Sources have been cited as saying that Microsoft will announce its second-generation Surface tablets at its BUILD conference in June - but the report comes from the notoriously unreliable Digitimes. More...

Microsoft's next-gen Xbox console is expected to launch ahead of the 2013 holiday season, according to sources, who also echo earlier claims that it will be announced in the middle of next year. More...

ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, reportedly aims to release its next-generation code-named R700-series graphics processing units (GPUs) in mid-2008. The news comes as a surprise, as earlier it was revealed that the... More...

AppleInsider has learned that Apple's popular line of iMac personal computers are about to undergo a substantial facelift that will showcase striking new industrial designs aimed at leaving both competitors and onlookers smitten. People familiar... More...

AMD has announced the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition, a next-generation graphics card that combines workstation-class creative productivity and cutting-edge 3D game performance, according to the company. The ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition... More...

Thanks to OrangeSoul for the heads up in BPN. Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We... More...

Toshiba has claimed that they have developed the first laptop computer with its new HD DVD drive. This supports the Microsoft's claims that the format is suitable for the next generation portable computers. The company... More...

Sun Microsystems' Java technology will be built into Blu-ray DVD players, executives said on Monday, a development that advances the technology in the consumer electronics market for which Sun originally developed the software. ... More...

Microsoft and Toshiba said Monday they will strengthen their joint development of PCs and consumer electronics goods and consider working together on next-generation DVD technology. Toshiba, the world's third-largest notebook PC maker,... More...

ATI Technologies Inc., is revolutionizing gaming with the introduction of CrossFire™, the ultimate gaming platform. The CrossFire platform has been designed to give gamers the best performance and more flexibility and game compatibility than any... More...

Microsoft is now one of the three required video codec's for the next-generation DVD format. The Microsoft format that is being required is VC-9 technology which is used in Windows Media Video 9. ... More...

Via Technologies Inc. provided a glimpse on Tuesday of features that will be offered with the company's upcoming next-generation processor core, called Esther. The first Esther-based processors from Via are expected to be available during... More...

Thanks xStainDx Futuremark Corporation, the developer of the industrial 3DMark benchmark for testing performance of graphics cards intended for gamers, today gave a sneak peak on the next-generation benchmark for graphics cards.... More...

Sun Microsystems will discuss a future high-end processor Wednesday, a chip code-named Rock that will combine features of own designs with technology it acquired from Afara Websystems, sources said. David Yen, executive vice president... More...

After Intel pushed its future-generation desktop Tejas chips at a later date last week, this was only a question of time when it transpired that DP server Xeon processors with "Jayhawk" core are also postponed... More...

Intel plans to open the floodgates on a new generation of Pentium processors in the next few weeks, but its next chip for notebooks will not be among them. The chipmaker said... More...

Royal Philips Electronics has launched the Nexperia PNX7200, a single-chip MPEG-2 codec for DVD recording applications. The Nexperia PNX7200 enables a low system-cost solution, reducing bill of material (BoM) costs by up to 30%, according... More...

It's a hard-drive industry mantra: Each succeeding generation must be faster and fit more data into less space. But while performance gains have been modest recently, areal density (gigabytes per square inch) continues to grow.... More...

Just as expected, Intel Corporation today disclosed key technical details of its next-generation of Intel XScale technology based processors to be used in cell phones, PDAs and other wireless devices. The Bulverde will allow easy... More...

The Defense Department said on Friday it planned to link its high-tech weaponry, battlefield sensors and other communications systems to an upgraded Internet operating system within five years. John Stenbit, the Pentagon's chief information officer,... More...

Learn more about Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB): new security technology for the Microsoft Windows platform. Explore the resources on this page to discover how NGSCB can help create a more trustworthy computing environment.... More...

Apple has hired Taiwanese contract manufacturer to produce one million iMacs with built-in 15in LCD screens, the United Daily News, a Chinese language newspaper, has reported. The contract appears to confirm the... More...

Thanks configure for the heads up on this one. After months of closed-door negotiations, open source developers are now sure of royalty-free access to one of the most significant new storage formats of the future:... More...