Graphics chip maker Nvidia found some irregularities in past stock-based compensation practices during an internal probe, and took a total of $127 million in non-cash charges over associated expenses, the company said Wednesday. The figure Continue reading “Nvidia takes $127M options charge – better than expected”.
General Motors on Wednesday became the first automaker to commit to make a rechargeable hybrid vehicle, a move intended to distance the world’s largest automaker from its reputation for producing gas-guzzling trucks. I like raw Continue reading “GM pledges to make plug-in electric vehicle”.
After the planned launch of 45nm processors in the second half of 2007, Intel will likely reach the crossover between 45nm and 65nm nodes in CPU production in 2008, said Rob Willoner, technology analyst at Continue reading “Intel expects 45-65nm crossover to be reached in 2008”.
If you are interested in reading about the AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture here are a list of reviews and article to hold you over for a bit! AMD Continue reading “AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Series Articles and Reviews”.
Charting another industry first for computing enthusiasts, AMD today announced the AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) Architecture, the first dual-socket, multi-core desktop PC platform designed to take advantage of the Continue reading “AMD Launches Quad FX Platforms with Dual CPU Sockets”.
BitTorrent is back in the news today – but this time in a good way. They announced a major deal with 20th Century Fox, MTV, Paramount and others media giants to offer digital downloads of Continue reading “BitTorrent Strikes Deals with TV and Movie Companies”.
Intel Corp. has announced that it is making prototypes of computer processors using new manufacturing techniques that further shrink circuitry, making the chips run faster and use less power. Penryn is rumored to be a Continue reading “Intel Samples 45nm Penryn Processors”.
Kingston has been busy putting together a new promo with eMusic for the Kingston Mobile Phone Village portal (www.kingston.com/mpv) that offers visitors 50 free downloads when they sign up for a free trial with eMusic, Continue reading “Kingston eMusic Promo: 50 Free Downloads via Kingston Mobile Phone Village”.
Futuremark has released a series of patches for 3DMark and PCMark that enables benchmarking on Windows Vista. The patches are for 3DMark06, 3DMark05 and PCMark05 so if you own one then you need to grab Continue reading “Futuremark releases patches for 3DMark and PCMark, enables Vista benchmarking”.
Lenovo’s ThinkPad T60 model is getting a wide-screen update. The Raleigh, N.C., company announced Nov. 28 that it would begin to offer a 5.1-pound, ThinkPad T60 notebook with a 15.4-inch display. The T60 ThinkPad model Continue reading “Lenovo Offers 15.4-Inch Screen for ThinkPad Notebook”.
he online video boom is starting to eat into TV viewing time, an ICM survey of 2,070 people for the BBC suggests. Some 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a Continue reading “Online video ‘erodes TV viewing’”.
Microsoft may have to pull its Office suite from the shelves in South Korea as a result of losing a patent lawsuit in that country, according to published reports. Several news outlets reported Monday that Continue reading “Patent ruling threatens MS Office”.
Zimbabwe’s military has said the country’s mobile phone operators are threatening national security by using independent connections to the outside world, official media reported on Tuesday. “The mobile service providers have their own international gateway Continue reading “Zimbabwe army says cellphones danger to security”.
Asustek Computer yesterday denied rumors that it was planning to acquire Micro-Star International (MSI), according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). Merger rumors of all sorts have spread in Taiwan’s markets since news broke Continue reading “Asustek denies planning to acquire MSI, says paper”.
YouTube is coming to mobile phones–or, to be more precise, a small slice of YouTube is coming to some Verizon Wireless phones. While its explosively popular Web site is free, YouTube’s phone-based version will require Continue reading “YouTube coming soon to cell phones”.