nvidia to launch Intel-based nForce 780i chipset in December”.
Mozilla plans to release a bug fix for its Firefox browser next week, repairing a long-standing security flaw in the software. The 2.0.0.10 update is in testing right now and should be released to the Continue reading “Firefox plans bug fix release for next week – 2.0.0.10 update”.
The price of 1Gb DDR2 chips has dropped down below US$2, which could forward it to become the mainstream market specification by the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at DRAM makers. Although recent Continue reading “1Gb DDR2 chips might become mainstream in 2Q08”.
