Researchers at International Business Machines Corp. say a new method for cramming data onto magnetic tape will increase storage capacity at least 15 times, enough to squeeze the text from 8 million books onto a Continue reading “IBM details huge improvement in data storage”.
Futuremark, creators of world’s most widely used benchmarks for PCs and handhelds, today announced they have signed a deal with Microsoft Corp. The contract covers online services and performance analysis tools in support of Microsoft Continue reading “Futuremark Develops Microsoft Windows Vista Performance Tool”.
Sony Corp. said on Tuesday it would launch the world’s first notebook personal computer equipped with a next-generation Blu-ray optical disk drive in Japan in June. It is interesting to see how Toshiba stole the Continue reading “Sony to launch first Blu-ray notebook PC”.
AMD has launched their energy-efficient Athlon 64 and Sempron processors and have silenty cut the prices members of its existing single-core desktop chip line-ups while others have been cut. So out goes the Athlon 64 Continue reading “AMD prunes single-core prices by up to 19.2%”.
Samsung Electronics has raised its NAND flash contract prices again and the company had informed its customers that no available stocks for 1Gbit NAND will be supplied for the spot market, according to industry sources. Continue reading “Samsung said to raise NAND flash contract prices again”.
AMD today unveiled a top-to-bottom energy efficient AMD desktop processor roadmap at the In-Stat Spring Processor Forum. The typical AMD processor runs at 89 Watts, but the two new ones are rated at 65 and Continue reading “AMD Unveils 35W and 65W X2 Processor Roadmap”.
Although it runs the same Palm OS as previous versions, the PDA sports upgrades in the browser, offers new E-mail features, and can work with the 3G 1xEV-DO networks of Sprint and Verizon Wireless. It Continue reading “Palm Releases Updated Treo 700p for 3G 1xEV-DO Networks”.
Intel is eyeing a plan for using software to boost a PC’s ability to fight hackers, talk on the phone and even capture television programs in the future. The chip maker, which launched its security Continue reading “Intel Aims to Upgrade PCs with Virtual Appliances”.
If everyone in America started downloading high-definition video would it hurt internet service providers? Most home Internet use is in brief bursts ? an e-mail here, a Web page there. If people start watching streaming Continue reading “High-definition video could choke Internet”.
Hollywood has been tiptoeing its way toward letting consumers buy a movie online, burn it onto a DVD and watch it on a living-room TV. While the studios hesitate, the adult film industry is taking Continue reading “Porn industry to offer downloads to DVDs”.
hree major hurricanes will strike the United States this year, with the storm-battered Gulf Coast most at risk in June and July, forecaster AccuWeather predicted today. Get ready for high gas prices once again if Continue reading “3 major hurricanes to hit US this year: AccuWeather”.
A top Chinese academic has been fired after it emerged he faked research into computer chips that aimed at ending the nation’s reliance on foreign suppliers. Touted as China’s first successful proprietary Digital Signal Processor Continue reading “China’s First Digital Signal Processor Microchip a Fake”.
NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the results of a collaborative memory development effort called Enhanced Performance Profiles, or EPP, which allows consumers to easily expose new, advanced performance Continue reading “NVIDIA Unveils Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP)”.
In a surprise turn of events at E3, new Dell XPS machines in very bold and wild colors and designs turned up at the nVidia booth. Shifting from their traditional industrial charcoals, grays, and silvers, Continue reading “New XPS cases spotted. No barfing on the carpet please.”.
Wondering how much extra money HDMI will add to the overall cost of HDMI supported video cards? Fudo over at The Inq. went out asked asked some companies and found that for an ATI Radeon Continue reading “Power Color Charges $10 to be HDMI Ready”.