Chip giant seeks to regain stranglehold on processor market
Intel will start shipping its Xeon dual-core processors later this week as it seeks to fight off a sustained challenge from rival processor maker AMD.
The server processors, originally created under the working title Woodcrest, are designed to give faster performance while using less power.
The Xeon 5100 [...]
In a word, Microsoft’s antivirus strategy is controversial. The company’s historical struggles with security and code stability left many people wondering why the company didn’t make a move into the security product market earlier. Others thought such a move would raise the specter of the US government and possible antitrust concerns. Without a doubt, Microsoft’s [...]
Video game giant Nintendo has launched games aimed at adults and they claim the games will help ‘train your brain’. But will adults buy and play video games?
If you’re an adult you’ve probably been told that as you get older it’s important to keep your mind active with word puzzles, crosswords, and number games and [...]
RemoveWGA enables you to remove the Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications tool, which is calling home and connect to Microsoft servers every time you boot. Futures updates of this notification tool will (officialy) setup the connection rate to once every two weeks.
Once the WGA Notification tool has checked your OS and has confirmed you had [...]
Search giant appears to be testing waters for new ad revenues.
Google will launch a public test to show display and video ads on Google Video, another step in the search giant’s slow exploration of graphical ads on its own services, according to sources familiar with the plans.
Google plans to announce it will stream for free [...]
If you have been thinking about building or upgrading an AMD system, now’s the time. The CPU maker is putting some of its more popular CPUs out to pasture in the next few months, including all of its Socket 939 lineup.
It was just one month ago that the company launched its new Socket AM2 CPUs. [...]
Panasonic on June 22 announced the debut of its first-ever Blu-ray Disc player, the DMP-BD10, a matching receiver, the SA-XR700, and speaker system, the SB-TP1000. Each will be available for retail in September 2006.
While sold separately, these three products are designed to work seamlessly together as a complete high definition home theater system. Each has [...]
“Every one of these things — and notice they’re coming with great regularity — is not a big deal,” said Yankee Group Senior Analyst Laura DiDio. “Nor does Google’s spreadsheet have much chance of competing with or exceeding Excel. But it’s part of the larger fabric, and it’s certainly giving Microsoft fits.”
Software and search heavyweights [...]
It’s official! The next in line in the successful series of car-racing madness Need for Speed is about to come out for X BOX 360, PS3 and Wii by the end of this year!
The last one was- as expected- a huge commercial hit for world’s No. 1 game producer and publisher Electronic Arts, so they [...]
An ultraportable that measures .75-inch thin and weighs only 2.2 pounds.
The ultra-ultra-portable Fujitsu LifeBook Q2010 laptop that measures 3/4-inch thick and weighs only 2.2 pounds was officially announced from Fujitsu-Siemens.
Back in April we reported Fujitsu would release the laptop and today the 12.1-inch LED-backlit widescreen laptop is official. Enclosed in magnesium alloy, the Q2010’s hinges [...]
