Google will lead a procession of Internet and software companies into the Nasdaq 100 when the index is reconstituted next week, the Nasdaq says. It looks like Google, Activision, RedHat, and Nvidia have made it Continue reading “Google, Activision, and Nvidia to Join the Nasdaq 100”.
A Chicago woman who downloaded songs for free from the Kazaa file-sharing network violated copyright law and must pay a $22,500 fine to the record labels, a federal appeals court has ruled. I don’t like Continue reading “File-swapping fine upheld by appeals court”.
Samsung has built an 8GB fully buffered memory (FB-DIMM) module for servers. While this is interesting news Samsung failed to give a date when the 8GB modules would go on sale. The monster module packs Continue reading “Samsung Shows off 8GB Memory Module”.
Total shipments from Taiwan-based first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology, and Micro-Star International (MSI) totaled 11.01 million motherboards in November, an historical monthly high. Now that is a lot of Continue reading “New Record: 11.01 million motherboards shipped in November”.
Craig Barrett has spoken out against the hand-cranked $100 laptop that is going to be produced in the millions. Makes you wonder if the blast is because no Intel chips are used or if he Continue reading “Intel’s Craig Barrett says ‘$100 laptop’ is a ‘gadget’”.
Flash memory maker Spansion, the joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Fujitsu, appears set to sell shares to the public next week. If you like buying IPO’s you’re in luck as next week more Continue reading “Spansion to sell shares to the public next week”.
According to a source at Apple talking to ZDNet it is. I was genuinely surprised when Apple dropped FireWire sync from the iPod nano. So much so that I almost returned mine when I first Continue reading “Is Firewire dead?”.
Say it ain’t so! The Inquirer is reporting that AMD will stop production of its ever popular socket 939 Opteron chips. Seems to me that when something is selling well, you up production to meet Continue reading “AMD stops production of Socket 939 Opterons”.
Is AMD gaining on Intel? Intel thinks so… Of course, consumers have been saying that for quite some time. Intel acknowledged for the first time Thursday that rival Advanced Micro Devices may be gaining market Continue reading “AMD Gaining on Intel”.
Asustek Computer announced the launch of its 15.4-inch widescreen Intel-based A6Vm and AMD-based A6Km notebook series worldwide on December 7. The company claimed the models are the world’s first notebooks to adopt Nvidia’s latest GeForce Continue reading “Asustek launches Nvidia GeForce Go 7300-powered notebooks”.
Intel just sent out a press release stating that they have come up with a new, ultra-fast, yet very low power prototype transistor using new materials that could form the basis of its microprocessors and Continue reading “Intel Announces New Transistor Technology Breakthrough”.
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor where 2,390 people were killed and another 1,178 were wounded. It seems that after 9/11 many people have seemed to foget what happened on Continue reading “64th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack”.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission has fined Microsoft $32 million (33 billion won) for abusing its market dominant position, and ordered the software giant to modify the way it packages its Windows products. Not a Continue reading “South Korea fines Microsoft $32 million”.
Richard Branson?s Virgin Atlantic Airways said on Tuesday that it is offering its frequent fliers free trips to space in two and a half years? time. I average nearly 40,000 miles a year on AA Continue reading “2 Million Virgin Atlantic Frequent-flier miles translate to spaceflight”.
In papers presented at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in Washington, D.C., IBM and AMD today detailed their progress in bringing new, advanced semiconductor process technologies and materials to the 65 nanometer technology generation. Continue reading “AMD Shows Off Their 65nm Processor Progress”.