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AMD’s Top Goal: CPUs Profits

Friday, November 30, 2007

AMD’s CEO Hector Ruiz was speaking to EE Times’ author K.C. Krishnadas on AMD’s plans for their future. In the brief interview, Ruiz indicates very clearly that AMD is trying to return to profitability. He says, “The number one goal [for AMD] is to achieve profitability.” More

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Who Are These People?

Friday, November 30, 2007

On the one-year anniversary of the launch Internet Explorer (IE) 7, the IE team posted yet another “stay tuned” message to the IE team blog, regarding an informational update on IE 8. Tony Chor, Group Program Manager, posted that IE 7 is now used by 300 million individuals, according to data from Visual Sciences. According [...]

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Rock, Paper, Microsoft

Friday, November 30, 2007

Financial transaction processing giant Visa and paper products producer Weyerhaeuser filed amicus briefs on behalf of Microsoft earlier this month, asking a federal court to allow the US Justice Dept.’s oversight period over Microsoft’s business activities to lapse. More

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Nano Barcodes… Dark Angel

Friday, November 30, 2007

Nanoscopic “barcodes” made from nickel nanowires beaded with gold discs could make it easier to authenticate valuable products, and study a variety of biological molecules at the same time, researchers say. Chad Mirkin and colleagues at Northwestern University Chicago, US, used a technique called on-wire lithography to create the molecular codes. More

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Motorola: #3 With an Anchor

Friday, November 30, 2007

Few Motorola followers were shocked by the company’s announcement Friday that CEO Ed Zander would be stepping down–they were just surprised it didn’t happen sooner. “If you look at the company’s performance the last year and beyond, it’s no surprise at all,” said Ellen Daley, a Forrester Research analyst. “And when the numbers came out [...]

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Don’t Worry! Schumer Says You Can Recover Anything!

Friday, November 30, 2007

A US official overseeing a probe of former Bush aide Karl Rove has been called on the carpet after it was discovered he hired a private computer-help company to erase all the hard drives belonging to him and two deputies. Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch bypassed his own agency’s computer technicians and instead hired an [...]

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Vista Is the New Leopard

Friday, November 30, 2007

Windows Vista gets to celebrate two birthdays in close succession. November 30 marks the first, with the “business” launch a year ago at venues across the planet. Next January will mark the second birthday date. While the past 12 months have been dominated by headlines over sales and uptake – or lack thereof – the [...]

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Leopard Is the New Vista

Friday, November 30, 2007

From PCMag: I’m not sure what ticks me off more about Leoptard (I can’t take credit for that nickname—some Brit coined it): the fact that so many of the semi-important changes don’t work, the fact that Apple turned a stable OS into a crash-happy glitz fest, or that the annoying, scruffy Live Free or Die [...]

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Next Step, Nanites

Friday, November 30, 2007

Although its not exactly clear whether Star Trek’s Universal Translator was the inspiration for it, Japanese electronics manufacturer NEC is working on a very similar device. The translator uses voice-recognition software and is able to translate about 50,000 Japanese words into English. As the application is housed on a microchip, it makes it possible for [...]

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Powerpoint to the Rescue!

Friday, November 30, 2007

Still in the throes of a major reorganization, the US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is now starting to use a methodology called the “Gap Analysis Tool” as an aid to emergency response planning, and there is some possibility that the tool will eventually be turned into a software application. [...]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX55 Review

Friday, November 30, 2007

Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FX55 offers some big camera features — including image stabilization, a wide-angle lens, and a huge 3-inch LCD — and puts them into a sleek ultra-compact body. For the most part, they’ve succeeded — the FX55 is a responsive, capable camera that takes good quality photos. While there’s certainly room for improvement, the [...]

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So?!?

Friday, November 30, 2007

Just days after having its $140 million plus judgment against Microsoft upheld by the courts, patent holding company z4 sued Microsoft again over what it saw as insufficient progress in complying with the terms of the ruling. Z4 says that Microsoft products continue to infringe on its rights to certain patents surrounding software activation. Microsoft [...]

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Tivo Heads North, Way North

Friday, November 30, 2007

A mere seven years after the United States, Canada is finally getting the Tivo. Whoopee. Shipping December 11th, and being sold for $199 (from big-box retailer Future Shop at least), this dual-tuner Tivo model is only good for standard definition recording, not HD. More Now Canadians can enjoy the monthly fee ritual just like in [...]

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No Tech, It’s Just What We Call the News

Friday, November 30, 2007

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If You Do This For Us, God…

Friday, November 30, 2007

With its core business on shaky ground, Dell executives said Nov. 29 that they believe their retail and channel strategies have been well received and will drive greater long-term revenue and profitability for the vendor. Dell said the indirect channel had welcomed it “with open arms,” and that its partners were not concerned about channel [...]

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