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AMD expands Embedded Roadmap

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:43:51 +0000

At the AMD Taiwan Embedded Forum this week, AMD added new processors and a new chipset to its embedded roadmap. New CPUs include the high performance AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core processors TL-56 and TL-62... Read more...

Netflix Expands Internet Viewing Option, Day Before Macworld

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:21:36 +0000

Girding for a potential threat from Apple Inc., online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over high-speed Internet connections. The Associated... Read more...

AOL expands Instant Messaging Service

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:35 +0000

Customers of Alltel Corporation and Verizon Wireless can now access AOL's popular instant-messaging service by using cell phone text messaging. To activate, users can simply send a blank text message to "AIMAIM". The service makes... Read more...

Apple expands educational content on iTunes

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:21:17 +0000

Apple Incorporated is expanding the free educational content available on its online iTunes Store in a new category called "Beyond Campus" within iTunes U, a free service which Apple has offered to universities since 2006... Read more...

AMD Expands Upcoming Processor Branding

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:57:12 +0000

With the launch of Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated's Athlon X2 BE-2350 and 2300 processors on June 5th, AMD will debut its new naming scheme for its product lineup. The new naming scheme designates the first... Read more...

Everquest II expands again - Rise of Kunark!

Todd Tanner — Thu, 10 May 2007 19:24:07 +0000

For those of you who played (or still play) the original Everquest, Kunark was one of the expansions for that game, and from what I understand it was a mess - literally. Well now Everquest... Read more...

Google expands personalization with iGoogle

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:54:01 +0000

Google Inc. is stepping up efforts to allow its users to personalize how they search the Web, moving beyond the one-size-fits-all approach to search it already offers. Officials told reporters at Google's Silicon Valley headquarters... Read more...

AOL expands to India with portal site

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:28:29 +0000

AOL is expanding to India with a new portal (in the English language) since "India is one of the world's fastest-growing online markets, and our India portal will help us compete for users and advertisers... Read more...

Acer expands through Best Buy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:25:06 +0000

Taiwanese PC vendor Acer Inc. has started selling laptop PCs at popular retailer Best Buy Co. Inc., expanding its presence in the U.S. market. Best Buy is featuring Acer laptop PCs with a brand spotlight... Read more...

Intel Expands Quad-Core Lineup

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:14:10 +0000

The world’s largest chipmaker Intel Corp. has unveiled several new quad-core microprocessors at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Nevada and now offers nine chips for desktop, server and workstation applications that feature four... Read more...

Microsoft Expands Virtual Earth

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:22:21 +0000

Microsoft is constantly expanding VirtualEarth, the engine behind Live Search Maps. The software giant's latest move is with GlobeXplorer, an aerial and satellite imagery provider. GlobeXplorer's images will be integrated into Virtual Earth within the... Read more...

US Court Expands Blogger Immunity

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 14:08:05 +0000

The California Supreme Court has ruled that individuals - such as bloggers - who use the Internet to distribute information from another source may not be held to account if the material is considered defamatory.... Read more...

SpiralFrog Expands Music Catalog

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:39:06 +0000

SpiralFrog has reached an agreement with EMI Music Publishing, one of the largest music publishers in the world, to use its songs and lyrics for a music download service scheduled to roll out in a... Read more...

Dell Expands Computer Recycling Program

Dave Legg — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:10:33 +0000

Dell announced yesterday it was to expand its current program to allow anyone to recycle their old machines, regardless of whether the owner was purchasing a new machine or not. This is a requirement that... Read more...

Sky expands internet telephony service

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:30:49 +0000

BSkyB is preparing to expand its internet phone service, according to a report in The Times. The newspaper said that Sky hopes to "shake up the market" for internet-based VoIP telephony. Sky has not released... Read more...

Everquest II expands again and again

Todd Tanner — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:06:08 +0000

IGN is reporting that once again Sony Online Entertainments MMORPG Everquest II will be getting its third expansion on November 14th of this year. But that's not all! SOE also announced that coming in June... Read more...

IBM expands data-integration software business

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:14:23 +0000

IBM has announced that they have released five new software programs as well as services and training, which are related to service-oriented architecture. This allows companies to build virtual bridges across previously unrelated computer data,... Read more...

TGS 2005: Final Fantasy XI Expands Again

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:49:57 +0000

Official Web site confirms Treasures of Aht Urhgan expansion, new screens and sneak peek soon to follow. The official Final Fantasy XI Web site has been updated with word about a new... Read more...

ATI Expands All-In-Wonder Lineup

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:52:37 +0000

ATI Technologies said Tuesday it has expanded its family of multimedia graphics cards with All-In-Wonder X800 XL. The new addition is designed for both U.S. and European customers and provides both relatively high performance in... Read more...

Microsoft Expands Low-Cost Windows to Mexico

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:05:42 +0000

Microsoft said Tuesday that it is expanding its Windows XP Starter Edition to include Mexico, with plans to eventually offer the low-cost operating system throughout Latin America. The software maker said that... Read more...

Microsoft Expands Windows Piracy Check

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:37:58 +0000

Expanding its measures to combat software piracy, Microsoft will require users who want to download local language add-ons to Windows to first validate their copy of the operating system as legitimate. Microsoft offers versions of... Read more...

Second Halo 2 update expands matchmaking

Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:38:33 +0000

Bungie lives up to its promises of regular updates, adding Team Slayer and Rumble Training to matchmaking. Call it Halo 2.2. Bungie's second major Halo 2 update was announced by the company... Read more...

Microsoft Expands MSN Music In Europe

Tom Warren — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:18:30 +0000

Microsoft has launched MSN Music in 8 new European countries today. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, Holland, Austria and Switzerland will all be able to download Music from the MSN Music service. MSN... Read more...

Microsoft Expands Windows Anti-Piracy Program

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 18:48:39 +0000

When it launched its "Windows Genuine Advantage" pilot program in September, Microsoft Corp. was hoping 20,000 customers would opt into the voluntary program, via which Microsoft checks whether customers are running counterfeit copies of Windows.... Read more...

EA extends, expands mobile game deal

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:07:23 +0000

Digital Bridges to continue to provide development, distribution of mobile versions of top EA franchises. Electronic Arts Senior VP Gerhard Florin announced today at the European Games Network (EGN) in London that... Read more...

Ask Jeeves Expands Local Search via Citysearch

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 15:39:40 +0000

Ask Jeeves today has partnered up with Citysearch. Together the two companies will make it easier to access local business listings on the web. If Ask Jeeves continues to add new features like... Read more...

Microsoft Expands Access to Windows Source Code

Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:53:54 +0000

Those MVPs living within the already 27 countries that have signed up with Microsoft's Windows Source code program can now see it for free (limited source code of course). Specifically the programs cover Windows... Read more...

Apple again expands iBook logic board repair program

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:25:18 +0000

Good news for iBook owners Apple has extended its logic board repair program. Now iBooks manufactured from May 2001 to October 2003 are covered. Apple has, for the second time, expanded... Read more...

Google Expands Paid Search

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:09:01 +0000

In an effort to generate more money from advertising on content sites, Google has begun letting any Internet publisher host a search on its website and collect revenue from advertiser-sponsored search listings. The program, AdSense... Read more...

World of Warcraft Expands GM Hours

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 23:08:03 +0000

MMP beta title game managers in-game four more hours. According to the official World of Warcraft Web site, effective Monday, June 7th the in-game support will be open four hours earlier. GM... Read more...

HP expands open-source support

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 31 May 2004 18:53:09 +0000

Hewlett-Packard is set to announce plans Tuesday to expand its support for open-source software. The computing giant will certify and support MySQL, the leading open-source database program, and JBoss, a popular Java-based application server, on... Read more...

Apple Expands iBook Logic Board Repairs

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:47:06 +0000

Apple Computer, Inc. has updated its iBook Logic Board Repair Program to include coverage for additional models. According to Apple's site, the following models are now eligible for this program: iBook (16 VRAM) iBook... Read more...

64-Bit Universe Expands

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:59:34 +0000

Intel will offer 64-bit CPUs that can also handle 32-bit apps. An all-64-bit-computing world just took a significant step forward, and your upgrade path to that world just got a lot less... Read more...

Dell Expands Relationship With VMware

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 23:42:59 +0000

Dell on Monday began revealing its plans for the enterprise virtualization market, disclosing an expanded partnership with VMware Inc. Dell will use VMware software to enable single physical servers to act as two or more... Read more...

Microsoft Expands Xbox Live in Asia

Thu, 05 Feb 2004 15:37:15 +0000

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would kick off its Xbox Live online gaming service in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore in April, making inroads into Asian markets dominated by Sony's PlayStation 2 console. The... Read more...

Singapore's Chartered expands partnership with IBM

Thu, 15 Jan 2004 10:49:26 +0000

Loss-making chipmaker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd said on Thursday it would start producing chips with faster processing speeds for U.S. tech giant International Business Machines Corp. The agreement, which expands Chartered's partnership with... Read more...

Sony expands Minidisk size

Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:11:27 +0000

The Inquirer is reporting that later this year a major update to Sony's popular memory format "mini-disk" will be released. This new version will give up to 40 hrs of capacity,a huge increase... Read more...

AMD expands 64-bit chip line

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 23:54:13 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday will turn up the heat on Intel by releasing a desktop chip and three notebook processors. AMD's Athlon 64 3400+ processor largely will be aimed at high-end... Read more...

Microsoft-Lindows battle expands in Europe

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:45:27 +0000

Microsoft has expanded its legal battle with Lindows to Europe, putting pressure on PC makers there and on the company to stop distributing Lindows software. The dispute opens another front in Lindows' trademark spat with... Read more...

Microsoft-Lindows battle expands in Europe

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:00:27 +0000