Sony said net profit tumbled 95% in the third quarter, as the global slump hurt sales of its core electronics products. The Japanese electronics giant said net profit plunged to 10.4 billion yen ($115.6 million) Continue reading “Sony Profit Plummets 95%”.
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2008.GPUs are used in industrial and medical systems, point of sale terminals, kiosks, digital signs, and Continue reading “Computer Graphics Chip Shipments Dive in Q4 ’08”.
One of our readers sent me an e-mail letting me know that TigerDirect.com has dropped EVGA products from its retail site today for reasons that are unknown. I just went over to the TigerDirect.com site Continue reading “TigerDirect.com Drops EVGA Products From Its Retail Site”.
At the moment there is no greetings card for Data Privacy Day, but this is its second year and 27 countries around Europe, Canada and here in America will use it as a springboard to Continue reading “Today is Data Protection Day!”.
G.Skill TITAN 256GB 2.5-inch MLC Solid State Disk @ TweakTown and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums! “The SSD market is on fire, burning faster than even the Continue reading “January 27 News from Around the Web”.
The Senate voted on Monday to delay next months transition to digital television until June 12 because some viewers would not be ready for the switch. The delay, approved unanimously on a vote by the Continue reading “Senate Approves Digital TV Delay to June 12”.
Battered Asian memory chip makers will get some respite from oversupply in the long term after German chipmaker Qimonda filed for insolvency but the industry’s recovery depends on a pick-up in demand. Makers of dynamic Continue reading “Asian chip makers to gain from Qimonda’s troubles”.
Researchers at Intel, RTI International of North Carolina, and Arizona State University have shown that it’s possible to build an efficient microrefrigerator that can target hot spots on chips, saving power and space, and more Continue reading “Intel Cooling Chips with Thermoelectrics”.
Western Digital (WD) today announced the first 2 terabyte (TB) hard drive the worlds highest capacity drive and the latest addition to WDs popular, environmentally friendly, cool and quiet, WD Caviar Green hard drive family. Continue reading “Western Digital Launches World’s First 2 terabyte (TB) Hard Drive – Caviar Green”.
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. This year, the 15-day Chinese Continue reading “Happy Chinese New Year!! 2009 is the Year of Ox”.
The global credit crisis may have caused the decline in consumer and business spending that is assaulting the giants of high tech. But as the dominant technology companies try to emerge from this slump, they Continue reading “$200 Laptops Break a Business Model – ASUS EeePC”.
Intel Corp Chairman Craig Barrett, the courtly former academic credited with building the company into the world’s foremost chip maker, will retire in May after 35 years at the company. Barrett, who turned Intel into Continue reading “Intel’s Barrett to bow out as tech crisis simmers”.
Black and gold will reign supreme in Tampa Bay, according to the official EA SPORTS simulation of Super Bowl XLIII by Madden NFL 09. According to the award-winning video game, the Pittsburgh Steelers will win Continue reading “EA Predicts Super Bowl XLIII Champion Using Madden NFL ’09 – Pittsburgh Steelers”.
Salaries of tech professionals managed to spike up an average of 4.6 percent last year to $78,035, according to survey results released Thursday by tech career site Dice. Dice, based on a survey of more Continue reading “Technology salaries rise by 4.6 percent”.
German memory-chip maker Qimonda AG declared bankruptcy Friday, just a month after receiving a rescue package of millions of euros in loans. The administrative court in Munich, Qimonda’s base, confirmed media reports that the company Continue reading “German chipmaker Qimonda declares bankruptcy”.
