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Toshiba and SanDisk rejig memory production

Toshiba and SanDisk rejig memory production

Toshiba is set to take a larger stake in its joint chip fabrication venture with SanDisk, following the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding between the two companies.
Ian Williams Oct 21 2008 6:30AM Hardware
Intel to launch more core 2 duos in late December

Intel to launch more core 2 duos in late December

Intel plans to launch one of its last batches of Core 2 mobile processors towards the end of December, according to sources in the Taiwanese rumour mill.
Sylvie Barak Oct 20 2008 3:25PM Hardware
Heavyweights line up behind 'white spaces' Wi-Fi

Heavyweights line up behind 'white spaces' Wi-Fi

Some of the largest companies in the technology world are putting their names behind a move to build a free wireless network from so-called 'white spaces'.
Shaun Nichols Oct 20 2008 3:10PM Hardware
Hubble crashes again

Hubble crashes again

NASA is reporting that computer problems on the Hubble orbital telescope have worsened, complicating the mission planned to repair it.
Iain Thomson Oct 20 2008 3:10PM Hardware
AMD co founder Ed Turney dies

AMD co founder Ed Turney dies

AMD co founder, Ed Turney, has died of brain cancer at his old age home in Cupertino, aged 79.
Sylvie Barak Oct 20 2008 6:52AM Hardware
Greenest Macbooks ever still not green enough

Greenest Macbooks ever still not green enough

Despite the fact that the new Macbook line-up is supposedly the greenest ever, with better energy efficiency and less toxic components, Greenpeace is still saying Apple could have done much more.
Stewart Meagher Oct 20 2008 6:52AM Hardware
NEC goes green with new business displays

NEC goes green with new business displays

NEC has introduced the first model in a new series of displays for business with a focus on image quality and environmental friendliness.
Daniel Robinson Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Hardware
Information processing RNA could control biological function

Information processing RNA could control biological function

U.S. researchers are developing synthetic RNA devices that can execute information processing operations, potentially bringing biocomputing one step closer to reality.
Liz Tay Oct 17 2008 11:27AM Hardware
Nvidia introduces GeForce 9 series mGPUs

Nvidia introduces GeForce 9 series mGPUs

Nvidia introduces its new GeForce 9-Series mGPUs with the bombastic claim that “the integrated graphics motherboard as you know it is dead”, staking the claim that the integrated, single chip design will show game-changing performance of up to five times better than on Intel integrated graphics.
Sylvie Barak Oct 16 2008 3:10PM Hardware
Netbook sales drive PC growth

Netbook sales drive PC growth

The latest figures from analyst house Gartner report that sales of PCs and x86 servers grew by 15 per cent from this time last year.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Hardware
Tiny IPv6-ready protocol stack created

Tiny IPv6-ready protocol stack created

Cisco, Atmel and the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) have announced that they’ve built one of the smallest IPv6 stacks ever, and have open sourced it for general use.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Hardware
Dell teams with Red Hat on enterprise Linux

Dell teams with Red Hat on enterprise Linux

Red Hat and Dell have announced an alliance that will see the systems giant offer the new midrange Red Hat Application Appliance.
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 6:40AM Hardware
Intel says slowdown won’t harm technology

Intel says slowdown won’t harm technology

Intel has said it is prepared for an economic downturn and will not halt development of new processors.
Iain Thomson Oct 15 2008 3:37PM Hardware
Apple puts screen opening under the microscope

Apple puts screen opening under the microscope

Apple claims the designers of its new MacBooks used an electron microscope to examine ‘hundreds of versions’ of the indentation that lets users open the display.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 10:27AM Hardware
AMD off the hook in graphics case

AMD off the hook in graphics case

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has called off its investigation into allegations that graphics firm ATI and its parent AMD had violated federal antitrust laws.
Shaun Nichols Oct 15 2008 6:49AM Hardware
Digital TV survey to resolve technical issues

Digital TV survey to resolve technical issues

A $1 million technical survey has been commissioned by the Federal government to address digital TV reception issues in ‘multi-dwelling units’.
Staff Writers Oct 15 2008 12:30AM Hardware
Plastic film gets glowing report

Plastic film gets glowing report

A US factory is churning out 'light paper' that could make floor and bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.
Nick Farrell Oct 14 2008 2:02AM Hardware
Sun and Fujitsu make huge leap in server performance

Sun and Fujitsu make huge leap in server performance

Sun and Fujitsu will today show off a new, purportedly energy efficient, line of server systems based on a multi core Sun chip for high-performance and demanding tasks like server virtualisation and consolidation.
Sylvie Barak Oct 14 2008 12:02AM Hardware
Pittwater Council embraces real-time backups

Pittwater Council embraces real-time backups

Sydney’s Pittwater Council announced today that it has implemented Juniper Networks’ EX 4200 series Ethernet switches as part of a systems upgrade from tape backups to real-time off-site storage.
Staff Writers Oct 13 2008 3:25PM Hardware
Feature: hot tips for virtualisation

Feature: hot tips for virtualisation

Migrating systems to a virtualised environment can deliver significant efficiency gains and cost savings, but it has to be planned carefully. Martin Courtney explains how IT leaders can improve the odds of success.
Martin Courtney Oct 13 2008 3:12PM Hardware

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