The world’s largest chip maker slashed prices on a handful of microprocessors after the company’s battle to retake market share from rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) took a turn for the worse. Intel appears to Continue reading “Intel slashes the price of desktop, laptop, and server processors”.
U.S. sales of video game hardware and software in June rose 31 percent from a year ago, driven by stronger demand for gaming consoles from all three major industry players, market data showed on Monday. Continue reading “U.S. video game sales rise 31 percent in June”.
Connector maker Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) and Elitegroup Computer System (ECS) will form a joint venture, with the former investing NT$360 million (US$10.99 million), or 60%, and the latter NT$240 million, or 40%, according Continue reading “Foxlink and ECS to form joint venture for PC Connector Company”.
DRAMeXchange believes that the demand of DRAM spot market should start to pick up again, as inventory levels stabilize, by the end of July and early August. This is good news for the memory industry Continue reading “DRAMeXchange says DRAM contract price to continue increasing”.
VIA Technologies today announced the VIA EPIA NR Nano-ITX mainboard, powered by a fanless 1.0GHz VIA C7 processor and VIA CX700 system media processor for ultra compact, quiet and durable embedded systems. Measuring just 12cm Continue reading “New VIA Nano-ITX Mainboard for Healthcare and Retail Use”.
AMD today announced that it will hold its technology analyst meeting at approximately 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET) on Thursday, July 26, 2007 at AMD Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. AMD Chairman and Chief Executive Continue reading “AMD to Hold Technology Analyst Day”.
VMware is making a free benchmarking tool available to IT professionals Monday to evaluate the performance of virtualization technology in their datacenters. Meanwhile, it seeks to assure competitors that the benchmarking standards will be fair Continue reading “VMware benchmark tool raises fairness questions”.
A team of computer security consultants say they have found a flaw in Apple’s wildly popular iPhone that allows them to take control of the device. Miller, a former employee of the National Security Agency Continue reading “Apple iPhone flaw lets hackers take over, security firm says”.
sk.com became the first major search engine to promise users it won’t store data on their queries, giving the privacy conscious the option of conducting research on the Internet in relative anonymity. The move comes Continue reading “Search engine Ask to stop keeping search data upon request”.
icrosoft Corp. said on Sunday the software maker was taking new steps to protect consumer privacy in the areas of Web search and online advertising and called on the Internet industry to support it. Microsoft Continue reading “Microsoft curtails how long it stores Web searches”.
AMD is preparing to launch a new high-end desktop processor, the Athlon 64 X2 6400+, which will be the last processor in the Athlon 64 X2 family, according to sources at motherboard makers. Currently, AMD’s Continue reading “AMD to launch new high-end desktop processor”.
Western Digital Corp.today announced a new environmentally friendly GreenPowerfamily of WD desktop, enterprise, CE and external hard drive products. The new GreenPower (GP) family will ship in capacities from 320 gigabytes (GB) to one terabyte Continue reading “WD Announces New GREENPOWER Hard Drive Series”.
This Weeks Web Reviews Cooler Master has definitely made it easy to get into watercooling with the Aquagate S1. With everything ready to go out of the box, it’s as easy to install as a Continue reading “July 16th through 22nd News from Around the Web”.
Consumers will soon get the chance to help save the planet and some money too, thanks to new guidelines coming out for personal computers. Later today, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Program will release Continue reading “New guidelines for PCs aim to cut energy use”.
Did you know that the FBI is using a piece of software known as the Computer and Internet Protocol Address Verifier, or CIPAV? The FBI used this remotely installed spyware last month to investigate who Continue reading “FBI ducks questions about its remotely installed spyware”.