Quanta Computer president Michael Wang stated that the company has set a 12-month shipment goal of 10 million notebooks for the US$100 laptop project, initiated by the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) research initiative, starting Continue reading “Quanta plans 10 million $100 laptops in 12 months”.
Take-Two Interactive warned Thursday that its bottom line for its fiscal third and fourth quarters will likely fall short of analysts’ targets. It’s been a rough year for video game companies without a doubt. Not Continue reading “Take-Two Interactive Delays Games and Misses Target”.
Intel, the big California-based maker of computer chips, is close to revealing plans to cut as much as one-fifth of its workforce, according to published reports. The job cuts could eliminate 10,000 to 20,000 jobs, Continue reading “Intel to Slash Thousands of Jobs: Reports”.
Mozilla has released a new test version of Firefox 2.0, which will be the next major version of its popular open-source browser. Firefox 2.0 Beta 2, released Thursday at about 3 p.m. Pacific time, features Continue reading “Mozilla updates Firefox 2.0 beta”.
Nokia announced on Thursday that the N80 Internet Edition, an enriched successor to the N80 multimedia phone, will be available in mid-September. The N80 Internet Edition can be used as both a cell phone and Continue reading “Nokia unveils N80 multimedia phone”.
Microsoft on Thursday handed out performance bonuses of restricted stock worth nearly $1 billion to roughly 900 senior executives. Congrats to those 900, but what about everyone else? Jeff Raikes, who heads Microsoft’s business division, Continue reading “Microsoft Awards $951 Million Worth of Stock to Executives”.
ATI Technologies said it will recall cards for its TV Wonder 650 product, but the effects of the replacements will be minimal on the chipmaker, according to a Tuesday report by UBS Investment Research. Robert Continue reading “ATI Technologies Recalls TV Wonder 650 cards”.
ATI Technologies Inc. is delivering a new mark in excellence for integrated graphics performance on the Intel mobile and desktop computing platform with the introduction of the new Radeon Xpress 1250 chipset. The Radeon Xpress Continue reading “ATI Launches the Radeon Xpress 1250 Chipset for Intel platforms”.
A new set of security standards designed to lock down mobile devices has been hammered out and is set to be unveiled at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show being held in Los Angeles Continue reading “Mobile Security Specification – Locking down mobile phones”.
Microsoft Corp. is selling its new Windows Vista operating system for $100 to $399 and will make the program available on Jan. 30, according to Amazon.com Inc.’s Web site. Amazon, which is already taking orders Continue reading “Microsoft Vista to sell for $100 to $399”.
AT&T on Tuesday said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data on thousands of customers who used its online store. The information that was illegally accessed includes credit card numbers, Continue reading “AT&T hack exposes 19,000 identities”.
By the fourth quarter of this year, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and ATI Technologies will jointly launch a new notebook platform, currently codenamed Yokohama, that utilizes AMD’s Turion 64 X2 processors and ATI’s future chipsets, Continue reading “AMD to launch Yokohama notebook platform in 4Q”.
OCZ Technology Group today announced the exciting unveiling of the PC2-9000 Ti Alpha VX2 DFI Special Edition, an exclusively engineered series of memory optimized for the new DFI LANParty UT NF590 SLI-M2R. As a member Continue reading “OCZ Announces PC2-9000 Ti Alpha VX2 DFI Special Edition memory”.
The Japanese government said on Tuesday it knew of one case in Japan of a Sony Corp. made battery used in an Apple Computer Inc. notebook computer overheating and catching fire. The incident, resulting in Continue reading “Japan Gov’t Reports Sony Battery Fire in Apple Laptop”.
Microsoft is expected to be giving product reviewers access to Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) as soon as today. Reviewers will soon be getting their hands on the first release candidate of Windows Vista, Continue reading “Microsoft expected to release Vista RC1 today”.