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Broadcom Says Qualcomm In Contempt On Patents
The complaint is related to chips used in phones with high-speed Web links and royalties Qualcomm should pay for its walkie-talkie feature QChat, used by Sprint Nextel.
Dell's Profit Drops As IT Spending Slowdown Spreads
The company has been cutting expenses for months to meet a promise to Wall Street to cut at least $3 billion in spending by the end of the fiscal year 2011.
Lenovo Unveils Low-Power Business Desktop PC
The ThinkCentre A62 is also available with Lenovo's optional Dash 1.1 card, which lets an IT department remotely manage, boot, audit and update a desktop.
Motion-Powered Cell Phone Charger Coming Soon
M2E Power said it will have a charger for sale next year that can provide 60 minutes of talk for six hours of motion.
How Do You Make A Robot Fish? Copy Bluefin Tuna
The Olin-Boston Engineering project expects to have a working prototype of its "RoboTuna" by the end of the year.
Linux Systems Being Hit By SSH-Key Attacks
The attack appears to rely on stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system and then uses a local kernel exploit to gain root access, whereupon it installs the "phalanx2" rootkit.
Dell, IBM Revenue Growth Double Overall Server Market
The overall market recorded its ninth consecutive quarter of positive revenue growth, increasing sales by 6.4% over the same period a year ago to $13.9 billion.
Dell Looks To Tap Emerging Markets With Latest Business PCs
The Vostro notebooks and desktops are tailored for companies and institutions in countries where low-cost, basic computers are strong sellers.
MIT Model Helps Computers Think Like Humans
The researchers' algorithm lets computers use multiple approaches to examine data, much like the way humans size up the world.
iPhone Password Flaw Discovered
Once the emergency call keypad is accessed through the passcode entry screen, a person only needs to double tap the home button.
Era Of Exclusive Video Game Deals Ending
Rising development costs might force console makers Microsoft and Sony to publish more video games themselves, as independent studios avoid exclusive deals for blockbusters.
Dell Explains Cloud-Computing Trademark Attempt
The computer maker can appeal the Patent Office's rejection of its trademark application for the commonly used term.
'Misleading' U.K. iPhone Ad Pulled
Viewers complained that they couldn't access "all parts of the Internet" due to the lack of Flash and Java support on the handset.
Japan's Ricoh To Buy Ikon Office For $1.6 Billion
Office equipment makers have been snapping up distributors to strengthen their sales channels and product offerings.
Nokia Continues Its Cell Phone Dominance
The dual strategy of targeting developing countries with low-cost mobile phones and instituting price cuts for its mid-tier devices helped propel its momentum, Gartner said.
Mac Clone Maker Psystar Plans Antitrust Suit Against Apple
Psystar claims Apple's restrictions on third-party hardware makers violate U.S. antitrust laws.
Blame iPhone 3G Reception Problems On Carriers, Not Handset
A global survey of owners found their iPhones operated with very slow speeds, especially in metro areas like San Francisco.
Aircell Signs Up Fourth Airline For Wi-Fi Service
CEO Jack Blumenstein expects there will be some 2,000 commercial airplanes offering Aircell's in-flight Gogo Internet service by the end of next year.
Acer Drops Mini-Notebook Prices
The Windows or Linux-based PCs include 1.6 GHz Atom processors, built-in Webcams and Wi-Fi support, and a three-cell rechargeable battery.
AT&T Adds Two International Data Plans For iPhone
While still expensive, the latest offerings are hundreds of dollars less than pay-per-use international data roaming charges.
Nvidia CEO Huang Outlines Smartphone Strategy In Battling Intel
The graphics chipmaker's mobile strategy revolves around the smartphone, which "will become the next personal computer," said CEO Jen-Hsun Huang at Nvidia's Nvision 2008 conference.
Electronic Arts, Take-Two In Confidential Talks
EA offered to buy Take-Two for $25.74 a share, or about $2 billion, in April. The bid was promptly rejected as too low.
Amazon's Kindle May Go Back To School
The company could be aiming its e-reader at colleges and universities to get a chunk of the $5.5 billion textbook market, according to a McAdams Wright Ragen analyst.
iPod Nano To Get Makeover, Digg Founder Reveals
Apple's iPod lineup is set for an overhaul, including a thinner Nano with a larger widescreen display, according to Kevin Rose's predictions.
Chipmakers Get Moving With Motion-Sensing Chips
The success of Nintendo's Wii and Apple's iPhone has convinced chipmakers of the strong potential for micro-electro-mechanical systems chips.
AMD Selling Digital TV Group To Broadcom For $193 Million
The acquisition, which includes ATI-AMD integrated Xilleon DTV processors, will let Broadcom flesh out its growing DTV product line.
NASA Investigates Rocket Failure
The space agency said that no injuries have been reported but warned that rocket debris could be hazardous.
Citrix Unwraps XenApp 5, Presentation Server Upgrade
Citrix Systems' Presentation Server, renamed XenApp, fits into a broader suite of desktop virtualization and virtualizes Windows applications on central servers for shared access.
Red Hat Confirms Intruder Breached Fedora Servers
The enterprise Linux software vendor referred to the incident on Aug. 14 as "an issue in the infrastructure systems."
Dell Wins, Sun Loses In Latest Server Survey
Overall, the worldwide server market showed solid growth, driven in part by an upswing in x86 server replacements.
Apple MobileMe Reportedly Vulnerable To Data Loss
Sniffing public file sharing folders is the latest in a string of problems that has plagued the service, which replaced Apple's .Mac service.
U.S. Carmakers Lag In Eco-Friendly Features
Detroit is more focused on power-train technologies, such as hybrids or battery-powered electric vehicles than it is on navigation and telematics, an iSuppli report said.
Solar-Powered Nanotech-Purified Air In Medieval Churches
Tiny gold particles found in medieval gold paint reacted with sunlight to destroy air-borne pollutants, one researcher found.
Wozniak To Developers: If You Know You're Right, Don't Stop
Apple's co-founder says pursuing a vision without compromise, is "the right way of going through life."
Actors Paid To Line Up For iPhone Launch In Poland
Apple sold about one million of the new iPhone models in the United States around the July launch weekend, but buyers in Poland may be reluctant to pay hefty monthly charges.
Intel Demos Wireless Power, Robotics, 'Programmable Matter'
Justin Rattner, Intel's CTO, showed off the company's up-and-coming technology at the final keynote of the chipmaker's Developer Forum.
Intel Readies Development Tools For Multicore Programming
The tools are geared toward development on Intel's current dual- and quad-core offerings, and for the upcoming multicore graphics processor, code-named Larrabee.
Intel's Growth Focused On Digital TV, Internet Advertising
Pairing integrated processors with media partnerships could help the chipmaker tap into the $51.1 billion Internet advertising market predicted for 2012.
Intel, DreamWorks Team On 3-D Animation Technology
CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says the first fruits of the partnership will debut next year with the movie Monsters Vs. Aliens.
Shake-Out Looms For World's Unsung Gadget Makers
Growth is expected to dip into single-digits this year, while companies such as Celestica, Sanmina, and Elcoteq saw revenues contract last year as margins erode all around.
Ericsson, STMicro Merge Wireless Chips, Platforms
The joint venture is expected to supply four of the world's top five cellphone makers.
Intel Offers Details Of Core Successor ’Nehalem’
The quad-core processors are expected to debut in gaming PCs and ship in the fourth quarter, along with processors for two-socket servers code-named Nehalem-EP.
HP Sees Blades, Notebook PCs Sell Fast In 3Q
Another hot product area for HP is its enterprise servers and storage unit, which saw revenue rise 5% to $4.7 billion.
Overheated iPod Batteries Reported In Japan
No injuries were reported in the two most recent incidents, though a paper and a straw mat were scorched.
U.S. Cell Phones Sales Decline
Cell phone sales in the second quarter were down 13%, but customers increasingly bought more sophisticated handsets.
Dell Cuts Transport Costs Using Probability Theory
Beyond saving money, the supply routing system developed for Dell by MIT researchers has made the computer maker more nimble in its movement of goods.
Intel Unveils Solid-State Drives For PCs, Servers
The X25-E for server, storage, and workstation applications will be available in 32-GB and 64-GB models. Both will be 2.5 inches.
Nokia To Make Lonely Planet Guides Available On Phones
Users of Nokia Maps can download guides from the popular travel book company to their mobile devices and PCs.
Intel Offers $100,000 Prizes For Innovative Ideas
In his Intel Developer Forum keynote, Intel chairman Craig Barrett stressed the importance of investing in technology to improve lives of people in developing nations.
MobileMe Users Get 60 Free Days
The latest freebie comes in addition to a previous free 30 days of service Apple doled out to subscribers.
'TEMPO 3' Artificial Gravity Satellite On Mars Society's To-Do List
NASA carried out tethered artificial gravity-generation experiments during the Gemini program in the 1960s, but never got back to it in the Apollo, shuttle, or space station eras.
Google, Apple Score High In Michigan Customer Satisfaction Survey
Apple tallied a score of 85 in the PC segment, compared with 75 and 73 for Dell and HP, respectively.
Mac Clone Maker Psystar Blows Court Deadline (Again)
Psystar was granted an extension until Aug. 28 to file a response to an Apple suit that says Psystar's Mac clones violate Apple copyrights.
VMware And The Chocolate Factory: Macs Run Windows Apps
Online chocolate company TCHO has standardized on the Macintosh but still needs to run a variety of Windows applications.
Slower Global Demand Could Hurt Dell, HP
So far, countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China have held up global sales for HP, Dell and many other big technology companies.
AMD Plans Updated Server Platform Next Year
The chipmaker also plans to release its first 45-nanometer processor, code-named Shanghai, by the end of the year.
Dell Ponders Rejection Of 'Cloud Computing' Trademark
The examining attorney for the Patent Office made an initial refusal of Dell's request, saying the term was too generic to be acceptable as a trademark.
Microsoft Windows To Support Blu-ray HD Content
In the HD wars, Microsoft initially placed itself in the HD DVD camp by introducing an external disc player for its Xbox 360 console capable of playing the Toshiba format.
EA Drops $2 Billion Hostile Take-Two Bid, Enters Talks
The two CEOs' talk over the weekend results in Take-Two's management agreeing to present its three-year product pipeline and financial forecasts to EA.
Unisys To Manage Republican National Convention IT Services
The company will oversee computer operations for the political convention, which is expected to draw 45,000 delegates, volunteers, news reporters, and other guests.
HP Unveils Ultra-Portable Business Computers
The EliteBooks include optional solid-state hard drives, Intel Core 2 Duo ultra-low-voltage processors, support for multiple wireless technologies, and other features geared toward businesspeople.
Cadence Withdraws $1.5 Billion Offer To Buy Mentor Graphics
Cadence, whose products are used by engineers to design microchips, disclosed its $16-a-share offer for Mentor in June
Lenovo To Launch DVD-Less Ultra-Light ThinkPad
The 1-inch-thick X301 notebook will offer more storage capacity with the choice of 64-GB, 80-GB, or a new 128-GB solid-state drive.
iPhone 3G Available Online For Business Customers
AT&T's Premier Enterprise Web site is now selling Apple's popular handset online for $199 and $299 with a two-year contract.
Kansas Man Seeks Cable-Box Choice, Sues Time Warner
The antitrust lawsuit claims it's unfair that customers can't get premium cable service from Time Warner unless they use the company's box and pay a monthly rental fee.
Video-Game Industry Sales Slow In July
Still, the industry as a whole is on track to achieve record-breaking revenues of more than $22 billion for the year, according to analyst researchers with NPD.
Oracle Reports More Than 23,000 Downloads Of Its iPhone Apps
While Apple iPhone apps have a small presence in the business world, IT execs at Disney, Genentech, and Kraft are endorsing the iPhone.
Global PC Chip Shipments Up, Revenues Down In 2Q
Price competition in middle and low-end desktop and mobile PC chips drove overall market revenues down 4.5% quarter to quarter to $7.7 billion, IDC said.
iPhone Problems Reportedly Blamed On Infineon Chip
Users have complained on Web sites and blogs that Internet speeds have been inconsistent and that the phone often reverts to a slower technology known as EDGE even in 3G areas.
Intelligent GPS Devices Tap Away Traffic
A new wave of personal navigation devices, led by TomTom of the Netherlands, promises smarter, more reliable traffic information.
Intel Develops Wake-Up Feature For VoIP-Enabled PCs
Users also will be able to program their computers to accept only pre-authorized calls, thereby blocking unwanted calls.
Ex-Apple General Counsel Settles Backdating Charges With SEC
The complaint accused Heinen of fraudulently backdating two large options grants to Apple senior executives, including CEO Steve Jobs.
Intel Releases Interface Spec For USB 3.0
The 3.0 version, which has a data rate of 600 MBps, is the fastest USB technology to date.
Intel Unveils Smaller Solid-State Drive For Mini-Notebooks
The mini-notebook market is expected to show strong growth over the next few years with worldwide shipments on pace to reach 5.2 million units this year.
Apple Expected To Sell 4.5 Million iPhones This Quarter
By comparison, Apple sold about 1.12 million units of the first-generation iPhone during the same period last year.
University Of Toronto, IBM To Launch Supercomputer
The University of Toronto and IBM are building Canada's most powerful supercomputer, a mammoth machine that will need its own building for storage and will be capable of performing 360 trillion calculations per second.
Psystar 'Definitely Still Shipping' Mac Clones
In further defiance of Apple, Psystar also this week said it is making Leopard OS restore disks available to its customers.
Electronic Arts Aims To License 'Spore' Movie Rights
The company is banking on an aggressive marketing campaign and a raft of other new titles, including Dead Space and Warhammer Online.
Air Force Suspends 'Cyber Command' Program
The delay in the program does not necessarily mean the Cyber Command at Barksdale Air Force Base will not be created, but that could be one option, officials said.
AMD Manufacturing Plan Key To Chipmaker's Future
The company's Asset-Smart strategy may depend on whether it adds capacity by striking a deal to use foundries of IBM or an Asian contract chipmaker such as TSMC.
Lenovo Offers Mobile Workstation With Built-In Graphics Tablet
For graphics support, the W700 is available with either a 512-MB Nvidia Quadro FX 2700M or 1-GB Nvidia Quadro 3700 Open GL graphics processor.
Online Video Sales Expected To Reach $4.5 Billion By 2012
However, an In-Stat consumer survey found 54% of respondents favor purchasing physical disks when they buy movies or TV shows.
Strong Growth Predicted For Mini-Notebooks
Worldwide mini-notebooks shipments are on pace to reach 5.2 million units this year and 8 million units next year, Gartner said.
Apple Office Building Catches Fire
No injuries have been reported in connection with the blaze at the Macintosh and iPod maker's Valley Green Six building.
MIT Develops Realistic 6-D Imaging System
The images, which have a full 3-D appearance, also react to their surrounding environments and can produce shadows and highlights.
Best Buy To Sell iPhones, Right Next To BlackBerrys
The big box electronics retailer said it will begin selling the hot Apple device in its retail outlets after Labor Day.
Intel Says Tiny Atom Chip 'Off To The Races'
Atom is designed to go into low-cost gizmos that Intel calls Mobile Internet Devices and Netbook computers as well as other devices that may appeal to consumers.
AMD Unveils Latest Dual-Chip Graphics Card
The latest cards bring to three the number dual-chip cards released by AMD; the first was the HD 3870 X2.
Dell Updates Business Laptops For 'Digital Nomads'
The PCs include a security subsystem to protect data and prevent unauthorized network access, and technology to extend battery life to as much as 19 hours.
iPhone Connection Forecast: Spotty
Poor connections have been reported in countries outside the United States, indicating that the problem lies in the device or the software, and not with AT&T's 3G network.
IBM Plans Virtual Green Data Center In Second Life
IBM plans a rich-media Webcast on Friday to promote the center, which sits behind a private firewall in IBM's "green spot" in Second Life.
MobileMe Suffers More Outages
In the latest snafu for Apple's wireless syncing program, users couldn't access e-mails for hours on Monday.
NASA Delays Next-Generation Space Shuttle Program Till 2014
The space agency cites funding concerns for the four-year gap, as the Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor shuttles are expected to retire in 2010.
Japan's Cost-Squeezed NEC Considers PC Price Hike
Japan's No.1 PC maker NEC is considering a hike in wholesale prices of new personal computer models to offset rising costs, it said on Tuesday, but the plan could mean losing domestic market share.
HP Pads Its EliteBook Workstation Lineup For Creative Pros
The 17-inch laptop with the DreamColor display is the result of collaboration between HP and DreamWorks Animation SKG.
VoIP Coming Soon To iPhone 3G
Global IP Solutions is releasing an SDK that will let iPhone app developers integrate real-time VoIP.
Virtual PCs Free Workers From Hardware
With improved technology and faster Internet speeds, VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix are jostling to build a market that analysts say could one day generate billions of dollars annually.
HP To Acquire Colubris Networks
Colubris products provide wireless access, management, and security, as well as 802.11n capabilities.
VIA Reportedly Exiting Its Motherboard Chipset Business
The company will compete more with Intel and AMD to build x86 processors for the ultramobile PC market.
Intel Plans Quad-Core Nehalem Chips For High-End Desktops
The Core i7 for desktops is scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter, along with a server version for two-socket machines.
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