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Start-ups to get silicon shuttle services
News Service for budding Asian integrated circuit designers promises these companies lower costs and faster turnaround time.
Friday, September 26 2008 04:34 PM
Tags: Nanotechnology, Processors, Integrated Circuit, Semiconductor, Europe, remote access, Silicon, Environment, Fujitsu Ltd., partnership
Switch from oil to silicon
Insight perspective Smaller firms that still see technology as a cost ripe for pruning are making a big mistake. Now's the time they should be swapping their dependency on oil for a focus on silicon, says analyst.
Sunday, August 03 2008 11:41 AM
Tags: Small And Medium Business, Quocirca, Business Process, Internet Connection, Silicon, software, food, Web 2.0, revenue, Internet
Selina Lo: Wired up for Wi-Fi in Asia
Insight newsmaker Ruckus Wireless CEO on being a woman in IT, what starting a business in Silicon Valley is like, and why she's betting on Wi-Fi for the long term.
Monday, March 15 2010 03:27 PM
Tags: Funding, 802.11/Wi-Fi, 3G (Third Generation), Ruckus Wireless, mobile, Asia, PCCW Ltd., Information Technology, network, Wi-Fi
Low-cost solar concentrator unwrapped
News A California startup looks to cut the cost of solar power for industrial customers with a concentrator that relies on more sheet metal and less silicon.
Tuesday, May 05 2009 09:15 AM
Tags: Green IT, Department Of Energy, Photovoltaics, Cell, solar cell, solar panel, Silicon, Technology Review, Mountain View, California
One step closer to age of nanowire transistors?
News IBM-Purdue researchers say nanowires may work in making PCs, consumer electronics because they form the same way every time.
Monday, November 17 2008 11:00 AM
Tags: Nanotechnology, IBM Corp., Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip, Purdue University, Particle, Catalyst, Silicon, Gordon Moore
Is SaaS really cheaper?
News Software-as-a-service benefits may not be as clear cut as they seem, with focus on initial savings distracting issues that may reduce its advantage over packaged software in longer term.
Sunday, February 22 2009 06:02 PM
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Gartner Inc., Business Process, Silicon, VP, payment, software, TCO, Software-as-a-service
Fujitsu unveils USB 3.0 silicon
News New chip, intended for external storage devices, includes transfer rates up to 5Gbps and a built-in encryption engine.
Tuesday, July 28 2009 08:52 AM
Tags: Components, Chip, Storage, USB, Silicon, AES, hard drive, Fujitsu Ltd., USB 2.0, 32-bit
More Google Buzz tweaks, separate version coming?
News Privacy concerns again forced Google to tweak a few settings on Google Buzz, and the company is apparently considering offering an additional version separate from Gmail.
Sunday, February 14 2010 03:59 AM
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web servers, Google Inc., search engine, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Reader, vice president, Google Gmail
NXP bets on tech to solve 'societal' needs
News Semiconductor company focuses on high-performance mixed signals, bringing together optimized technologies to produce real-world products to address depleting resources, says exec.
Friday, March 12 2010 06:45 PM
Tags: Green IT, GPS, Technology, MEMS, Vries, Photovoltaics, Smart Phone, Cell, Phone, Chip
Microsoft's Ballmer talks Bing, Twitter
News Steve Ballmer needs a new project now that he's wrapped up Yahoo search deal, but says he's not sure that buying Twitter is best way to scratch that itch.
Wednesday, March 03 2010 10:19 AM
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO
Chinese schools deny links to Google attacks
News A university and vocational school dispute New York Times report that hacks on Google and other firms can be traced back to their computers.
Monday, February 22 2010 09:58 AM
Tags: Hacking, International governments, Internet Company, Google Inc., School, Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Computer, Attack, computer science
Report unearths targeted attacks on oil firms
News The Christian Science Monitor reports there is a China link in one of the attacks on three oil firms in 2008 that involved e-mails containing hyperlinks to spyware.
Wednesday, January 27 2010 10:19 AM
Tags: PC security, Data security, Viruses and worms, Business security, Google Inc., Christian Science Monitor, ConocoPhillips Co., Computer, Attack, Password
Intel drops plans for Larrabee GPU in 2010
News Many-core architecture will instead be used as a software development platform for the time being, the chipmaker said.
Tuesday, December 08 2009 12:08 PM
Tags: Components, Multiprocessor servers, Intel Corp., Conference, Chip, Intel X86, Chip Company, GPU, software, Graphics
China denies role in Google cyberattacks
News The Chinese government issues a statement denying any state involvement in the cyberattacks on search giant and some 30 other companies.
Monday, January 25 2010 09:49 AM
Tags: Hacking, International governments, Adobe Systems Inc., Hillary Clinton, Google Inc., U.S. Company, U.S., Attack, Agence France-Presse, China
McAfee: China attacks a 'watershed moment'
News Cyberattacks on Google and 30 other companies were the most sophisticated in years, according to the computer security company's CTO.
Monday, January 18 2010 09:58 AM
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Malware, Google Inc., Cybersecurity, Juniper Networks Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, McAfee Inc.





