Politicians want to ban the sale of analog TVs soon–and set a firm date for all-digital broadcasts. Under current law, analog television would be cut off on Dec. 31, 2006 and analog signals would stop Continue reading “Digital TV switch in 2009?”.…more
A British hacker facing possible extradition to the United States says poor security was a major factor in his ability to have wandered through the IT systems of some key defense establishments. Gary McKinnon, who Continue reading “Hacker: U.S. defense sites poorly secured”.…more
I’ve already been contacted by a couple of companies who have boards ready to go……now I just need the ATI “Master”card so I can actually use Crossfire. Boards are getting readied, ATI is working on Continue reading “ATI’s Crossfire to arrive in August”.…more
Despite the penetration rate of DDR2 growing 11 percentage points through the first half of 2005, a conservative outlook for further growth had pushed memory makers into delaying their DDR2 volume production schedules. Powerchip Semiconductor Continue reading “Memory makers still not bullish on DDR2”.…more
The Mozilla Foundation Tuesday updated its Firefox stand-alone browser to version 1.0.5, fixing several vulnerabilities that have popped up since the last minor upgrade two months ago. Firefox 1.0.5, which has been in testing for Continue reading “Mozilla Foundation Unleashes Firefox 1.0.5”.…more
Intel plans to cancel development on the high-end 955XM chipset for its next-generation mobile platform, codenamed Napa, but beef-up the DDR2-memory support for the two remaining Napa chipsets still on its roadmap, according to sources Continue reading “Intel Cancels high-end Napa mobile chipset”.…more