A U.S. congressional committee plans to investigate whether or not Yahoo lied during testimony over its role in a human rights case in China that sent journalist Shi Tao to jail for 10 years. Shi Continue reading “Congress to probe Yahoo over jailed China journalist”.
Motherboard makers predict that AMD will retain production of the CPU portion of its Fusion processor at its own fabs or that of Chartered Semiconductor until at least 2009, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Continue reading “TSMC reportedly to make only GPU part of AMD Fusion”.
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A Hynix Semiconductor PR spokesperson has refuted claims made in a recent report that Apple has turned to Samsung Electronics to fill NAND flash orders originally placed with Hynix, due to Hynix running into production Continue reading “Hynix claims no NAND flash orders shifted from Apple”.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has more than halved the retail price of its Vista home basic computer operating software package in China to 499 yuan ($66) from 1,521 yuan, and the price of Continue reading “Microsoft halves Vista retail price in China”.
Computer manufacturer Dell Inc. closed its Roseburg, Ore., call center on Thursday, five years after it opened. More than 200 employees learned about yesterday morning that they had lost their jobs. “It’s a difficult decision Continue reading “Dell closes Oregon call center after 5 years”.
Today, EA and Crytek announced that November 16th will be the release date of the highly anticipated first-person-shooter, Crysis. I’m sure you will be seeing retailers taking pre-orders for this DirectX 10 game shortly. Electronic Continue reading “EA and Crytek Announce Release Date for Crysis”.
Microsoft Corp. welcomed the decision, announced today by the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), to introduce a new work item for the standardization of Microsofts HD Photo file format. Formal balloting of this work item Continue reading “Microsofts HD Photo Could Be Next-Gen ‘JPEG XR’”.
Rupert Murdoch is set to achieve his decades-long dream of running the venerable Wall Street Journal after Dow Jones & Co.’s board agreed to News Corp.’s $5 billion buyout bid on Tuesday. The board decided Continue reading “Dow Jones OKs sale to News Corp. for $5 Billion”.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set the conditions for next year’s wireless spectrum to auction on Tuesday, putting open-access rules on a third of the spectrum. The FCC voted to require that the winner Continue reading “FCC embraces open access for 700MHz auction”.
AMD’s official graphics card diagnostic and validation software was recently discovered to have a bug that failed to detect defective ATI Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 graphics cards, according to sources at graphics card makers. Continue reading “Thousands of AMD Graphics Cards Recalled From Channel – BIOS Issues”.
The shine is quickly coming off Apple’s iPhone. Apple shares took a 3% dip Tuesday amid speculation about a cut in production of the trendy iPod-inspired phone. The chatter that sent the stock down was Continue reading “Apple Stock Drops Three Percent on iPhone Cutback”.
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of DRAM memory modules and flash storage solutions, today announced the world’s fastest production DDR3 kit. W1866UX2G8 is a 2GB Kit that is tested and guaranteed to operate at Continue reading “Super Talent Extends DDR3 Leadership to 1866MHz”.
In reports similar to those for server platforms, Intel plans to ramp up its 45nm mobile processors (Penryn) and related platforms to account for over 50% of the company’s total notebook shipments in the second Continue reading “Intel 45nm notebook CPUs to account for 50% of total shipments in 2Q08”.
This Weeks Web Reviews The ZM-NC1000 is a very well built piece of notebook cooling hardware. But what it gains in performance, it loses in bulk and weight. If you are in the market for Continue reading “July 23rd through 29th News From Around the Web”.