Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates believes cell phones are a better way than laptops to bring computing to the masses in developing nations. This all comes after the $100 laptop couldn’t strike a deal Continue reading “Bill Gates backs computer cell phone”.
The world’s biggest computer maker, Dell, will be increasing its workforce in India by 50% in the next two years. It will take the total number of Dell employees in India up to 15,000. They Continue reading “Dell to employ 50% more in India”.
For all those notebook gamers it seems like the ATI Radeon Mobility X1900 is coming out soon and should be the top mobile GPU for a bit. No word on if they are going to Continue reading “ATI’s M59 is Radeon Mobility X1900”.
Elpida, a Japanese joint venture set up between Hitachi and NEC, has become the fourth memory maker to pay a penalty for fixing memory prices. The $84 million fine is just a small portion of Continue reading “Memory Maker Elpida Fined $84 Million”.
Research in Motion Ltd. just announced that the federal patent court in Germany had ruled in favor of the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device against patent-holding company InPro. RIM said the German patent court Continue reading “German patent court rules in RIM’s favor”.
With Flash memory prices recently getting cut could this be the end of the Flash Memory bubble? Hynix, the No. 2 player in flash, is expected to transition part of their DRAM fab to flash Continue reading “Is Flash Memory Being Produced Too Fast?”.
nVidia today announced the availability of its Quadro FX 4500 SDI line of graphics cards for professional workstations. It would seem CNBC has known about these cards in advance as they’ve signed up to purchase Continue reading “Realtime HD 3D for your TV”.
The Los Angeles attorney’s office has sued the makers of “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas” for allegedly hiding pornographic material inside the video game, officials said. For a game released in 2004 it seems silly Continue reading “Los Angeles Sues Take Two Interactive Over GTA”.
Sources close to AMD’s plans with Socket M have started talking about release dates. Rumors place mark the first deliveries to its (original equipment manufacturing) customers as early as late February. AMD isn’t rushing to Continue reading “AMD socket M (quad) to sample late February”.
It’s official: Dell doesn’t have an exclusive deal with Intel, and has an open mind on using AMD processors in its products. Michael Dell is saying they can and will use any processor they choose, Continue reading “Dell Claims It Has No Exclusive Contract With Intel”.
Despite rumors of its impending demise, Intel’s Itanium received a US$10 billion new lease on life on January 26 in the US, according to several US-based media reports. This means the Itanium server processors might Continue reading “Intel Itanium Server Processors Might Live On!”.
With this months release of the Mushkin Xtreme Performance XP2-5300 3-3-3-10 DDR2 modules we are seeing that tight timings and high densities can work very well together. We test Mushkin’s XP2-5300 modules versus 1GB and 2GB modules with the same speed and latency to show if these modules can hang with the Micron Rev A IC’s.
Sales of the special edition L2000 notebook (through HP & AMD) are strong at over 40,000 units and have generated over $2 million for the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF). The publicity could help raise awareness Continue reading “Turion Battles Cancer”.
Schools in West Virginia are targeting 10 – 14 year old school goers with a new exercise regime. The Konami game Dance Dance Revolution(DDR)will be used. The trial will roll out 157 machines to middle Continue reading “US pupils to dance themselves fit”.
Super Talent is a memory company that many don’t know of, but they make memory for a number of high-end memory companies that we all know and love. It seems that they want a piece Continue reading “Super Talent Readies Enthusiast Grade 2GB DDR Memory Kits”.
