AMD tightlipped on company's future(AP) -- Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that's been chopped nearly in half since last year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kept new details about its turnaround plans close to the vest Thursday in a very brief ... |
Cablevision plans wireless broadband networkMay 08, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area, which is principally on New York's Long Island. |
Intel buys license for Sweden-wide WiMax networkMay 08, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- Intel Corp. dove further into the cellular business on Thursday, becoming one of the winners in Sweden's auction of licenses for nationwide wireless broadband. |
![]() WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet worldAs US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. |
Clearwire, Sprint Nextel to form $14.55B wireless company(AP) -- Clearwire and Sprint Nextel will combine their wireless broadband units to create a $14.55 billion communications company. |
Intel, Samsung, TSMC Reach Agreement for 450mm Wafer Manufacturing TransitionIntel Corp., Samsung Electronics and TSMC today announced they have reached agreement on the need for industry-wide collaboration to target a transition to larger, 450mm-sized wafers starting in 2012. The transition to larger ... |
![]() Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public (Update)(AP) -- Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily ... |
Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computersStanford and many of the biggest companies in computing will announce Friday, May 2, a joint effort to address a major missed opportunity in information technology: the dearth of software that can harness the parallelism ... |
Adobe plans to give away Flash for mobile devices(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. says it will license its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices to help developers make mobile Internet experiences more closely resemble the experience on computers. |
Electronics makers to create home networking standard(AP) -- Several electronics manufacturers said Tuesday they are working to create a worldwide standard for how their devices will talk with each other in people's homes. |
![]() Lenovo Debuts IdeaPad U110 laptopLenovo today announced the availability of the IdeaPad U110 consumer notebook PC, the star of Lenovo’s IdeaPad entertainment and fashion-oriented notebook collection and winner of three Best-of-Show awards ... |
STMicro shares rise on bright outlook, despite 1Q lossApr 29, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- European chip maker STMicroelectronics NV, hit by costs from a spinoff and an acquisition, reported a loss for the first quarter and fell short of Wall Street expectations, but its shares rose Tuesday on its optimistic ... |
![]() Apple Updates iMacApple today updated its all-in-one iMac line with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors and the most powerful graphics ever available in an iMac. With prices starting at just $1,199, iMac includes faster ... |
Cray picks Intel for supercomputers(AP) -- Intel Corp. is ratcheting up the competition with smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. by teaming up with supercomputer maker Cray Inc., which for the past six years has used only AMD chips in its high-performance ... |
![]() 'GTA IV' expected to sell 9 million copies at launch(AP) -- There's no Burger King tie-in or special flavor of Mountain Dew. No commercial directed by Peter Jackson, or even an action figure. |