Dell has sent a request for quotation (RFQ) to panel makers for 19-inch widescreen LCD monitor panels, according to sources. The sources also indicated that Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) are Continue reading “Dell reportedly to enter 19-inch widescreen LCD monitor market”.
Skype’s Internet calling service will soon be accessible at The Cloud’s Wi-Fi hot spots across Europe, the two companies announced on Tuesday. Although normal online access to Skype’s voice over Internet Protocol services is free Continue reading “Skype lands deal for Wi-Fi access in Europe”.
IBM plans to crank up the speed on its Power6 server chip to 5.0GHz, far higher than competing processors from Intel and Sun Microsystems. Despite its high frequency, the chip will avoid overheating through its Continue reading “IBM cranks up speed of Power6 to 5.0GHz”.
eWEEK Labs was disappointed to find that a couple of well-liked search and cookie options have been changed in RC2. Privacy-conscious users will be particularly disappointed by the changes in cookie handling. We’ve always liked Continue reading “Mozilla’s Firefox 2.0 RC2 Is a Step ? Backward?”.
GameStop and EB Games stores are going to start accepting pre-orders for Sony?s PlayStation 3 game console this morning. Due to ?extremely limited supply,? the stores expect their allocations of what is perhaps the holiday?s Continue reading “Stores take Sony PlayStation 3 pre-orders for November”.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will announce the Rev G Turion 64 X2 and Mobile Sempron CPU lineups, which will debut as the chip vendor’s first 65nm-made mobile processors, in 2007, according to motherboard makers familiar Continue reading “AMD schedules 65nm Tyler launch for 2Q 2007”.
Finishing off one of the tech sector’s worst-kept secrets, Google announced an agreement to acquire online media phenom YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. The companies announced after the bell Monday that the Continue reading “Google Buys YouTube for $1.65 billion”.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has been under attack from IPs sourced in China since early September, admitted the Commerce Department last Friday. The Chinese systems have been hitting any system at the Continue reading “Chinese hackers attacking the Commerce Department”.
A recent SitePoint and Ektron survey of Web professionals suggests AJAX will soon surpass Flash as the predominant Web development model of choice. Increases in expected Microsoft-based endeavors, however, make it difficult to predict a Continue reading “AJAX to overtake Flash?”.
Hewlett-Packard has made an agreement with former board members George “Jay” Keyworth and Tom Perkins to pay “any reasonable expenses” that they have already incurred in connection with the HP board snooping scandal. Perkins is Continue reading “HP agrees to reimburse two for cost of snooping”.
Consumers will have access to the first 50GB Blu-ray disc, which boasts twice the capacity of a regular disc, when Sony Pictures releases the Adam Sandler comedy “Click” on Tuesday. The dual-layer disc promises to Continue reading “First 50GB Blu-ray disc for sale on Tuesday with Click”.
The X-Prize Foundation is hoping the cash prize will inspire someone to sequence the hunam genome faster and cheaper than in the past. $1 million dollars will be given for decoding the genomes of 100 Continue reading “The $10 million genomics race”.
Intel may raise its stake in Nvidia so that they can form a strategic partnership to oppose the merger of AMD and ATI, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers. Nvidia shares climbed last week Continue reading “Intel said to be seeking strategic partnership with Nvidia”.
North Korea faced a barrage of global condemnation and calls for harsh sanctions Monday after it announced that it had set off an atomic weapon underground, a test that thrusts the secretive communist state into Continue reading “North Korea Conducts Underground Nuclear Bomb Test”.
China has beamed a ground-based laser at U.S. spy satellites over its territory, a U.S. agency said, in an action that exposed the potential vulnerability of space systems that provide crucial data to American troops Continue reading “China jamming test sparks U.S. satellite concerns”.