First Certified WiMAX Chip Ships
Semiconductor vendor Wavesat said Wednesday that it has shipped the first certified WiMAX wireless broadband chip. Add comment
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Altnet Claims Patent On P2P Core Technology
Altnet claims to have a patent on P2P technology. Specifically, the patent deals with identifying files using "hashing," which helps identify a file more quickly. Add comment
eBay Fee Changes Spark Revolt
Numerous eBay Store sellers lit up the Web auctioneer's message boards Thursday, railing against upcoming fee increases and looking for alternative ways to sell their wares online. Add comment
Teen Accused Of Leaking Apple Secrets
A Web site that disclosed Apple's top-secret plans to bring out a $499 mini computer and a new bare-bones iPod -- prompting a lawsuit from the company -- turns out to be the brainchild of a 19-year-old Harvard University student. Add comment
No Flaw In Windows Media DRM
Last week it was reported that a security firm found a critical flaw in the Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management services built into Media Player 10. However, Microsoft has pointed out that this issue has been resolved already with Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as by changing the security settings on older versions of IE 6. Add comment
Linux Heavies Issue Patches
Linux vendors Red Hat, Novell/SUSE, Mandrakesoft, Debian and Gentoo have issued advisories and patches this week for a number of different vulnerabilities that have hit them. Add comment
Nvidia Adds GeForce 6600 AGP And 6800 LE PCI Express To Product Line
Nvidia today expanded its GeForce 6 series with the models 6600 AGP and 6800 LE PCI Express. Both versions are variations on current and will be mainly channel products that show up in systems and at a "few retail or etail place", Nvidia said. Add comment
Gateway Offers $360 eMachines PC
Gateway announced four additions to its entry-level eMachines brand. The new T3624 is offered for $360 (after $50 mail-in-rebate) and comes with a Celeron D 330 processor (2.66 GHz), 256 MByte DDR memory, a 60 GByte harddrive, a 48x CD-RW drive and Intel-based integrated graphics. Add comment
Elpida Trims DRAM Power Consumption With Super Self Refresh Technology
Elpida Memory said Thursday it has shipped first samples of its DDR SDRAM products sporting Super Self Refresh Technology that reduces self refresh current (IDD6) by up to 95% to extend the battery life for portable consumer electronics applications with no trade-off in performance. Add comment
Intel Preps 3.50GHz Server Chips With 8MB Cache
Leading chipmaker Intel Corp. has unwrapped some of its plans concerning the server and workstation processors and chipsets. The main headliners of Intel’s pedestal and rack server roadmap – Intel Xeon MP processor code-named Potomac and Intel’s dual-core chip code-named Smithfield – finally got their target clock-speeds and cache sizes from Intel’s official documents. Add comment
RAM Prices To Fall Below Production Cost
With growing capacity outstripping lacklustre demand due to stagnant PC sales, ABN-AMRO analyst Crystal Lee said she saw DRAM prices falling to an average of $3 in the first quarter. Add comment
Pentium 4 Chipsets From VIA To Be Announced This Month
X-Bit Labs has the scoop about VIA's Pentium 4 chipset plans. Add comment
Sony Shows Qualia Video Processor
Sony will expand its Qualia line of products later this month with the addition of a video processing device that can improve the image quality of standard and high-definition images, the company announced. Add comment
Video Game Channel Switches Name – Again
G4TechTV, a cable network devoted to video games and cutting edge technology has decided to drop the "TechTV" from it's identity. The new incarnation of the network will be known as "G4 - Video Game Television" and was announced at the Television Critics Association press tour by CEO, Charles Hirschhorn. Add comment
Myst V Landing On PCs This Fall
Ubisoft announces the final chapter in the Myst series; adventure game will pick up where original Myst left off. Add comment
Lossless JPEG compression coming with StuffIt 9
Allume, the people who make the Stuffit archiver have created a new compression algorithm that will losslessly compress JPEG files by an average of 30%. This algorithm will be part of the Stuffit 9 software. Add comment
T Mobile-Hacked!
A sophisticated computer hacker had access to servers at wireless giant T-Mobile for at least a year, which he used to monitor U.S. Secret Service e-mail, obtain customers' passwords and Social Security numbers, and download candid photos taken by Sidekick users, including Hollywood celebrities, SecurityFocus has learned. Add comment
GMail Messages Are Vulnerable To Interception
While developing a mailing list script for Gmail, a group of guys found out that Gmail is vulnerable to interception. Add comment
Micron Claims Industry First With 667MHz FB-DIMMs
Micron Technology announced it could increase clock-speed of its Fully-Buffered DIMMs up to 667MHz, enabling future servers with higher memory bandwidth. The appropriate memory modules are tested by the company now and are expected to go into mass production sometime in the first half of 2006. Add comment
Intel’s Unannounced Pentium M Chips Sneak Into Retail
Yet unannounced Intel Pentium M processors for 533MHz processor system bus emerged for sale in Tokyo, Japan. The products come in Intel’s typical retail packages, which implies that the chipmaker has already started to ship such central processing units to various customers including retailers. Add comment
Webroot Enlists Bots To Fight Spyware
Anti-spyware company Webroot Software Inc. Monday announced what it claims is the industry's first automated spyware research system. Called Phileas, the system relies on bots--computer programs that perform tasks in lieu of a person--that continually crawl the Web, looking for spyware, adware, and the sites that host such software. Add comment
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