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October 31
- Trend Micro renovates PC-cillin security software
- Bluetooth scanners going mainstream
- Oracle launches free database
- BlueGene/L posts another Teraflop high
- PSC: DDR2 bandwagon will not arrive until 2Q 2006
- Taiwan makers to ship 2.2 million DVD recorders this year
October 28
- 2 GByte memory modules for iMac and PowerMac announced
- Internet plays larger role in American lives
- Bluetooth can knock out Wi-Fi signals
- Anti-spyware group publishes guidelines
- Intel entry-level chipset shortage to ease completely next month
- Futuremark unveils benchmark 3DMarkMobile06
- ECS adds support for Pentium M to PF88 motherboard
October 27
- GDDR4 can surpass XDR performance in certain scenarios, Samsung says
- Mobile Linux computing coding contest underway
- Sun looks to capitalize on 'perfect storm'
- NASA could hold Venezuelan responsible for alleged hacking, theft
- Flickr offers photo printing via mail or Target stores
- TV demand cuts availability of LCD materials
- New Intel desktop single-cores coming November 13
- BenQ 2ms LCD monitor to hit the market in November
- Sparc64 processor aims at dual-core transition in 2006
October 26
- Corsair intros 2 GByte DDR1-500 kits
- Microsoft joins book search plan
- Google funds open source drive
- Canon shows off a fuel cell powered digital camera
- Samsung ships first GDDR4 graphics memory
- New deal brings handwriting abilities to Nintendo DS
- Asustek debuts 3ms LCD monitor
- Micron intros improved image sensors for automotive applications
October 25
- OCZ intros honeycomb heatspreader for DDR memory
- Adtron intros sub-$2000 Flash harddrive
- Customers 'in charge' in the digital world, says Fiorina
- IBM's Xbox 360 processor enters mass production
- Bertelsmann builds new P2P platform
- Microsoft details a few Office 12 plans
- Intel delays Montecito, scraps multi-core Xeon Whitefield
- Winbond increases 2006 capacity schedule for DDR2 production
- ULi concerned about supply-demand imbalance in PC chipset industry
- Does a "World of Warcraft" EULA compliance mechanism count as spyware?
October 24
- CMOS more popular than CCDs for digital cameras
- Maxtor ships 500 GByte harddrives
- NEC announces speedy LCDs for movie applications
- Intel confirms motherboard with ATI's Xpress 200 chipset
- Internet Explorer to feature XML-based content labeling feature
- Is there room for another processor company?
- Yahoo raising subscription music price
- OSD introduces full color PM OLED
October 23
- 'Doom' leads slow weekend for theaters
October 21
- Snort vulnerability "wormable" but not widespread
- LCD industry marching onward to next generation
- STMicroelectronics delivers single-chip power management solution for notebooks
- Mass production of rollable displays set for 2006
- AMD's Socket M2 to simplify next-generation CPU
- VIA launches integrated K8M890 chipset with DirectX9 support
- AOpen to launch mini PC in November
- Warner Bros. joins Blu-ray Disc Association, plans to release Blu-ray titles
- OpenOffice 2.0 finally released
October 20
- Nvidia releases WHQL certified series 80 driver
- DTV bill passes in Senate Committee
- HP request to Blu-ray may have upset Warner Bros.' plans to shift camps
- Samsung launches 32" professional LCD, 4 ms-response performance LCDs
- McCain amendment to DTV transition bill fails in Commitee
- Via unveils Mini-ITX-based server cluster platform
- DVD Jon signs up with digital music company
- SMIC said to cut prices, increase DRAM production
- Samsung expects to take 20 percent of desktop storage market with hybrid drives
- Panel makers positive about the future of LED backlighting
- HP requests feature additions to Blu-ray disc technology
October 19
- Gmail renamed to Google Mail in Germany, UK
- Growth of PC market to be impacted by economic downturn, says IDC analyst
- Apple intros dual-core Power Macs, renovates Power Books
- Electronic Frontier Foundation decodes printer tracking dots
- Google Print expands in Europe
- Spansion starts sampling 1 Gbit NOR flash memory
October 18
- New iPod causes rumblings in entertainment industry
- Intel offers Robson's choice to cut boot-up time, battery consumption
- Lenovo launches sub-$400 desktops for small businesses
- ATI ramps Xpress 200 chipset for Intel platform
- Apple and Gateway post huge gains in PC shipments
- Reports: Foxconn eyes clone case market; Asustek may acquire case maker
- LG.Philips LCD to debut HDTV LCD panels and e-book display at FPD International
- Intel talks up Merom and Yonah at IDF Taiwan
- HP's new Color Laserjets print brighter colors
October 17
- RIM deal with Palm signals the emergence of BlackBerry as a software platform
- Gates: Blu-ray DRM is 'anti-consumer'
- GeForce cards to be bundled with Call of Duty 2
- Microsoft releases October Vista beta to developers, integrates IE browser
- New Albatron Pentium 4 motherboard to hit markets in early November
October 14
- Maxtor ups OneTouch external harddrive to 1 TByte capacity
- Microsoft connects Windows PCs, TVs with Xbox 360 console
- Photo site to offer unlimited printing for a flat fee
- New PowerBooks, Power Macs due shortly
- Exploit already available for Windows vulnerability
- Micron: 4Q demand for DRAM from OEM PC sector to grow
- Sources: NOR flash may be cause of shipment delays for iPod nano
- European Commission urges new continental music copyright provisions
- NEC announces consumer desktop and multimedia LCDs
October 13
- Intel to launch five 65 nm Pentium 900-models in January
- ATI Catalyst driver 5.10 adds Crossfire support
- CMS shipping "one-step backup" software for media files
- Samsung develops first 512 Mbit DDR2 memory device in 70 nm
- Samsung to unveil low power display panel without color filter
- Sony releases third PSP firmware upgrade in two months
- Saying goodbye to Apple's eMac
- Voodoo PC launches Mac mini clone "Idol"
- ULi will keep using HyperTransport in Intel-platform solutions
- ProMOS to start 90nm process DDR2 production at 12" plant
- IDC expects surge in mobile worker population
October 12
- Futuremark patches PCMark05
- Hitachi globally pushes their finger vein technology
- Apple updates iMac, intros iTunes 6
- Intel considers new brand, sequence number for dual-core Yonah
- Asustek debuts dual-core Intel Xeon server boards
- Kingston offers 667 MHz DDR2 SO-DIMMs
October 11
- Epson debuts two new photo inkjet printers
- Bill before Congress would create new cybersecurity secretary, while reforming FEMA
- Firefox faltering for market share
- 65nm Pentium systems to consume up to 17 percent less power
- CCD sensor failures hit digital camera industry
- Maxtor's desktop and enterprise harddrives now with SATA II spec interface
- DARPA Grand Challenge 2005: The road to victory
October 10
- HP, IBM launch dual-core wares
- New breed of 'fish-bot' unveiled
- Intel launches first dual-core Xeon processor, challenges AMD's Opteron
- Seagate introduces 500 GByte desktop harddrive
- Intel steps up multi-core development
October 8
- Stanford's Stanley wins DARPA Grand Challenge 2005
October 7
- Academic non-graphics applications see ATI's X1800XT in the lead
- Sapphire debuts Radeon X1300 and X1800 XL graphics cards
- Expected new Apple product causes NAND flash prices to rise
- GemTek to ship USB dongles to Nintendo in October
- IBM to unwrap first dual-core Xeon 'Paxville' servers
October 6
- Dell intros two entry-level laser printers
- Windows XP SP3 preview surfaces on Web
- Samsung releases 80 GByte 2.5" harddrive
- Analysts expect new iPods, Macs at special event
- Panasonic to ship Blu-ray disc drives in Spring
- Gateway intros 21" widescreen HD display
- Intel to showcase Sossaman and Monahans at IDF Russia
- Gigabyte announces ATI Radeon X1800-based graphics card
- DARPA selects 23 teams for the 2005 Grand Challenge
- Internet growing in 2005 faster than ever before - survey
October 5
- Freescale demos Bluetooth / UWB combo
- Hitachi announces low-light surveillance camera
- MSI announces Radeon x1300 graphics card
- TSMC launches its first 65nm prototype run
- DRAM makers: Dispappointing back-to-school demand
- Amid falling panel pricing, monitor makers plan price increase
- Nvidia schedules G72 GPU release in early 2006
- ARM announces low-power 65 nm CPU for mobile devices
- Sony patches PSP 2.0 firmware as homebrewers fight their own malware
October 4
- Blu-ray / HD DVD battle plays out in real-time at Japan trade show
- Sony announces digital camera with touch-screen focusing
- DRM chip for mobile devices may bind cell phones to service, content providers
- Forceware Rel80 drivers to bring mix-and-match capability to SLI
- MSI unveils Intel 915GM-based motherboard and server
- ECS motherboard shipments to hit record high in 4Q
- "Blue Team" runs self-righting motorcycle at DARPA Grand Challenge
- Oakley releases second-gen MP3-player sunglasses
- Microsoft to include native support for PDF in Office 12
October 3
- Samsung expects 40" segment to account for 13 percent of LCD TV panel market
- Report: Samsung to lower LCD monitor panel prices
- Nanya and PSC still see profit potential in commodity DRAM
- Tyan positive about supercomputer market
- Asustek and Advantech form strategic alliance to make IPCs
- OCZ, Corsair launch new DDR memory modules
- Epox launches SLI mobo for Sempron processors
- ATI samples next-generation X1000 mobile graphics processors
- "High-Def" music service announced
- Via and Mini-box announce $300 car PC kit
October 2
- Gateway preps $800 dual-core media center desktop
- Intel's 65 nm Pentium 4 to consume less power
- Aopen to launch Mac mini look-alike PC
- DARPA Grand Challenge update #1: Qualification day 1 results
- Gearing up for the DARPA Grand Challenge
- Dell extends XPS series, confirms 256 MByte memory requirement for Vista PCs