A combination of consistently tight supply and strong demand is not only sustaining the firm pricing of DDR2, but it could also drive the cost of DRAM supplied with PC systems to more than 10% Continue reading “PC Memory should make up 10 percent of the total system cost”.
With most of the U.S. technology industry focused on the East and West coasts, you’d think the best place to get online would be San Francisco, or perhaps New York City. But Atlanta tops Forbes.com’s Continue reading “America’s Most Wired Cities – Atlanta Top Them All”.
Antec, Inc. has upgraded its premium power supply unit (PSU) lines to a Five-Year Warranty from the original Three-Year Warranty. Antec’s high-efficiency Neo HE and TruePower Trio lines of PSUs will be warranted for five Continue reading “Antec Announces Five-Year Warranty For Neo HE and Trio Power Supply Units”.
Samsung’s semiconductor division announced Sept. 5 that it is shipping 1GB and 2GB samples of MoviNAND?an embedded combination of NAND flash memory, a multimedia card controller and onboard firmware?to some of its mobile-product OEMs. MoviNAND Continue reading “Samsung Ships Samples of New NAND Flash – MoviNAND”.
Website MySpace is ready to allow unsigned bands featured on the social networking site to sell their music as downloads. The site – which has 106 million users – is currently testing the idea, and Continue reading “MySpace set to sell music online”.
Microsoft Corp. said its Windows Vista operating system will cost the same as comparable Windows XP editions. Microsoft priced Windows Vista Home Basic at $199, or $99.95 as an upgrade for computers already running the Continue reading “Microsoft Windows Vista to be priced at XP’s levels”.
Sony Corp. said on Wednesday it would delay the European launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game machine to March from November due to inadequate supply of a key component, missing the critical Christmas shopping Continue reading “Sony delays European PlayStation 3 launch”.
Intel announced plans Tuesday to lay off thousands of workers over the next year after a strategic review designed to prepare the company for life with a smaller share of the chip market. The company Continue reading “Intel lowers the boom on marketing, IT departments”.
NVIDIA Corporation today redefined performance expectations for graphics cards at two of the most popular price segments for PC gamers. Available immediately, NVIDIA SLI-ready GeForce 7900 GS graphics processing units (GPUs) deliver exceptional performance and Continue reading “NVIDIA Launches the GeForce 7900 GS and announces the 7950 GT”.
Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) said on Tuesday it had started recalling 6,000 PC batteries as they could overheat when subjected to a strong impact–the latest battery recall involving Japanese electronics makers. A Matsushita spokesman declined Continue reading “Matsushita recalls 6,000 notebook PC batteries”.
It’s going to be a long and nervous day for Intel employees. The Santa Clara chip giant is expected to announce layoffs this afternoon that could number in the thousands. Chief Executive Paul Otellini has Continue reading “Tense day for Intel employees – 10,000 Layoffs Expected Today”.
Due to a problem with chipset drivers, motherboard makers cannot start shipping products utilizing Intel’s G965 Express chipset, sources at Taiwan’s motherboard industry indicated. Expecting new drivers to be released in October, the makers accordingly Continue reading “Rumor: Volume shipments of intel G965-based motherboards again delayed”.
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, the famous Australian naturalist killed by a stingray on Monday, was videotaped pulling a poisonous barb from his chest just before he died, according to news reports. Irwin’s manager John Stainton, Continue reading “Passed Away – ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin”.
ATI Technologies Inc. today announced Xilleon 260, the first System-on-a-Chip that supports Full HD for worldwide DTV (digital television) standards including Europe, Japan, Korea and North America. Xilleon 260 is designed to help consumer electronics Continue reading “ATI Launches chip with Full HD For Worldwide Standards – Xilleon 260”.
The U.S. International Trade Commission said Thursday it will investigate complaints by Ericsson and its Swedish parent company that Samsung Electronics and two of its U.S. companies violated patents used its mobile handsets. Ericsson and Continue reading “Trade Commission to investigate Samsung handsets”.