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AMD cuts desktop CPU prices by up to 25 percent.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today released price cuts for its line of desktop PC-use processors, including the Sempron and Athlon 64 lines. In addition, the chip vendor noted that production of Socket-A Semprons will be completely phased out by the end of the third quarter.

Solving The Carbon Dioxide Problem For $0.65 Per Gallon Of Gasoline.

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AMD looks for new revenue, looks to telekom and storage.

Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday an intention to increase revenue by selling its existing Opteron server processor to companies that make storage, medical imaging, and communications equipment.

Gigabyte Goes Extreme Cold Overclocking.

Over the weekend, Gigabyte launched the first of its many overclocking competition events in the United States. The event has already been going on for some time internationally, but Gigabyte said that this is the first time that it launched something like this for State-side.

Sony Finally Caves, Launches Netbook.

Sony has debuted the Vaio W, the machine Sony is calling the company"s first netbook while ignoring the fact that it said it would never produce a netbook.

AMD On Track To Report A Profit For Q3.

Zelenograd (Russia) - Remember AMDò€™s promise to return to profitability in the third quarter of this year? You may be wondering how this will be possible considering the fact that the company has lost money over the past seven quarters, including $269 million in Q2 2008, and no big bucks advances against Intel are in sight. But we are certain that AMD in fact will report a huge profit for the third quarter that may not originate from hugely increased product sales, but will create the foundation for the much anticipated announcement of AMDò€™s "Asset Smart".

Smarter Storage: 3Gen IntelliNAS and Restore.

More and more NAS servers and appliances for home users and SMB are appearing on the market, and it is getting increasingly difficult to find the best one. Typically, manufacturers are proud of the hardware they use, as faster XOR processing power will result in better RAID 5 performance. 3Gen claims to be the fastest one with its IntelliNAS DT40, which is based on a Celeron D430 at 1.8 GHz and 512 MB RAM (upgradeable to 4 GB). However, we are sure that Thecus and QNAP would object and suggest one of their own products.

Lacie Announces External 4x Blu-ray Writer.

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Intel takes final hurdle on way to mass-produced silicon laser chips.

Santa Clara (CA) - Researchers at Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) today said they have succeeded in building the world"s first hybrid silicon laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. The technology could be become a key enabler to make photonic interconnects in mainstream communications and computing devices a reality.

Hynix Settles to Pay Rambus Royalties.

Rambus has scored itself yet another royalty haul as Hynix has agreed to pay up.

A terabyte of data on a regular DVD.

This is the promise of the 3-D Optical Data Storage system developed at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This technology allows to record and store at least 1,000 GB of data on multiple layers of a single disc. The system uses lasers to compact large amounts of information onto a DVD and the process involves shooting two different wavelengths of light onto the recording surface. By using several layers, this technique will increase the storage capacity of a standard DVD to more than a terabyte.

For a bigger computer hard drive, just add water.

Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million GB of information.

Inphase promises 300 GByte holographic disc for 2006.

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Pioneer to ship Blu-ray drive in Q1.

Long Beach (CA) - Pioneer is the first company to announce a Blu-ray disc drive for the global market. Other than the first CD and DVD drives, the Blu-ray device will be able to read and write BD media. No change of tradition should be expected for pricing: The first generation of Blu-ray drives will carry a hefty price tag.

Intel P965, Microsoft Vista to boost adoption of SATA optical drives.

Intel"s P965 chipset and Microsoft"s Vista operating system are expected to speed up adoption of SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) and displace ATAPI (ATA packet interface) as the mainstream interface standard for optical drives in the second half of 2007, according to optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers in Taiwan.

ICONICS Products Certified for Windows 7

GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA Features Game Changing Technologies

Reminder: Win a Custom PC from Us.

Because everyone loves open book quizzes and free computers..

Modern Warfare 2 Trailer Released, Looking Good.

Still modern. Still warfare.

NEC announces high-end 21.3" LCD.

NEC announced it will begin shipping a new high-end, amorphous silicon thin film transistor liquid crystal display in sample numbers next month. The new model targets usage scenarios such as digital photo editing, digital pre-press operation and various types computer design work. According to NEC, the new model supports Adobe"s RGB technology, which is considered to be the standard color space in the professional color processing fields.

Fujitsu intros first 2.5" 7200 rpm hard drive with SATA 2.5 interface.

Tokyo (Japan) - Fujitsu today announced the first 7200 rpm notebook hard drives that come with a 3.0 Gb/s Serial ATA 2.5 interface, as opposed to the widely available 1.5 Gb/s port.

Intel\'s Core Duo shines in first THG review, dual-core system disappoints.

Westlake Village CA) and Munich (Germany) - Tom"s Hardware has published its first in-depth review of a prototype notebook equipped with Intel"s dual-core "Core Duo" processor. While the device demonstrated convincing performance, the system"s surprisingly high power consumption leaves questions to be answered in the future.

K-12 Schools Save Big on LeapFrog School Learning Solutions

K-12 Schools Can Receive 10% Off Orders Over $2,500 of LeapFrog School Learning Solutions through December 11, 2009.

A Quad Core MBP at MacWorld.

Acer definitely wins the prize for being first out the gate with a machine running Intelò€™s latest mobile chip, the cheap quad core Q9000. However, now that itò€™s all official and out in the open, people are starting to wonder whoò€™ll be next to launch a notebook with the Q9000.

Microsoft looks beyond search.

Redmond (WA) - Microsoft"s Research division today opened the doors to the firm"s annual TechFest, highlighting research projects that allow a first look at Microsoft products that we may be seeing in the not too distant future. Microsoft is showcasing more than 100 different projects, but most share one key theme: Search, organize and present data.

Cost of Blu-ray Players to Hit $50 in 2010.

Tawainese manufacturers of optical disc drives say that the cost of production for a Blu-ray disc player is set to fall to $50 in the next year.

HP Announces SSD Business Desktop PC.

Palo Alto (CA) - HP has updated its compact desktop PC offering for businesses with two new models - and its first PC that can be ordered with a NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) drive.

Sun-Oracle Deal Getting Probed by the EU.

The European Union today announced that it will launch an investigation into Oracle"s acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Prosecution Eases Up on Pirate Bay Charges.

The four people behind popular BitTorrent destination the Pirate Bay are now in court charged for copyright-related laws.

CES 2007: JVC first to offer HD HDD videocam.

Las Vegas (NV) - JVC today announced a high-definition version of its Everio hard drive camcorder series. The GZ-HD7 records video in 1080i (1920x1080 interlaced) onto a 60 GB hard drive. According to the company, that"s enough room for up to five hours of HD video at a data rate of 30 Mb/s. The new Everio is slightly larger than the current standard-definition models and integrates three CCDs and a Fujinon lens.

Microsoft Fined for Price Fixing Office Suite.

Microsoft has been slapped with a fine of approximately $11.8 million for price fixing its popular Office Home and Student 2007 suite at a recent retail promotion.

New Fallout 3 Content Editor, DLC Info.

This afternoon Bethesda announced that a mission editor for Fallout 3 is now available to download. But thatò€™s not all..

Sony To Expand Monthly Lithium Ion Battery Production Capacity From 41 Million Cells To 74 Million C.

Sony has announced that it will invest approximately $371 million toward strengthening its lithium ion battery production operations. This is the first phase of investment in lithium ion batteries Sony is undertaking as part of efforts to reinforce core areas of its component and semiconductor business over the next three years.

Pencil-thin Dell Adamo XPS Has Core 2 Duo Brains.

This ultra ultra thin doesn"t have an Atom!

Ebay To Increase PayPal Protection.

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Confirmed: Serious Sam 3 in 2010.

Serious Sam 3 is seriously slated for 2010, probably after The Second Encounter HD.

IDF wrap-up: Intel is hungry again.

San Francisco (CA) - If you are somehow interested in your computer, it"s unlikely you missed Intel"s announcement fireworks at this Spring IDF. Core, an impressive piece of technology, determined the headlines and will carry Intel through the rest of the decade, we learned. Let"s take a step back. What exactly was announced? And what does that all mean? Here"s our take.

Notebooks, graphics cards pushing DRAM market higher, says Samsung.

Analysts earlier this year were very cautious about predicting revenues for the semiconductor industry. On paper, 2006 could have spelled disaster for the industry - and Microsoft"s decision to delay Windows Vista into 2007 was to be only one factor that was seen as a possible reason for consumers to delay PC purchase decisions, which has a significant impact on semiconductor revenues.

Microsoft releases download of Vista RC1.

Microsoft is offering Vista beta testers a pre-RC1 ISO download. Users can download the file and create a bootable DVD using a common DVD burning software. Microsoft will stop the program after 100,000 successful downloads.

Microsoft releases free encrypted folder app.

Microsoft has released a free application that allows users to create an encrypted and password-protected folder. Microsoft Private Folder 1.0 works on Windows XP and Media Center Editions with Service Pack 2 and is meant to provide a consumer-level of protection. Microsoft warns that it is "not intended to provide security against hackers."

Microsoft Announces Four "Critical" Patches for Next Week.

In addition to releasing an array of fancy new consumer electronics, Microsoft has announced that next week will see the company release updates targeted at four vulnerabilities with Windows.

ATI follows up with new middle-tier Radeon X1800 GTO.

Markham (ON) - Ensuring that it doesn"t get left out of today"s headlines, especially with a thunderstorm of new products emerging from Nvidia at CeBIT today, ATI is demonstrating that it, too, can define new performance leaders in several categories simultaneously, with the announcement of its mid-tier Radeon X1800 GTO.

Vaporware 2006: Few surprises.

Wired today released its annual Vaporware list and if you"ve been somewhat interested in tech there may be few surprises. Among the winners are the games Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl and Spore as well as GT4 for PSP, the mobile applications Skype for Symbian and TivoToGo for Mac as well as general candidates such as "the" iPod killer and SED TVs.

CES 2007: Microsoft intros fancy gaming keyboard.

Las Vegas (NV) - The Reclusa gaming keyboard is yet another product that was born through the cooperation of the Redmond-company and Razer, a company that has specialized itself on developing gaming peripherals.

AMD Rolls Out Low-power Quad-core Opteron CPUs.

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AMD demos virtualization with "next-gen" Opteron processor.

Boston (MA) - Following a developer preview at the Novell Brainshare Global 2006 conference two weeks ago and a presentation in San Francisco behind closed doors in early March, AMD today unveiled its upcoming processor with virtualization technology to visitors of the Linux World tradeshow.

Microsoft: Windows 7 \'\'XP Mode\'\' Finalized.

Windows XP Mode for Windows 7 has "gone gold" and will be availabe alongside the new OS later this month.

Intel Core 2 Extreme demonstrated with 3.5 GHz.

Santa Clara (CA) - Intel today gave yet another glimpse of the capability of its soon-to-be-launched Core microarchitecture. While the processor will launch at 2.93 GHz, Intel shows the CPU already running at significantly higher speeds. Perhaps most interesting is the chip"s lower than expected power consumption - which may give Intel enough headroom to break the 4 GHz barrier.

Timetable for Moon colony announced.

NASA plans to permanently occupy an outpost at one of the Moon"s poles, officials announced on Monday.

Global DRAM output highlights DDR2 shortage in January.

Global DRAM output dropped by 0.4% sequentially to 671.8 million 256Mbit equivalent units in January with DDR output falling 0.3% and DDR2 falling 3.6%, according to DRAMeXchange. DRAMeXchange noted that demand for DDR2 accounted for 55-60% of total DRAM demand, a much higher proportion than is currently supplied.

Dell Latitude Z is the Ultimate Business Laptop.

Dell"s Latitude Z has a nice spec list and is over all, a really hot looking laptop but there are a few features in there that set it apart from your average notebook.

Japan to open world\'s first robot shop.

The world"s first specialty robot shop will be opening in Nagoya Japan in October. The Mainichi Daily News is reporting that the "Robot Mirai Department" store will be offering about 1000 robots and robot accessories. State of the art, two-legged walking robots will also be sold.

Clearspeed updates 50 GFlops accelerator board.

Bristol (UK) - Clearspeed today announced a new version of its Advance accelerator board. The device still delivers an estimated additional performance 50 GFlops, but now comes in a much smaller form factor that will allow more users and system builders to integrate the board into their workstations.

DRAM market to remain strong through 2008, says Inotera\'s Kau.

Inotera Memories president Charles Kao during the ongoing SEMICON Taiwan 2006 show that the DRAM market will remain strong through 2008, with the company going to advance the passage of a budget for a second-stage capacity expansion plan at its soon-to-be completed second 12" fab.

Texas Startup Says It Will Be Offering A Hydrogen Exotic Sports Car This Fall.

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Quantros Expands RRM Solution with New Quality Measures

Quantros Will Expand SCIP Indicators and Add VTE and ED Measures to its Regulatory Reporting Management Software; Expansion Supports October 2009 Discharges

Ebay bans Google Checkout, for now.

Checkout, Google"s idea how to pay for goods and services on the Internet, has been added to Ebay"s "not permitted" list of payment methods. According to the firm"s "Accepted Payments Policy", Ebay wants "to ensure that the marketplace offers buyers an array of safe, appropriate, and convenient payment choices for the marketplace" and Checkout seemingly hasn"t made the cut yet.

AMD launches Athlon 64 3700+ processor for notebooks.

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At last, Corel announces support for ODF, Open XML.

Ottawa (ON) - Some decisions take time. Answering the question whether to implement support for the Open Document Format in its Word Perfect software or not, took Corel more than a year. At last, the long-time supporter of ODF today announced that it will update WordPerfect Office to support the XML-based ODF as well as Microsoft"s Open Office XML format.

A teardown of iRiver\'s H10 5 GByte MP3 player.

Apple"s iPod has become a synonym for MP3 player and dominates the global portable audio player stage with an estimated 70 percent market share. But there are choices for those who look for an alternative to carry their music around. Semiconductor Insights took a detailed look at the components of iRiver"s iRiver H10 5 GByte MP3 player.

Study Claims Windows Usage Market Share Could Soon Fall Below 90%.

Chicago (IL) - A new study released by Net Applications indicates that a decreasing percentage of the Internet population is using Windows as their operating system. It appears that Mac OS X could soon be listed in the double digit-range, while Windows could fall below the 90% mark.

DRAM Module Makers Expect Demand To Recover.

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Kingston dominates DRAM third-party market.

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Nokia sees 3G handset sales doubling in 2006.

Nokia expects good growth in third generation (3G) mobile handset sales next year with global volumes set to double, Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson said on Friday.

Clearspeed Squeezes 96 GFlops Out Of 12 Watts.

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Large-size TV panel prices to slide in January.

With the hot season ending and panel supply expected to increase, DisplaySearch predicts that average prices for TFT LCD panels in January are expected to drop further. Research firm iSuppli also forecast a downtrend for panel prices across all sizes in the first half of 2006.

Targeted trojan attacks on the rise.

On 1 December 2005, two e-mail messages were sent from a computer in Western Australia to members of two different human rights organizations. Each e-mail message carried a Microsoft Word document with a previously unknown exploit that would take control of the targeted person"s computer and open up a beachhead into the group"s network.

Sun counts on AMD\'s Opteron to grow workstation business.

Santa Clara (CA) - Sun today launched three new workstation models: There are two AMD Opteron models, which, the company hopes, will increase its target market. The third new workstation is based on the Sparc processor and isn"t expected to reach many new customers: Instead, Sun believes the Ultra 45 will keep its existing 64-bit crowd happy.

Tom\'s Readers Get the Eyefinity Treatment.

Three monitors are always better than one!

Sources: NOR flash may be cause of shipment delays for iPod nano.

A shortage in the supply of NOR flash could have caused shipment delays and slow sales of Apple Computer"s of iPod nano in the past two or three weeks, according to sources at Taiwan IT makers. Rumors that a supply shortage of certain parts has caused shipment delays and slow sales of the iPod nano have been circulating for a while.

Why a Mini-notebook is Exactly What You Will Want.

Chicago (IL) - You, in this case, would represent the consumer as analysts expect mini-notebooks to become the next gold mine for system builders.

First USB 3.0 Demo Possibly at IDF Next Week.

Santa Clara (CA) - Intel today sent out a press release stating that its "Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB" is now available. This move not only clears some confusion over claims that Intel may be withholding USB 3.0 specifications, but also indicates that we should be able to see first USB 3.0 demonstrations at next weekò€™s IDF in San Francisco.

GE claims research breakthrough for flexible OLEDs.

GE Global Research is presenting details on its development of a substrate system for flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) at the Flexible Displays & Microelectronics Conference, February 6-9 in Phoenix. The system features a developmental high-temperature Lexan polycarbonate (PC) film from GE Plastics combined with a transparent, ultra-high-barrier coating to help protect the OLED device against oxygen and moisture.

Gigabyte releases 512 MByte, dual-chip graphics card.

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Oww My Eyes - Army Uses Lasers To Coax Slow Drivers Out Of The Way.

Herat (Afghanistan) - The United States Army is dazzling Afghani drivers with laser light in a bid to prevent accidents with its convoys. Convoy crews have been testing out the GLARE weapon-mounted laser by shinning the beams into the windshields of slow and dangerous cars. So far the makers of the laser system, B.E. Meyers and Company, say the tests are a resounding success.

Yahoo!: Memo, We\'re Killing GeoCities Oct. 26.

GeoCities holds a special place in a lot of our hearts. For this reason, Yahoo! felt the need to remind us that soon, GeoCities will be no more.

DDR2-667 memory going mainstream, DDR1-600 sampling.

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Dell\'s PC shipment expected to grow 20-25% in 2006, say Taiwan makers.

Dell"s PC shipments are likely to grow 20-25% on-year in 2006 despite concerns about its business outlook after a recent Bloomberg report stated that the company is postponing a planned analyst meeting from April to September and the cancellation of an estimated $700 million deal the company had with Royal Philips Electronics NV, according to sources at Taiwan PC makers. Dell is unlikely to adjust its projected order volumes to notebook contract makers in Taiwan simply due to a re-scheduling of its analyst meeting and the cancellation of its deal with Philips, the sources indicated, noting that Dell"s total notebook shipments for 2006 are expected to top 14 million units.

Abit intros Intel quad-core motherboard.

Abit announced its AW9D and AW9D-MAX motherboards which can be used with Intel"s current LGA775 processors such as the Pentium D and Core 2 Duo as well as future quad-core versions of the Core 2 Extreme CPU ("Kentsfield"). Both boards are based on Intel"s 975X chipset and support Nvidia SLI and ATI Crossfire multi-GPU technologies. The differences between the tow models are very subtle -the AW9D-MAX integrates seven instead of the AW9D "s four SATA ports as well as two PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet ports instead of only one.

Bethesda, Interplay Dispute Over Fallout MMOG.

Looks as though there may be troubled waters ahead, as Interplay"s annual performance report doesn"t reveal a company in financial peril, but rather a revelation that all is not well between the company and Bethesda Softworks. Is there a major fallout brewing on the horizon?

QOTD: Do You Use Linux/BSD With a GUI.

Free, powerful, highly customizable, fast, diverse, and constantly developing--what more can you want in an operating system? Linux is definitely the operating of choice for power users and administrators alike.

Industry Sources Claim AMD Changed Naming Scheme For 45nm.

According to industry sources, AMD has decided to modify the naming scheme for their 45nm desktop processors. While AMD is keeping the Phenom X3 and Phenom X4 branding, the model numbers have changed from four digits to five digits in length.

Atom Processors To Affect Both VIA And SiS As Intel Preps Own-brand Mobos For Embedded Markets.

Amid the announcement of Intel"s new low-power processors, Atom, and corresponding platform for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and Internet-centric computers, sources at Taiwan motherboard makers have revealed that Intel is planning to also introduce Atom processors along with supporting motherboards for the embedded market soon, a move which is likely to impact both VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS). The new Atom processor will come in two versions, single-core and dual-core, and so Intel has codenamed their respective motherboards Little Falls and Little Falls 2, the sources revealed.

Paypal Says Don\'t Use Safari Browser.

San Jose (CA) - Ebay"s online payment site Paypal has issued a warning that Apple"s Safari browser makes users more vulnerable to phishing.

Intel Invents A New Calendar, Replaces Christ With Centrino.

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Tracesmart Awarded HSBC Contract to Deliver Fraud Prevention Service

HSBC Division Employ Tracesmart"s Proprietary Existence System

Dell Aims To Cut Power Consumption Of PCs By 25%.

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User Generated Video Content Moving To Video Email For Private Viewing

John Cruz, Founder of ImageMind Software says; "Streaming video-on-demand has set the tone for user generated content, however some video is intended only for a specific pair of eyes." That is where ImageMind"s video email comes in.

Microsoft, Yahoo Enter 10-year Search Deal.

Yahoo bada bing! Microsoft and Yahoo! hold hands in hopes of toppling Google.

EMC makes massive array official.

EMC formally launched its newest high-end storage array, a tiered storage box that can store one petaByte (define) of data and help customers move files from smaller systems onto one machine.

Samsung: DDR2 production to surpass DDR1 in Q3.

Chicago (IL)

VW Cyber-Passat surfs web, plays video at freeway speeds (Picture Gallery).

San Francisco (CA) - Ultra mobile PCs or UMPCs have been heavily touted by Intel, but so far there hasn"t been any "killer app" to catch any significant attention. Intel is partnering up with Volkswagen to change that by developing UMPC-enhanced cars capable of surfing the web and playing video at freeway speeds. At the Intel Developer"s Forum, attendees gawked at a prototype 2006 Passat that could playback music, videos and podcasts. It could even stream two different videos to the backseat monitors.

Axia Software to Release Asset Investment Solution in French and Russian

Axia Software to Release Asset Investment Solution in French and Russian

New Technologies For Television Backlighting Point To Better Performance, Says ISuppli.

LCD TV makers are striving to differentiate their products and move the market to ever larger screen sizes, while rear-projection TV makers are trying to remain competitive against flat-panel TVs. Both groups increasingly are looking to advanced backlighting sources to deal with these challenges, according to discussions held at iSuppli"s Flat Information Displays (FID) 2007 conference.

OrangeHRM Partners with Factor Humano - Costa Rica

OrangeHRM aims to be the world"s leading open source HRM solution for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing a flexible and easy to use HRM system affordable for any company worldwide.

Google offers customizable search engines.

Google has launched a new service that allows users to create customized search engines.

Microsoft and Yahoo marry their instant messaging clients.

Sunnyvale (CA) and Redmond (WA) - Some instant messaging addicts won"t have to keep multiple chat programs for too much longer. Microsoft and Yahoo are testing new chat clients that let MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger users talk to each other. The combination would, according to Microsoft, form the largest instant messaging community and eclipsing the current king of the hill, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).

Wireless networks jump in popularity: survey.

New York (NY) - More than one third of Internet users have connected to the Web via a wireless connection, according to a new survey that was released yesterday. That number, which includes Wi-Fi and mobile Internet access, marks a 50% increase from three years ago.

Hardware virtualization: Software porting yesterday\'s problem.

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Everlight Plans To Commercialize Automotive LED Headlamp By Q3 08.

LED packaging house Everlight Electronics - in cooperation with Hua-chuang Automobile Information Technical Center (Haitec), an affiliate of local Taiwan automobile firm Yulon Group - claims that it has successfully resolved issues concerning heat-dissipation for LED headlamps, and Everlight estimates that the LED headlamp will soon pass heat-dissipation tests and be ready for commercialization by the third quarter of 2008. LED lamps used in automobiles can be grouped into two categories, interior and exterior lighting.

Apple Introduces Cross Border Ordering.

Apple on Tuesday opened up its online store just a little bit, enabling customers to buy products and have them delivered to another country.

Dell\'s AMD computers now available.

Round Rock (TX) - Following Michael Dell"s announcement yesterday, Dell today released configuration pages for its initial AMD-based systems this morning. The computers can be ordered now and the company promises to begin shipping the built-to-order systems later this week. Dell heavily promotes the green party, which indicates a long-term commitment to AMD.

Panda Offers Cloud-Based Antivirus.

Earlier today, Panda Security--publisher of Panda Antivirus and Panda Internet Security--announced the global beta release of the industry"s first free cloud-based antivirus "thin-client" solution.

Vonage starts offering free local traffic reports.

Vonage, an Internet telephone provider, is now offering free local traffic reports for their customers. By dialing 511 from a Vonage phone, customers in thirty areas will receive average speed and accident reports about the local freeways.

Microsoft\'s EU Hearing Scheduled for June.

Microsoft last week responded to EU antitrust charges pertaining to its Internet Explorer web browser. Today reports say the Redmond companyò€™s hearing is scheduled for June.

Google became unwitting mediary for Kama Sutra worm, affected 50,000.

Mountain View (CA) - Due to posts on Google"s official Google Video blog group that contained a link to a computer worm, the Internet search giant is now apologizing, with reports that some 50,000 viewers and subscribers to the group were potentially affected.

QOTD: What Remote Control Software Do You Use.

When you have more than one computer and you"re traveling, it helps to be able to access all your machines remotely.

Tracesmart Win Excellence in eBusiness Award

People Search Company Honoured by Chamber of Commerce

Vista Following the Footsteps of Windows ME.

Do you remember Windows ME? If not, maybe it is because you skipped it all together or that the experience was bad enough that you choose not to remember.

Disney Uses Asus Netbook to Make \'Netpal\'.

Asus and Disney have gotten together and come up with a Disney-branded Asus netbook, which theyò€™re calling a netpal.

Symantec warns of Mac OS X trojan.

Symantec has issued a warning to Mac owners about a new malware software that exploits a vulnerability in the "launchD" service. The software could let an attacker get administrator or root access on any Macintosh system running OS X version 10.4.6 or earlier. Apple released a patch in version 10.4.7 this Wednesday.

Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Coming In 2010.

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HP Launches Premium-looking Mini 5101 Netbook.

HP today announced the HP Mini 5101, which might actually be the nicest looking netbook we"ve ever seen, even if it is a bit pricey.

Intel expands network processor line.

With a goal of boosting already robust network processor market segment sales, Intel today announced two new families of network processor units (NPUs) for traditional communications applications and for the emerging embedded networking segment.

A Peek at Windows 7 Starter\'s 3 App Cap.

Although Windows 7 Starter Edition will likely be the least used version by readers of this site, its artificial limitations do have our attention.

Intel launches first dual-core Xeon processor, challenges AMD\'s Opteron.

San Francisco (CA) - "Paxville" is Intel"s first shot in the volume server and workstation segment: The new processor, in its core a version of the Pentium D 800 series, will go head-to-head with AMD"s dual-core Opteron, so far the only dual-core option for servers and workstations. Intel announced that it will use aggressive pricing to push Paxville into the market.

Intel Releases New Midrange Chips.

Intel has released several new mid-range processors all based on its 45nm process technology from both the Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad lines. PC gaming vendors are expected to manufacture new systems based on these processors shortly.

What Intel DTS Means for Enthusiasts.

At the Intel Developer Forum this year, Intel disclosed some additional information regarding the Digital Thermal Sensors (DTS) on its 45nm processors, as well as the DTS in the upcoming Core i7 processors. Developers and enthusiasts have now had time to process the provided information, so how has this information been received?

Steve Jobs to Skip Apple Shareholder Meeting.

Following all the hoopla there was about Jobs not attending Macworld, weò€™re sure the shareholders and pundits will have a field day with this piece of news. The Apple CEO is not expected the companyò€™s annual shareholder meeting scheduled for this week.

Wireless carriers face slowdown of subscriber growth.

As the global wireless industry convenes today for its biggest event of the year, the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, carriers participating in the event face a major challenge: how to maintain revenue growth amid a dramatic slowdown in new handset subscribers. At the 3GSM event, manufacturers are expected to show their latest products, ranging from high-end music-enabled wireless handsets and smart phones that are designed to appeal to sophisticated users in developed regions, to Ultra Low-Cost Handsets (ULCHs) that are targeted at low-income users in the third world.

Smart glasses switch focus in an instant.

Glasses that change from "long distance" to "reading" mode at the flick of a switch could prove a revelation for many wearers.

Fill Obama\'s Shoes in Commander in Chief.

Think you can do better than Obama come January? See if you have what it takes in the upcoming PC game, Commander in Chief.

Google to offer subscription-based office software.

Mountain View (CA) - Expanding its competition against Microsoft"s market leading Office suite, Google today announced that it is going to offer a premium package of online software apps for an annual fee.

Microsoft to consider free versions of Works apps.

Redmond (WA) - Reuters this morning reported that Microsoft could soon be offering free online versions of its word processing and spreadsheet applications from its "Works" suite of applications. The online would be supported by ads embedded into software - much like Google Spreadsheets and Writely.

AMD To Offer More Processors For Embedded Systems.

AMD announced a number of platform-stable, energy-efficient additions to its embedded roadmap at the AMD Taiwan Embedded Forum this week. The high performance AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core TL-56 and TL-62 processors can deliver the 64-bit application performance and low power requested by designers in the industrial control, digital signage and point-of-sale embedded markets, while the energy-efficient AMD Sempron processor 3700+ offers additional performance in a consistent and very low-power thermal envelope for value-based designs, according to the company.

AMD launches 3.0 GHz Opteron single cores.

Sunnyvale (CA) - While Intel is busy prepping its next-generation Woodcrest server and workstation processors, AMD sails ahead with a final performance upgrade for its single-core Opteron CPU. AMD claims that the new chips will provide a "performance boost" and remain in the 95 watt power envelope of other single- and dual-core Opteron processors.

IDF: Intel Demonstrates 16 GB DDR3 MetaRAM.

This year at IDF, Intel demonstrated new high-capacity DDR3 memory featuring MetaRAM technologies

LCD needs aggressive pricing strategy to compete with PDP.

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Yahoo To Convert Music Users To Rhapsody.

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Jolly Technologies" New Asset Tracking Software Now Available

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Intel Aiming To Almost Double Notebook CPU Shipments By 2011.

Intel plans to aggressively expand its shipments of notebook CPUs aiming to almost double its total of 2007 within the next few years, according to sources close to the company. Since Intel launched its Centrino platform in 2003, shipments have grown from 38 million notebook CPUs in the first year to 79 million in 2006.

ECS goes dual platform with single-board Intel/AMD solution.

At the ongoing Computex 2005 show in Taipei, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showcasing its PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, which allows users to adapt their PC to a number of different computing platforms by adding a SIMA converter card to the motherboard.

AMD counters Intel\'s Conroe with dual-socket gaming platform.

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Diskeeper Can Help Prevent HDD Fragmentation.

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Steve Jobs Returns to Work.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs returned to work.

Report: Apple Chief Had Liver Transplant.

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Windows 7 Build 7100 is RC, But Beware of Fakes.

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