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Samsung, Airgo Team Up on MIMO Wireless Notebooks

Samsung and Airgo, a company that plans to take 802.11n or WiFi wireless to another level with its multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna technology, announced this week they will ship new notebook computers that incorporate the extended reach and higher data rate wireless solution ...

HP Moving Forward on Plans for Itanium Server Switch

Amid skepticism from some industry observers who have been wary of Intel's Itanium processors, HP has continued along the road to a server switch to Itanium, touting its higher-end Integrity NonStop server as the latest to leave behind reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processing technology for the new technology ...

AMD Takes Turn with Dual-Core Athlon X2

Only one holiday weekend behind its rival Intel released its dual-core Pentium D chipset, AMD this week announced the Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor that, much like Intel's offering, is aimed at rolling the new chip technology into the wider marketplace of desktop and notebook PCs, in addition to servers ...

Intel Pentium D Takes Dual-Core Mainstream

Delivering its first dual-core processor intended for mainstream, consumer and small-business PCs, chip giant Intel launched the Pentium D and 945 chipset this week, touting better support for multiple computing tasks, which increasingly include high-end graphics, audio, video and security ...

Cisco Aims at Data Center, Acquires FineGround

Computer networking giant Cisco continued its effort to compete beyond routers and switches and grab a foothold in the data center, where it has had weakness in the past. The company's presence in this area has been strengthened by acquisitions recently, including the latest: FineGround Networks, a popular data center appliance maker ...

AMD Unveils ‘Pacifica’ Virtualization Technology

AMD made real its virtualization technology as the chip maker unveiled its "Pacifica" specification, a computer processor design aimed at enhancing virtualization with 64-bit servers and other clients, including desktops and notebooks ...

IBM, Infineon Team on Tomorrow’s Memory Technology

IBM is teaming with Infineon and Macronix on a future computer and electronics memory solution that could hold the key to high-speed, high-density data storage ...

AMD Aims Geode at ‘Desktop-Style’ Devices

Touting a one-watt, "desktop-style" experience from its new Geode processor, AMD said the chip's support for Windows XP and XP Embedded would enable the next generation of x86-based HDTV, point-of-sale kiosks, tablet computers and new devices that compact desktop computing into smaller, low-power form factors ...

Outsourcing Guide: When, Where and How

The outsourcing and offshoring of business tasks rarely fails to generate controversy, with horror stories of company veterans training their overseas replacements and major projects that were farmed out only to flame out ...

UK’s Orange Tries TV For Cell Phones

Consumers are seeing more television on their mobile phones as another company rolls out a mobile handset service, most recently from UK provider Orange, which will offer customers there top TV shows and channels, such as Cartoon Network and CNN, for a monthly subscription ...

Chase Bank Rolls Out Contactless Credit Cards

While touting speed and convenience for credit card users, JP Morgan Chase & Co.'s Chase Bank is also causing some concern among security experts with its "blink" technology announced this week, which will allow contactless credit card purchases with the consumer's wave of the card at convenience stores and other establishments ...

Nintendo Nudges into Console Battle

Not to be left out of the furious technology tussle that has Sony and Microsoft gaming over their next-generation consoles, Nintendo touted the deep game support and backward compatibility of its own Revolution console this week ...

Sony Reveals More About Upcoming PlayStation 3

Following a week of Microsoft-MTV multimedia blitz on the next-generation Xbox 360 gaming console, Sony today sought the spotlight for its competing PlayStation 3 in advance of the E3 Conference in Los Angeles this week ...

Microsoft, Toshiba Seal Latest in Line of Recent IP Deals

On the heels of last week's announced intellectual property (IP), cross-licensing deal with Japanese PC and electronics giant Toshiba, Microsoft is reportedly seeking a similar sharing agreement with Hitachi ...

Dell Reportedly Eyeing Cellular Services for PCs

PC giant Dell signaled this week it will stretch the reach of wireless connectivity for its computers by using cellular phone networks and reportedly offering mobile phone subscriptions ...

Sony, Cingular Sync Up on Cellular Vaio

With help from wireless carrier Cingular, Sony has widened both the reach and variety of wireless technology in its latest, ultra-lightweight Vaio T-Series notebook PC, which allows users to connect laptops to the Internet almost anywhere there is cellular wireless coverage through Cingular's EDGE Network ...

Cisco Code Theft Suggests Wide-Scale Vulnerability

Almost a year after the theft and distribution of Cisco source code integral to much of the Internet's infrastructure, a Swedish teenager is suspected of stealing the software and using university computers to crack U.S. government systems and Web sites. The individual's attacks are said to have included numerous other online properties as well that may number in the thousands...

DVD Battle Hard To Quit

At the same time that they may be working toward a single solution for the next-generation DVD video disc, Sony and Toshiba appear to be advancing their own, separate solutions and downplaying a blending of the technologies ...

FCC Anti-Piracy Play Rejected

A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Federal Communication Commission's requirement of broadcast flag anti-piracy technology may give consumers more control over how they watch and record broadcast content, including digital television. That programming may be limited, however, because of content providers' concern over piracy ...

FCC Rejects SBC Request for Limited Rules on New Internet Services

Although it may agree with the hands-off approach to Internet services that telecom giant SBC was petitioning for in its request, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected the firm's proposal to limit Internet services regulation this week, indicating it is too soon to forbear on rules that are still taking shape ...

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