SanDisk Corporation today announced it is working with Philips to embed its SmartMX chip into SanDisk TrustedFlash cards for secure Near Field Communication-enabled (NFC) mobile phone applications. I can’t wait for this technology to take Continue reading “Philips SmartMX Chip Paired With Sandisk TrustedFlash Cards Means Wireless Payments”.
Opera Software today released Opera Mini 2.0, the new version of the tiny and fast Web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone. With over 2.5 million users since its first release in January Continue reading “Opera Mini 2.0 for your mobile phone”.
Motorola Inc. will acquire an advanced research and development center from BenQ in upcoming months. The center has 250 employees that will now work for Motorola in their Libertyville-based Mobile Devices group. An interesting purchase Continue reading “Motorola buys a BenQ R&D center”.
AMD has postponed the launch of the Turion 64 X2, its first 64-bit dual-core processor, to June 2006, instead of May 9 as originally planned, sources at Taiwan notebook manufacturers indicated. Since Microsoft has delayed Continue reading “AMD delays launch of 64-bit dual-core mobile processors to June”.
The Plantronics Pulsar 590 Series Bluetooth Stereo Headsets are said to deliver the ultimate in wireless freedom. With up to 12 hours of talk time and 10 hours of listen time, you can enjoy wireless stereo listening on laptops, PCs, TVs, DVD and MP3 players. Legit Reviews has had the 590A on the test bench and is ready to report the results!
Research firm Gartner Inc. on Tuesday said it doesn’t expect Vista, the next major upgrade of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system, to be generally available until the second quarter of next year. The projection is Continue reading “Gartner: Don’t Expect Vista Until 2Q 2007”.
ISPs say they need to establish a new revenue stream to support continued improvements in the broadband infrastructure, but I do not believe that “Toll Lanes” are the way to do it. Anyone else think Continue reading “Toll Lane Ahead for Internet Traffic?”.
Two of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology rivals will promote initiatives this week to grow their global business by providing low-cost computers to developing countries. Intel is announcing it will spend $1 billion to speed up Continue reading “AMD, Intel Keep Planning For Super Cheap PC”.
Fudo over at The Inq. found out that AGEIA has shipped thier PhysX card to their retail partners and that reviews are coming soon. Now we just need games to take advantage of these PPU’s, Continue reading “AGEIA PhysX Cards Shipping To Retail Partners”.
When a reader when to a local Best Buy store and managed to buy an ATI-branded X1900 GT retail card he took it home and noticed the sticker said X1900 GTO! Sure the fact that Continue reading “Best Buy Already Selling the ATI X1900 GT Video Card”.
ATI has acquired Bitboys, the Finnish graphics chip developer which now focuses on handset GPU designs but is perhaps best known for pledges made in the late 1990s to ship desktop graphics cards that it Continue reading “ATI Buys Bitboys and Gains Handheld Intellectual Property”.
Foxconn has made several smart moves over the past couple years and their combined profits are starting to reflect that. With a net profit of NT$50 billion ($1.6 billion USD) they are one of the Continue reading “Foxconn Group approaches combined profits of NT$50 billion in 2005”.
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. on Tuesday said it will offer “Orcs & Elves,” a fantasy role-playing game from the makers of the blockbuster “Doom” titles, to Verizon Wireless customers later this month. I’m Continue reading “Electronic Arts To Bring Gaming To Mobile Phones – Orcs & Elves”.
Napster Inc. will offer some music free as part of an effort to drive more customers and advertisers to its Napster.com Web site. Doesn’t sound like a bad plan, but I hope it works. I’m Continue reading “Napster offers 5 free tunes — Hopes to gain subscribers”.
Marvell today announced the immediate availability of the Prestera 98DX2x5 family of packet processors for the secure enterprise and metro Ethernet markets. The Marvell Prestera 98DX2x5 family of packet processors enables intelligent, secure service delivery Continue reading “Marvell Introduces The Prestera 98DX2x5 Packet Processor”.
