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- Report: Intel's Atom chip, Netbooks demand strong
- Demand appears to be stronger than expected for Intel's Atom chip and the netbooks that they power, according to a Citi report. In a research note, analyst Glen Yeung said: Field checks from Japan suggest Intel has ordered 20M Atom flip-chip packages for 3Q08 and 25M...
- Tags: intel atom, intel corp., chip, semiconductors, network technology, processors, hardware, networking, components, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Gallery: Lenovo hops on the netbook bandwagon
- Lenovo announces the IdeaPad S10 netbook PC, a $399 Atom chip-based netbook that's about an inch thick and weighs just over two pounds. by Andy Smith
- Tags: andy smith, lenovo group ltd., semiconductors, network technology, desktops, hardware, networking, netbook, atom chip, lenovo
- Image galleries 2008-08-06
- The 8GB/64-bit advantage
- Running a 64-bit operating system allows you to break the 4GB memory barrier. But are there advantages to loading up with 8GB or RAM? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: advantage, memory, network technology, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, networking, adrian kingsley-hughes, 64-bit, ram, 8gb
- Image galleries 2008-08-05
- Why x86 is perfectly fine for now
- I, and most people use, a 32-bit (x86) version of Windows. "So what?" you may think, and rightly so. I've been looking into 64-bit (x64) Windows for a while now and I cannot see any advantages. Ed can, and his article has certainly made me think twice, but I can't...
- Tags: 32-bit, intel x86, ram, x64, 64-bit, microsoft windows, network technology, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, operating systems, software, networking, zack whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- ASL Crypto Manager (exe)
- The Crypto Manager program is intended for fast encrypting of any users files. For this purpose, RC4, a high-speed on-the-fly algorithm of encrypting, is used in the program. The program allows to encrypt any taken file and to pass it safely to the other person, using the common ways (portable...
- Tags: program, actual software lab, crypto manager program, e-mail, lans, engineering, networking, network technology, online communications
- Software downloads 2008-08-05
- 255 mln households to have HDTV by 2013
- The number of households worldwide with HDTV service delivered via satellite, cable TV, IPTV and over the air will grow to 255 mln by the end of 2013, up from an estimated 45 mln as of the end of 2007, according to IMS Research. Blu-ray Disc market will experience strong...
- Tags: blu-ray disc, hdtv, ibm ims, household, ims research, blu-ray, tvs, tv & home theater, cable, dvd, consumer electronics, network technology, personal technology, home entertainment, telecommunications, networking, am
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- 255 mln households to have HDTV by 2013
- The number of households worldwide with HDTV service delivered via satellite, cable TV, IPTV and over the air will grow to 255 mln by the end of 2013, up from an estimated 45 mln as of the end of 2007, according to IMS Research. Blu-ray Disc market will experience strong...
- Tags: blu-ray disc, hdtv, ibm ims, household, ims research, blu-ray, tvs, tv & home theater, cable, dvd, consumer electronics, network technology, personal technology, home entertainment, telecommunications, networking, am
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Multi-core Intel chips to be used in handhelds and supercomputers?
- Intel's "Larrabee" family of multi-core chips, originally aimed at the personal-computer graphics market, may now see action in "an increasingly broad spectrum of the computing world, from Windows and Macintosh desktop personal computers to handhelds and even supercomputers," reports the New York Times. Larrabee is slated to...
- Tags: supercomputer, handheld, multi-core, graphics, intel corp., chip, larrabee, semiconductors, network technology, processors, hardware, networking, components, andrew nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Vyatta changes the networking game
- "A gigabit Ethernet card for a Cisco router costs $5,000. A gagabit Ethernet card for Vyatta costs $50 and you can buy it at Fry's. Or call the Geek Squad. That's a huge difference in the economics. They both perform the same way. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: game, network, cisco systems inc., vyatta, ethernet, networking, network technology, servers, hardware, dana blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel
- Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...
- Tags: apple iphone, comcast corp., yahoo! inc., computer science, broadband, computer, intel corp., robots, corporate governance, digital cameras, federal government, monitors & displays, broadband internet, network technology, emerging technologies, business operations, corporate law, consumer electronics, personal technology, government, hardware, components, telecommunications, networking, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- It's official: my broadband nightmare is over
- Beginning today, I proclaim an international day of celebration. Over the course of 31 days, I've been without broadband. It hasn't been without whinging about it at every given opportunity of course. If it wasn't for the close proximity to my university campus and a very...
- Tags: broadband, broadband internet, network technology, telecommunications, networking, zack whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Simple, Affordable Disaster Recovery Automation in the Virtualized IT Datacenter
- Quick recovery of operations after a site failure requires major planning and testing, dependent on an infrastructure and recovery plan that can be simply and affordably managed. Virtualized iSCSI SANs are increasingly being chosen for virtual data center deployments because they help simplify storage management and help overcome performance, scalability...
- Tags: iscsi, data center, information technology, equallogic, disaster recovery, automation, data centers, storage area networks (san), ip storage, storage, network technology, hardware, data management, networking
- Webcasts 2008-08-01
- Video: Don't look for satellite TV merger anytime soon.
- It's final. Satellite radio has been given the thumbs up to merge. That doesn't mean that a satellite TV merger is around the corner, though. The dynamics of TV and radio are different - even though some of the tech's competitive forces are standing on the sidelines of the satellite...
- Tags: merger, video, satellite, satellite television, satellite tv, mergers & acquisitions, tvs, tv & home theater, network technology, consumer electronics, personal technology, investment, finance, home entertainment, networking, sam diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: apple iphone, larry dignan, broadband, apple inc., net neutrality, microsoft windows, 64-bit, network technology, operating systems, software, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Akamai: Broadband consumption clouds outlook
- Akamai said Wednesday that broadband speeds may have as big of an impact on its financial results as the slowing economy. Akamai, which makes software that caches content to speed up Internet traffic, reported net income of $34.3 million, or 19 cents a share. Excluding items the...
- Tags: broadband, broadband speed, earnings, akamai technologies inc., paul sagan, broadband internet, network technology, telecommunications, networking, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- XM-Sirius merger to raise DirecTV-Dish deal chances?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Senior Editor Sam Diaz about the satellite television landscape. Diaz looks into whether EchoStar Communications' Dish Network and DirecTV will renew merger talks, now that the Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger of the country's only two satellite radio providers.
- Tags: merger, xm satellite radio inc., satellite, sirius, mergers & acquisitions, satellite radio, network technology, investment, finance, consumer electronics, personal technology, networking, xm radio, sirius satellite, satellite television, direct tv, dish
- Videos 2008-07-30
- EIC podcast: Dell's music plans; Microsoft's Mojave; Broadband wars
- On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I assess Dell's MP3 player trial balloon, Vista's Mojave experiment and the broadband wars and whether any of the big players can actually win. First up, Dell floated a trial balloon in the Wall Street Journal today and the...
- Tags: dell computer corp., broadband, microsoft corp., podcasts, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), broadband internet, network technology, telecommunications, internet, operating systems, microsoft windows, software, networking, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player?
- In the TalkBack section of my earlier post on the sudden popularity of x64 Vista, a commenter notes that Adobe's Flash player is not yet available in a 64-bit version, which means that if you go to a site that uses Flash, your 64-bit browser will not render the content...
- Tags: adobe systems inc., macromedia flash player, microsoft internet explorer, 64-bit, network technology, processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, networking, ed bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Comcast sees economic headwinds; Can anyone win broadband war?
- Is it possible that no one wins the broadband wars between Verizon, AT&T and cable companies like Comcast? That question is worth asking following Comcast's second quarter results. Comcast missed second quarter earnings estimates of 22 cents a share by a penny, but the cable giant's results...
- Tags: comcast corp., verizon communications inc., broadband, network technology, broadband internet, telecommunications, cable, networking, personal technology, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream
- Last year, x64 editions of Windows Vista were hard to come by and seen as mainly for early adopters. This year, with little warning, the tide seems to have shifted dramatically. By my back-of-the-envelope calculations, at least 20% of all Vista PCs sold in the second quarter of this year...
- Tags: microsoft windows vista, 64-bit, microsoft windows, network technology, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), processors, semiconductors, hardware, components, operating systems, software, networking, ed bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
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