Broadband Internet access via TV cables can reach 100 Megabits per second as early as next year, 50 times faster than the average broadband speeds now offered to cable TV homes, a Finnish firm said Continue reading “Super-speed broadband seen coming in 2006”.
The open-source Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client will be updated for the second time in a week because of code changes that have unintentionally stopped some third-party extensions from functioning correctly. This means Firefox Continue reading “Buggy FireFox 1.0.5 Prompts Release of FireFox 1.0.6 beta”.
Evidence that a senior executive with German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG may have taken kick-backs as part of a sports sponsorship deal has hardened up. This is bad news for France’s Le Mans car race Continue reading “Infineon CEO Andreas von Zitzewitz Steps Down”.
For those of you who missed the press release in the forums Kingston Technology has released a new USB key flash drive called the DataTraveler II Plus MIGO Edition. This “Smart” flash drive synchronizes your Continue reading “Kingston’s USB Flash Drives Become”.
Hynix Semiconductor announced it stopped supplying NAND flash to the spot market on July 8, amid strong demand from consumer electronics customers, according to market sources. Looks like NAND prices might be going up, but Continue reading “Hynix stops shipping NAND flash to spot market”.
One out of four Koreans can be categorized as cell phone addicts that need treatment, according to a local consumer research outfit Tuesday. I got a good laughfrom this line right here: “The worst-case scenario Continue reading “Korea: Mobile Phone Addiction Emerging as New Problem”.
The early venture capital backers of Google have invested $16 million in Zazzle, which customizes postage stamps, clothing and other items. I for one don’t see myself buying personalized stamps, but maybe they have something Continue reading “Google Backers Put $16M into Start-up Zazzle”.
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday said it will cut 14,500 jobs, about 10 percent of its full-time staff, as part of a restructuring plan designed to save $1.9 billion annually and boost business performance. Continue reading “Hewlett-Packard to cut 14,500 jobs”.
Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. mobile provider, will sell video games from Electronic Arts Inc. to its customers in coming weeks, the companies said on Monday. This should be an interesting move and I Continue reading “Verizon Wireless to sell Electronic Arts games”.
When I read this CNET News article about consumers throwing away their PC instead of fixing it I didn’t even flinch. Americans are used to consumable goods and it looks like the low prices on Continue reading “Corrupted PCs find new home in the Dumpster”.
Well Duh, their cheapest Dual core processor is twice as expensive as Intel’s…..their FX-57 is not really much better than the FX-55 it was supposed to replace and doesn’t O/C very well….. and their whole Continue reading “AMD sales flat, profit falls from ’04”.
Remember when dual layer DVDs was the next big thing? whatever happened to that? No one wants to back the losing team. And today’s consumers are savvy enough to know they don’t want to be Continue reading “The Next-Generation Disc: What Should It Be?”.
I bought a Dell 2005FPW a couple of months ago, had some issues with it and tried really hard to work with people who couldn’t speak or understand English for several hours rtrying to RMA Continue reading “Dell Closes Longtime Customer Message Boards”.
Samsung SDI will commercialize a new fuel cell capable of using retail butane gas to generate power for portable electric and electronic devices by 2007. The butane fuel cells will power an average notebook 20 Continue reading “Butane Fuel Cell to Hit Market in 2007”.
Micro-Star International (MSI) yesterday announced the availability of the Mega Book S270, a wide-screen notebook that supports 64-bit AMD Turion 64 mobile technology. The Mega Book S270 will come in tow configurations, priced at US$1,499 Continue reading “MSI launches 64-bit AMD Turion Mega Book S270”.
