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Will Intel and USB make fiber optics mainstream?
News Chipmaker hopes its Light Peak project will bring fiber optic speeds to ordinary computer users, and USB could be logical path to get there.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Connector, Fiber-optics, Fiber, Video, Storage, USB, Cable, USB 2.0
Singing shutters: Kodak unveils MP3 camera/video cam
News Photo giant Eastman Kodak unveiled on Monday a portable device that combines a digital camcorder, an MP3 player and a digital still camera.
Why Apple can't stop iPhone hackers
News AT&T and Apple may face an uphill battle prosecuting hackers who untether the iPhone from the AT&T wireless network.
Tags: Mobile
Google: Computer memory flakier than expected
News After studying most of its servers for more than two years, Google finds that computer memory failures are much more common than expected and debunks some other myths.
Tags: Memory, Error Rate, Google Inc., Error, Memory Module, Computer, Operating System, Envisioneering Group, University of Toronto, Error Correction Code
Intel's Light Peak optical links could arrive in 2010
News Intel won't promise when its optical communication technology will arrive. But a fiber-optic company allied with the chipmaker says cables will be done early in 2010.
Tags: Components, Optical networking, R&D, Intel Corp., Computer, optical networking, Fiber-optics, network, Light Peak, Foci
IBM, AMD to deepen Opteron ties
News Top execs are expected to go public next month with effort to boost Big Blue's servers with AMD's Opteron processors.
Tags: Processors, Servers, Blade servers, Multiprocessor servers
Vista delay could sting PC makers
News The postponed launch of the Windows update looks bad for the whole computer industry, analysts say.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Windows
File-sharing debaters swap harsh words
News At the Digital Hollywood conference, fur flies over peer-to-peer technology and copyright issues.
Tags: Peer to peer
Intel plans nine flavors of 'Montecito' Itanium
News Plans to unveil chips with three models running at 1.6GHz and 1.4GHz, but by end of first half of next year, at least six more set to appear.
Tags: Processors
FireWire poised to become ubiquitous
News Apple Computer's high-speed connection is moving closer to its goal of becoming standard on the majority of PCs.
Verizon: Who needs the iPhone?
News To stay ahead of AT&T and Apple, Verizon is placing a big bet on Android smartphones and other new gadgets.
Tags: Smart phones, Google Android, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Phone, Wireless company, Droid, Google Android, Android
Can the Apple touch sell the tablet?
News Mac and iPhone maker may join a host of tech players hoping to win big in tablet PCs, an area where some of the industry's biggest names have failed.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Tablet, Device, E-book, Sales, Touch Screen, Fujitsu Ltd., Apple iPhone
Motorola's new smartphones: Sales, not 'dazzle'
News Handsets based on the Google-backed Android operating system may lack Razr's flair, but analysts look for success at the market's mid- to low-end.
Tags: Smart phones, Market research, Mobile platforms/communications, Strategic analysis, Investments, Sales/revenue, Apple Inc., Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, Android
Apple, Google consider app-sharing tools
News Smartphone software makers weigh features that will make it easier to share downloadable apps, upending the way we acquire and use wireless games and tools
Tags: Applications and tools, App servers, Mobile applications, Smart phones, Software, Mobile/Wireless, Web services, Apple Inc., App, Mobile
Security that won't slow down your PC
News Symantec is scrambling to get the bloat out of Norton software--and stop the slide in market share.
Tags: Security, Antivirus software, Norton Co., Security Software, Computer, software, virus, Symantec Corp., customer service, revenue
