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Microsoft readies new platform, code-named "Echoes"

Tom Warren — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:50:36 +0000

According to Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft is readying a new platform for telco carriers to offer subscribers Windows Live and other forthcoming Microsoft services. Foley had a chance to take a peek at... Read more...

Microsoft readies Zune Software Update 2.3

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:24:05 +0000

Not to be confused with the firmware updated released last month, this update will bring the Zune software to the same version number: 2.3. The update, which will not be a major one (judging by... Read more...

CES2008: BiTMICRO readies 832GB 2.5" SATA SSD

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:11:22 +0000

At the CES 2008 show in Las Vegas, flash solid state disk pioneer BiTMICRO Networks announced its plan to launch an 832GB version of the E-Disk Altima SATA flash SSD in 2.5-inch form factor. The... Read more...

Nvidia Readies Dual-Chip, Single-Chip High-Performance GPU's

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:23:20 +0000

Nvidia Corp., the world's largest designer of discrete graphics processing units (GPUs), reportedly plans to update its lineup of expensive graphics cards with at least two new offerings later in the quarter. The most powerful... Read more...

Microsoft readies Zune Firmware Update 2.3

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:41:42 +0000

The Microsoft Zune team plans to soon release firmware version 2.3 for the portable multimedia device. The download isn’t up yet, but I’ll be updating this newspost when it does go up. The update... Read more...

Nvidia Readies Geforce 9

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:28:18 +0000

nVidia is certainly planning on make lots of hay this Christmas, rolling out revisions to its mid-range GeForce 8 series and raking in the cash on the technology it has spent the last few years... Read more...

AMD's Graphics Division Readies ATI CrossFireX Technology

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:54:34 +0000

ATI CrossFire multi-GPU technology was announced in mid-2005, but has not really gained widespread popularity since then, partly because ATI's flagship graphics products faced delays and partly because Nvidia put tremendous efforts into popularization of... Read more...

Nvidia Readies New "Ultimate" Technology for Gamers

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:33:38 +0000

Nvidia Corporation not only plans to refresh its lineup of performance graphics accelerators this year, but also intends to introduce its 3-way SLI multi-GPU technology, which is apparently Nvidia's new "ultimate gaming platform". Initially Nvidia... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Five September Security Updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:59:08 +0000

Microsoft will release five sets of security patches next Tuesday, including a critical update for users of Windows 2000, the company said Thursday. With the remaining four security updates rated as "important" by Microsoft, this... Read more...

Nvidia Readies Hybrid SLI Technology

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:02:12 +0000

Nvidia Corporation has done the unthinkable in the world of 3D graphics cards: the number one graphics card producer claims its new technology will combine low power consumption with high performance. Nvidia's new Hybrid SLI... Read more...

Sapphire Readies DirectX 10 Graphics Cards for Old Computers

Mon, 21 May 2007 18:57:35 +0000

Sapphire Technology, one of the world's largest producers of graphics cards, is planning to release three graphics cards featuring ATI Rialto bridge, which allows GPUs originally architected for PCI Express to work on platforms supporting... Read more...

Intel Readies MID Platform as Alternative to UMPCs

Tom Warren — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:16:11 +0000

Intel offers up cheaper, simpler mobile platform for consumers Just over a year ago, Microsoft and Intel announced the Origami platform which would lay the foundation for Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs). UMPCs were supposed... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Windows Mobile 6

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:45:20 +0000

Microsoft plans on Monday to officially announce Windows Mobile 6, formerly code-named Crossbow, at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona. The first devices using the software aren't expected until spring, however, with the bulk of... Read more...

Intel readies x86 system-on-a-chip as XScale successor

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:43:52 +0000

Intel's plan to develop an x86-based system-on-a-chip line is well known - we reported on it way back in August 2005, for instance - but only now are details of the XScale replacement starting to... Read more...

Yahoo Readies New Ad Management System

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:47:07 +0000

Almost a month earlier than expected, Yahoo will launch its new advertising management 'Panama' system on February 5, 2007. Main competitor? Google's AdSense pay-per-click programme. Yahoo's new system is expected to be very similar to... Read more...

Toronto Readies Massive Downtown Hotspot

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:22:57 +0000

Toronto Hydro Telecom's recently installed a six-square kilometer Wi-Fi hotspot in downtown Toronto that will deliver Internet upload and download rates at a consistent 5 Mbps. The Wi-Fi deployment called OneZone is the largest in... Read more...

Fujitsu Readies 2.8 Pound Sub-Notebook For Vista Launch

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:36:21 +0000

Fujitsu has announced the new Loox T-Series sub-notebooks, all pre-loaded with Windows Vista Home Premium. There are four models available, T50: 1.2GHz Celeron M processor, 512MB of RAM, 60GB hard drive T50U: 1.2GHz Celeron M... Read more...

Nvidia Readies GeForce 8800 for $299 - $349 – Rumour

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:32:00 +0000

In a bid to increase pressure on arch-rival ATI, a division of Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidia Corp. reportedly prepares a more affordable version of its GeForce 8800 graphics card. The novelty, on the other hand,... Read more...

Toshiba Readies Millions of HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:12:18 +0000

LAS VEGAS -- New movie releases, more market entrants, improved technology and 1.8 million HD DVD players from Toshiba are the weapons companies plan to use in the format battle against rival Blu-ray Disc this... Read more...

Nvidia Readies 5 new GPU's?

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:33:54 +0000

At least five more G80-based graphics chips are on their way from Nvidia, if entries in the latest driver package to leak out of the GPU maker's labs is anything to go by. According to... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Vista and Office for Buisness Launch

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:45:48 +0000

After years of waiting, U.S. business customers will finally have a chance to get their hands on Windows Vista and Office 2007 when Microsoft launches the products on November 30 at an event in New... Read more...

Seagate Readies Secure Drive

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:07:21 +0000

Early in 2007, Seagate Technology will begin shipping its first widely available hard drives with built-in encryption. The Momentus 5400 FDE.2 (which stands for Full Disk Encryption 2) will include a special encryption chip that... Read more...

Microsoft Readies 'Windows Live Agents'

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:16:19 +0000

Thanks to MHashmi for the heads up! The world's largest software company said Thursday it had acquired privately held Colloquis Inc., which makes software that lets customers instant-message with a computer to get answers to... Read more...

Toshiba Readies New HD DVD Players

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:42:51 +0000

Toshiba will soon put its second generation of HD DVD players on sale in the U.S. The Tokyo company kicked off the high-definition movie battle in the U.S. earlier this year when it put its... Read more...

Samsung readies rival digital music service to iTunes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:13:41 +0000

Samsung is to take the digital music fight to Apple by launching its own song download service in the UK, France and Germany, the South Korean giant revealed today. Details of the service remain scarce,... Read more...

Nvidia Readies GeForce 7950 GT Graphics Card

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:22:53 +0000

Nvidia Corp., a leading supplier of graphics processors, is reportedly planning to unveil a graphics card that is likely to offer performance between the levels of the GeForce 7900 GT and the GeForce 7900 GTX... Read more...

Microsoft Readies New Office 2007 Beta Updates

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:23:40 +0000

Microsoft is readying the next—and seemingly final public—beta builds of its Office 2007 client and SharePoint Server 2007 server products, according to bloggers inside and outside the company. Last week, Microsoft notified Office testers officially... Read more...

BenQ readies 'world's first' HDMI monitor

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:27:33 +0000

BenQ is gearing up to ship what it claims is the world's first computer monitor with an HDMI port. The 24in FP241W will support the full 1080p HD resolution when it ships this coming September.... Read more...

Intel readies WiMax chipset

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:09:25 +0000

Intel's next-generation chipset for WiMax devices will support either fixed or mobile versions of the wireless broadband technology, and all the equipment vendors that have adopted the company's current product plan to use the new... Read more...

Universal readies back-to-basics CDs for iTunes era

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:46:39 +0000

Universal Music Group is to bring no-frills CDs to the UK in a bid to match the iTunes Music Store's price point. The scheme targets old, back-catalogue releases rather than new or recent titles. According... Read more...

ATI Readies Top-to-Bottom DirectX 10 Graphics Cores Lineup

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:39:52 +0000

ATI Technologies, a leading supplier of graphics processors and multimedia technologies, may be ready with the top-to-bottom lineup of DirectX 10-supporting graphics processor and a chipset with built-in DirectX 10 graphics core as early as... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Proprietary Image Format

Fri, 26 May 2006 14:03:42 +0000

Microsoft have announced their new image format which is a competitor to standards like JPEG and PNG.Windows Media Photo is a new file format for continuous-tone still images that surpasses the limitations of existing image... Read more...

Microsoft Readies 'BitVault' Self-Healing Data Store

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:04:36 +0000

Once a Microsoft Research project, Microsoft's forthcoming P2P-based storage engine will be targeted at the growing market for managing and delivering compliance and reference data. Microsoft is working to commercialize "BitVault," a Microsoft Research technology... Read more...

Dell readies new business notebooks

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 01:13:55 +0000

Dell is expected to unveil new business notebooks with built-insupport for wide-area network connection options, wide-screen displays, and a dual-core processor optionTuesday evening. Included in the unveiling are the Latitude D620... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Second Anti-Spyware Beta

Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:07:54 +0000

Windows Defender Beta 2 will add support for Outlook, a new interface, and automated updates to the spyware definitions and scanning engine. Where Beta 1 has been available only for Windows XP, Beta 2 will... Read more...

Microsoft Readies New Services

Tom Warren — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:10:00 +0000

According to Mary Fo Foley of Microsoft-Watch the giant software company is planning new services following the much talked about "re-org" of the company last week. New services that are currently on the... Read more...

AOL Readies VOIP Service

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:50:00 +0000

America Online has announced it will offer a new Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service starting October 4, entering a heated race for Internet-based telephone services. The service, called TotalTalk, will enable calls to be... Read more...

Mozilla Readies Another Firefox Security Makeover

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:23:41 +0000

The Mozilla Foundation has shipped release candidates for a new version of its Firefox Web browser to provide a thorough fix for a known code execution security vulnerability. The Firefox 1.0.7 makeover comes just one... Read more...

Microsoft Readies MSN Messenger 7.5 Public Preview

Tom Warren — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:52:28 +0000

Mess.be is reporting that Microsoft is readying a MSN Messenger 7.5 Public Preview. Messenger Beta sites are currently displaying holder content ready for a release soon. According to Microsoft: ... Read more...

Microsoft Readies Web-Based Communicator

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:48:29 +0000

Microsoft is looking to extend the reach of its Office Communicator 2005 instant-messaging (IM) client via a new version that will be completely Web-based. Microsoft is set to kick off on July 15 a first... Read more...