Brightstar Hires Former AMD CEO/CFO Thomas Seifert as CFO By Wolfgang Gruener published 6 December 12 Thomas Seifert, formerly CFO and interim CEO at AMD, has found a new home.
Nvidia Publishes Geforce 310.70 Beta Driver By Wolfgang Gruener published 6 December 12 Nvidia just released a beta version of the GeForce 310.70 Driver, which rolls up previously beta driver updates such as performance improvements for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Assassin's Creed III.
Intel to Launch 10W and 13W Ivy Bridge CPUs in 2013 By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 Prior to releasing Haswell processors in 2013, Intel will be introducing five significant Ivy Bridge processors for notebooks.
White House Web Petition Urges Construction of Death Star By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 Besides rather depressing topics such as the fiscal cliff, there is good reason for the U.S. government to focus on more upbeat tasks to keep us motivated. Such as the construction of a Death Star.
Intel Labs and ITRI Announce Fast Memory Array By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 Intel is starting a memory research project with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan to address the performance gap and to reduce the power consumption of memory.
3 Reasons Why Surface Pro is Priced Right By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 We have grown accustomed to the fact that a high-end tablet should have a $500 base price. Anything above is viewed as expensive and anything below makes you wonder what the catch might be.
DRAM Contract Prices Decline in November By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 DRAM contract prices continued their downward slide in November.
Windows XP Drops Below 40%, Windows 8 Passes 1% By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 Adding to the speculation that Windows 8 may need some extra push to generate PC sales, Net Applications has released an estimate on the operating system's market share.
Partially 3D-Printed Rifle Manages to Fire 6 Shots By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 There has been quite some controversy about Cody Wilson's idea to simply download some files from the Internet, print them via a 3D printer and assemble them into a rifle.
Mubadala Provides AMD With Financial Room to Breathe By Wolfgang Gruener published 5 December 12 AMD apparently received a safety net from Mubadala Development, which reportedly increased its share in the company to 19 percent, in exchange for a cash payment and an additional seat on the company's board.
Analyst: Intel in Talks to Build ARM Chips for Apple By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 RBC Capital analyst Doug Freedman stated that Intel may soon be building ARM processors for Apple.
Sapphire Announces Its First CPU Cooler By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 Sapphire has begun offering its first cooler for CPUs.
Intel, Dell Rumored to Sink Money Into Sharp By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 Rumors that Intel could be dropping a lot of cash to get its hands on Sharp's display technology are picking up speed.
Sit Back, Nvidia Tegra Can Land Your Plane By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 The Vertical Power VP-400 Runway Seeker does for planes what the car industry is trying to accomplish for cars: Take the pilot out of the equation and guide you safely to your destination without your interaction.
Cloud Browsers are a Security Threat By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Oregon published some findings on their work with cloud browsers, which could become interesting services for anonymous web browsing.
Micron Co-developing Non-Volatile DRAM By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 AgigA Tech has found a partner to work to bring its non-volatile DRAMs to market: Micron said that it is co-developing the technology with Cypress Semiconductor's subsidiary.
Japanese Robot Builder Creates RC Transformer By Wolfgang Gruener published 3 December 12 A Japanese robot builder has built a remote controlled Transformer bot.
Micron Expects Elpida Acquisition to Close in H1 2013 By Wolfgang Gruener published 2 December 12 Micron is still trying to make its way through a rather complex process to purchase bankrupt DRAM maker Elpida.
U.N. Nuclear Energy Agency Confirms Hack By Wolfgang Gruener published 2 December 12 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that one of its servers was hacked and the names of more than 100 people working for the IAEA were exposed.
Linux Webserver Rootkit Attacks Internet Users By Wolfgang Gruener published 2 December 12 Security software maker has released an analysis of a rootkit that recently showed up on the Full Disclosure mailing list.
Neil Young Goes Ahead With Pono Player, Best Quality Music By Wolfgang Gruener published 1 December 12 Speculation about Neil Young's super-high-resolution music player has been making the rounds on the Internet for more than a year, but it seems that the musician is serious about the device and that it will be released sometime next year.
Microsoft Rumored to be Slowing Surface Production By Wolfgang Gruener published 30 November 12 Micosoft is rumored to already be cutting the producting of its Surface RT tablet.
Wii U CPU Clock Frequencies Below the Xbox 360 and PS3 By Wolfgang Gruener published 30 November 12 Nintendo promised significantly greater processing capability in the recently released Wii U than in the preceding Wii console.
Staples to Offer Low Cost 3D Printing Service By Wolfgang Gruener published 30 November 12 3D printer maker Mcor Technologies said it has signed a deal with Staples to offer a 3D printing services to its customers.
VoodooPC Founder Takes Issue with HP's Envy "h8" PC By Wolfgang Gruener published 30 November 12 "Dislike" may even be an understatement.