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There were some interesting things going on last week and one of them I ran into by accident. First, I was amazed that Dell got into Best Buy, as this would be like Apple suddenly becoming a Windows reseller, and it falls into the "impossible" class of accomplishments. Speaking of impossible, Michae...
Researchers at IBM announced Thursday the development of a technological breakthrough known as a "silicon Mach-Zehnder elctro-optic modulator." The device would replace the copper wires normally used to transmit information between the multiple cores in a microprocessor. IBM's optical modulator woul...
Microsoft plans to put a version of its Windows XP operating system on One Laptop Per Child's platform, XO. The rudimentary computer is aimed at nations that do not have a widespread user base. The low power requirements -- bright screen, and hand crank which can augment available power -- are all k...
HP has expanded its BladeSystem product line -- popular among enterprise customers -- with a carrier-grade version. The platform is "optimized" for the heavy-duty requirements of telecom service providers and network equipment vendors, the company said. The BladeSystem Carrier-Grade Platform is inte...
Intel is working on a new low-power microprocessor apparently designed to run basic laptops in to be sold in developing areas of the world. However, the company is talking very little about it. "We are not discussing the timing or the specifications of the Diamondville product yet," Connie Brown, a ...
I've been looking at the early numbers from the Black Friday sales and -- as expected -- flat screen TVs are flying off the shelves and you can't find a Wii at anywhere close to retail price if you can find it at all. Products that sold through were the Amazon Kindle, the low-end Toshiba HD-DVD play...
Micron Technology has entered the solid state drive market by announcing plans to deliver 32 GB and 64 GB SSDs in early 2008. The Boise, Idaho-based semiconductor company already produces a wide variety of DRAM, NAND flash memory, CMOS image sensors and other semiconductor components. Its subsidiary...
Last week was a short week, and while you know the outcome of Black Friday, that is still in my future. We did have two big announcements, though. Amazon made a run at the eBook market with what is the best eBook in the world; in addition, the Dell XPS One, which follows the Gateway One to market, i...
IBM announced a new addition to its BladeCenter portfolio Monday designed to make its blade servers more open and easy to use. IBM's BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager provides I/O virtualization that can help reduce the cost and complexity to enterprise users through its open architecture, the company...
Dell unveiled a new consumer electronics system Monday that combines multimedia computing with high-definition television and entertainment. The Dell XPS One features a 20-inch, widescreen, edge-to-edge tempered glass display, side-mount speakers and a webcam with dual-array microphone. It is built ...
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-Ser...
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 n...
Microsoft revealed specific details about its upcoming Windows Server 2008 Monday at this year's Microsoft TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, Spain, including packaging, pricing and licensing information. One major difference from previous iterations of Windows Server, the software maker announced, are t...
Intel announced Sunday it has made two important leaps with its new server and high-end PC processors: They are the first to use Intel's Hafnium-based high-k metal gate formula for the hundreds of millions of transistors inside the processors; plus, they are the first to be manufactured on the comp...
Advanced Micro Devices has turned to graphic chip technology to boost the power of its latest high-end processor, the FireStream 9170 Stream Processor, unveiled Thursday. The hybrid chip taps into the "massive parallel processing power" found in graphics processing units and leverages it to meet the...
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