Dell will make entertainment more of a focus for all its consumer products, but declined to confirm a report that it will take another swing at the digital music player market.
The music player could ship as early as September, priced at less than US$100, according to the report in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. [...]
Dell says entertainment will be key to its products
August 7th, 2008 · No Comments
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NVIDIA Denies Reports That It Will Leave Chipset Business
August 4th, 2008 · No Comments
NVIDIA brushes aside the latest reports of its chipset demise
NVIDIA has been making the news quite a bit in the past few days. Earlier this week, there was speculation that NVIDIA could be in a prime position to provide chipsets for Apple’s next generation MacBook notebooks.
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Microsoft denies XP a last-minute reprieve, will support until 2014
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Microsoft Monday laid to rest rumours that it might reconsider pulling Windows XP from retail shelves and most PC makers next Monday.
In a letter to customers, Bill Veghte, the senior vice president who leads the company’s online and Windows business groups, reiterated June 30 as the deadline when Microsoft halts shipments of boxed copies to [...]
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GM’s Lutz Confident Chevy Volt Will Arrive For 2010
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Chevrolet Volt
GM is charging ahead with Chevy Volt development
The Chevrolet Volt is probably one of General Motors’ most highly anticipated vehicle launches in its long and storied history. The Volt promises to revolutionize the way people commute and GM is investing an incredible amount of money and manpower into ensuring that its [...]
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Canadian Politicians Negotiate to Join ACTA, Will Criminalize CD Copies, iPods at Border Crossings
May 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Under the new ACTA deal, iPods and other electronic devices will be subject to searches. It will be at border agents’ discretion what material is infringing. The searches can be conducted without lawyers present and those found in violation will be fined and have their devices destroyed.(Source: Canada.com)Under the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) [...]
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Apple will rule the living room by 2013, Forrester says
May 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Apple will rule the living room in five years, analysts said Thursday as they slapped down the Tarot cards to predict what the company would be up to in 2013.
“The home destination is where Apple wants to roost,” said James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research who co-authored a report released Thursday grandly titled The [...]
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Privacy: Laptop Content Searches Now At Will of TSA At Borders And Airports
May 6th, 2008 · No Comments
San Francisco - A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that US Customs officers do not need reasonable suspicion to search the contents of laptop hard drives and other media. In a 3-0 decision, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that laptops are just like any other physical property and can [...]
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Intel’s Atom Will Face Shortages Through Q3
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
OEMs scramble to get their hands on Intel’s newest mobile processors.
Intel specifically designed its new Atom processors to be as energy efficient as possible while at the same time being powerful enough to handle everyday tasks requested by consumers. Intel apparently struck a nerve with manufacturers as demand is currently outstripping supply for the inexpensive [...]
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Toshiba Says 25% of Notebooks Will Use SSDs in Next 3 Years
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Toshiba also says the price of NAND will drop 50% every year from now on
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WiFi Theft Bill Hits Wall, Most Likely Will Not Survive
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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