Internet Service Provider Awarded $1 Billion in Spam Damages
Antispam activists disagree about whether a $1.08 billion judgment against three spammers in Iowa last week will discourage others from sending unsolicited bulk e-mail. Add comment
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Cornice Ups Storage To 3GB On Its 1-Inch Drives
Cornice has produced a 3GB version of its one-inch storage drive which will be available from early next year. Add comment
Micron Enters NAND Flash Market, Ships 2 Gbit 90 NM Devices
Micron today announced that it is shipping 2 Gbit 90 nm devices into the segment and is the most recent competitor in a field that is dominated by Samsung, Toshiba (Spansion (AMD/Fujitsu), Intel, and ST Microelectronics. Add comment
Popular BitTorrent File-Sharing Site Pulled
One of the Internet's most popular file-sharing websites has suddenly closed up shop, likely a high profile victim of the lawsuits launched last week against those operating servers using the BitTorrent network. Add comment
Elpida Ships FB-DIMM Samples
DRAM maker Elpida today announced that it has shipped samples of its Fully-Buffered Dual in-line memory modules (FB-DIMM), The devices provide a data rate of up to 4.8 Gbit per second, equivalent to 6.4 GByte per second (GB/s) data bandwidth. Add comment
Nvidia’s Shows Off Working PureVideo
Nvidia today announced the availability of PureVideo. The technology is designed to accelerate MPEG 2 and high-definition content on computer systems equipped with an Nvidia graphics card carrying a GeForce 6-series processor. Add comment
NVIDIA’s NV48 May Still Be In Plans
NVIDIA’s graphics processor code-named NV48 may still be in plans, contrary to earlier reports about its cancellation. The chip would be made at TSMC, according to the report, not at IBM, as it was initially reported. Add comment
Laptop Use Has Effect On Male Fertility
Recent studies have shown that males that leave a warm computer in their lap can impair their reproductive functions. Add comment
AMD CPU & Chipset Roadmap
[url=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=20308]The Inquirer[/url] has news about upcoming AMD CPU & Chipset core revisions. [quote]San Diego and Toledo are two names that you'll hear a lot about, and not just because they're quite nice places to take a holiday....[/quote] Add comment
Infineon Scales Flash Memory Cells To 20 NM
Scientists at semiconductor company Infineon said that it has built the world's smallest Flash memory cell. Measuring just 20 nm, the cell is about 5000 times thinner than a human hair. Add comment
IBM Set To Develop 100TB Tape Drive
IBM has begun work on new technologies designed to boost the capacity of tape storage devices by 250 times. Using "nanopatterning" techniques derived from the company's microprocessor division, researchers say they expect to one day build cartridges that can store as much as 100TB of data. Add comment
4G Set To Go Faster
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest mobile communications carrier, has achieved a 1Gbit/s packet transmission speed using fourth-generation (4G) mobile communication equipment. The company said that it reached this landmark in August, although it's only just released the information. Add comment
HP Leaves The Chip-Making Business
Hewlett-Packard is getting out of the chip-making business. The Palo Alto, California, company on Thursday announced that it reached an agreement with Intel that would see HP's Itanium processor design team move to Intel in January. The agreement effectively puts an end to the last microprocessor development effort within the company. Add comment
Intel 65-NM Process Moves Forward
Intel Corp. showed die photos of two microprocessors made with its 65-nm process Wednesday (Dec. 15) on the final day of the International Electron Devices Meeting, including a dual-core processor believed to be the mobile processor codenamed Yonah. Add comment
Scientists Seek To Forge Diamond Computer Chip
Only a few are singing about them yet, but it could turn out that diamonds are a computer's best friend. Add comment
‘Critical’ PNG Flaw Haunts Netscape
America Online Inc.'s efforts to kick-start renewed interest in its Netscape browser got off to a rocky start with researchers warning of a "highly critical" flaw that could lead to remote code execution. Add comment
New IE Exploit Spoofs Web Sites
Security researchers have uncovered a spoofing flaw in Internet Explorer that could allow a scammer to display a fake Web site with all of the attributes of a genuine, secure site. Add comment
Gigabyte Creates Dual-GPU Graphics Card
Gigabyte will announce Friday a graphics card running two graphics processors on one board. According to sources, the SLI card will lift current 3DMark2003 record levels by a significant margin while being priced lower than ATI's and Nvidia's single-GPU high-end cards. Add comment
Yahoo Tests Video Search Engine
Yahoo has unveiled a video search engine to the serve the growing appetite for multimedia entertainment online. Add comment
Unnoticed Fee Could Raise Net Domain Costs
Internet users may soon be required to pay an additional annual fee for each domain name they own, thanks to a virtually unnoticed requirement that will begin to take effect next year. Add comment
New CD Copy-Lock Technology Nears Market
A new kind of copy-protected music CD will likely hit U.S. shelves early next year, as record label SonyBMG experiments with a technology created by British developer First 4 Internet, according to sources familiar with the companies. Add comment
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