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RealNetworks on Monday announced a partnership with SanDisk to deliver a portable music player poised to compete with Apple's market-leading iPod. Real, a developer of software that plays music and videos on the Internet, and SanDisk, a flash memory maker, are planning a tag-team approach that the c...
Researchers from Intel and the University of California, Santa Barbara, on Monday said they have built the world's first electrically powered hybrid silicon laser using standard silicon manufacturing processes. This development addresses what Intel sees as one of the last major barriers to producing...
Last week we saw the two big guys go at it: First Apple showed off product updates for the iPod and iTunes, and then Microsoft had the coming-out party for Zune -- its so-called iPod killer. I'd like to talk about all this first and end up discussing products I think do the best job in the media sp...
The release of Microsoft's next-generation Windows operating system, Vista, may have been delayed until next year, but the software giant is already sending to market new Vista-ready peripherals, including new multi-function wireless mice and comfort-designed keyboards unveiled this week. Microsoft ...
Webcams have been around for awhile now, but it hasn't been until recently that they've started to become a hit with the instant messaging crowd. The classic videophone may have been a bust, but the marriage of Webcam and IM has started to capture the affection of Net gabbers. Apple, as usual, was q...
Sun Microsystems showed off new server technology at a press event in New York this week where the firm took the opportunity to tout growth in its server business over consecutive quarters. As a backdrop to talk about its path to a positive future, Sun announced new Sparc-based Sun Fire workgroup s...
Dell on Tuesday rolled out new desktop computers in truly made-to-order style. Not only can customers choose sizes and graphics capabilities, they can also choose between Intel and AMD chips. Customers can select machines based on Intel's Core 2 Duo processors or, for the first time, AMD Athlon 64 X...
Last week, HP launched an impressive array of new products -- but few noticed, because the news once again surrounded events that happened when their ex-CEO was still there, screwing up the company. Meanwhile, Gateway finally got a new CEO in J. Edward Coleman, who has a good pedigree as a turnaroun...
Amid its pretexting controversy and board shakeup this week, HP on Thursday said it has revamped its entire line of HP Integrity servers with more powerful models. The new machines boast more than twice the performance of the previous generation of HP Integrity servers, according to the company. Tha...
The high season for video game sales is just around the corner and there is still speculation about what two of the three major console vendors will bring to market. Sony announced earlier this week that its new PlayStation 3 would be available in much lower quantities than expected in the U.S. in N...
Intel this week announced the availability of its new hardware and software technology known as vPro, which the chip giant said can cut energy use and costs for enterprise IT shops while giving them more advanced remote management and security control. Claiming vPro can deliver business IT organizat...
IBM is building a supercomputer capable of petaflop performance -- 1,000 trillion, or a quadrillion, calculations per second -- for the U.S. Department of Energy using a combination of more than 30,000 Cell Broadband Engine and AMD Opteron processors. The new supercomputer, dubbed "Roadrunner," will...
SanDisk on Friday introduced the latest MP3 players in its Sansa c200 series, a line of low-priced flash memory-based MP3 players loaded with features that the firm hopes will make Apple iPod shoppers think twice. For about US$100, the c200 series offers a bright LCD color screen and up to 2 gigabyt...
Significant growth at Chelmsford, Mass.-based Hittite Microwave has pushed the company into the top 10 suppliers of Gallium Arsenide chips for the electronics industry, as Sony, NEC and Eudyna Devices all slipped in the rankings, a new report shows. Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba, meantime, gained ...
An industry consortium that includes IBM, Chartered Semiconductor, Infineon and Samsung said this week they plan to make available the first silicon-functional circuits and design kits for 45-nanometer low-power process chip technology. The 45nm manufacturing process shrinks the gap between transist...
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