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Nortel Networks continued to build product momentum behind its VOIP alliance with Microsoft when it announced on Dec. 5 the general availability of its promised Multimedia Conferencing 5.0 software. The new MC 5.0 software, the...

Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer expressed pleasure over the success of the European PlayStation 3 launch, saying, "We came into the [European] market with more games and perhaps we lived up to the expectations in...

After many months, even years, of promising an e-mail push technology equivalent to what the RIM Blackberry service offers, it looks like Palm has finally done it. At least it has come close, with a...

Charles Chou, an analyst at Fubon Securities, commented that the tight supply of low-end Intel Celeron and AMD Socket AM2 Sempron CPUs became apparent in the middle of September, with the two chip vendors gearing...

Imagine an ink-jet printer head that could theoretically spit out 1,000 pages a minute, or more. The JeTrix project, which is still in a very early stage of development, is expected to be available commercially...

Samsung recently announced a 16GB NAND flash memory at a press conference in Seoul, South Korea. The high capacity flash memory was made possible by using advanced multi-level cell technology based on the 50...

Microsoft is moving head with its next version of Windows Server. Still due to ship before the end of the year, R2 is a relatively minor update but has the advantage of integrating the...

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced it had released to manufacturing the version of its Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) for embedded devices. Called "Windows XP Embedded With SP2," the new release contains many of the...

Today AMD unveiled its Sempron processors, which are designed for both notebooks and desktops. The Sempron processors where created for the value-conscious buyers. Who mainly do the very basic computer tasks (e-mail, web...

Microsoft senior vice president Bob Muglia is responsible for the development of Windows Server and communicating the company's Windows Server roadmap. I recently had dinner with Muglia and Windows Server Senior Director Jeff Price at...

Thanks xStainDx Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday finally added its Athlon 64 2800+ processor into official price list, reflecting its availability for at least some customers. The new chip is not designated to...

After a month's delay, Apple Computer has begun shipping its single-processor Xserve G5 server and plans to release the dual-processor version in April. Several of the one-chip machines have now been delivered...

Apple Computer Inc. has at last released its Mac OS X 10.3.3 update for desktop and server Macs. This significant 58.8MB update has been in development since at least January, when a build circulated to...

AMD yesterday released its new Mobile Athlon 64 processors designed specifically for notebook systems that work on battery power. The new products compliment existing line of AMD64 CPUs for desktop replacement portable computers unveiled in...

Microsoft on Monday will deliver a belated holiday gift to partners and small business owners. Sources say the Redmond, Wash. software giant will announce that it will give five free client access licenses (CALs) to...

Google has introduced a new search feature that turns up shipping information from Federal Express and United Parcel Service, the company's latest move to expand beyond keyword searches. Google takes people directly...

Yahoo on Monday launched new antispam tools for its Web-based e-mail service as part of an ongoing effort to curb the Internet's most reviled by-product. The Web portal said that as a way...

RM client bits for a variety of Windows desktop releases are available for download Microsoft has made available for download the first of several components of its forthcoming stable of rights-management software....

Microsoft Corp. today announced the beta release of Automated Deployment Services (ADS) for Windows® Server 2003, a powerful new server provisioning and administration tool that delivers key technology for the company's new Dynamic Systems Initiative...

THE LINUX COMMUNIITY gained a strong supporter this week as graphics company ATI finally introduced its unified driver for the open source operating system. ATI promised that it would work harder on its Linux support...

Big boys beware.... nvidia has chairs... "Deep Sub-Micron Process Technology Enables PC Industry's Most Advanced Cinematic GPU : GEFORCE FX LAUNCH - LONDON - November 18, 2002 - NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the...

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 8, 2001 -- Today's rollout of the Microsoft .NET Alerts preview promises an improved Internet experience for consumers and businesses. The .NET Alerts service is already live on eBay (https://www.ebay.com) -- the...