2010-08-09
Biggest Apple Store in the World Opens in London
People are already lining up for tomorrow's grand opening of the biggest Apple store in the world
UPDATED: Apple Plans to Close IPhone's Huge Security Hole
Hackers salivate at opportunity to exploit thousands of new iPhone unlockers

The iPhone 4 has finally been jailbroken, thanks to the hard work of the Apple Dev Team
2010-07-20
New Flu Vaccines Made Into Patches with "Microneedles"
Could be delivered right to your home and is painless and easy to use

Mark Prausnitz of the Georgia Institute of Technology along with other researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed a patch with microneedles that could delivery annual flu shots in the mail and allow people to apply it themselves right at home
Expect Limited 3D Viewing on PlayStation 3
Sony announces no 1080p resolution for 3D games on PS3; will leave strictly in 720p
Windows Phone 7 Early Previews: A Pretty Frame, But Seriously Incomplete
Microsoft seems to be on a good path, but will customers tolerate problem spots?

Terry Myerson, the Microsoft Corporate VP of Windows Phone Engineering who was recently called out on the Microsoft Kin phone debacle, had some good news to report yesterday
USB Drive Malware Exploit Windows 7 Flaw in Apparent Espionage Effort
Microsoft is working on a fix for the exploit

Microsoft has done a relatively good job building a secure operating system in the form of Windows 7 and patching the few flaws that have been discovered and widely published
2010-07-16
Droid X Available to Purchase Today, Verizon Offers Discount on 32GB microSD
The Droid X may be hard to find in some areas

The smartphone wars are hot right now with Android devices starting to take over the market and the Apple iPhone continuing to burn up the sales charts
Engineer Warned Jobs of iPhone 4 Antenna Issues a Year Ago, iOS 4.0.1 Now Available
Also, U.S. Senator voices outrage about Apple's handling of the iPhone antenna problems

Life is tough as an engineer
2010-07-15
Iphone 4 software fix doesn't work
TOYMAKER FOR THE WELL HEELED Apple sent out copies of its latest Iphone operating system only to find out that the software doesn't do what the firm claimed it would do
Wireless PCIe will become a reality
ATHEROS AND WILOCITY are working towards a wireless technology that will fuse together traditional WiFi and internal communication buses on a PC as a wireless extension of the PCIe bus
Toshiba and Sandisk will boost flash production.
JAPANSESE ELECTRONICS GIANT Toshiba is building a state-of-the-art Fab 5 for NAND flash in Yokkaichi
MySQL and Java are in good hands
A WHITE PAPER allays fears about the future of MySQL and Java in the hands of Oracle
2010-07-09
T-Mobile announces Iphone 4 prices
TEASING APPLE'S FANBOIS, T-Mobile has announced its prices for the Iphone that you can't buy from it online, the now legendary Iphone 4, or Flaw as we like to call it
Youtube Mobile gets integrated HTML5 support
VIDEO SERVICE Youtube has dusted down its mobile site with HTML5 support, higher video quality and a tweaked user interface
US Iphone 4 users suffer low data rates
ITHINGS MAKER Apple has suffered yet another embarrassment, as it appears that a software glitch has left Iphone 4 owners suffering terrible data speeds
AMOLED displays are in short supply
BEANCOUNTERS at Isuppli claim that short supplies of small-sized AMOLED displays are slowing the display technology's bid to challenge the dominance of the incumbent AMLCD technology
2010-06-18
Gran Turismo 5 is "Rich" in Detail, Development of Game Cost Upwards of $60M
The highly-anticipated game, to be released in November, boasts 1,000 cars and a Top Gear test track
Toshiba Announces First 128GB NAND Flash Memory Module
With the announcement of a 128GB NAND flash memory  module yesterday, Toshiba, a leader in NAND flash memory production, has staked its claim as the first manufacturer to reach the 128GB benchmark -- double the size of its earlier offering
Samsung Announces 512GB SSD with Toggle-mode NAND
Mass production to start next month

Samsung has announced a new 512GB SSD that uses Samsung's toggle-mode DDR NAND memory and is aimed at the premium notebook market
2010-05-10
gfxCardStatus 1.6 enables 2010 MacBook Pro GPU Switching
 If you recall the 15-inch Core i5 MacBook Pro, one of our only criticisms was the inability for users to manually change between lower-power integrated Intel HD graphics and the discrete NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU
Hacker Brings Android to the IPhone 3G, IPhone 3GS Up Next
Apple surely isn't happy about this

Much like the open platform Windows invaded the traditionally closed hardware platform of Apple's Macs -- first unofficially, and then later officially condoned -- Android is now establishing a beach head on Apple's coveted iPhone
Flash does not like Android 
IT IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE Adobe's plan to move away from Apple land and into the world of Android might run aground
2010-04-12
HP Labs Shows New Memristor Tech
Memristor advances promise self-processing memory units.

In November of 2008, DailyTech covered the release of an technology from HP Labs dubbed the memristor
U.S. Air Force X-37B Reusable Spacecraft to Launch Into Orbit Later This Month
U.S. Air Force says that the vehicle will be used purely for scientific research, other nations aren't so sure

NASA is in a bit of bind right now
"Sinful" Missing Human Evolutionary Ancestor Discovered in Africa
The scientific evidence that man and apes descended from a common ancestor via evolution grows

When you talk to a biochemist or biologist at a university level these days about the "evolutionary debate" they're likely to laugh; after all if you are knowledgeable modern scientist, you know that the vast body of molecular, genetic, fossil, anatomical, and field biology evidence all points to the same thing -- that organisms evolved via natural selection and genetic drift over the last 3 billion years
2010-04-05
H. Edward Roberts, Creator of the Personal Computer, Dies
Roberts helped launch the career of Bill Gates and Microsoft, delivered the first consumer PC

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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 Event Scheduled for April 8
If you're tired of iPad news, here's some iPhone news for you

For those of you who have been underwhelmed with the launch of the iPad and are sick of seeing story after story on the device, the good news is that the launch is over meaning chatter surrounding the actual device should die down soon
2010-04-01
Yahoo targeted in China attacks
AFTER ALL THE FURORE over Google and China, it looks like we might be seeing it all over again with Yahoo
GNOME 2.30 released
LINUX DESKTOP DEVELOPER the Gnome Project has announced that the latest version of its desktop environment is ready for its growing hoards of users
PowerDVD gets Blu-ray 3D certification
SOFTWARE MAKER Cyberlink has announced that it managed to attain Blu-ray 3D certification before anyone else, but it won't include the feature until this summer
2010-03-30
Valve: Next Half-Life Game Needs to be Terrifying
Those headcrabs used to be pretty scary, but they probably wouldn't cut it any longer
The 'Unhackable' Swiss Army Knife USB Stick
The makers of the Swiss Army Knife claim that this thing is impossible to hack (though you could probably use the knife bit to do some hacking of your own)
Confirmed: Lower Cost Nvidia Cards This Summer
Nvidia confirmed that it will offer cheaper GF100 derivatives this summer
2010-03-29
Ford Details PowerShift Dual-Clutch Auto Transmission
PowerShift is aimed at small vehicles like Focus

The U.S. government is getting more and more strict on vehicle fuel economy and it expects the major automakers to new regulations across their entire vehicle range
Brightcove to Make HTML5-based iPad/iPhone Advertising Easy for NY Times, TIME
New platform should reduce the work it takes to deploy an ad-driven news site

Many news organizations expressed interest in Apple's new gadget, the iPad
Microsoft Finally Set to Launch 64GB Zune HD
Microsoft will soon launch a 64GB Zune HD

When Microsoft first announced the Zune HD, one of the things that left many of us scratching our heads was the fact that the portable media device wouldn't launch with a 64GB option
2010-03-26
Lady Gaga is First to Reach 1 Billion Web Video Views
Gaga's bad romance with web video earns her unprecedented publicity -- and sponsorships

Lady Gaga is quickly becoming the face of pop music in America
250 Lawyers Descend on San Jose for Toyota Lawsuits
A plague upon thee, Toyota

Over 250 lawyers met yesterday at the "Toyota Litigation Symposium" at the Westin hotel in San Diego, California, in preparation for the a major federal hearing today on the "sudden acceleration" problems in certain Toyota vehicles
Who Needs Flash? CBS Prepares HTML5 Player for iPad
Maybe Apple was right... if it can convince enough key players to adopt HTML5

The good news for HTML5 advocates is that Apple's iPad for better or worse may finally push the format into the mainstream, which could eventually displace proprietary formats like Flash and Silverlight
2009-12-20
NAND flash, why does Intel bother? 
AT THE BOTTOM of the end-of-year figures for the troubled NAND flash memory market there was the poor performance of Intel
2009-12-19
Verizon Deploys First 100 Gbps Backbone in Europe
Eventual deployment in North America

The internet may have just started out with text, but bandwidth growth has accelerated in recent years as data intensive applications such as video conferencing, video-on-demand, voice over IP, video streaming, and social networking have become more popular
2009-12-16
Toshiba Offers Up 64GB NAND Flash Package, Apple Grins from Ear to Ear
Apple is likely to benefit from Toshiba's latest NAND flash development

Advances in NAND flash technology are coming at a rapid pace these days
Mercedes-Benz Targets Tesla, Begins Testing SLS Gullwing Electric Supercar
Gullwing electric is looking hot

For now, Tesla may have the electric sports car market cornered, but that may soon change
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Makes Maiden Flight
After a rocky gestation period, Boeing sets off with the 787

It's been a long time coming, but Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has finally made its first flight just days after its taxiing run
Dense NAND is in short supply 
THE SUPPLY of high-density NAND flash memory will fall short next year as suppliers can't get enough of it to jack under the bonnets of all the smart phones everyone is expected to buy
LSI samples its SAS3 RAID-on-Chip ICO 
CHIPMAKER LSI is sampling its LSISAS2208 dual-core 6Gbps SAS3 RAID-on-Chip (ROC) I/O controller to its customers
2009-12-15
WISE Spacecraft Seeks Near Earth Objects, New Stars Using Infrared Wavelengths
NASA committed $320M to the WISE project

Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) represent an extinction level threat to the entire human race
Upcoming Google "GPhone" Details Leaked
Company has given its employees "GPhones" to test drive

When Google announced that it was getting into the phone business, many expected that it was going to release the long rumored "GPhone", a high-tech smart phone akin to the iPhone
Tesla Takes Roadster on Cross-Country Road Trip to Prove Durability
Tesla Motors takes its Roadster out for an extended drive

Are you eying the Tesla Roadster, but concerned that it won't be able to handle hazards of heavy real world use?  Despite the electric vehicle's success, Tesla has struggled with such concerns
Russia Launches New GLONASS Satellites, Aims to Restore Coverage of Motherland
More launches next year

Many consumers around the world use receivers capable of utilizing signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS)
Russian Space Program Tech Leads to Hydrogen Storage Breakthrough
Breakthrough uses capillary array to store hydrogen

Many alternative fuel sources are being eyed to help reduce pollution and our need for imported oil
2009-12-09
First 320 MB/s USB 3.0 Flash Drives Shipping This Week From Super Talent
Limited and pricey for first few weeks

Many technology enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting products supporting the USB 3
German DI Turbocharged Diesel Truck Engine Slashes Emissions
Who says that big diesel trucks can't be green and clean?

Diesel-powered vehicles like the 2010 Audi A3 TDI won Green Car of the Year at the 2009 LA Auto Show, and many other cars like the Volkswagen Golf have received praise for their efficiency
Dell Vostro V13 Offers Adamo Style on the Cheap
Vostro V13 will sell for $450

Dell has been working hard to produce machines that not only perform well for consumers and business users, but also look good
2009-12-03
Intel Issues Fix for X25-M G2 SSD Firmware
Intel once again attempts to correct SSD corruption issues

In late October, DailyTech reported that Intel was once again having firmware issues with its speedy MLC-based SSDs
Micron Announces World's First Native 6Gbps SATA Solid State Drive
Uses new flash controller, available next year

Solid State Drives have been held back by the 300 MB/s limit of the SATA II interface for much of the last year
Google Ditching Google Gears, Moving Apps to HTML 5
It's out with the old and in with the new at Google's app headquarters

When it was first released Google Gears, a collection of several open source APIs published under the BSD license, offered something new -- offline access to Google's wealth of free web applications
2009-12-02
After Laptops Experience Overheating, Performance Issues; Dell Censors User Comments
Dell is aggressively trying to keep its hardware failures under wraps

Apparently Apple is not the only major OEM to have some serious quality control issues/BIOS issues
Consumer Reports: AT&T Ranks Last in Customer Satisfaction, Verizon Takes First Place
AT&T is last as competitor Verizon leads the way according to Consumer Reports

A report published by Consumer Reports said AT&T ranks last among major U
2009-11-25
Scientists Complete First Steps to Bring LHC Back Online
Its been a long road building and tweaking the world's largest particle accelerator

When it comes to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it was a Herculean enough task simply to build the $10B USD device -- a 17-mile-long circular tunnel between the Franco-Swiss border lined with some of the world's most sophisticated electronics
Some Top-of-the-Line i7 iMacs are Shipping Dead or With Broken Screens
Apple has certainly had its share of quality issues on its high-end OS-X-sporting notebooks and PCs
OCZ Prepares USB 3.0 External Solid State Drive For CES
Not your typical flash drive

When most people think of USB flash drives, the image that comes to mind is a small, compact device with a USB connector sticking out
2009-11-23
Hackers Reverse Ill-Effects of Apple's Update, Restoring Intel Atom Support
Snow Leopard no longer confined to the steppes of Apple's restricted hardware

OS X hackers are threatening Apple's business model by give people the ability to build or buy OS X-driven "Hackintoshes" -- netbooks, notebooks, or PCs with third party hardware -- at a much lower price than Apple's slickly packaged, but pricey offerings
Researchers Discover Defective Nanotubes Are Better for Energy Storage
Discovery could lead to smaller batteries with more power and run time

Nanotechnology may one day usher in a new era for electronics and other products with smaller portable devices that run longer than the electronics we use today
Russian Space Program Facing Same Issues as NASA
Russian space program must shift gears and begin to seriously think about the coming years

The U
2009-11-19
MS release Office Mobile 10 Beta, confirm WinMo 7 for March 2010
Yesterday the Microsoft Office Vice President Kurt Delbene confirmed the rumors that the Windows Mobile 7 announcement is scheduled to Q1 2010 and more specifically it will take place during the Microsoft MIX 2010 conference in March
AMD's Dual GPU Radeon HD 5970 is Fastest Ever
You may have already noticed on our front page that there's a new king of the graphics card industry tested today
2009-11-18
Flash Player 10.1 Beta Offloads Video Processing to GPU
Adobe's Flash technology is highly prevalent on the internet both in terms of site content and online advertising
OCZ Technology Announces 3.5" 1TB Colossus SSDs
OCZ unleashes SSDs tailored for desktop users

The market for Solid State Drives (SSDs) continues to expand
2009-11-16
Intel will release a cheap SSD 
CHIPZILLA has taken time out from its legal distractions to release a cheap SSD drive
Name servers are DDOS targets 
THE NUMBER OF external name servers that allow open access to recursion has rocketed over the last few years, increasing the risk of distributed denial of service attacks, according to network management firm Infoblox
Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs: Jobs Saved Apple
Did hell freeze over? No, that's just Bill Gates giving Apple co-founder Steve Jobs something called a compliment according to AppleInsider
Unpatchable Flash Flaw Puts Users, Sites At Risk
There's a serious security hole in Adobe Flash that can't be patched.

Is the Internet a safer place thanks to the insane wash of Adobe Flash websites littering the Web? That's a firm negative
2009-11-04
Western Digital Targets Enterprise With First SAS Hard Drive
Should Seagate be worried?

Western Digital Corporation (WDC) is the second largest hard disk drive maker in the world
Japan's Toshiba Launches Expensive Program to Bury Greenhouse Gases
Carbon burial is a controversial technique to cut levels of atmospheric carbon-containing compounds, which are thought to be greenhouse gases
2009-11-03
Firefox 3.6 beta 1 lands
MOZILLA HAS LAUNCHED the first beta version of its open sauce Firefox 3
Evolution is Favoring Shorter, Heavier Women, Study Says
Study predicts that in 400 years average woman will weigh nearly 1 kg more, be 2 cm (almost an inch) shorter

A strong body of evidence exists that humans are continually evolving a diverse fashion in response to various environmental influences
2009-11-02
Yahoo Looks to Undergo Changes, Come Back Strong
Yahoo still struggling, but hopes to fix things up

Yahoo hopes to rebound in the coming years after multiple years of losing visitors, and plans to triple its operating profit by 2012, according to numerous media reports
Fresh Install from Windows 7 Upgrade is Pirating According to Microsoft
Microsoft says that fresh installs from upgrade media are not necessarily legal

Microsoft is doing well with its new Windows 7 operating system so far
Orange announces Iphone launch date
UK MOBILE network Orange has confirmed the rumours that it will start flogging the Iphone in the UK
2009-10-30
Directx 11 Now Available for Vista Through Platform Update
No redistributable runtime for now

Microsoft launched its much anticipated Windows 7 operating system last week to great fanfare
Google Partners with Lala, iLike for Music Search
Lala expects huge growth from the search deal

The music industry is facing a very hard road today
2009-09-23
Samsung unveils 1GHz CPU, full HD-capable camera module
Remember that 1GHz CPU, which Samsung announced as Hummingbird not too long ago? It turns out this isn’t the only project that has been keeping the company R&D department busy recently
2009-09-07
Microsoft Granted Stay on Word Ban
Microsoft is granted a stay on Word ban until appeal is complete

The U
Apple to Offer Ready-Made Ringtones on September 9
Apple plans to roll out pre-made ringtones

During a confirmed press event on September 9, Apple is expected to add pre-made ringtones to the iTunes music store, hoping to cash in as a growing number of phone owners seek custom ringtones
Better Later Than Never: iPhone Finally Gets MMS on September 25
AT&T finally gives MMS to its iPhone customers, though missing its target of a "summer" launch

AT&T promised early this year to have MMS ready for the iPhone during the summer
Linux kernal speeds up on the desktop 
LINUX HACKERS working on next version of the Linux kernel claim that some new improvements will speed up the OS on the desktop
2009-08-26
IBM to Show off Power7 CPU at Hot Chips Conference
New processor offers improved multi-threading and memory performance compared to previous generations

Each year at Stanford University the giants of the microprocessor industry come to the Hot Chips conference to showcase their newest and most powerful processors
2009-08-25
PS3 Slim Still a Money Loser for Sony
Sony loses money on hardware, but the platform as a while is profitable

Sony unveiled the new PS3 Slim officially last week at Gamescom in Germany
2009-08-24
Rogue Toyota Dealers Price Gouging on Scarce 2010 Prius's
Some customers were just breaking even with cash-for-clunkers or even worse

While many of the domestic automakers offered steep price cuts on top of "Cash for Clunkers", many buyers chose to purchase vehicles from foreign manufacturers instead
2009-08-18
PS3 Price Cut Imminent
New adds from FYE, Kmart, point to lower PS3 price

The rumors appear to have been true and the official price cut for the PlayStation 3 will be happening soon
2009-08-07
Nasty Memory Leak Found in Windows 7 RTM Build
Microsoft insists its not to blame

Aside from a minor squabble about the User Account Control's security settings, that it later relented on, Microsoft's Windows 7 beta and release candidate builds have met with little criticism and plenty of praise
Office 2010 to Get Its Own Ballot Box
Hopefully the ballots will be Florida friendly

Microsoft is trying hard to work within the regulations that are in effect in Europe concerning its products
2009-08-06
KDE 4.3 is released 
THE OPEN SAUCE KDE Community released its 'K Desktop Environment' (KDE) version 4
2009-07-30
Atom not delayed, claims Intel
INTEL has denied rumours that its next generation Atom chips have been delayed
Windows 7 WGA hacked 
WITHIN days of Microsoft releasing final code for Windows 7 to manufacturers, Chinese hackers have cracked the Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy system in Windows 7 Ultimate
Intel's P55 chipset brings Nehalem into the mainstream 
VISITING TAIPEI regularly has its advantages. After listening to my questions over the years, by now the vendors automatically bring out their new stuff without prodding
2009-07-29
Hacker Says iPhone is Incredibly Insecure, "Useless" for Businesses
The iPhone yet again experiencing criticism over poor security

Jonathan Zdziarski, an iPhone developer and a hacker who teaches forensics courses on recovering data from iPhones, hasn't been very impressed with the iPhone's security -- or lack thereof
2009-07-28
Microsoft, Yahoo Square Off Again
Some Yahoo board members fear any deal would fail under regulator scrutiny

Yahoo and Microsoft have had a very tumultuous relationship
2009-07-21
Kazaa is back from the dead 
THE KAZAA peer-to-peer file sharing service is working again, three years after it was shut down by the music industry in a $150 million lawsuit
2009-07-16
Opera says Windows 7 'tweak' is not enough 
WEB BROWSER outfit Opera, which sparked an EU antitrust investigation into Microsoft's business practices in Europe, remains dissatisfied with its rival's move to unbundle Internet Exploder 8 from Windows 7
Windows 7 pre-orders overwhelm in Europe 
MICROSOFT'S EUROPEAN online store has been taken down following too much demand for a Windows 7 pre-order programme
Intel is not doing as well as it appears 
PEOPLE WITH SHEDLOADS of shares in Chipzilla might be over the moon that the outfit has announced better than expected second quarter results
2009-07-15
Theories Swirl in the Mystery of the iPhone's Disappearing Battery Life
More iPhones are dying, and this time its not from sunlight

The iPhone 3G S has enjoyed tremendous popularity thanks to its powerful hardware, slick (and abundant) applications, and new features
NASA Plans to De-Orbit $100B ISS in 2016
$100 billion ISS investment to turn into blazing fireball and ultimately end up in the Pacific Ocean

The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting the Earth at a distance of about 220 miles for years
Researchers Discover Pink Silicon Offering Properties Like Black Silicon
Pink silicon has none of the mass-production issues associated with black silicon

Scientists are continually looking to push the boundaries of silicon for many reasons
2009-06-17
Bing Adds Porn Search Domain to Safeguard Users
Microsoft responds to criticism with creation of new domain

Microsoft's Bing created waves when it launched a couple weeks ago
Researchers Studying Stickers at MIT Make Flexible Electronics Discovery
Researchers were studying delamination of stickers

Often research into one thing leads to a discovery of another substance or process that benefits other areas the original project never considered or intended to investigate
Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 to Debut in 2010
A9 can go all the way up to quad-core for smartphones

The smartphone world is filled with handsets running ARM processors
2009-06-05
Scientists Create Flexible Memristor, Holds Promise of Flexible Memory
Element could be used in MP3 players and other mobile devices

HP made headlines when it developed the memristor, a long-theorized, but never proven fourth electronic circuit element
2009-05-18
Office 2010 Technical Preview Leaks Onto Web
32-bit and 64-bit versions of Office 2010 Technical Preview leak onto web

Over the past few months, there have been a steady stream of Windows 7 betas and Release Candidate builds littering the internet
2009-05-06
Windows 7 RC1 Publicly Available, Release Date Leaked
Consumers can finally get their hands on a near-release copy of the latest version of Windows

Windows 7 has the tech community and the consumer world buzzing
NVIDIA Unveils Tesla Preconfigured Clusters
Preconfigured clusters are ready to use off the shelf machines that can be customized

NVIDIA has launched its new ready-to-deploy Tesla GPU Preconfigured Cluster
2009-05-04
Apple considering price cuts 
DESPITE THE SPIN that Apple is happy with its Mac sales falling off only three per cent and the company is making shedloads, there are signs that the pastel gadget flogger is really worried
2009-05-02
Windows 7 coming in October 
ACCORDING TO Acer UK MD Bobby Watkins, Windows 7 systems will begin shipping on 23 October 2009
2009-04-28
GE Makes Holographic Optical Storage Breakthrough
GE holographic disc stores 500GB of data

Researchers at GE have validated technology that will one day usher in the next generation of optical storage -- holographic storage
Report: Apple and Verizon in Talks to Develop Two New Phones
New phones offered by Apple and Verizon would be "iPhone-like"

The iPhone took the smartphone world by storm, dominating sales charts and creating a revenue juggernaut via the App Store
2009-04-22
Hardware-based AV coming 
NORWEGIAN AV vendor Norman said it has plans to release a hardware-based network appliance which scans traffic and blocks the content it deems dangerous
VMWare to launch VSphere - the internal cloud builder 
AN A-LIST OF TECH CELEBRITY CEOS is set to kick off the launch of VMWare's VSphere "cloud operating system" today
2009-04-21
Sparc doomed, say beard-scratchers 
ORACLE'S BUYOUT of Sun could be the final nail in the coffin of Sparc, according to the strokers of beards and people in the know
2009-04-20
Financial firms bank on Intel Xeon 5500 
RISK MANAGEMENT OUTFIT, QuIC Financial Technologies, wants us all to know how it has managed to beef up its speed and performance metrics to achieve "record results" using Intel's recently launched Xeon 5500
2009-04-03
Russia now considers Microsoft a monopoly
THE RUSSIAN monarchy of Tsar Putin I is considering whether Microsoft deserves closer scrutiny under its the Russian antitrust laws
2009-04-02
RIM BlackBerry Sales Up, Almost Doubles Q4 Revenue From Last Year
What recession? RIM is doing great

In a sign that the economy may be improving, Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry smartphones, has announced record sales and revenue for the fourth quarter of their fiscal year ending February 28, 2009
2009-03-30
Eeee gets "super- multi" optical disk 
ASUS HAS announced details of its Eee PC 1004DN, which has a built-in "Super-Multi" optical disk drive
2009-03-28
Windows 7 will have instant upgrade option 
WINDOWS 7 WILL HAVE a feature called Anytime Upgrade to purportedly allow cheapskate users to cough up for a fuller-featured version of the operating system when they realise most of the bells and whistles they expected don't work
2009-03-27
Microsoft tells Obama to spend cash on broadband
THE SOFTWARE giant Vole has told the US government to spend its stimulus money providing broadband fibre networks to critical public institutions
2009-03-17
Mobile Internet Usage Increasing; Advertisers Continue Paying Attention
Another research report notes the growing popularity of mobile Internet

A recently released report from market researcher comScore indicates the number of U
Mushkin Enters Solid State Drive Arena With Europe Series
Mushkin Inc. used to be a top choice for DRAM overclocking enthusiasts at the turn of the millennium
2009-02-25
Samsung, Toshiba, and SanDisk Preparing for Q3 32nm NAND Flash Production
Enabling higher densities at a lower cost

Samsung, Toshiba, and SanDisk are preparing 32nm production of new Multi-Level Cell NAND flash chips that will be faster, smaller, and cheaper than those currently on the market
Yahoo Launches New Targeted Ad Tools
A resurgent Yahoo looks to make headway in the advertising market

Despite a rocky 2008, Yahoo hopes to get back on the path of success
2009-02-22
Dell Mini 10 Officially Unveiled
Dell shows off Mini 10 netbook and offers future option plans

The netbook market is booming despite many claims that netbooks are cannibalizing sales of more profitable notebook computers
2009-02-03
Upcoming Xeon Chips make e-tail debut 
INTEL'S SHINY new Xeon server chips have popped up on e-tailers this week, giving us a sneak peak at what we can expect when the company launches them officially sometime soon
Microsoft: No Additional Windows 7 Public Betas
The public release of Windows 7 beta is undoubtedly the most exciting thing to happen to PC users so far this year
2009-02-01
Windows 7 release candidate coming 
A VOLISH executive has been hinting to hacks that Windows 7 beta may be ahead of schedule and there might be plans to get a new release candidate out soon
2009-01-22
Majority of Windows 7 Installations Will Be 64-bit
Microsoft Says Tipping Point Already Reached

According to a source inside Microsoft, over 25 percent of Vista installations in the US at the end of last year were 64-bit
2009-01-19
Sandia Says More Cores is not Always Better
Sandia simulations reveal memory is the bottleneck for some multi-core processors

Years ago, the hallmark of processor performance was clock speed
2009-01-16
Intel Q4 Results Down, But 32nm Process on Track
32nm will be critical to Intel's performance and cost advantage

Intel released its results for the fourth quarter of 2008 yesterday - it was only the second time in 20 years that Q4 results were worse than Q3 results
2009-01-14
Nvidia delays 40nm parts 
IT LOOKS like Nvidia is translating it's financial prowess into the engineering space, putting the great minds at the company on the upcoming 40nm shrinks
IBM builds nanoscale MRI 
BIG BLUE researchers have constructed a nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device in collaboration with Stanford University
2009-01-11
A second Android phone tips up 
THERE'S NOW a second Android phone on the market, and this one is from an unlikely source, FIC
2009-01-08
Sony Redefines "Thin and Light" with VAIO P Series
The 8" VAIO P Series weighs just 1.4 pounds

Sony is redefining "small" with the latest edition to its VAIO series of notebooks
SanDisk Offers New SSD Solutions for Netbook Manufacturers
SanDisk offers its second generation embedded SSDs to customers

SanDisk is one of the big players in the NAND flash market, and it cannot pass up an opportunity to cater to the exploding netbook market and need to replace hard disk drives (HDDs) with solid state drive (SSDs)
2009-01-05
PQI to Show New SSDs at CES 2009
PQI will show a new SSD products at CES 2009 along with flash drives

CES 2009 starts this week and over the last, few years the show has became the place where many firms launch their new SSD products
Audi R8 V10 Gets all LED Lighting
Every light on the new Audi R8 V10 uses LEDs from interior lighting to the headlights

When Audi first introduced its R8 sports car, it turned some heads with its swoopy design and relatively low price tag for the world of exotic cars
2009-01-01
Amid Chrome Woes Google Tries to Lure IE6 Customers
Google has new ads for Chrome targeting a small market share, but will they work?

Google's Chrome browser recently came out of beta
2008-12-31
Are you having Zune problems?
While some sporadic problems with any new device are to be expected, we've had a few reports of problems with the latest Zunes (and the latest Zune software) and thought we'd open thing up and see just how widespread they might be
Hundreds of 30GB Zune Players Fail Around the Country
Microsoft has yet to comment on what is causing massive numbers of its 30GB Zune to fail virtually simultaneously

There have been some mysteries in the technology world over 2008
2008-12-30
Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta 1 Leaks
New Windows offers similar experience to milestones with some improvements

With Windows 7 scheduled to hit retailers mid-to-late 2009, Microsoft has been working in a frenzy to prepare for its launch
2008-12-28
Intel Says it Won't Try to Kill Ion
Intel claims will will allow OEMs to chose an Atom with an Intel chipset or the Atom CPU alone

Few would say that Intel and NVIDIA are bosom buddies
Report: Sony Loses $50 for Each PS3 Sold Today
iSuppli teardown report shows PS3 is much cheaper to build today than in 2006

Sony's PS3 game console is popular among many gamers, but faces significant competition from the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii
2008-12-24
Workers Begin Repairs on Undersea Cable 
It's unknown how the undersea cable was damaged, but engineers must now fix it

Days after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean Sea were severed; a French ship is now on scene to help begin repairs on two of three damaged cables
2008-12-22
XP gets another stay of excecution 
MICROSOFT has told its system builder partners that they will be allowed to continue to sell XP after the January 31, 2009 cut-off date
Nvidia plans to give Intel the bumps 
NVIDIA IS PLANNING to fight a battle with Intel over the future of the cut-price netbook, according to Cnet
2008-12-20
Researchers Create New Memory from Graphene
Researchers have devised a way to build memory from graphene

Storage in today's computers is based on rotating magnetic platters or flash memory
2008-12-19
Toshiba Takes Its SSDs to 512GB
Toshiba unveils a 43nm MLC SSD with 512GB of storage

Among the issues that some users have with SSDs are price and storage capacity
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 Previews Hit the Web
NVIDIA and ATI battle it out for graphics card performance bragging rights and for the last few months, the performance crown according to many sources has sat on the head of ATI
2008-12-17
Cisco says that 90 percent of email is spam
A CISICO REPORT claims that more than 90 per cent of the email flowing around the net is spam created by armies of zombie botnets
OSX upgrade crashes Macs
APPLE which bases mucho of its marketing on the fact that its rivals crash a lot, has just released an update for its Mac OS X that
2008-12-16
Apple updates OSX Leopard 
APPLE HAS LET LOOSE a major update to its OSX operating system in the form of Leopard 10
2008-12-15
ATI's HD 49x0 coming soon
WITH NVIDIA'S GTX 295 announcement just around the corner, the satanic rumourmill - as Nick fondly puts it - is in overdrive once again, fuelled by leaked specs and a vivid imagination, it seems
Microsoft signs up for Iphone App Store 
VOLISH BOFFINS have emerged from their smoke-filled labs to produce an application for the rival Iphone
AMD releases two desktop chips 
AMD RELEASED what will probably be its last pair of dual-core Athlon chips fabbed at 65nm on Monday
2008-12-11
PlayStation Home Open Beta Starts Tomorrow
Sony finally delivers on a PlayStation Home promise

Sony has been talking about the PlayStation Home service for over a year now and each time we get close to the proposed launch for the open beta, Sony reschedules
2008-12-10
New Nanomagnets Can Sniff Out Magnetism, Make Nanomemory
Scientists develop new nanotube structures to act as mini-magnet detectors

On the molecular, scale magnet interactions can have powerful effects both in biological and electrical systems
2008-12-08
Rambus on the rampage alleging Nvidia infringement
CHIP INTERFACE and architecture licenser Rambus says the US international Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to poke and probe Nvidia about purported infringement of no less than nine of the firm's patents
Intel claims photonics breakthrough
IN A PAPER published in the December 7th edition of Nature Photonics, researchers at Intel Labs reported progress on building a silicon-based Avalanche Photo-Detector (APD) device that offers lower cost and better performance than previous photodetector designs
2008-12-04
Microsoft is losing market share
MARKET RESEARCH company Net Applications has reported that Microsoft is starting to lose its grip in terms of both operating system and web browser market shares
Opera for the masses
OPERA SOFTWARE releases a sneak preview of its web browser Opera 10 today
2008-12-02
Intel denies Core i7 TLB bug
IT SEEMS INTEL’S new Core i7 chip may be a bit soggy on the translation lookaside buffer (TLB) front, with the firm hinting at a bug in an official Specification Update
Fisker Karma Hybrid Sedan Set for November 2009 Availability, $87K Entry Fee
Fisker reveals more details on its Karma hybrid sedan

Fisker Automotive is progressing nicely with its Karma hybrid sedan
2008-12-01
Scientists explore magnetic properties of semiconductors
SOME SPECIALLY BUILT semiconductors have been found to display important magnetic properties which could lead to the development of smaller, faster gadgets
Nvidia heat causing Macbooks to fail
CONTRARY TO POPULAR belief, the Nvidia 9300/9400 chipset line has been fraught with problems, both logic bugs and heat
2008-11-27
Phenom II listed
AUSSIE ETAILER Austin Computers has listed the upcoming Deneb-based Phenom II 920 and 940 processors on its site, which for some reason is currently off-line
Apple Slashes MacBook Price to $899 for Black Friday
Even Apple offers to pricematch retailers this weeks MacBook sales promotion

Apple traditionally is not known for big sales or price cuts
2008-11-20
Comcast Spreads DOCSIS 3 to Pacific Northwest
Washington and Oregon to become even more Comcastic

Comcast announced Monday that its DOCSIS 3
Microsoft Announces Free Antivirus Software for H2 2009
Microsoft looks to take the fight to malware makers with its own free product

Microsoft has long annoyed security software makers over the last decade as it has rolled out free products which often offer a competitive alternative to competitor's packaged software free-of-charge
2008-11-18
Nvidia's Tesla is desktop supercomputer
SUPERCOMPUTERS are especially trendy this week after SC08, but it seems even regular desktops could soon be getting the super treatment with computer makers like Dell seriously mulling the possibility of a PC built around Nvidia’s Tesla floating point accelerators
2008-11-14
Web neutrality bill on the cards
THE BATTLE over network neutrality could be moved along as plans to introduce a bill that stops providers from blocking content is in motion
BT to abandon next gen broadband
FORGET EVERYTHING you’ve been promised by BT. We’re probably never going to get the much-anticipated super-fast broadband we’ve all been waiting for
AVG offers infected users free year of service
AVG ANNOUNCED yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware
2008-11-13
AMD Atom smasher due today
AMD WILL TALK about its upcoming netbook CPU in few hours, something that should shake up the market
Apple's iPhone Takes Aim at Nintendo, Sony
Could Apple's iPhone be the mobile gaming giant of the future

Apple's iPhone has enjoyed wild success and has become the top selling phone in America
2008-11-12
Cray XT Jaguar takes supercomputing lead
THE CRAY XT JAGUAR at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee will probably lead the top 500 supercomputers list that comes out next week
USB 3.0 specs announced
THE USB Implementers Forum will formally announce the technical specifications of the next generation of Universal Serial Bus connectivity at a conference in San Jose, California, next week
2008-11-11
UK ID card cost goes up again
THE UK Home Secretary has revealed that Labour's glorious ID card, which will sort out the housing crisis, stabilise the banks, provide tax cuts and generally lead to peace in our time, will cost each and every punter £60
Linux boots in 2.97 seconds
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS at Japan's embedded Linux software vendor Lineo announced technology last week that can boot a low-power computer system within 2
AMD announces move to 32nm
DAAMIT HAS officially announced its plans for the move to 32nm scheduled for late next year
AVG Virus Scanner Accidentally Removes Critical Windows Component
One popular free antivirus scanner recently created a world of woe for its users

The world of computer security can be a scary place for friends and foes alike
Report: Benchmarks Show Windows 7 Pre-Beta to be Bloated, With Compatibility Issues
If early testing holds true, so much for running Windows 7 reliably on a netbook

One key Windows 7 feature driven home again and again by Microsoft's Windows team is the superior system performance with respect to Vista
2008-11-10
Honda Reveals Its Own Robotic Leg
Another Japanese company steps to the plate to bring mech-suit fantasies (and relief for the disabled) closer to reality

DailyTech reported last month about a new HAL suit from Cyberdyne Corp
AMD explains Shanghaied benchmarketing


AMD CONFIRMED the benchmarks are Shangahi's but complained about our analysis of the numbers
Miniature Nuclear Reactors to be on Sale Within 5 Years
Hyperion, Toshiba, others, race to produce "personal" nuclear power.

Using technology licensed from the U
2008-11-08
Boffins make diamonds from tequila
RESEARCHERS at a Mexican university have discovered that tequila can be turned into diamonds
Hack paves way for unlocked Android
GOOGLE'S FIRST FORAY into the world of mobile phones, the Android G1, has been hacked just days after being released into the wild
2008-11-07
Apple faces Norwegian heat
NORWAY is miffed with Apple, as the country expects services like Itunes to be able to download tracks to any music-playing device, not just the Ispod
Creative opens up its Linux X-Fi driver
IT CAME OUT yesterday that Creative Labs has thrown in the towel on its Soundblaster X-Fi driver for Linux and released the source code under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL) version 2
Virgin 50Mb cable modem pictured
BEARDY BRANSTON'S media company has unveiled the modem which will drive its soon-to-be-announced 50Mb cable Interwibble service
2008-11-06
Google Backs Out of Ad Deal, Leaves Yahoo Out in the Cold
Fears of a lengthy legal battle killed the controversial Google-Yahoo ad deal Wednesday, announced Google Senior VP David Drummond
Adobe Acrobat 8 full of holes
USERS OF version 8 of Adobe's ubiquitous PDF reader software should patch immediately to version 8
Iphone OS 2.2 secrets revealed
A GERMAN BOGGER has apparently been fiddling with the developer release of the next iteration of the Iphone OS and has discovered that the not-yet-announced update will allow users to download video and audio podcasts without resorting to Itunes
Iphone keyboard spotted
FELLOW FAT-FINGERED Iphone users will be happy to learn that our wishes for a proper keyboard for the precioussss may soon be fulfilled
2008-11-05
Firefox adds Porn Mode
IT SEEMS THAT even on the Internet, people want to see a change they can believe in
Fake software nets hacker $158,000 in a week
A RUSSIAN hacker has trousered $158,000 in a single week flogging rubbish software to Americans, according to insecurity experts
Netflix Ends Used DVD Business
Netflix will no longer sell used DVDs directly to the consumers

Netflix announced it will stop selling used DVDs directly to subscribers by the end of the month, although the company will likely sell used DVDs to wholesalers who will then sell the movies to consumers
Microsoft adds SSD to the Windows 7 recipe
MICROSOFT IS LOOKING to implement a change people can believe in when it comes to the way Solid State Drives (SSDs) work with Windows software, and will be discussing how at its upcoming Windows Hardware Engineering Conference this week
New Near Perfect Solar Design Could Change Entire Industry
New coated cell 43 percent more efficient, can be easily produced with current production lines

Solar breakthroughs are relatively commonplace
2008-11-04
Intel Socket 1160 loses four pins
TO LOSE ONE pin is a tragedy, two is careless, four is a conspiracy, or so goes the rather butchered paraphrasing
IPod Creator Leaves Apple
Apple will hang onto executive for "consulting" for a bit longer, still helmed by a familiar face

There's been a major shift of management at Apple
2008-11-03
IBM exec can't go to Cupertino
MARK PAPERMASTER the man largely responsible for the PowerPC chip which was at the heart of pretty much every Apple computer for over a decade, has been told he can't jump ship from Big Blue and head off to be part of Jobs' Mob
Asus' touchscreen Eeetops tip up
ASUS HAS released specs for its 15.6-inch touch-screen Eee TopPC.

    Listings on the Asus web site say both models – the ET1602 and ET1603 - come complete with a 1
2008-11-01
Sony batteries explode again
MAKER OF EXPLODING BATTERIES, Sony has been at it again and forced another product recall
Gmail gets SMS messaging
GOOGLE ANNOUNCED Thursday that it has started rolling out an SMS messaging feature for its Gmail web-based email users
Windows 7 smaller than Vista
JUST A YEAR AGO, severe discussion was going on after Microsoft’s Eric Traut’s presentation of a “shrunken” Windows kernel (at the time dubbed MinWin)
2008-10-31
Intel gives Taiwan cash for Wimax
INTEL PLANS TO set up shop in Taiwan, peddling Linux software to the masses and doing its bit to globally promote Taiwanese produced laptops and mobile Internet devices (MIDs)
Intel to Release Details on 32nm Chip Fabrication Technology at 54th IEDM
If chip fabrication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrication continues on a shrinking trend with Intel expected to release details surround its 32nm chip fabrication technology at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco on December 15
Lithium supply in danger
WHEN WE THINK of electric cars, we usually think of greener energy and saving the environment – yet now boffins are saying that these vehicles could come at significant cost to the environment
Google and Yahoo may be forced to abandon ad deal
SEARCH ENGINE GIANTS Google and Yahoo could be forced to abandon their joint search deal having thus far failed to sort things out with the US Department of Justice
2008-10-30
Intel steals market share from AMD
MARKET RESEARCH firm Isuppli released its third quarter microprocessor sales figures on Wednesday, reporting that Intel took a little market share from AMD during the period
2008-10-29
Windows 7 Features Revealed
Getting behind the wheel of Windows 7 reveals many changes, some minor, others larger

Microsoft has been very secretive about Windows 7
Ubuntu Ready to Launch 8.10 Later This Week
Ubuntu gears up for a big week, as Canonical founder is ready to continue spending his own money for the project

As Canonical and Ubuntu prepare to launch its latest operating system later this week, Mark Shuttleworth is willing to continue to burn through his own personal bank accounts to keep the Ubuntu project running
2008-10-28
Vista is doomed
AS MICROSOFT goes into this week's Professional Developer Conference, it is hard to find anyone keen to talk about Vista
Yahoo vulnerability exposed
YAHOO has been a little under the weather this week, as Netcraft exposed a vulnerability on its site leaving users account details open to attack
Embedded Nano kit announced
IT SEEMS VIA has found the time to pull its thumbs out and produce a working mini-ITX motherboard with a Nano processor on it
2008-10-27
Microsoft stuffs Windows onto XO
SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has managed to stuff its Windows XP software into the One Laptop Per Child device
AMD admits to some borked ATI Radeon HD 4830s
AMD HAS ADMITTED some of its ATI Radeon HD 4830 boards only have only 560 of their advertised 640 stream processors enabled, some even making their way into the channel
Features of Windows 7 Leak Ahead of PDC Conference
Little is known about most features on pre-beta Windows 7 version to be shown at PDC

Window's Vista hasn’t proven to be the wildly popular operating system that Microsoft had originally hoped
2008-10-26
New Flying Lens Could Save Optical Lithography, Replace Blu-ray
New research from Berkeley could allow circuit shrinks to 5 nm

With the never-ending quest for greater processor power, the hardware industry's sharpest minds and biggest companies are pouring money, time, and effort at the challenge of extending the life of Moore's Law
2008-10-25
Japan branding futures - the Sony story
IT WAS interesting to compare Tokyo and Taipei within the space of just a week
Team Builds Mach 1.4 Supercar, Set to Test in 2011
"It's the fastest who get paid and it's the fastest who get..." - Reese Bobby

The title of fastest in the world has a nice ring of it
2008-10-23
Money makes SLI... SLI makes money
NVIDIA’S SLI PLANS for Tylersburg (the X58 chipset) have been widely dissected over the past few days
Bill Gates sets up new company
A BLOKE CALLED Bill Gates appears to be setting up a new company.

The freshly trademarked bgC3 has been described as a think tank
Russia rejects Google ad deal
RUSSIA’S ANTI MONOPOLY service, FAS, has stopped Google from snapping up the Begun advertising agency for $140 million, saying the deal would damage competition in online advertising
2008-10-22
ASUS CEO Jerry Shen Discusses the Eee's Future
Shen says Eee will not go over 10-inch screen size and will offer Windows 7 by mid-2009

ASUS can be credited with founding the netbook market with its Eee portable
Algae Biodiesel Company Opens First Large Greenhouse
Algae company's harvest will make biodiesel, nutritious livestock feed

Many in the alternative fuels industry agree that algae is where the mid-range future of the biodiesel industry
Urbanmax looks like giant Ipod Touch
INTEL HAS SHOWN off what seems to be an oversized Ipod Touch at its Taiwanese developers forum this week
Nvidia launches Forceware 180 drivers
NVIDIA HAS LIFTED the veil of secrecy over its Big Bang II ForceWare 180 driver
ARM signs up to Symbian group
UK CHIP SHOP, ARM, has said it will be joining Chinese technology group Huawei, Visa and nine other companies joining Nokia’s Symbian Foundation to get its hands on free software
2008-10-21
Home Office revolt over spy plan
HOME SECRETARY Jacqui Smith is facing a revolt from inside her own department as she pushes through plans for a central database that will hold information on everything the great unwashed do
Dell fixes Open Sauce rip off
TINMAN DELL has fixed a solid state storage problem on its Mini 9 netbooks that robbed Linux punters of three quarters of their storage
Quantenna Wi-Fi Chipset Offers 1 Gbps Speed
Highly integrated chip promises fast speed and mesh networking

Internet speeds here in America are lagging behind those available abroad in many areas of the world
2008-10-20
Toshiba grabs a billion dollar slice of Sandisk
IN A BID TO fend off its bitter rival, Samsung, Japanese memory maker Toshiba says it will buy $1 billion of equipment from joint venture partner, Sandisk, currently the unwilling object of the South Korean firm’s takeover desire
Moorestown demo teams Intel and Ericsson on HSPA
INTEL AND ERICSSON are teaming up to bring High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) to mobile Internet devices (MIDs)
Blizzard Denies Milking Starcraft Franchise
Paid Battle.Net service a possibility

The announcement StarCraft II will be released as a trilogy generated significant discussion among the gaming community
2008-10-19
Sony Ericsson takes a clobbering
SONY ERICSSON is the first handset vendor to admit to having taken a clobbering in Q3 2008
Acer grabs top spot in EMEA
PC SHIPMENTS were up 27 per cent in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) during the third quarter of 2008 compared with last year, IDC reckons
Ballmer Says Deal Between Microsoft and Yahoo Still Makes Sense
Mere mention of the possibility of renewed talks sends Yahoo stock price up 17%

Mention the name Yahoo today in the tech community and immediately thoughts of the failed talks of buyouts or partnerships with Microsoft jump to many minds
Vista SP2 to Hit Before Windows 7

Will Microsoft's new service pack reinvigorate Vista sales on the eve of Windows 7?

Microsoft is preparing new service packs for Windows Vista and its server counterpart, Windows Server 2008
2008-10-18
S3 delivers GPGPU
S3 GRAPHICS has joined DAAMIT and Nvidia by providing support for the acceleration of general purpose tasks on theGPU
IBM makes a billion here, a billion there
IBM has defied analyst predictions, posting a 20 per cent increase in the third quarter profit over last year, despite poor hardware sales
Genuine Core i7 review pops up
IT WAS GOING to happen sooner or later, someone has broken cover and posted their review of the Core i7 processor
2008-10-16
Google patches up its Chrome developer version a bit
THE BIG GOOGLE monster has released a developer update to its Chrome Web browser which purportedly deals with some of the crashing and video issues which were occurring
Intel shipping enterprise SSDs
YESTERDAY INTEL began shipping its X-25E Extreme SATA SSD, said to be its highest-performing solid-state drives available for servers, workstations, and storage systems
NASA Begins Hubble Repair
Programmers are sending lines of code to Hubble to help bring it back to life

NASA engineers believe they know what caused the Hubble Space Telescope to unexpectedly shut down two weeks ago, and have started to fix the problem
2008-10-14
OpenOffice download crashes web site
OPENORIFICE'S web site has crashed under the weight of demand for the new Openoffice 3
WoW geek fest 2008
THIS WEEKEND World of Warcraft fans prised themselves away from their computers and began the pilgrimage to Blizzcon 2008
Eee brand expands to motherboards
ASUS IS PLANNING to add motherboards to its Eee brand of products by the first quarter of next year
Next Windows OS is Windows 7
MICROSOFT HAS MADE IT official. The new name for the next Windows Operating System will be – take a breath, sit down – Windows 7
2008-10-13
Apple notebooks have defective Nvidia chips
APPLE JUST ADMITTED that it has a raft of defective NV cards. I guess Nvidia was being honest when they said it was only affecting a few late-run HP products
Yahoo brings on the BOSS
YAHOO BELIEVES the way to inject power into professors and grad students is by being the BOSS - or as it is more affectionately known, Build Your Own Search Service
HP admits 38 desktops have defective Nvidia chips
IT LOOKS LIKE Nvidia was being a little economical with the truth about the defective chips fiasco
OpenOffice 3.0 is out
IT LOOKS LIKE OpenOffice 3.0 is right around the corner, but if you want to do a little digging, you can get it now
2008-10-11
Intel Says AMD Split Violates License Agreement
AMD says the split into two companies doesn't interfere with the agreement

AMD and Intel are rivals in the marketplace when it comes to x86 compatible CPUs and graphics processors
Working Quantum Encryption System Hailed as Unbreakable
Quantum encryption uses photons to deliver encryption keys

Data security is paramount in today's sensitive business environments
2008-10-10
Citroen C-Cactus Hybrid Promises 100 MPG 
Citroen combines diesel engine with electric motor for ultimate hybrid economy

When talk turns to hybrids, the argument for a diesel engine rather than hybrid power is often raised
2008-10-08
Breakthrough With Thermoelectric Compound Could Lead to Better Materials
A new discovery made in thermoelectrical crystal compounds helps explain heat conduction at the molecular scale
Opera Releases 9.6 Browser
The latest offering from Opera stacks up nicely against Firefox, IE

Opera made waves earlier this year, releasing its 9
2008-10-06
UK to run out of electricity this winter
EMBATTLED BLIGHTY looks like it will run out of electricity this winter, despite the fact that the energy companies are demanding you mortgage your house to pay their director’s obscene salaries
Oracle-SAP talks collapse
SETTLEMENT TALKS between Oracle and arch rival SAP have reportedly collapsed
2008-10-03
Mitnick violated by US immigration
FORMER HACKER Kevin Mitnick who was released from jail more than eight years ago said he was violated by US customs and immigration
Shanghai available anytime now
IT LOOKS LIKE AMD is getting ready for the big one. The firm is preparing no less than nine of its new 45nm quad-core server chips – codenamed Shanghai – this very month
Sony defends PS3 and PSP sales
DESPITE CLAIMS that Sony is losing the console war peddling its highly-priced PS3, the games console maker insists it is making a bob or two
2008-10-01
TSMC Bringing 28nm Chips to Gadgets in 2010
New chips from TSMC could power advanced gaming consoles, cell phones

The race to shrink microprocessors is never-ending
2008-09-24
Intel Officially Shipping Dual-core Atom
Dual-core Atom may ease shortages of Atom parts in the channel

Intel is dominating the world of the netbook with its Atom single core processor
Powerful Modeling Systems on the Way, Courtesy of Your Video Card
Video games and immune system response modeling? It's all in the hardware
T-Mobile Launches Google Android-based G1 Phone
T-Mobile makes waves with its new G1

It's been nearly a year since Google first officially announced its plans to develop an operating system for mobile phones and today we see the launch of the first phone using Android
2008-09-23
Eye-Fi Adds Al a Carte Features, Faster Upload Speeds
Users can add features like geotagging to Eye-Fi cards and more

One of the things that most confuses users new to digital photography is getting the images from the camera onto the computer
Windows 7 Mobile Delayed Until 2H 2009
Microsoft tries to cope with Windows 7 Mobile delay by issuing updates to current OS

Windows 7's release schedule is starting to look a lot more like Windows Vista's, despite Microsoft's efforts to distance Windows 7 from Vista
Photoshop CS4 Will Use GPU Power
New Photoshop CS4 to ship in October and use the power of the GPU

GPU makers have been busy convincing consumers that the GPU is able to do more than just visually enhance video games
2008-09-18
Mass layoffs coming at Nvidia
WORD REACHES US that 360 souls will be getting the boot from Nvidia today, as the company performs its first mass layoffs in 13 years
2008-09-11
ATI remembers the professionals
FIRST IT WAS the Radeon HD 4870 X2 for the top-of-the range enthusiasts with money to burn, then came the HD 4600 series for the more economically minded, and now ATI has launched a pair of new Firepro cards for 3D professionals
AMD brings Vista into Stream SDK
AMD HAS released a new version of its Stream Software Development Kit (SDK), allowing developers to write general-purpose apps, which will now be able to run on Radeon and ATI Catalyst graphics processors
2008-09-10
RIM puts Tivo on Blackberry
TIVO AND Research In Motion (RIM) have agreed to transform the Blackberry into a glorified remote control
2008-09-07
Sun adds 64-bit guest, OS X GUI to virtualisation freebie
CALIFORNIAN firm, Sun Microsystems is trumpeting the release of its open source, totally free virtualisation product for Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac OS-X, Virtualbox
2008-09-01
Sony sued over Blu-Ray, again
SONY HAS BEEN sued for a third time over its Blu-Ray technology, this time by an outfit called Orinda Intellectual Properties USA
2008-08-29
Demonstration Reveals ‘Net Superattack to be Very, Very Real
Two security researchers demonstrate 'Net vulnerability

A pair of security researchers recently demonstrated that a theoretical attack possible against the internet’s most embedded infrastructure can, in fact, be very real
2008-08-27
Deneb sighting, core blimey
A SMALL SITE reports a big sighting of AMD's upcoming 45nm Phenom FX Deneb core
2008-08-26
AMD to push DirectX 10.1
AMD IS reportedly collaborating with developers to create a new generation of DirectX 10
Nokia to Bring $895 N96 Smartphone to America
Nokia announced today that it is bringing its N96 Smartphone to North America with support for 3G HSDPA networks
2008-08-25
Sony, Fon Join Forces to Offer WiFi For PlayStation Portable
Sony and Fon are going to work together to give Japanese PSP owners free WiFi access across the country

Japanese Sony PlayStation Portable owners will be able to become "Foneros" after Sony and WiFi provider FON recently announced they will combine forces to make it possible for PSP owners to have free internet access
2008-08-18
Details of Upcoming Intel Products from 2008 through 2012 Leaked Ahead of IDF
Intel has lots of excitement in store in the next four years

One of the most anticipated releases for late 2008 is Intel's Nehalem processor --its new four core processor that features the return of Hyper Threading, allowing eight logical cores per processor
Athlon 64 powers down to beat Atom
WHILE THIS MAY SOUND STRANGE, Tom’s Hardware has published an article facing-off the Intel Atom against an AMD Athlon 64
Iphone dropped calls a global problem
REPORTS OF DROPPED CALLS from Iphone users have been causing problems at Apple since the launch of the handset everyone wants to emulate
2008-08-15
Beyond Radeon HD4870 X2, it's all about the interconnect
THE HD4870X2 is finally here, and we're checking how far the unit will go coupled with the X48 chipset on a QX9650 Asus system
AMD puts the 'B' in business CPUs
AMD HAS TAKEN the wraps off four new processors aimed for business machines
Windows 7 has one new feature
WINDOWS 7, AKA Me II SP1a, is going to disappoint, it is simply a warmed over Vista with shatteringly few new features
We can ray trace too, says Nvidia
HIGH-END GAMING PCs will soon have raw power to handle photo-realistic graphics fluidly and in real time
2008-08-10
Critical DNS Vulnerability Larger than Initially Thought
Speaking at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Dan Kaminsky warned that a critical vulnerability in the internet’s worldwide DNS (Domain Name System) infrastructure is worse than initially thought
2008-08-09
Vista security discovered to be even more usless
AT THIS WEEK'S Black Hat security conference, two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely open Windows Vista to hackers
It's Physx pack party time
THERE'S SOME SERIOUS DATA on that Nvidia Physx pack that’s a-comin’ at Guru 3D
Media streaming coming soon to an Iphone near you
A PATENT RECENTLY FILED by Apple and unearthed by the folks at Apple Insider suggests that future iterations of the Iphone and Ipod Touch firmwear could enable media streaming
2008-08-07
AMD fires up pro graphics cards
AMD HAS introduced a new brand for the company’s professional graphics accelerators: ATI FirePro
It's time GSM killed off dial-up modem in notebooks
MOBILE PHONE network coverage is almost everywhere. And mobile phones can be easily be tracked as soon as powered up, even if there's no SIM card installed
Why AMD should merge with Nvidia
TO QUOTE A famous expression: "there can be only one". Looking at how things shape up for AMD and Nvidia, it's rather obvious to see that in the future there can be only one
2008-08-06
IBM promotes Windows-free computing
IBM AND THREE MAJOR LINUX distributors (Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat) will attempt to create a Vole-free personal computing world by 2009
People Finally Embrace 64-bit Windows
Sales are perking up for 64-bit after years of dominance by 32-bit OS's

The hottest buzz in the tech industry in 2003 was 64-bit hardware and operating systems
2008-08-05
Boffins claim solar energy breakthrough
MIT CLAIMED a “major discovery” in the field of solar energy last Friday
Intel Calpella info leaked
AN INTERESTING tit-bit of information on Intel's notebook future has been leaked
Firefox Beta release date announced
MOZARELLA DEVELOPERS plan to freeze the features of Firefox 3.1 and release Beta 1 on August 19, according to their wiki
2008-08-04
New worm targets notworking sites
INSECURITY RESEARCHERS at Kaspersky Lab have detected two variants of a new worm – Win32
Intel Talks Details on Larrabee
Intel will begin sampling Larrabee in 2008 with products on market in 2009 or 2010

Today there are three main players in the graphics market producing hardware -- Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA
People Finally Embrace 64-bit Windows
Sales are perking up for 64-bit after years of dominance by 32-bit OS's

The hottest buzz in the tech industry in 2003 was 64-bit hardware and operating systems
2008-07-24
Googlepedia goes live
INTERNET BEHEMOTH Google has done what it does best and repackaged yet another of someone else's ideas as part of its evil plan for galactic domination
2008-05-07
The new AMD roadmap restores a bit of confidence
AMD HAS TAKEN the first baby steps in fixing its credibility problem with the server folk, aka coming clean
XP SP3, Vista SP1 finally arrive
MICROSOFT has finally unleashed Windows XP Service Pack 3 as well us pumping up its delivery of Vista SP1
Sprint and Clearwire pool WiMax resources
SPRINT NEXTEL AND CLEARWIRE have confrimed they will be pooling their wireless broadband units into a whopping $14
2008-05-04
Apple's backdoor shenanigans pay off
THE CUPERTINO CABAL'S decision to sneakily piggyback its Safari browser on the last release of Itunes looks to have paid off despite howls of derision from users outraged at being given free software
Google to team up with IBM again
OBVIOUSLY NOT CONTENT with its plans to corner the Small and Medium Business market (SMB), IBM is now apparently looking to strike a deal with Google which would help it flog desktop applications to big businesses
Memory slump to blame for stunted semiconductor gr
THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (SIA) has blamed the glut of memory devices for low semiconductor growth figures
Scammers send fake Wow beta invites
LIFE-SAPPING online fantasy game World of Warcraft's eagerly-anticipated upgrade, Wrath of the Lych King is not yet in beta
GTA smashes sales records
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV looks set to become the fastest-selling computer game in the short history of fast-selling computer games
Kickstart for a new BlackBerry flip
Looks like business-minded RIM are exploring a new form factor. A novel flip phone is expected to be officially unveiled in the coming weeks
2008-05-03
5 megapixel Motorola ZN5 nears
5 megapixel, Motorola and Kodak ring a bell? Well, a 5MP co-branded shooter is obviously just around the corner
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2008-11-18
IT’S BEEN IN the pipeline for some time now, but it finally looks like Nvidia has taken a deep breath and given its GeForce GTX 260 216 a bit of a price cut