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March 31
- Nano-welding could join molecular devices
- Myspace.com purges 200,000 user profiles
- Alienware quad-SLI systems to use liquid cooling
- Microsoft reports breakthrough in EU proceedings
- CD-R disc prices to rise 7-10% in Q2
- LCD monitor panel prices may stabilize next quarter
- Foxconn expanding components business
- Mainstream LCD TV segment to remain at 32" this year
- Apple ships Final Cut Studio 5.1 for Intel-Macs
March 30
- Quad-SLI system shipments get into gear
- Intel imagines 300,000 sqft chip factories
- Intel launches Community PC platform for India
- Epistar to develop blue-LED chips for seven-inch panel backlighting
- 30th birthday: TG Daily pays tribute to Apple
March 29
- EU commissioner suspicious of bundled utilities in Windows Vista
- MSI and Gigabyte dismiss merger rumors
- World of Warcraft patch promises to make game less repetitive
- Fujitsu prepares 200 GB, 2.5" notebook HDD, but will it perform better?
- Google deletes official blog by mistake
- Colorado State University develops laser spark plugs
March 28
- Dub Wheels rolls out LED wheels for your car
- Panda discovers rootkit functions in new Bagle worm variants
- Can In2TV "broadband television" fuel new growth for AOL?
- Could newly proposed House legislation rewire the Bell System?
- Panel makers eyeing alternative backlighting technologies
- The case for Z-RAM: Q&A with memory specialist Innovative Silicon
- Gigabyte and Leadtek launch SLI-ready 7600 GS graphics cards
- Azul Systems to use TSMC 90nm process for 48-core processor
- Azul Systems introduces 48-core processor
March 27
- GDC 2006: Exhibit hall round-up
- SMIC to begin volume production of solar cells in April
- Albatron launches 7900GT graphics card for small-form-factor PCs
- AMD quad-cores get a code-name: K8L
- InPhase exceeds 500 Gbit/in2 data density in holographic media
March 25
- Hard drives to increase storage size per sector 8x
- IBM builds nanotube chip
- GDC 2006: Playstation 3 without HDMI
March 24
- Nvidia to more aggressively go after small biz market
- A "highly critical" flaw in Internet Explorer
- GDC 2006: Bigfoot Networks promises hardware solution to end online game lag
- Intel said to be releasing northbridge packaging and testing orders
- Backlight unit makers to focus more on LCD TV application
- ViewSonic debuts 1ms LCD monitor in China
- Brittanica objects to study claiming equal accuracy with Wikipedia
- AMD to demo virtualization tech at Linux World
- Low prices fail to attract "latecomers" to the notebook market
- Sun Grid demo downed by DOS attack
March 23
- GDC 2006: Nintendo to make Sega games available for "Revolution" console
- Viiv TVs on the way
- Growth of DVR reshapes video business - iSuppli
- DDR2 contract pricing loses momentum
- NAND flash oversupply provides memory module makers more freedom in platform adoption
- Samsung not worried about NAND-flash supply equilibrium
- PS3 opens gateway for a variety of memory card standards
- Vista delay could pull Intel's price-cut schedule forward
- GDC 2006: Day One fires up gaming fans, price tags, and physics
- GDC 2006: Basic Sony Network Platform for PS3 confirmed free-of-charge
- Nvidia fills some holes by releasing 7300, 7600 GPUs, acquiring Hybrid
March 22
- GDC 2006: Dell fires up $10,000 enthusiast PC
- AMD may provide CPUs for Ultra-Mobile PCs, say PC makers
- Despite MMC Association and JEDEC collaboration, Samsung still dominates MMC platform
- Infineon introduces second-generation Schottky diodes
- Corning introduces environmentally friendly glass substrate
- Elpida begins sampling 512Mbit XDR DRAM
- GDC 2006: Ageia announces "PhysX" physics processor
- TG Daily preview: Game Developers Conference 2006
March 21
- Sun open-sources UltraSparc T1 processor design
- Bot authors targeting phpBB forums
- Microsoft readies next two versions of Internet Explorer
- Microsoft targets phishers
- Firefox 2.0 alpha available
- AMD unveils Athlon 64 X2 5000+ specs
- Apple waves goodbye to PowerPC iMacs
- LCD monitor panel prices approaching production cost levels
- Samsung launches 32 GB Flash disk for mobile computers
- Japanese government plans to sprinkle RFID tags over disaster areas
- TI controller reduces power consumption of consumer electronics
March 20
- Microsoft releases Beta 2 of IE7, as Gates apologizes for long wait
- New Fedora Core 5 Linux includes virtualization and Java
- Ricoh intros color laser multi function printer
- ATI introduces 1 GB workstation graphics card
- Symantec software boots users offline
- Flash memory price "to drop 25%"
- Samsung and SanDisk compete to drive NAND flash prices downward
- Graphics card market to heat up with return of ECS and entry of Foxconn
- Nvidia announces SLI-accelerated physics
March 17
- Cellphone games: Small size, big money
- Sony announces Blu-ray player, after-market PC drive and Vaio PC
- LCD panel makers to face tough Q2
- DRM drains music players
- ATI and Nvidia said to be uncertain about 80nm production
- Rumors of Intel departure from entry-level chipset market surface again
- Panel makers to roll out 19" widescreen panels next quarter
- New Kingston flash drive erases data after failed login attempts
- The emergence of geosensor networks
- Methanol-powered artificial muscles start to flex
- Microsoft's future in voice
- Windows Performance Rating for Vista examined
March 16
- Google maps powered "Stalker" site draws ire of celebrities
- Quad-SLI drives enthusiast graphics systems into $2000 range
- Sharp launches 65" high-definition LCD monitor
- Hackers get Windows XP working on Intel Mac
- LCD TV segment to account for half of revenues of large backlight units
- TFT LCD panels to become mainstream in handset displays this year
- 200 GB 2.5" hard drives may be feasible in 2H 2006
March 15
- Dutch researchers create RFID malware
- "Faraday caged apparel" - RFID-blocking wallets introduced
- Red Hat details Xen virtualization plans
- Iwill comes out with 16 DIMM boards
- Chinese claim world's first ultrasonic frog
- Turn down the volume, says healthcare group
- Sun announces enterprise tape drives
March 14
- Microsoft to introduce Windows Live Family Safety Settings
- An Amazon storage space for developers
- Intel launches "Sossaman" dual-core blade server processor
- Both high-def disc formats debate tech issues as HD DVD faces new delays
- Foxconn to begin shipping own-brand graphics cards
- Epson develops print head using OLED light source
- Apple issues another Mac patch bundle
- NEC and Benq show "smart LCDs at CeBit
- Dual-core not enough? What about 16 cores?
- MSI demos solar cell notebooks
- Fuel cells for notebooks ready for mass-production
- McAfee anti-virus update flags hundreds of innocent files as virus
- VoodooPC launches quad-SLI computer
March 13
- Internet adds 1.4 million new sites in February
- Virus names likely a lost cause
- Microsoft delays XP for legacy PCs
- Blu-ray discs and HD DVDs expected to carry region codes
- PC shipment growth to slow in 2006 - Gartner
- Google lands on Mars
- Samsung begins mass-production of 80 nm DDR2 modules
- Microsoft axes Vista Bios replacement
- ASPs for 15.4" notebook panels to stabilize in late Q2
- Nanya: DDR2 ASP to rise another 10% in March
March 11
- IDF wrap-up: Intel is hungry again
March 10
- Roxio releases Blu-ray preview kit
- Germany preps 50 Mbit broadband
- Lala.com mixes music trading with myspace-like social networking
- Amazon proceeding with plan to sell digital movies
- Via launches 3.5W mobile C7 processor
- SiS announces availability of SiS662 northbridge for Intel platform
- Chaintech and MSI launch SLI-ready GeForce 7600GT graphics cards
- Intel's LaGrande security technology not coming to consumer PCs
- Microsoft offers more tools for search engine
- Desktop PC sales predicted to stagnate in 2006
- Phishers now using redirectors to foil investigators
- ATI follows up with new middle-tier Radeon X1800 GTO
- Matsushita develops 4 GB SD memory card
March 9
- Alienware, Eurocom announce SLI notebooks
- Intel looks outside the processor for further power savings
- Windows Vista makes case for 2 GB of system memory, says Samsung
- DDR2 shortage to ease from late March, falling price of NAND to mitigate
- LCD TV demand weak in Q1, but should pick up in Q2
- Spring IDF: Asustek prepares cableless server solutions to accompany Bensley launch
- Ati includes Avivo video converter with new Catalyst 6.3 drivers
March 8
- DDR2 market rebound said to be short lived
- Kingmax to highlight DDR2 at CeBIT 2006
- Western Digital shipping "My Book" book-shaped external drives
- UltraCell developing double-capacity, methanol-based laptop fuel cell
- MIT developing carbon nanotube ultracapacitors to replace batteries
- Analysis: Can Merom return Intel to the performance driver's seat?
- Flash memory could slash boot time of Intel Merom computers by 50%
- AMD confirms Turion 64 X2 mobile dual-core CPUs for Q2 2006
- Is Intel's UMPC really Origami incognito at IDF?
- Intel's LaGrande trusted platform steers away from DRM
March 7
- Intel Woodcrest server leads AMD Opteron 64 server in performance test
- IDF keynotes: Welcome to 'Intel 3.0,' with first look at quad-core CPUs
- Sony rolling out blank Bluray discs in Europe
- ATI leads a week of graphics news with rollout of Mobility X1800, X1800 XT
- 5.46 Ghz "dream machine" computer to be shown off at CeBIT
- Intel: "Seamless" connectivity critical for evolution of wireless applications
- AMD CEO: Consumer CPU capacity could be traded to fuel commercial growth
- Intel promises "100's of cores" per processor within 10 years
March 6
- Dueling memory companies to roll out fast and faster DDR2 memory at CeBIT
- Global DRAM output highlights DDR2 shortage in January
- Corsair to unveil DDR2 and DDR memory solutions at CeBIT 2006
- AMD: US$100-laptop project important step into emerging markets
- Industry players: No critical price growth expected for DDR2 this month
- AMD launches Opteron 185, 285 and 885 processors
- Can IDF relight Intel's fire?
March 4
- 'Nano-skin' could create super-bendy screens
- Antivirus groups fight over Crossover sharing
- Apple employees file for wide touchpad patent
March 3
- Finnish group to test cellphone radiation on human skin
- Unotron's keyboards and mice can be dunked in water
- Seagate unveils SV35 HDD for security monitoring
- LG.Philips reportedly sets 8G substrate standard
- 512 MB microSD cards to become mainstream in Q2, says SanDisk
- SDRAM prices to increase in Q2, says Etron
- Abit launches AT8 32X motherboard
March 2
- TG Daily Report: Microsoft Office for $4
- Dell doubles standard hard drive and memory sizes on XPS desktops
- Xilinx first to 65 nm with next-generation Virtex FPGAs
- Mobo makers voice concerns about southbridge supply after ATI's Crossfire 3200 launch
- Seiko Epson: Global market for wide-format printing to grow 8-10%
- Sapphire delivers CrossFire RD580 series motherboards
- 3D Systems drops price of 3D printer below $15,000
March 1
- DDoS attacks target prominent blogs
- Microsoft says better than Google soon
- Windows Live Local and Ask upgrade maps
- Intel to ship Woodcrest processor in June
- Best Actress nominees to receive $20,000 digital camera
- Japanese group releases Knoppix Linux CD that boots in less than a minute
- Sony cancels development of next-generation PDD
- ATI announces dual x16 Crossfire 3200 chipset
- Win introduces compact single-board computer for dual Opteron processors