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  • 13 September 2011

  • News: Chip-level advances that may change computing

    Imagine a world with electronic devices that can power themselves, music players that hold a lifetime of songs, self-healing batteries, and chips that can change abilities on the fly. Based on what's going on in America's research laboratories, these things are not only possible, but likely.

  • News: Bitcasa Will Offer Unlimited Cloud Storage for $10 a Month

    Bitcasa, an ambitious start-up, plans to offer unlimited cloud storage space, for $10 a month.

  • News: NetLogic will help Broadcom tap into 4G, cloud

    Broadcom's deal to buy communications processor vendor NetLogic Microsystems for US$3.7 billion will help the company feed the fast-growing demand for intelligent chips in all kinds of networks.

  • 12 September 2011

  • News: Intel to show tablets, ultrabooks running Windows 8

    Intel plans to show Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 on tablets based on new Atom processors, and on ultrabooks, at both the Intel Developer Forum and Microsoft's BUILD conference this week, according to a source familiar with Intel's plans.

  • News: Intel, ARM set for next stage of laptop battle

    Intel and challenger ARM are set for a PC showdown this week as competition heats up to redefine the laptop and reverse the sagging fortunes of the PC market.

  • News: IT Moving to SSD for Robust Apps

    Despite its high price tag, solid state storage technology is increasingly becoming a viable option for large and mid-size companies looking to ease bottlenecks caused by high-transaction databases, virtualization systems and other robust applications.

  • News: Oversupply Triggers Drop in RAM Prices

    The price of DDR3 memory chips used in laptops, desktops and servers is expected to drop over the next two months because of a slowing PC market.

  • 10 September 2011

  • News: Online archive chronicles 3,000 hours of 9/11 TV coverage

    The Internet Archive's new 9/11 TV time capsule includes 3,000 hours of news coverage from the week of Sept. 11, 2001 and is designed to make footage available to those studying the attack and how it was covered.

  • Opinion: How a Google Drive Revival Would Help Your Work

    Long ago Google internally tested a file storage service code-named Platypus, but the world referred to it as Google Drive or Gdrive. In 2008 they killed off the project, instead allowing users to upload files to Google Docs in the familiar interface we use today.

  • 09 September 2011

  • News: Nvidia CEO: Intel ousted company from chipset market

    Nvidia concluded that it would exit the chipset business as Intel made it impossible for the company to operate in the market, the company's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said this week.

  • 08 September 2011

  • Opinion: Geek 101: What Is Arduino?

    If you've been reading this blog for a while, you've probably seen us refer to the Arduino microcontroller on a number of occasions. This little circuit board is at the heart of many DIY projects, from robotics to art projects and just about everything in between.

  • News: AMD ships 16-core server chips, servers due in Q4

    Advanced Micro Devices this week said it has shipped the first 16-core chips for servers, which is a positive step ahead for the company as it tries to reverse its sagging fortunes in the server market.

  • News: Even more Thunderbolt results

    With Speedmark 7 development behind us, Macworld Lab can once again focus on other Mac-related performance stories. On the top of the list of projects is a follow-up on previous Thunderbolt performance stories (Thunderbolt versus FireWire and USB 2.0, Target Disk Mode and more). This time around, we look at Lion versus Snow Leopard performance, MacBook Air performance, and update our eSATA comparison results using a 6Gbps ExpressCard from StarTech.

  • News: Intel, Microsoft's Wintel alliance faces test at IDF

    The strength of the once-prosperous Wintel alliance could be tested at Intel's developer show next week as the chip maker and Microsoft adapt to a market shift from PCs to mobile devices such as tablets, analysts said this week.

  • News: Intel invests $24 million in seven software firms

    Intel has invested US$24 million in seven software companies building products in areas it sees as important to its future, mostly to do with cloud-based services, the company announced Thursday.

  • Opinion: IBM, 3M Stick Silicon Towers Together (Sans Scotch Tape)

    IBM is teaming up with 3M, the parent company of the Scotch Tape and Post-It brands, to develop a special adhesive that would allow the companies to stack semiconductors. The companies are looking to jointly develop microprocessor bricks comprised of 100 stacked layers of separate chips.

  • Opinion: Dell Fits Over 1TB of SSD Storage in Mobile Workstation

    Solid State Drives, or SSDs for short, are taking the laptop world by storm. They've been most widely used in Apple's latest Macbook Airs, giving a solid performance boost to even the most basic configurations.

  • News: Intel 'fully committed' to MeeGo, exec says

    Intel said Thursday it was "fully committed" to its MeeGo mobile OS despite its main partner, Nokia, having jumped ship earlier this year to partner with Microsoft.

  • 07 September 2011

  • News: IBM's futuristic storage aims for speed, density

    IBM is working on both super-fast and super-dense storage media that should reach enterprises before the end of this decade, and demand in some industries looks likely to keep pace with the advances.

  • News: Hitachi Data Systems buys NAS-vendor BlueArc

    HDS today announced it has purchased high-end NAS vendor BlueArc. The deal builds on a 5-year reseller agreement the companies already had.

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