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AMD is weaving together several lines of high-end components to create a new platform aimed at enthusiast PC computing. Codenamed "Spider," AMD's PC platform combines the new AMD Phenom quad-core processors, ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series graphics processors with Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support, AMD 7-Series chipsets with CrossFireX and AMD OverDrive software...
A range of factors will drive down software licensing costs in coming years, benefiting enterprises but creating a challenge for leading application vendors to keep profits rising, according to a new report Information technology departments will seek ways to reduce what they spend on software, duplicating efforts to cut down on hardware and servic...
It's just before 3 p.m. on a Friday afternoon and the last meeting of the week is about to start. With nothing to do for a few minutes, you remember that the new complete DVD box set of "The Addams Family" just became available -- so you hop onto Amazon Naturally, neither you nor I would ever waste company time doing something like this, but since...
With holiday season promotions escalating into top gear, the term "free shipping" is popping up on many e-commerce sites. While the promotions do attract the attention of consumers, the meaning of the term and the impact of such promotions on retailers' sales are decidedly mixed at this stage Shipping has become a hot button in the e-commerce mark...
Given that Google and theOpen Handset Alliance released the Android software development kit (SDK) this week, you might think that would have been the hottest topic of conversation on the Linux blogs in the ensuing days There was a great deal of discussion about it, to be sure -- but it was still overshadowed by the widespread analysis of the fact ...
This week ends with one of the most important days of the year. It's called "Black Friday," and it could decide the future of a lot of battles and tell us whether this will be a good or bad season economically There are two big battles that may actually be decided this week based on initial sales numbers. For Microsoft, which had its butt kicked la...
What's the use of having access to a World Wide Web if you're only going to shop three or four mainstream retailers anyway? To spice up this year's load under the tree and avoid the ho-hum doldrums, here are some hot new Web site choices to find the perfect gift for even the zaniest character on your gift list:...
Online super retailer Amazon.com plans to launch an electronic book reader in New York on Monday, according to reports from Cnet. The Kindle, the first hardware device created by the online seller, will include WiFi functionality to allow users to connect directly with Amazon's e-book store, from which they can purchase new books The device, which ...
Will sending Web content to your handheld device be as simple as clicking a button? Mobile software company Bango believes so. Its new Internet-based application simplifies the process of downloading images from social networking sites to cell phones The software appears as a Bango Button on the home page of the user's cell phone browser window. Wi...
Advanced Micro Devices has received a welcome financial boost -- a US$622 million infusion of capital from Mubadala Development, a wholly state-owned enterprise of Abu Dhabi As part of the transaction, Mubadala received 49 million shares at a price of $12.70 per share. After reimbursing Mubadala $14.6 million in expenses, AMD received roughly $608 ...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), stripping out a key provision that provided legal immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with secret wiretapping programs The move sets up a showdown with the White House, as President Bush has vowed to veto the bill -- k...
After a stellar month in September with the release of the much anticipated game "Halo 3," Microsoft passed the No. 1 console sales mantle back to Nintendo and its Wii console for October. Consumers scooped up 516,000 Wiis in October, about 30 percent more than the Xbox 360's 366,000 units and more than four times the number of PlayStation 3 consoles sold, according to figures released Thursday by NPD Group, a sales tracking firm...
To help combat increasingly complicated home PC and networking environments, Microsoft has released the second major version to its Windows Live OneCare, a subscription service that helps manage security updates and performance of home and small-business PCs Thirty-five percent of U.S. adults now own more than one home computer, according to Micros...
Garmin, the No. 1 maker of portable navigation systems, said it will drop out of what had become a bidding war for the right to acquire the last independent producer of the digital maps that power GPS (global positioning system) devices Garmin offered US$3.3 billion to acquire Tele Atlas, only to have its main rival, TomTom, top it with an offer wo...
When Google announced its Android cellular platform last week, some took it as a sign that it could be moving away from its previously discussed plans to bid in the upcoming Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction of 700 MHz wireless spectrum. Recent news, however, suggests otherwise It looks like the search giant still intends to make a se...
Presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-Texas) became the "Internet" candidate this month when 36,672 people contributed more than US$4 million online to his campaign in a single 24-hour period. This impressive feat demonstrates the power of an open source culture, a lesson that should not be lost when it comes to other important issues The campaign to ...
Spam network operators, otherwise known as "botnet herders," are becoming increasingly proficient at evading detection and harnessing the power of peer-to-peer (P2P) computing, much to the consternation of spam detection, prevention and IT security specialists, as Part 1 of this series discusses Botnet operators are using spam and recipients' "zomb...
Just a few days have passed since the release of the Android software development kit (SDK), but already developers are knee-deep in application projects for the new cell phone platform Perhaps spurred by the added motivation of Google's US$10 million developer's challenge, a full 3,000 developers had joined Google's Android Developers Discussion G...
Fountainhead Entertainment and Id Software, the developer behind the "Doom" and "Quake" video game series, have announced they have come together to create a new division at Id Software: Id Mobile. The software developer's new arm will create games for cell phones, the handheld Nintendo DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) ...
A new startup company has created an online dating demo that conducts searches based on the facial features of desired celebrities and returns results showing potential mates that look like, for example, Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt. To use the demo, called "Eyealike," a user simply uploads a photo to the Eyealike Web site and conducts a search across 300,000 images scraped from Match.com and AmericanSingles.com...
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