3Com OKs merger with eye on breakup fee

3Com shareholders overwhelmingly approved a merger offer on Friday that had been cancelled the day before. ...continue reading '3Com OKs merger with eye on breakup fee'

VMware focusing on higher tolerance for hardware failure

VMware plans to improve virtual infrastructure through technologies such as high availability, automatic restart, better tolerance and masking of hardware failure, and site disaster recovery, the company's chief scientist and co-founder, Mendel Rosenblum, told reporters in Bangalore on Monday. ...continue reading 'VMware focusing on higher tolerance for hardware failure'

Forrester: AJAX-powered Web apps disappoint power users

Most power users are disappointed with the performance of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) based on Asynchronous JavaScript with XML, or AJAX, according to a new research report from Forrester Research Inc. ...continue reading 'Forrester: AJAX-powered Web apps disappoint power users'

Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs

Microsoft Corp. is offering free support to any Windows Vista user experiencing problems with installing Service Pack 1 (SP1), according to a company spokesman. ...continue reading 'Microsoft offers free support for Vista SP1 installs'

Marathon extends fault tolerance to VMs

Marathon Technologies announced Monday that everRun VM, a product it says can provide high-level fault tolerance for virtual machines, will ship in April. ...continue reading 'Marathon extends fault tolerance to VMs'

March's coolest gadgets

March's coolest gadgets
By Martyn Williams

We kick off this month's review of cool new products with a welcome update to the Asus Eee PC. This is the miniature laptop that impressed at least year's Computex show in Taipei with its neat design, good looks and low price. Now there's a new version on the way with a bigger screen and more storage space. ...continue reading 'March's coolest gadgets'

Fujitsu plans speedy 320GB laptop drive

Fujitsu plans to begin selling in late June a new range of high-performance hard-disk drives for laptop PCs that offer more storage space than current models. The 'MHZ2 BJ' series of drives have disks that spin at 7,200rpm and will be available in capacities up to 320GB, the Tokyo company said. ...continue reading 'Fujitsu plans speedy 320GB laptop drive'

Dell plans significant investment in China

Calling China one of the world's fastest-growing economies, Michael Dell said his company would purchase $70 billion of hardware components from Chinese companies between last year and next year. In 2006, Dell purchased about $18 billion in technology components and related products from suppliers in China. ...continue reading 'Dell plans significant investment in China'

Sony yanks bloatware removal fee from laptops

After causing controversy for charging $49.99 to remove trial software from hard disks of new laptops, Sony has backtracked from imposing the fee on customers. ...continue reading 'Sony yanks bloatware removal fee from laptops'

FBI looks at Chinese role in Darfur site hack

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a possible China connection in the hack of a nonprofit group created to draw attention to the ongoing genocide in western Sudan's Darfur region. ...continue reading 'FBI looks at Chinese role in Darfur site hack'

Microsoft warns of new Word attack

Microsoft on Friday warned that cyber criminals may be taking advantage of an unpatched flaw in the Windows operating system to install malicious software on a victim's PC. ...continue reading 'Microsoft warns of new Word attack'

Study: Voters prefer e-voting, but tech has limits

Voters generally prefer electronic voting machines to paper-based alternatives, but some e-voting machines have error rates of 3 percent or more, according to a study released Friday. ...continue reading 'Study: Voters prefer e-voting, but tech has limits'

Even Apple will be hated one day

Don Reisinger, ITworld.com

Apple and Google zealots may not like to hear that their beloved will be hated one day like Microsoft, but it's true. In an industry where users are fickle and power translates to evilness, no one is safe from the wrath of anonymous haters that dislike anything that looks like an empire. ...continue reading 'Even Apple will be hated one day'

Verizon Wireless wins huge block of 700MHz spectrum

Verizon Wireless was one of the big winners in the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's 700MHz spectrum auction, with the carrier winning a large chunk of nationwide spectrum. ...continue reading 'Verizon Wireless wins huge block of 700MHz spectrum'

Microsoft acquires security company Komoku

Microsoft hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the acquisition of Komoku, a developer of rootkit detection products, announced on Thursday. ...continue reading 'Microsoft acquires security company Komoku'

E-voting vendor's Web site hacked

The Web site for a company whose e-voting machines have come under fire from election officials in New Jersey was hacked Thursday morning, according to an computer scientist who was asked to investigate voting-machine discrepancies in the state's primary election. ...continue reading 'E-voting vendor's Web site hacked'

Deal to buy 3Com falls apart

Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies have abandoned their bid to buy U.S. networking firm 3Com because of security concerns by the U.S. government, Bain said. ...continue reading 'Deal to buy 3Com falls apart'

Qualcomm can't hold off injunction in Broadcom suit

In the latest of many legal setbacks for Qualcomm, a federal court has turned down the company's request to postpone an injunction against sales of some of its mobile-phone chips. ...continue reading 'Qualcomm can't hold off injunction in Broadcom suit'

Reports: US to name head of new cybersecurity center

Tech entrepreneur and author Rod Beckstrom will be named to run a new National Cyber Security Center at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to news reports. ...continue reading 'Reports: US to name head of new cybersecurity center'

Bugs found in Kerberos

The MIT developers of the Kerberos authentication system have released patches for several serious security holes, which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, shut down a system or execute malicious code. ...continue reading 'Bugs found in Kerberos'

Adobe backtracks on Flash for iPhone

Adobe has poured cold water on its previous claims it will bring Flash support to the iPhone. ...continue reading 'Adobe backtracks on Flash for iPhone'

Software group files lawsuits against eight eBay sellers

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has filed eight new lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers, alleging that they are selling counterfeit products. ...continue reading 'Software group files lawsuits against eight eBay sellers'

HTC names Google phone, 'Dream'

The mobile phone High Tech Computer (HTC) has been developing to run on the Android software from Google will be called 'Dream,' have a large touchscreen and full QWERTY keypad, a person close to the situation said Thursday. ...continue reading 'HTC names Google phone, 'Dream''

Intel offers Classmate PC to vendors in developed countries

Intel's Classmate PC isn't just for students in emerging markets anymore. The low-cost laptop will be made available to companies that want to sell it to consumers in developed countries, an Intel executive said Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Intel offers Classmate PC to vendors in developed countries'

Sources: AOL close to India call center sale

AOL is close to selling its call center in India to Aegis, a BPO company of India's Essar Group, according to informed sources. ...continue reading 'Sources: AOL close to India call center sale'

Foundry chip makers face more cutbacks

Flash memory giant Spansion on Wednesday announced it will reduce orders to contract chip makers by $50 million per quarter in the first half of 2008 due to new production technology at its own factories. But the order changes couldn't come at a worse time for manufacturers because other companies are cutting back as well. ...continue reading 'Foundry chip makers face more cutbacks'

Best Buy offers gift cards to HD DVD buyers

Best Buy said Wednesday it will offer US$50 gift cards to U.S. consumers who bought HD DVD players and accessories, a month after the retailer abandoned HD DVD to push the rival format, Blu-ray Disc. ...continue reading 'Best Buy offers gift cards to HD DVD buyers'

Google's U.S. search share up, Yahoo and Microsoft down

Google continued to increase its share of the U.S. search market in February, widening the gap that Microsoft hopes to fill by buying Yahoo. ...continue reading 'Google's U.S. search share up, Yahoo and Microsoft down'

Red Hat open-sources security framework

Red Hat has open-sourced its identity-management and security system to promote its assertion that open-source software provides the most secure infrastructure. ...continue reading 'Red Hat open-sources security framework'

Hacker pleads guilty to computer fraud for adware

A 21-year-old could face up to 10 years in prison in the U.S. after pleading guilty to installing advertising software on PCs located around Europe without permission. ...continue reading 'Hacker pleads guilty to computer fraud for adware'

Career networking in Second Life

By Peter Suciu, ITworld.com

For many IT professionals Second Life offers unique opportunities for networking, job searches and even interviews. Just don't expect it to be easy or obvious. Here are some tips for getting started. ...continue reading 'Career networking in Second Life'

Facebook beefs up privacy options, readies online chat

Facebook plans to roll out new privacy features on Wednesday that will give users more control over who sees the data stored on their profile pages. ...continue reading 'Facebook beefs up privacy options, readies online chat'

VON: WiMax will take flight with Intel's new mobile platform

More than one-third of the ultramobile PCs coming later this year on Intel's Atom Centrino platform will offer a combination of WiMax and Wi-Fi, the head of the company's Ultra Mobility Group said Tuesday. ...continue reading 'VON: WiMax will take flight with Intel's new mobile platform'

Microsoft, Intel give $20M for multi-core research

Imagine a man you know but whose name you can't remember approaches you, and your mobile phone uses face-recognition capability to give you his name and information about him before he says hello. This is the kind of application that researchers hope will be developed from $20 million Microsoft and Intel are giving two U.S. universities for research on parallel computing. ...continue reading 'Microsoft, Intel give $20M for multi-core research'

Dell launches new servers for SMBs

Dell on Monday launched new single-socket servers for small and medium-size businesses, replenishing its overhauled PowerEdge line of servers. ...continue reading 'Dell launches new servers for SMBs'

FCC closes 700MHz spectrum auction

The controversial 700MHz spectrum auction has closed, raising $19.59 billion, a record for a spectrum auction in the U.S., the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday. ...continue reading 'FCC closes 700MHz spectrum auction'

Windows Tip: Sizing your event logs

By Mitch Tulloch, MVP

The Windows Event Logs are a good thing -- they're a primary source you can mine when troubleshooting server problems or monitoring server security. Because of this, it's a good idea to collect as much information as possible in these logs in order to provide you with a historical baseline of your server's operations to help you troubleshoot difficult issues, and also to create an audit trail for security purposes. But can you have too much of a good thing? ...continue reading 'Windows Tip: Sizing your event logs'

Vista SP1 officially available

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available starting Tuesday, a day after Amazon.com let slip that it would become available this week. ...continue reading 'Vista SP1 officially available'

Yahoo to Microsoft: Cheapskate

Yahoo has dusted off a three-month old financial plan to reinforce its contention that the company is worth much more than Microsoft has offered to pay for it. ...continue reading 'Yahoo to Microsoft: Cheapskate'

Toshiba, Samsung top latest Greenpeace electronics ranking

Toshiba and Samsung top the latest Greenpeace environmental ranking of consumer electronics companies. ...continue reading 'Toshiba, Samsung top latest Greenpeace electronics ranking'

JasperSoft claims to be most widely deployed BI tool

JasperSoft, the open-source business intelligence vendor, is claiming that it is now the world's most widely deployed BI product. ...continue reading 'JasperSoft claims to be most widely deployed BI tool'

Notes comes to the iPhone, via iAnywhere

IPhone customers who use Lotus Notes at work won't be left out anymore with a new offering from Sybase iAnywhere. ...continue reading 'Notes comes to the iPhone, via iAnywhere'

Malicious subtitle file could trip up VLC media player

A flaw in the widely-used open-source VLC media player could allow an attacker to execute harmful code on a PC. ...continue reading 'Malicious subtitle file could trip up VLC media player'

BMC to buy BladeLogic for $800 million

BMC Software said Monday that it intends to purchase BladeLogic, a maker of data center automation software, for $28 per share in cash, or about $800 million. ...continue reading 'BMC to buy BladeLogic for $800 million'

Windows Mobile to get Flash, PDF support

In addition to its own Silverlight multimedia technology, Microsoft will support Adobe's competing Flash technology on Windows Mobile phones, the companies planned to announce on Monday. ...continue reading 'Windows Mobile to get Flash, PDF support'

EBay to take over affiliate program's management

EBay will soon take over management of the affiliate programs for its core marketplace and for its Half.com site from ValueClick in the hopes that it can operate them more efficiently. ...continue reading 'EBay to take over affiliate program's management'

Google News, YouTube blocked in China amid Tibet riots

Beijing appears to have taken a page out of Myanmar's playbook by blocking some Internet access amid rioting in Tibet that has already seen as many as 80 people killed, according to the Tibetan government in exile. ...continue reading 'Google News, YouTube blocked in China amid Tibet riots'

IT News Podcast for 3/17/08

BMC buys BladeLogic ... YouTube blocked in China ... Spam King pleads guilty

King of Spam pleads guilty; faces 26 years in prison

The notorious spammer authorities dubbed 'the King of Spam' is facing a possible 26-year jail sentence after pleading guilty in Seattle on Friday to charges of fraud and tax evasion. ...continue reading 'King of Spam pleads guilty; faces 26 years in prison'

Bill would double cap on H-1B visas

A bill introduced in the U.S. Congress would double the number of immigrant worker visas available each year under the H-1B program, earning the legislation praise from Microsoft. ...continue reading 'Bill would double cap on H-1B visas'

Intel to deliver quad-core chips for notebooks

Intel on Friday confirmed it will ship quad-core chips designed specifically for notebooks, most likely for desktop replacement laptops, later this year. ...continue reading 'Intel to deliver quad-core chips for notebooks'

Study: Enterprises warm up to SAAS, but concerns remain

Adoption of hosted applications among large companies jumped last year, but many CIOs and IT managers will not consider these software-as-a-service (SAAS) products due to concerns about security, cost and integration, according to a Forrester Research study. ...continue reading 'Study: Enterprises warm up to SAAS, but concerns remain'

The seven dirtiest jobs in IT

Dan Tynan, InfoWorld

Working in IT isn't always pretty. Some of us have to get dirty -- in some cases, literally. The good news? Master one of IT's dirty jobs and you're pretty much guaranteed work. We don't guarantee you'll like it, though. Here are seven of the dirtiest jobs in IT, and why they're needed. ...continue reading 'The seven dirtiest jobs in IT'

Buggy Microsoft Excel patch causes bad math

If you installed one of those Excel security patches issued by Microsoft earlier this week, you may want to double-check your math. ...continue reading 'Buggy Microsoft Excel patch causes bad math'

Microsoft blames Xbox shortages for lagging sales

Microsoft is citing a shortage in console availability as the reason its Xbox 360 console trailed substantially behind competitors in U.S. sales for the second month in a row in February, according to the latest numbers from the NPD Group. ...continue reading 'Microsoft blames Xbox shortages for lagging sales'

India may stop short of BlackBerry ban over security

The Indian government is continuing in its demand that Research In Motion make it legally possible for the government to intercept and monitor emails on the BlackBerry service offered by Indian service providers, but it is not likely to use a ban of the service as a bargaining counter. ...continue reading 'India may stop short of BlackBerry ban over security'

Intel expects Atom desktops for $199

Taking advantage of dropping hardware prices, Intel expects to plug its newest Atom chips into desktops that will be available later this year from under $200. ...continue reading 'Intel expects Atom desktops for $199'

IT News Podcast for 3/14/08

AOL buys Bebo for $850M ... Atom desktops to start at $199 ... Trend Micro falls victim to Web attack

Report: Microsoft, Yahoo enter tentative discussions

Microsoft and Yahoo executives met for the first time on Monday to discuss Microsoft's initial $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. ...continue reading 'Report: Microsoft, Yahoo enter tentative discussions'

Wall Street Beat: IT M&A provides opportunities

Though many tech vendors are suffering as the widening U.S. financial crisis slows down consumer and business spending, IT mergers and acquisitions including bellwethers such as Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Electronic Arts and AOL continue to reshape the technology landscape and provide opportunities for investors. ...continue reading 'Wall Street Beat: IT M&A provides opportunities'

Arcot brings two-factor authentication to Google Apps

Arcot Systems on Wednesday announced that it was making its A-OK On-Demand authentication service available to Google Apps Premier Edition users to add another layer of security to the logon process. ...continue reading 'Arcot brings two-factor authentication to Google Apps'

Trend Micro hit by massive Web hack

Security vendor Trend Micro has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days. ...continue reading 'Trend Micro hit by massive Web hack'

Microsoft to buy Rapt for ad management tools

Microsoft hasn't yet snagged Yahoo, but it plans to acquire another company it hopes will boost its online advertising yields: Rapt, of San Francisco. ...continue reading 'Microsoft to buy Rapt for ad management tools'

Red Hat buys Amentra to bolster JBoss enterprise plan

Red Hat has purchased Amentra, an IT consulting firm with open-source expertise, to sell its JBoss Java infrastructure to enterprises as the basis for SOAs (service-oriented architectures). ...continue reading 'Red Hat buys Amentra to bolster JBoss enterprise plan'

Google launches hosted ad management service

Google launched a free hosted service on Thursday that helps Web site publishers sell advertising faster and fill unsold slots on their sites. ...continue reading 'Google launches hosted ad management service'

AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million

AOL will buy Bebo, a social networking site popular in the U.K., for $850 million in cash, the companies said Thursday. ...continue reading 'AOL to buy Bebo for $850 million'

Asus predicts Windows Eee PC will outsell Linux version

Asustek Computer predicts the Eee PC it has started selling with Microsoft Windows XP Home edition on board will outsell the original Linux-based version by a ratio of 6 to 4 in the market by the end of this year, a heady prediction considering the Windows machine costs nearly twice as much as the cheapest Linux one. ...continue reading 'Asus predicts Windows Eee PC will outsell Linux version'

EBay now letting Skype be Skype, exec says

Two-and-a-half years after buying Skype, eBay has moved away from trying to create new, merged capabilities through the acquisition and is letting Skype be what it is. ...continue reading 'EBay now letting Skype be Skype, exec says'

Heart device hack a shocker

It didn't take much to hack into the heart monitoring device and get it to administer a 137-volt shock: an oscilloscope, a PC, a wireless radio with a couple of antennas and some free software. ...continue reading 'Heart device hack a shocker'

Busy Twitter a poster child for new communications

Microblogging site Twitter had its busiest day ever Tuesday and needs more than 30 servers to help its thousands of users keep each other posted about their lives, founder Blaine Cook said Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Busy Twitter a poster child for new communications'

Seattle and Silicon Valley square off

In the way that really only an online discussion can, the debate over which place is better, Seattle or Silicon Valley, has spun into a gloves-are-off, let's-take-this-outside kind of brawl. ...continue reading 'Seattle and Silicon Valley square off'

Microsoft submits Windows 7 for U.S. antitrust review

Microsoft has submitted the follow-up to Windows Vista to the committee that oversees its U.S. antitrust compliance, to ensure the operating system is meeting the terms of the company's agreement with the government. ...continue reading 'Microsoft submits Windows 7 for U.S. antitrust review'

Gates repeats request for more H-1B visas

The U.S. is driving away the world's best engineers and computer scientists by putting limits on H-1B visas and other immigrant worker programs, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday. ...continue reading 'Gates repeats request for more H-1B visas'

BT partners on software-based SMB phone system

BT has partnered with a U.S. company, RingCentral, to offer an Internet-based phone system in the U.K. that's easy for small and medium-size businesses to configure and maintain. ...continue reading 'BT partners on software-based SMB phone system'

Ballmer outlines Microsoft's enterprise ambitions

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his opening keynote at Microsoft's Convergence user conference to not only preview a number of updates to the company's Dynamics line of business software, but also to make a firm declaration of the software giant's enterprise market plans. ...continue reading 'Ballmer outlines Microsoft's enterprise ambitions'

Rigged Excel documents making the rounds

Security experts have warned that malicious Microsoft Excel documents are making the rounds via email, exploiting an unpatched Excel vulnerability that has been known publicly since January. ...continue reading 'Rigged Excel documents making the rounds'

Japan investigating reports of iPod nano fires

Japan is investigating a potential defect in an early generation iPod nano after one of the players reportedly emitted sparks while recharging. ...continue reading 'Japan investigating reports of iPod nano fires'

CDT launches health privacy initiative

Privacy needs to be a higher priority as the U.S. government and other groups push for adoption of health IT as a way to improve the country's health-care system, said the Center for Democracy and Technology, which has launched a health privacy initiative. ...continue reading 'CDT launches health privacy initiative'

3Com adds virtualization to routers

3Com has added a virtualization feature to its routers via a partnership with LineSider Technologies, a provider of policy-based network infrastructure control and management products. ...continue reading '3Com adds virtualization to routers'

Wal-Mart removes Linux PC from store shelves

Wal-Mart has stopped selling Everex's Linux-based PC in its stores because of a tepid response from customers, although it will continue to sell the product online, the retailer said Tuesday. ...continue reading 'Wal-Mart removes Linux PC from store shelves'

Two years after patch, another IE FTP flaw

A flaw in the way Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser processes FTP commands could let attackers steal or erase data from a victim's FTP site. ...continue reading 'Two years after patch, another IE FTP flaw'

DoubleClick could snap Google out of its funk

After getting approval from the European Union for its DoubleClick acquisition Tuesday, Google promptly closed the deal and said it is eager to absorb the digital marketing company's technology and services -- and who can blame Google for its urgency? ...continue reading 'DoubleClick could snap Google out of its funk'

Microsoft security updates focus on Office

Microsoft has released critical security patches for its Office software, fixing a flaw in Excel that had been exploited by attackers for the past two months. ...continue reading 'Microsoft security updates focus on Office'

Mozilla unleashes Firefox 3 Beta 4

Mozilla accelerated toward the final of Firefox 3 Monday by posting the fourth beta for download and immediately confirming that it would give developers just a week before it froze the code on the next. ...continue reading 'Mozilla unleashes Firefox 3 Beta 4'

E.U. approves Google-DoubleClick deal

Google's acquisition of DoubleClick does not pose a significant threat to competition in the European online advertising market, the European Commission said Tuesday. However, it reminded the companies that they also have an obligation to respect European Union legislation on the privacy of personal data, one of the grounds on which opponents lobbied to block the merger. ...continue reading 'E.U. approves Google-DoubleClick deal'

Scientists seek to create "robo-turtle"

Most sea turtles who lose three flippers simply can't survive in their watery environment. But Texas conservationists have managed to nurse one such critter back from the brink. Now they want to equip it with a cyborg flipper that will presumably allow it to swim normally -- and hunt down and destroy the motorboat that took its biological limbs. ...read more

HP shows off future printing technologies

Hewlett-Packard Monday offered a peek into future printing technologies, introducing a new inkjet printer that prints thousands of pages per minute and ink that retains its shine even when exposed to extreme elements. ...continue reading 'HP shows off future printing technologies'

TI reveals bad news in 3G handset market

Texas Instruments, the world's second largest maker of chips for mobile phones, Monday lowered its guidance for the first quarter on slumping demand for chips in higher-end mobile phones, including 3G (third generation) handsets. ...continue reading 'TI reveals bad news in 3G handset market'

Qualcomm buys Irish mobile ad targeting company

Qualcomm has bought Irish software developer Xiam Technologies, a specialist in the targeting of mobile advertising, for $32 million. ...continue reading 'Qualcomm buys Irish mobile ad targeting company'

Chunghwa may be first to sell Chinese Google phone

Chunghwa Telecom may become the first mobile phone network operator to offer users a Chinese-language Google phone, courtesy of its close relationship with smartphone maker High Tech Computer (HTC). ...continue reading 'Chunghwa may be first to sell Chinese Google phone'

Cisco to patch routers on regular schedule

Following the lead of Microsoft and Oracle, Cisco Systems will start releasing security patches for some of its products on a schedule. ...continue reading 'Cisco to patch routers on regular schedule'

IBM pledges $1 billion to unified communications

IBM has committed to investing $1 billion in its unified communications strategy in the next three years as it sharpens its sword to do battle with Microsoft in a fast-growing market. ...continue reading 'IBM pledges $1 billion to unified communications'

IT budgets to rise as Vista bites

U.K. companies' IT spending is likely to grow above inflation this year, with Windows Vista and mobile computing hardware consuming much of the increase, a new study from the National Computing Centre (NCC) has said. ...continue reading 'IT budgets to rise as Vista bites'

UK computer store finds encrypted disc in eBay buy

The British government has suffered a series of high-profile losses and thefts of disks containing confidential personal data. That's why the technicians at a computer shop in Bolton called the cops when they found a CD hidden behind the keyboard of a laptop they bought on eBay. The disc contained encrypted data and was whisked away by counterterrorism officers. ...read more

IBM, Hitachi team up to advance chip research

IBM and Hitachi are expected to announce a research agreement on Monday in which the companies will collaborate to improve semiconductor technology, including shrinking the features on silicon chips. ...continue reading 'IBM, Hitachi team up to advance chip research'

Atom-based notebooks to cost between $250 and $300

More than 25 low-cost notebooks based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor are in the works, including models from multinational PC vendors, according to the chip maker's top executive in Asia. ...continue reading 'Atom-based notebooks to cost between $250 and $300'

Gartner warns of rising chip inventories

Global inventories of semiconductors, the building blocks of electronic devices, spiked in the fourth quarter due to lackluster fourth quarter gadget sales and lower expectations for sales in the first quarter, Gartner said Monday. ...continue reading 'Gartner warns of rising chip inventories'

Ericsson predicts demise for hotspots

As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl said Monday. ...continue reading 'Ericsson predicts demise for hotspots'

Analyst endorses Siemens' 802.11n power claims

A leading wireless analyst has vindicated Siemens' surprising claims to have cracked an 802.11n problem which has stumped other Wi-Fi vendors. But how Siemens achieved its feat remains secret. ...continue reading 'Analyst endorses Siemens' 802.11n power claims'

iPhone is 'new era in gaming'

Gameloft has announced plans to introduce over 15 iPhone/iPod touch games by the end of 2008. The mobile gaming company's developers have already begun using Apple's newly-released beta iPhone SDK. It's a natural fit, as the company already produces games for the iPod. ...continue reading 'iPhone is 'new era in gaming''