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Forrester Group recently presented the results of a 3 months study about digital music sells on Apple"s iTunes, and the conclusions don"t look that good for the Cupertino-based company.
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Convicted sex offenders in the United Kingdom could be forced to register their screen names along with their email addresses. Home Office Secretary John Reid has proposed a new law that would mandate prison terms for sex offenders who fail to give their online identities to the nationwide Sex Offenders Register.
Sunnyvale (CA) - AMD has begun offering a new processor in its mainstream dual-core lineup. The 5200+ joins the Athlon 64 X2 series as new flagship. There no clock speed increase, but AMD has integrated twice the cache of the 5000+ and re-enters the $400+ segment of CPUs.
FabulaTech updates Virtual COM Port Kit Windows CE version: small issues fixed, the program is fully ready for download
Intel pulled back the curtain Friday on some of its future research projects to continue making transistors smaller, faster and less power-hungry out as far as 2020.
Dell announced a new version of its Power Vault direct attached storage (DAS) enclosure. The new model MD1000 is compatible with 3.5" SAS hard drives, which the company claims, provide a 30% increase in data throughput and twice the storage capacity of 2.5" SAS drives. The company claims that the device is the industry"s first storage enclosure based on the proposed Storage Bridge Bay (SBB) specification, which aims to standardize external disk subsystem technologies.
Texas Instruments has extended its PowerVR MBX Lite graphics engine licence, the chip maker said today.
The first 11 teams for a race in which robot cars will jostle with real ones along mocked-up city streets have been announced. The teams must construct autonomous vehicles to navigate an unfamiliar urban environment in the shortest time possible.
Danielle LeDuc recovers revenue, confirms compensations and forecasts at Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced a functional 65nm embedded DRAM customer product which contains millions of DRAM bits and was silicon verified first time right. This 65nm embedded DRAM process and IP provide a higher bandwidth, lower power consumption, and a close to 50% smaller cell and macro size than previous high density memory generations, according to TSMC.
Intel"s products for the digital home and digital office in 2005 will give consumers and IT managers more capabilities than just raw performance, and the company plans to highlight those products as it did with its Centrino mobile technology, Intel executives say.
Samsung said it shipped more than 15 million units of its Graphics Double Data-Rate (GDDR3) graphic memory in 2004. The memory currently is available in a 128 MByte version for notebooks as well as 256 and 512 MByte versions for desktops. Clock speeds of the 8x32 graphics memory are 500 and 700 MHz and offers 56 percent more performance than GDDR1 memory. (THG)
The worldwide PC market continued its solid expansion, in the first quarter of 2006, with year-on-year growth of 12.9%, despite an expected decline from growth of 15.9% in 2005, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Nearly all regions were in line or slightly ahead of forecasts for the first quarter, helping boost worldwide shipment growth for the first quarter to 12.9%, slightly higher than IDC"s March forecast of 11.8%.
Though taiwan-based PC specialists, including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Aopen, and Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), had announced their move to enter the LCD TV market during the past year, the makers seem to have slowed down their respective progress in the segment, due to a lack of competitiveness without support from panel suppliers, according to the Chinese-language Apple Daily
The worldwide market for array processing equipment for TFT-LCDs will increase 20% in 2008 after dropping 36.5% in 2007, according to The Information Network, a US-based market research company. "The LCD equipment market was in a tailspin in the past two years, dropping 50% since 2006," noted Dr.
Audio4fun.com today announced their celebration plans for the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. They have prepared several tutorials for two of their most popular software titles on how to add fun and creativity to anyoneòEUR s Fourth of July celebration.
Nvidia says that special-purpose software relying on GPGPU will propel GPU sales, not PC gaming.
Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology today dismissed rumors that the two motherboard makers have been in talks of a merger. MSI chairman Joseph Hsu dismissed a media report circulating in China that cited a senior MSI executive, Henry Lu, as claiming the company had started contacting Gigabyte five years ago over a possible merger.
competence driven recruitment takes a leap
Do you think that this is the future of gaming?
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There is a new online dating website that promises to only let beautiful people join. The aptly named hotenough.org functions like a regular dating website with pictures and profiles, but members must maintain an 8 out of 10 rating to continue their membership.
Stock traders and flight simulator addicts will probably drool over Seamless Display"s new triple-monitor display. The Radius320 display uses special lenses to virtually erase the pesky seam lines between the monitors and gives an almost uninterrupted picture.
If you like to transcode video from your laptop, Tigris will do it rather well.
Acer will introduce Intel vPro technology to its Veriton Professional business desktop PC lineup in order to enhance productivity and efficiency of small-, medium-, and large-businesses. Acer indicated that the introduction of vPro technology will be one of the most cost-effective evolution of currently available technology, according to Maarten De Haas, Acer America"s vice president, marketing and product management.
Controlling robots in complex environments is not an easy task, but it would greatly increase their usages. Yet living organisms are facing complexity and successfully dealing with it. So why not apply lessons from nature to robotics? This is what did researchers from Japan and U.K. who built an interface between a plant and an omnidirectional hexapod robot.
Austin (TX) - Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have turned on the Texas Petawatt laser on March 31 for, well, a very brief period of time. The specs of the device are mind-boggling: It has the power output of thousands of power plants and is brighter than the surface of the sun. Yet, the total power output of the atom-splitting laser is just enough to keep a light bulb burning for only a few seconds.
Tokyo (Japan) - Toshiba is the next data storage giant announcing its entry into the increasingly popular solid state disk (SSD) storage market.
Santa Clara (CA) - Intel has entered a range of Core 2 Duo processors with Merom core into its product discontinuance program.
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Taking yet another step towards integrating the once-anathema AMD processors in its family of products, Dell has begun to sell Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 chips alongside it"s own CPUs for Precision Workstations through its online store.
The recent shortage of Intel"s 845 and 865 chipsets is helping Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) enjoy demand that exceeds supply and the company is forecasting a strong second-half financial outlook. In contrast, VIA Technologies commented that rising shipments of entry-level chipsets are now limiting the company"s profit growth.
A handheld device sensitive to changes in colour not detectable by the human eye could be used to spot objects hidden by camouflage or foliage.
Businesses large and small are using ZapitSMS PC to Mobile text messaging to enhance their current system of staff, client and customer communications.
It"s smaller than ever!
Hillsboro (OR) - With countries in Asia-Pacific leveraging huge tax incentives to convince chip manufacturers to build plants in their countries, it is not a secret that such investments are getting less attractive in the US. Oregon Senator Gordon Smith today said that the US needs to "get its act together" quickly - and Governor Ted Kulongoski even conceded that his State "can"t compete with China or Singapore" on a financial basis.
A method of sorting carbon nanotubes by their size and electrical properties could make them easier to use in everything from nano-electronics to tear-proof textiles.
Just about a week after announcing upcoming availability of AMD"s FX-60 processor in its performance systems, Alienware added Intel"s most recent Extreme Edition processor, the 65 nm dual-core 955 chip to its website.
"What is the best way to copy iPhone files to computer? Now with the newly released ImTOO iPhone Transfer software, all iPhone files backup process is simple and secure."
It"s about time.
The US hosted more than one third of the websites containing malicious code identified during 2006. The country also relayed more spam than any other nation last year, according to a study by net security firm Sophos.
IBM"s Zurich labs have developed a new heatsink and water-cooling that promises to cool chips up to six times better than conventional air cooling. The heatsink contains tiny channels similar to the capillaries you would see in tree leaves and in human circulator systems. The channels allow either water or heatsink compound to spread more uniformly and thereby dissipate more heat.
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Markham (ON) - ATI today heated up the battle in the midrange of the graphics field, offering a new contender for Nvidia 7900 GS graphics cards. The manufacturer claims that the new Radeon X1950 Pro will offer 10 to 35% more more gaming performance than its its competitor and - for the first time- includes native Crossfire support by default.
As part of its exhibition at National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show this week in Aniheim, Calif., Apple Computer could be seen demonstrating a new version of its Logic music composition and production software designed to run natively on the first Intel Macs.
Yes, it will run Crysis.
The Nintendo DS handheld console has added handwriting recognition to its features, with a deal being announced this week with Zi Corporation to bring the Decuma handwriting technology to the platform.
Flat-panel monitors have become more and more affordable, and the trend is accentuating. According to our confrere Purchasing.com, prices on 17" LCD computer monitors fell 19 percent between July and September, and the trend won"t turn around anytime soon.
Santa Clara (CA) - While we are still waiting for the general availability of most of ATI"s recently announced X1000 graphics chip family, Nvidia is bolstering its holiday portfolio. Today, the company announced the 6800 GS, a new GPU that aims to compete with what is expected to be ATI"s most bang for the buck - the X1600 XT.
Intel plans to change part of the high-capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for supporting its dual-core CPU from 0402 X5R 1 μF to 0402 X5R 2.2μF, and the move will affect supply of other MLCC series, making Japan-based MLCC providers hesitant to support the plan, according to sources in the channel. Intel has decided to make the change since tight supply for 0402 X5R 1μF MLCCs continues to persist, the sources indicated.
San Francisco (CA) - Yahoo"s online photo sharing service Flickr receives an update today to allow users to edit individual pictures in their digital albums.
With Taiwan chipset makers initially focusing their integrated PCIe chipset development on the AMD K8 platform, they may not be able to take advantage of Intel"s plans to phase out its 915PL/GL series chipsets, sources at motherboard makers commented to DigiTimes
Google released a new version of its toolbar Sunday night, and added one designed for the enterprise.
Redmond (WA) - Microsoft"s monthly security update for February has gone live. Though it marks the first update since the consumer release of Windows Vista, none of the 20 fixes are for the new operating system.
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Chicago (IL) - A website vaguely describing what could be a handheld device is heating up rumors on the Internet, OrigamiProject.com, registered to Microsoft, is believed to outlined a new approach to generate a product category between the PDA and the Tablet PC, which appears to fit very well into Intel"s description of a Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC).
Technology Trends reports about the robotic bagpipe player "McBlare" that is controlled by a computer that has many traditional bagpipe tunes in its memory. This robotic player "can also add authentic sounding ornaments to simple melodies entered through a piano-like keyboard and play the result on the bagpipes," as CMU describes it.
Global DRAM output continued to escalate in October with total output reaching 685.8 million 256Mbit equivalent units, which represents a sequential growth of over 9%, according to figures from DRAMeXchange. Despite memory makers being conservative about the acceptance of DDR2 in the market, figures indicated that global DDR2 output continues to ramp regardless of those uncertainties.
AMD to demonstrate the third dimension.
Ontario (California) - Hobbyists and professionals from all walks of life are trying their hand at making podcasts and it doesn"t take thousands of dollars to get started. Speaking at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario California, Paul Figgiani, a Senior Production Engineer at GigaVox, told attendees that basic podcasting rigs can be bought for less than $100. But while the entry costs may be low, Figgiani warned that listeners today are much less forgiving of poor audio quality.
Chicaho (IL) - It"s no secret that computer keyboards and mice are among the most likely places to harbor immense populations of bacteria. Iogear promises at least a partial solution to this common problem with a new mouse that claims to kill germs by simply getting in contact with its surface.
Enhanced technology streamlines sales transaction process for auto dealers
Although the specifications were not officially announced, details regarding the upcoming GeForce GTX 275 have surfaced.
Samsung Electronics was the top LCD TV manufacturer with a 13.2% share of the market in the third quarter of 2006, closely followed by Sharp. Jabil was the only manufacturer in the top ten that was not also a TV brand, according to DisplaySearch.
Barcelona (Spain) - At the 3GSM World Conference in Spain, Sandisk introduced a new SD card product that will be making its way to the US next month. The new microSD Multi SD Kit includes a a microSD card that comes with both a miniSD and standard SD card adapters.
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Microsoft and top South Korean car manufacturer, Hyundai-Kia have announced that they are to pair up and design an in-car music/information system.
New York (NY) - Open minded people are more likely to purchase a Mac, according to a new survey released by Mindset Media. The company interviewed 7500 people and found that liberal thinkers were 60 percent more likely to buy a Mac. These same people were also less modest and more sure of their own superiority than the rest of the population.
The Internet added 4.4 million new hostnames during July - the single largest gain of new sites in a single month, according to Internet services firm Netcraft. The growth surpassed the previous records set in June of this year, which saw a 3.96 million site gain.
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New York (NY) - By now, we have learned that power efficiency has become one of the dominant cost factors impacting the operating of computer systems. A new study, commissioned by AMD, is putting numbers on the power consumption of data centers in the U.S. and around the world.
Oculis LabsTM, a leading innovator in data-in-use security, today announced that it has been awarded the annual Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award.
Las Vegas (NV) - We checked out Roadmaster"s booth at CES today - although it didn"t really fit the trend of most other in-car products around the show. While Roadmaster does not have a whole lot of entertainment products, it does have interesting Bluetooth technology devices and rear-view video camera systems. And then there was a programmable license plate frame.
Market research firm John Peddie Research has released a report that indicates the end of the market for the popular integrated graphics processor (IGP) chipset.
Albatron has released a bridge card that allows users in an AGP 8x card in a PCI Express mainboard. The device breathes new life in a technology that will be phased out over the next year.
Palit has announced its new custom designed addition to the GT200 series, the GTS 250 2 GB, 1 GB and 512 MB.
Natural User Interface Europe AB (NUI) partners with N-trig to integrate NUI"s multi-touch software on N-trig platforms
Culver City (CA) - Television networks NBC Universal and Fox are to combine their TV shows into a single online video site which will counter the popularity of video-sharing sites such as YouTube.
AMD will upgrade its Athlon 64 X2 and 64-FX processor lines early next year - potentially the chips" final Socket 939 incarnations before the company debuts its M2 interconnect in Q2 2006.
IES"s award winning software continues its steady climb in industry prominence with an ever-increasing market share and sustained positive feedback. The company"s Ocean AMS Web-Application is said to "drive down fines" and "increase profitability."
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Tecagora joins the HP Developer & Solution Partner Program as a commitment to develop quality software products for its users
Taiwan"s first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) collectively shipped 7.778 million motherboards in April, up 18.6 percent on year, according to the makers. Among the vendors, only MSI saw an on-year decline in its April motherboard shipments.
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Kineo Open Source has donated $3000AUS to Moodle, the open source learning management system.
Users always looking for the ultimate performance for their PC will get yet another opportunity to upgrade the horsepower and torque of their system. Tyan said it is shipping its Thunder K8QW (S4881) motherboard that will carry up to four Opteron 800-series processors and up to eight chips, if customers decide to upgrade the board with the available add-on modules HT4881 and M4881.
The upcoming ATI R-series graphics cards are expected to hit the market in October, with the R520, RV530, and RV515 expected to come out in early, mid and late October, respectively, according to unspecified graphics card makers. The R520 flagship graphics cards will be renamed as the Radeon X1800 series, with an initial price tag of US$599, said the makers.
Clairvoyante, a display technology developer and patent-licensing company in the US, claims panels using its patented PenTile Matrix technology consume less power, are brighter, have a higher contrast ratio, a lower production cost and higher yields than standard panels. Major display makers such as Samsung Electronics and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) have displayed panel prototypes using the company"s technology. DigiTimes recently had the chance to interview company president and CEO Joel M. Pollack about its business model, competitiveness and future plans.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will announce the Rev G Turion 64 X2 and Mobile Sempron CPU lineups, which will debut as the chip vendor"s first 65 nm-made mobile processors, in 2007, according to motherboard makers familiar with AMD"s latest CPU roadmap. The Tyler series - replacement parts for the AMD Turion 64 X2 (codenamed Taylor) CPUs - will be launched in the second quarter of next year, noted the makers.
Second-tier NAND flash makers confirmed that they would raise contract prices in September upon ramping demand and most of them expect this wave of strong demand to persist through the middle of the fourth quarter, according to sources at the makers.
Damage control at Iomega - two days ahead of the release of its second quarter results, the company announced a "restructuring plan" to be able to return to profitability. According to a statement released today, Iomega intends to "realign its product lines" and lay off 120 of its 360 employees. While the company declined to comment on details, a statement said that Iomega will focus on harddrive-based products, as well as its NSS and Rev series. Apparently, the future product strategy does not include CD/DVD burners and the product Iomega"s success is built on: The famous Zip drive.
Long heralded Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) Intel motherboards have started to go for sale in Japan.
ATI"s Radeon X550 chip doesn"t appear on the company"s website, but that hasn"t stopped Taiwanese vendor Info-Tek announcing a pair of graphics cards based on the part.
GemTek Technology expects its shipments of WLAN-related devices to expand 50% on-year from this year"s projected shipments of 20 million units to reach 30 million units in 2006, according to company chairman and CEO Howard Chen at an investor conference on November 30.
AMD"s drive to 64-bit processors surprised everyone with its speed, even as detractors commented that there would be little or no performance gain on the desktop without a 64-bit OS and 64-bit applications. Whatever the doubts within the industry, Intel lost little time in offering its own version of AMD64, in the form of the EM64T extensions.
Originally codenamed Newcard (introduced under this name in February 2003 at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose), ExpressCard technology represents the new generation of hot-pluggable I/O expansion cards that the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) is positioning to replace CardBus as the preferred solution for notebooks and desktop computers.
On-year growth in the smartphone market in 2005 is estimated to exceed 70% and for the next several years, the market will continue to grow robustly, reports In-Stat.
Los Angeles (CA) - Another move as it tries to brand itself as a safe site for children is that Myspace will begin showing users when Amber alert has been called in their zip code, after teaming up with the law enforcement program.
Even though Intel currently has a 70% share of the x86 embedded processor market, AMD is expected to raise its market share in the sector to over 20% in 2007 after it has begun adding dual-core processors to it"s embedded processor lineup, according to Taiwan-based IPC makers.
Looks like Nvidia"s upcoming GeForce GTX 275 is peeking out of its cage, gracing online retail shops.. or at least, that was originally the case.
Mountain View (CA) - Google accounted for more than 65% of all Internet search requests in November, a new record for the online giant.
Security researchers discovered that new malicious code spread through the black market is making its way onto some of the largest corporate Web sites in the world. San Jose-based Finjan, a security company specializing in Web gateway solutions, announced today that it uncovered a database containing more than 8700 harvested FTP account credentials, including usernames, passwords and server addresses, spread through a malicious toolkit, which cyber criminals use to harvest the information.
Chicago (IL) - There is an incredible amount of enthusiasm in the field of alternative energy sources these days. We are seeing new "breakthrough" announcements almost every day, but a great part of this research is decades away from being a viable technology for everyday use. But we also have news about more realistic approaches: For example, a scientist from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass) claims to have reached a critical milestone in the creation of biofuels with traditional gasoline characteristics. And: The conversion apparently can happen with "almost" no carbon footprint.
Although LCD panel makers wish to increase their prices for the notebook segment, downstream vendors are aggressively resisting the hikes, with prices likely to stay flat in April compared to March, according to WitsView. WitsView said demand for notebook panels will gradually rise, as notebook OEM shipments are expected to increase an average of 2% per month in the second quarter.
AMD could have a monster midrange card on the horizon. According to sources, RV740 may be a 40nm process shrink of RV770LE - the currently available HD 4830.
Intel will on Tuesday offer a further glimpse into the future of its Itanium processor family, shining the spotlight on a new model code-named Poulson, according to a story at news.com.
Tokyo (Japan) - NEC today said that it has made first steps to bring a new technology to market that promises to protect VoIP from "Spam over IP" . In first test, the technology has achieved a 99% success rate, the company claims.
London (England) - Mobile music, video, and online content services, currently still kind of a niche market, will reach a revenue of $150 billion per year by 2011, according to a new report by research firm Informa Telecoms & Media.
Leading manufacturers of DVD+R/-R discs in Taiwan, in light of growing orders and fully occupied production capacity, have increasingly been choosing the orders for more profitable 16x discs and contracting out the production of 8x discs or for relatively small volumes to second-tier or smaller makers, according to the leading makers.
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Prices for DDR2 chips have recently fallen to US$5.50 per chip from US$6.50-7.00 a month ago due to excess inventory, according to sources.
In the past week, hundreds of Danish newspapers, blogs and other websites have been hit by hackers. Most of these attacks were Denial of Service attacks, which are easily done by sending a flood of traffic against a website. In other attacks, hackers defaced the websites to show anti-Danish messages including calls for boycotts and violence.
Inno3D is offering PC enthusiasts double the cooling and a better value for the buck with its new GeForce GTX 260 with FreezerX2
Hewlett-Packard announced a new server blade based on its ProLiant DL160 series, which is available with AMD quad-core Opteron (Barcelona core) servers. The G5 model can be equipped with Opteron models 2352 (2.1 GHz) or 2356 (2.3 GHz).
Gigabyte follows Asus as one of the first manufacturers to offer a SLI-capable mainboard to run two graphics cards. The GA-K8NXP-SLI board was introduced as a member of Gigabyte"s 8ç“ series and is positioned as high performance motherboard.
OCZ offers a new family of memory that caters to the reliability needs of high-end systems and servers. The company aims the Titanium series at mission critical systems power users and server applications and promises customers special quality control as well as dedicated technical support and service.
Hewlett-Packard researches announced that they have developed a tiny memory chip that could bring data storage capabilities to virtually and product. According to HP, the CMOS-based device is about the size of a rice grain and provides a capacity ranging from 64 kB to 512 kB - which isn"t exciting by today"s standards and storage hungry multimedia applications, but it"s enough to store lots of text, a few decent digital images or a (very) short video clip.
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Sparkle Computer Co. this week announced a technology for cooling its video cards called Diamond-like-Carbon (DLC) coating. Stated as a new process to help dissipate heat from heatsinks, Sparkle sets sights on overclockers.
An undertaker in Northern Ireland has begun broadcasting funerals over the internet so that people can mourn a deceased loved one no matter where in the world they are at the time of the funeral.
Informative two-part series on how to increase your profits by focusing on your warehouse.
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Transoft Solutions" Service and Support on top of AutoTURN"s Impressive Features and Functions makes CDOT"s Choice Easy
Qsan will showcase P300H (Redundant iSCSI RAID controllers) and P500H (Redundant 10GbE iSCSI RAID controllers) in the upcoming Computex Taipei 2009 exhibition.
Jay Deakins, president of enterprise software solution provider Deacom, Inc., is a finalist in the Executive of the Year - Computer Software category of The 2009 American Business Awards(SM).
Partnership to expand brand in the residential construction industry
Natural User Interface Europe AB, a pioneer in the multitouch technology jointly organized an event with Adobe focusing multi-touch technology in relation to Adobe"s software development platform Flash.
TEC-IT releases the new version of the barcode label printing and reporting software TFORMer. This versatile output solution helps customers to unify output requirements and reduces operating and maintenance costs.
The new Next Generation security features ensure your data is as secure as the gold in Fort Knox
Just don"t try to put water in it.
The Certification Center at SoftServe University of SoftServe Inc., the global provider of software development and consulting services, will provide the Certified Business Analysis Professional examinations starting on May 22, 2009.
Heather Kelly has held management and leadership positions in a variety of businesses, mostly in the software development industry.
With the price of SSD storage continuously dropping, itò€™s not surprising to see some ultra cheap SSDs hitting the market in time to take advantage of the current penny pinching economy.
We had the chance to briefly talk to Asus tonight, prior to CES" full opening in the morning. One thing we learned from Asus is that the company is preparing to launch what it claims is the world"s first 512 GB SSD ultra-portable.
Those who live by laptops and travel frequently, or those who prefer to hack up their portables and install customized operating systems, know that size and weight greatly affect the overall computing experience. One of the most recognizable platforms in this market is the Asus line of Eee PCs--essentially a staple in the netbooks category.
The BLR Employee Training Center, Training.BLR.com, named Best Workforce Training Solution by the Software & Information Industry Association
Prime Technologies and Integrated Project Services introduce a comprehensive program for enterprise and local level calibration management
Computex isnò€™t just about whatò€™s inside your machine and proof of that is Flash maker Corsair"s first foray into the case market.
KWizCom is proud to announce that all new releases of KWizCom"s SharePoint and Dynamics CRM add-ons are compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Standard (WCAG).
New agreement to make AvePoint"s SharePoint infrastructure management solutions available within the Organice Product Suite
The rapid e-learning software provider"s PPE score of 96/100 demonstrates outstanding overall customer satisfaction relative to similar companies. The evaluation was performed through the Dunn & Bradstreet Open Ratings Systems Review.
Pretty much nobody likes Mondays. You wake up early, you shower (or you know, you don"t) and you slouch to work wishing it were a real day, like Thursday or Friday.
The United Kingdom gets its discounted Windows 7 Upgrades. Minus the IE8.
myCOOP Business Continuity Software Combines Pandemic Planning with Incident Command for Complete Pandemic Management
600 MB/sec. sustained write. Wow.
Sandra L. Groscost has Shown 30 Years of Dedication as a Certified Project Management Professional
Hosted "Metrix OnDemand" solution to help field service organizations through recession
Design houses from the automotive industry have penned the lines for more than just cars. In fact, some even dabble into computer parts.
Super Talent had its RAIDdrive GS card on display and on demo at the show floor here at Computex.
Latest Version Includes Updated Microsoft Visual Studio and Windows CE Support
4U Computing has released 4U M2TS Converter Version 1.6.8, a HD/AVCHD video converter for converting M2TS, MTS, M2T HD/AVCHD files to many other video and audio formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, iPod/iPhone, PSP, 3GP, MP4, DivX, XviD and MP3.
With the ever increasing demand for more storage by users that are always on-the-go, Fujitsu launches a set of hard drives at half of a terabyte (500 GB).
Tool helps to fix damaged Microsoft Excel files. Recover data from damaged workbooks and worksheets of Microsft Excel. Tool can repair *.xls, *,xlt, *.xlsx, xlsm, *.xltm, *.xltx, *.xlam files of Excel 97, 2000, XP, 2002, 2003, 2007.
There"s no doubt about it: one of the best ways to boost your computer"s performance, is to upgrade your hard drive to a cutting edge solid state drive (SSD).
If you are looking for new ERP or MRP application and your company is reasonably small (including mid-size office buildings inhabitants)....
Seagate is boasting that its SV35.5 Series is the next step in the HDD evolution, geared to deliver optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems.
While we were testing a pile of new SSDs we found two models that were particularly interesting - in a questionable manner. The company called Solidata provides two high performance SSDs called the X1 at 64 GB and the X2 at 128 GB. As you might guess, the X1 is a SLC-flash based device while the X2 is based on MLC flash.
Avangate Enhances Affiliate Business by adding more efficient promotional campaigns and tools to boost product exposure on the Internet.
Disk drive manufacturers of the world, unite!
Last week, Tom"s Hardware reported that an escalating number of Barracuda 7200.11, ES.2 SATA and DiamondMax 22 drives were failing due to a fatal flaw in the firmware which caused the drive to suddenly lock itself up and prevent the BIOS from even detecting it in the system. There is no way of fixing this unfortunately, and the drive needs to be returned for replacement.
Itò€™s been a rough past week for Seagate, and even more so for owners of new large-capacity Seagate hard disk drives.
Taipei (Taiwan) - Intel has begun offering NAND flash-based solid state disk drives (SSDs) for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and entry-level desktop and notebook computers, referred to as Nettops and netbooks. They might not offer a whole lot of capacity, but they are one of the first SSDs we can actually call affordable.
The new version 7.0 of AV Voice Changer Software line has been officially announced by Avnex Ltd., just a few days before this year"s big fun holiday, April Fool"s Day. Details about the functions and new features and upgrades can be found at www.audio4fun.com/promotion.htm.
Hard drive manufacture appear to be increasingly under pressure from advances in the solid state disk arena, with some manufacturers claiming that 512 GB drives will be available with current technologies. At least from a capacity view, NAND flash seems to be surpassing 1.8" hard drives and closing the gap with 2.5" drives.
WD today announced its Scorpio Black series of 2.5" hard drives, offering up to 320 GB capacity and a disk rotation speed of 7200 rpm. The drives consumes about 2.5 watts during read/write processes, which is about 20% more than the power consumption of low-power 2.5" drives. Idle power consumption is about 0.85 watts.
Reports show that Toshiba has high hopes regarding its presence in the SSD Market over the next few years and is committing to having 50 percent of the SSD market under its belt in as little as two years time.
The future of storage is heading away from the spinning magnetic disks inside most of our computers and towards solid state drives.
HTPC and Quiet PC users are always fighting the battle towards the Ultimate Quiet and the Lower Power consumption system. Western Digital has tossed a new drive into your sights ò€“ The Caviar Green 1 TB drive.
A new web-delivered service from Textic, the web text-to-speech (TTS) specialists, enables users to hear the original English text of a website translated into a spoken foreign language, alongside the foreign text in a closed caption at the top of the screen.
Emanio, Inc. provides Trading Partner Integrator EDI integration software to small businesses at affordable prices.
Observer Platform Seamlessly Tracks Network and Application Performance in Virtual and Physical Environments
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Leading "smart technology" software designer Ariolic Software, Ltd. has released a new version of real-time hard drive health monitor to monitor the status of your hard-drive.
Live well now with your SD cards, NTFS and ADMA.
AutoTrack v8.5; in this release, full compatibility and integration with Bentley V8i,
What"s a gigawatt?
Audiofy to automate Orders, Invoices and Customer Support processes with NetSuite
Transoft Solutions" Innovative New Roundabout Software Impresses Webcast Participants, Leads to Quick Sales
Jaspersoft and leading software distributor AsiaSoft partner to meet growing demand for Jaspersoft"s professional BI suite
Weò€™ve seen them before, but LCD-equipped cases continue to grab attention. Silverstone added several models to its collection.
Corsair Memory said it has begun shipping a PC3200 CAS2 model of the blinking "Xpert" series memory modules. The new model is named TwinXP1024-3200C2 and represents a matched pair of 512 MByte DDR DIMMs.
According to Blizzard, there will be no LAN support for StarCraft II, nor will the game be available on the current game consoles.
Apple to pull in $208 per iPad.
Just when you think all Google has up its sleeve is the removal of some beta labels, the company unveils its plans for an operating system based around its Chrome web browser.
Lynx Systems Inc. introduces two new services for users of Intuit MRI, Yardi Systems and other property management software. The Four Day System Assessment gets the most from your property management software and the Ten Day Process Review ensures management has access to strategic information.
High-end case maker Lian-Li has found the solution to adding double slot cards to a motherboard"s lowest slot: They"ve added more slots!
Long respected for its rugged quality, Chieftec has updated parts of its line with trendy design and enhanced features.
Key Solutions and Intermec Media Products will host a Lunch and Learn session March 12, 2009 at 11 a.m. to discuss how to increase worker productivity.
ViewONE Pro adds document viewing & extended functionality to Axcelerate eDiscovery v4.0
Forte Interactive collaborates with Adobe in providing innovative web-based software applications that extend and enhance Adobe products
While most computer companies faced hard times last year (especially in the fourth quarter of calendar 2008), Apple saw growing sales throughout the period. That said, things took a downturn in January 2009.
RISING announces the launch of Rising Security Software 2009 version that includes Rising Internet Security 2009, with Rising Antivirus 2009 and Rising Firewall 2009, along with Rising Cloud Security, that allows users to join forces against Internet threats.
Cheating is bad, but does cheating infringe on a video game publisherò€™s copyright? World of Warcraft-maker Blizzard, a subsidiary of Vivendi, is trying to argue in court that it does. If this argument succeeds, it could change the way all software copyrights operate in the eyes of the law.
Graphics processors shipments increased in the third quarter of 2008 by the biggest margin in six years, defying expectations in light of a presumed global recession according to industry analyst Dr. Jon Peddie, of Jon Peddie Research.
Turbo buttons on the PCs went extinct after the 386/486-era. But now, according to TweakTown it appears that MSI will be trying to resurrect it for the button happy crowd with the MSI GeForce N9600 GT Diamond graphics card.
Santa Clara (CA) - Nvidia"s next-generation mobile graphics aren"t officially announced yet, but curious minds can already find some technical information about the new GPUs on Nvidia"s website.
Leading value-added Software and Technology distributor Interactive Ideas launch first in a series of montly focus on the trends in IT, the first one focusing on Virtualisation. Visit http://www.testdriveinteractive.com/virtualisation to learn more.
Mystic Management Systems builds more functionality in its web based Quality Management System granting more freedom with more control.
WorldSharp Technologies, Inc. announced the 2008 Version of WorldSharp 1042-S Preparation System with Electronic Reporting is shipping. 1042-S is the Tax Form is filed for a Foreign Person"s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding.
Windows 7 to get more out of your laptop battery.
Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains customization work traditionally is being done in Dynamics GP Dexterity. Dexterity itself is essential part of Great Plains ERP architecture:
Brothersoft.com, a leading software downloads site, announced their second Annual Software Awards, Brothersoft Awards 2008. About 60 software programs are picked in the awards lists.
Every organisation is involved in training their employees at some stage. The most obvious incidence of training is the new employee who needs to be trained in unfamiliar processes...
Origramy Ltd. has released version 2.10 of FlyCharts - cross-platform chart flash component that gives the possibility to create compact flash interactive chart, flash dynamic graph or animated diagram for your website professionally and on the fly.
Advanced techniques in SAP BO Data Transfer Workbench integration scenarios. This method allows you to establish ongoing integration from such systems as Microsoft CRM, Oracle custom database, Lotus Notes Domino, etc.
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Atmel and Phoenix Technologies announced the integration of Atmel"s FingerChip biometric security solutions in Phoenix"s FailSafe and SecureCore pre-boot Authentication (PBA) products. This cooperative design effort provides for stronger multifactor authentication and is designed to bring increased security solutions including theft-deterrence and tracking for mobile PCs.
WorkClouds is powered by the SaaSPlex Cloudspace Platform, a proprietary Cloud Computing platform developed by SaaSPlex. WorkClouds is the first website where organisations can select multiple SaaS applications and have them available to the entire organisation within minutes.