A new report has recently been published demonstrating the hard savings available from Windows Vista's Power Saving functionality. If your company has hard C02 reduction targets, or you would like to tell your management that... More...
When glancing through the multiplayer beta for Electronic Arts' upcoming Xbox 360 shooter Battlefield: Bad Company last night I noticed something odd in the title's "Unlocks" section: Ten of the unlockable weapons are tagged with... More...
Ever since the launch of the PlayStation 3, those who took exception to the console's relatively high price criticized Sony's decision to include an expensive Blu-ray Disc drive. While developers such David Jaffe (God of... More...
According to iSuppli Corporation, Apple Incorporated’s iPods traditionally have been sold at retail pricing that is about twice the level of their hardware Bill of Materials and manufacturing costs. The iPod touch is no exception.... More...
Despite its recent financial woes, Sun Microsystems, the world's third largest manufacturer of business computer servers, has managed to return a profit this quarter. Although Sun's revenue rose only marginally, going from $3.83 billion to... More...
SanDisk stated that NAND component prices have plummeted 50% in the past two months due to excess supply and along with increasingly cut-throat competition, the company has been forced to take drastic measures to keep... More...
The shiny, new Windows Vista beckons, and an upgrade is mighty tempting. But before you take the plunge, be aware that you may end up forking out a lot more money than just the cost... More...
A while ago, Nintendo announced it was turning a profit for every Wii sold. Since Microsoft loses $200 per Xbox 360 and Sony loses between $240 to $300 per PS3, it was a particularly surprising... More...
According to a report by Network World, a study performed by them has declared that the average Mac is half as expensive to maintain compared to a comparable PC in a business setting. This... More...
Today virtualization is expensive for licensing. Microsoft asks peopleto license every OS installed on virtual machines, even if powered off. But something is changing. Since the release of Windows Server 2003... More...
After disassembling the iPod nano, iSuppli discovered something that's bound to make iPod nano owners angry. The entire cost of materials inside the nano adds up to a measly 90.18 and if you add 8... More...
New Sony chief executive Howard Stringer may be poised to make further major cost cuts at the giant company, with analysts anticipating that the firm will post its largest loss in two years for the... More...
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a memo to his employees today. The memo goes on to tell about the rising expenses that Microsoft is facing. To trouble shoot this Steve Ballmer plans on... More...
For years, video game companies have envied Hollywood moviemakers for their glamorous stars, gee-whiz special effects and mass-market appeal -- but now they are learning that these things can come at a high price. Behind... More...
Ending days of speculation, Oracle finally slashed its prices yesterday for its next-generation 10g database software, by 16% in a bid to capture a sizeable market pie of small to mid-size businesses. The... More...
Having lost its attempt to have the liquidator of Buzzle removed, Apple is now locked in battle over who will pay the legal costs for the action. In the NSW Supreme Court yesterday, the barrister... More...
Business users of some of BT Openworld's packages could save up to 20 per cent. BT Openworld is to shave up to a fifth off the monthly cost of its Business Plus broadband services from... More...
The cost of building a fab has soured to a staggering $4bn, according to microchip manufacturers at the Semico Summit conference. This is a huge difference compared to the cost of previous 300-mm,... More...
America Online will undergo "relentless" cost cutting this year by eliminating a portion of its $1B in marketing expenses, slashing its 18,000-person payroll and trimming computer-network costs. Wayne H. Pace, chief financial... More...
MICROSOFT IS SET TO undercut rivals in a bid to make its Media technology the de facto standard and - some cynics might add - extend its monopoly from the desktop to encompass a range... More...
Charges must fall by 8.5 per cent, says Oftel Telecoms watchdog Oftel has ordered BT to make wholesale unmetered internet cheaper. Oftel has mandated an 8.5 per cent price cut to... More...
Thanks stevie. ps- BT's a great, sound choice. In another shocking move from BT they seem to have cut prices to business users, on their broadband subscription. They've reduced their price from £40... More...
Seen at The Inquirer. Some strange events happened in the memory market yesterday. SDRAM became more expensive than DDR memory, indicating one of two things. [A] Andrew Norwood, the senior analyst at... More...
Thanks SimonHi for this one, this is for all the brits on broadband. :) BT intends halving the cost of broadband in an announcement due to be made later this week. That's according... More...
Heads continue to roll at Motorola Inc., with the network and telecommunication equipment maker reporting a 20 percent reduction in its high-level executive staff -- about 120 managers -- in an announcement preceding its annual... More...
This compares the the approximate production price of the 214 square millimeter "Willamette" die for the Pentium 4 as compared to the 145 square millimeter "Northwood" die for the Pentium 4 Intel will release tomorrow.... More...
Any real estate speculator knows that stacking offices or apartments vertically beats horizontal sprawl when land prices are high. In the microscopic world of computer chips, the same principle applies, and a... More...
Oh! this is a surprise! I never expected this! :right: When Microsoft announced a new pricing structure for licensing its software in May, it said the scheme would be less complicated and result... More...
Thanks WinOSCentral The cost of coping with the Code Red computer worms that were unleashed on the Internet in July and August has reached about $2.6 billion, an independent research firm said on... More...