PC makers are mapping out plans for dealing with the issues raised by Intels decision to stop shipping a flawed chipset connected to its “Sandy Bridge” platform. – PC makers are
starting to plan how theyre going to deal with the ramifications from Intels
chipset problem.
Intel
executives announced Jan. 31 that a design flaw in a supporting chipset tied to the
companys “Sandy Bridge” Core-i processors is forcing a recall
of the chipset. The recall could c…
Apple is shifting component makers for the iPhone 5, according to reports. Inevitable rumors about the next iPhone are already well underway. – While Apples next-generation iPad seems to be drawing the
lions share of speculation recently, rumors are also emerging about the
companys next iPhone.
Over the weekend, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News
reported that Apple had selected a handful of new companies as component builders for…
Google’s Android engineers defend the open source platform, arguing that carriers and handset makers who lock down their Android smartphones beg for rooting exploits. – Google’s Android team prefers that carriers and handset makers provide
unlocking mechanisms for Android smartphones so application developers can
tweak the operating system without circumventing Android’s security.
Android, which is aggressively challenging Apple’s iPhone in the U.S.,
is by natu…
iSuppli reports a late-year boost during the holiday season as companies and consumers dig into their pocketbooks to buy more storage. – Hard disk drive manufacturers, despite constant pressure from the growing
solid-state sector, are expected to compile some sales numbers this quarter
that will bring smiles at the end of 2010.
Industry analyst iSuppli reported Dec. 15 that the industry is seeing a
late-year boost during the ho…
Guns N” Roses” Axl Rose has sued Activision Blizzard, the developer of video game Guitar Hero III, over a cartoon depiction of ex-bandmate Slash on the front cover. Rose alleges in his 20-million-dollar claim that Activision broke an agreement not to feature imagery of the guitarist. The singer claims they also agreed not to show [...]
Talking with analysts as Oracle OpenWorld wrapped up, CEO Larry Ellison said he may buy a semiconductor vendor, industry-specific software makers and possibly NetApp. – Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is still in an acquisitive mood, and he now
could be setting his sights on buying a semiconductor company.
At a meeting with analysts Sept. 23, as Oracles
OpenWorld show wound down in San Francisco, Ellison reportedly said his
company would be interested in buying a proc…
Companies that market to small businesses should actively take advantage of business-to-business social media resources before taking on more IT resource-intensive projects. Some business-to-business social media resources requiring little IT investment include Webinars, podcasts, and company and brand pages on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Rob Feinstein explains how to use social media to most effectively market to small business decision makers. – Companies marketing to small businesses would be well-advised to first focus on social media tactics that require little IT investment, according to Engaging Small Business Decision Makers through Social Media, a recent study involving 1,711 small business leaders. Using Webinars and podcasts are ju…
Google’s YouTube video-sharing Website launched YouTube Partner Grants to pay $5 million to video producers to create
high-quality videos millions of people will want to watch. YouTube also launched 4K high-resolution video July 9. – In another move to boost content creation, Google’s YouTube Website July 9
said it is pumping $5 million into a program to spur the creation of
high-quality videos millions of people will want to watch.
YouTube Partner Grants is intended to give promising video producers with
little or no budge…
YouTube is looking for casual video editors to try out its Web-based video editing tool. The YouTube Video Editor lets users splice together several videos into one larger video, trim the beginning and end, and add soundtracks from the YouTube AudioSwap library. People can then publish videos to YouTube with a single click without waiting for the usual long upload. – YouTube is looking for casual video editors to try out
its Web-based video editing tool, a departure from video editing applications
users install on their computers, such as Apple Final Cut Pro.
Available in YouTube’s TestTube experimental Web page,
the YouTube Video Editor
lets users splice t…
Petra Foods, the Cemoi Group and the Blommer Chocolate Company have formed a Joint Venture (JV) company PACTS (Processors Alliance for Cocoa Traceability and Sustainability) to produce fermented cocoa beans in Africa’s Ivory Coast.
The world hard drive industry is forecast to deliver more than 300,000 petabytes of storage capacity through 2015 — mostly to enterprise data centers and cloud computing systems, IDC reported.
– A prominent IT researcher forecast May 3 that the hard-disk storage
industry will be building and selling products at an unprecedented pace
during the next five years.
In fact, the world hard drive industry is predicted to deliver more than
300,000 petabytes of storage capacity through 2…
Website builder services are required by any one who is looking forward for building up a website in order to promote his business. But along with the website design there are a few other components that require equal consideration.
Dell named Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, Seiko Epson and HannStar Display in a lawsuit filed in San Francisco March 12, alleging that the manufacturers were fixing display prices at Dells expense.
– Computer maker Dell is suing five Asian manufacturers for allegedly plotting
to set prices and overcharge Dell for the display panels they create.
Japan-based Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba
and Seiko Epson, and Taiwan-based HannStar Display were named in the suit that
Dell filed in a U.S. District…
Little-known SmartPhone Technologies files lawsuits against Apple, AT T, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola accusing them of violating patents owned by the company.
– The smartphone patent lawsuit derby continues with a company named
SmartPhone Technologies suing Apple, AT amp;T, Research In Motion, Samsung,
Sanyo, LG Electronics and Motorola, accusing them of violating patents owned by
the company. Filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of T…
The founder of Acer reportedly tells a Taipei paper that U.S. PC makers such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Dell may not be around in 20 years because they don’t know how to get low-cost PCs to market.
– PC makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Apple aren’t likely to be pleased by the
idea that they may not be in business in 20 years’ time, due to their alleged
inability to produce inexpensive PCs.
Stan Shih, founder of Acer, headquartered in Hsinchu
City, Taiwan,
shared this sentiment with the Taip…
Nokia has filed lawsuits against liquid crystal display and cathode ray tube makers that it alleges were involved in price fixing for a decade. Samsung, Toshiba, Sharp, Philips, Hitachi and LG Electronics are all named in the suits.
– Nokia, the worlds largest mobile phone maker, has filed a suit
against several liquid crystal display (LCD) and cathode ray tube (CRT)
makers, according to reporting from the Associated Press and Dow Jones.
The LCD makers, or their subsidiaries named in the case, are reportedly
Toshiba, Sharp,…
