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Computer hobbyists for years have tweaked their computers' innards to squeeze out extra bits of performance. Known as overclocking, the practice has long been a holy grail to users who demand maximum performance from their systems. But overclocking a system poses hazards to the hardware, making the ...
Processors continue to get faster and faster, but the frontside bus (FSB) remains one of the biggest bottlenecks on system performance. Most major manufacturers, including Intel, Motorola and AMD, are trying to develop methods to sidestep FSB limitations. What most computer users do not realize is t...
A significant step to broaden the use of PC Cards in desktop computers was taken today by the PCMCIA industry standards group. The PCMCIA group -- a nonprofit trade association founded in 1989 to establish technical standards for PC Card technology and to promote interchangeability among computer sy...
Hoping to hook manufacturers and shippers beholden to modest radio frequency identification (RFID) implementation requirements from companies like Wal-Mart, IBM has announced new service and software offerings to help roll out the wireless tag-tracking technology. Wal-Mart is putting manufacturers u...
Coming to a notebook near you -- it's 3D display technology from Sharp. But industry observers say it is likely to be a slow start for the Mebius PC-RD3D notebook, which the electronics giant is planning to release in Japan next month and in the United States by the end of the year. Sharp said its 1...
Colocation. Co-location. Colo. Collocation from the Latin collocare. It's one of those words we can't make up our minds how to spell. But they all mean the same thing in IT terms: the practice of housing servers -- usually Web or telecommunications servers -- in secure, well-connected facilities. St...
Leveraging new wireless network technology that will more than double data rates in mobile phones, Intel has developed a single-chip processor for the next generation of mobile networks, called Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). The chip, the Intel PXA800EF processor, is the industry's fi...
Timing technology updates with the start of school, Apple announced it has sped up its iMac desktop computers with faster processors and beefed up the storage in new iPod digital music players, which are now offered in 20- and 40-GB models. Against a backdrop of lawsuits filed by the Recording Indus...
By decreasing space requirements and boosting power efficiency, Broadcom said its new, single-chip wireless solution marks a revolutionary breakthrough for the wireless industry and will make wireless LANs less expensive and easier to build. Touting as much as 87 percent space savings and extended b...
Intel is aiming new energy-efficient Itanium 2 processors at mainstream, high-density servers and high-performance applications with two lower-cost Itanium designs. The Santa Clara, California-based chip manufacturer, which spurred optimism with its updated third-quarter revenue predictions last wee...
Looking to land its first major handset maker as a Windows Mobile software customer, Microsoft is reportedly involved in a deal with Motorola, the company that will build the new smart phone to be offered by French operator Orange. A briefing is scheduled for next week, and industry insiders told Te...
Lifted by higher sales of more powerful and less expensive notebook computers, the worldwide and U.S. PC markets are delivering better results than expected, according to industry research firm IDC. In its upcoming quarterly forecast, IDC ups its numbers two points, raising the global market growth ...
Hard-drive maker Seagate is shipping new hard drives that use a new digital video standard that, according to the company, makes them better able to store streaming video for digital video recorders. Seagate's new hard drives are among the industry's first to implement the new streaming command-set ...
Keeping paper documents intact for years and years has become a matter of routine for historians and archivists trying to keep a record of history. But saving digital information is turning out to breed its own set of unique challenges. Because digital files depend on their context -- such as the op...
Arming its low-end handheld iPaq with a more efficient processor, expansion slot for Web connectivity and lower price point, Hewlett-Packard's update of the PDA reflects an industry-wide trend of adding features to handhelds while dropping prices to compete. HP said it will phase out the predecessor...
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