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The new Half type is composed of 16 bits and will be geared towards speeding up machine learning workflows by enabling faster computation and smaller storage requirements at the expense of precision.

In its annual audit of working conditions among its suppliers, Apple found that the environmental and labor violations had doubled over the previous year. The company found 44 core violations in 2017.

According to Shanghai-based analyst firm iResearch, revenues from online games in China have increased by 185% over the past year, making the market worth $353m in the second quarter of 2007. Although the market has...

Two Taiwanese companies are making laptop PCs users can hook up to their high definition (HD) TVs to make more use of the laptops' internal high definition optical drives, either Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD....

The legendary arcade classic that introduced gamers to co-op street-brawling action is back and looking better than ever. Team up with a friend or prepare to go it alone, because “Double Dragon” is hitting Xbox...

With the entirely new direction of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent, Ubisoft has reinvented the best-selling and highest rated espionage franchise. The revolutionary double agent concept immerses players in the world of international espionage...

Security experts have warned of newly intercepted malware which loads a rootkit onto compromised PCs. The rootkit blocks search engines by changing local DNS settings, and installs additional malicious code.According to Panda Software, the Zcodec...

Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announced the launch of the official Web site for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent. Available at https://www.splintercell.com – the only place to get your...

Computer And Video Games sat down with Splinter Cell 4: Double Agent co-producer Julien Gerighty to get some newinformation about the latest game in the series, which introduces newgameplay...

VSO-Software is proud to deliver the latest technology updates. This week we have released CopyToDVD 3.0.47 which supports DVD-R DL format (Double Layer). At the moment, only Plextor PX-716 and Pioneer 109 support this format....

Company rides Game Boy Advance sales to a 22.6 billion yen ($204 million) profit, counting on DS for rest of fiscal year. Nintendo's financial report for the first fiscal quarter shows amazing...

More than a year after its debut, AMD is gearing up for some core shifts to its 64-bit processor families. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said it has completed the design of its...

According to a report by The Inquirer Intel is working with Zinc Matrix Power to produce a laptop battery that can give up to 10 hours worth of power. Don't expect to get this...

Time to get your grubby little hands on the ninth trailer for the upcoming people sim, Sims 2. 20MB of great Sims 2 preview. Video: View Trailer (20MB) ...

Microsoft took two punches on Tuesday, one from Sony and a double hit from IBM and the consumer giant. Following a similar move by Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. has slashed prices on its...

Microsoft Corp launched on Tuesday a program to create versions of Windows and its other programs in little spoken languages such as Amharic, Catalan, Gujarati and Welsh to spread its software to all corners of...

Several storage vendors are testing new devices that could double the throughput of Fibre Channel storage-area networks (SAN) and network-attached storage boxes from the current 2Gbit/sec. rate. The faster 4Gbit/sec. standard was...

Legacy Interactive has released a playable demo for its highly anticipated title, Law & Order II: Double or Nothing. The demo gives players a first taste of the new game, including exploration of the investigation...

EA announces that its latest The Sims compilation pack is now available in stores across North America. Electronic Arts has today announced the North American release of its The Sims: Double Deluxe...

Sales in the United States of servers running Linux nearly doubled in last year's fourth quarter from a year earlier, according to new statistics from market researcher Gartner Dataquest. Total Linux server revenue was $384.6...

E-mail viruses are now twice as prevalent as they were in 2001, with one e-mail in every 200 containing a virus. Virus-scanning company MessageLabs said it stopped 9.3 million viruses in 2 billion e-mails this...

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix is the much-anticipated sequel to the explosive FPS hit! Reprise the role of John Mullins: Weapons Specialist, Anti-Terrorist Mercenary, and "Military Consultant." A new and...

Wireless usage in the United States will nearly double by 2006 from 2001 levels as more and more consumers use their cell phones to make calls that they previously made from traditional telephones, a study...

Found this over on GeekNews... Hackers will be unable to attack Web sites protected by a new security system unless they can change the laws of physics, according to Naoto Takano, chief executive...

Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix is the much-anticipated sequel to the explosive FPS hit! Reprise the role of John Mullins: Weapons Specialist, Anti-Terrorist Mercenary, and "Military Consultant." A new and insidious threat...

Raven Software and Activision have released the eagerly-anticipated multiplayer test for Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, offering the opportunity to try out their upcoming first-person shooter. This test includes one map called "The Shop...

Total security incidents nearly doubled in 2001 compared to the prior year, according to statistics released Friday by the federally funded computer and network security body, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center. ...

Struggling PC maker Gateway will part ways with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices once again. AMD separately announced Tuesday that it will lay off 2,300 workers by the end of the second quarter...