Monthly Archives: March 2008

Dell said Monday it plans to save $3 billion annually over the next three years by closing its Austin, Texas desktop computer manufacturing plant and cutting thousands of jobs. The company’s shares rose 1.1% following the announcement after closing up … Continue reading →

Yahoo Inc. on Monday launched a site for women between ages 25 and 54, calling it a key demographic underserved by current Yahoo properties. The site, Shine, is aimed largely at giving the struggling Internet company additional opportunities to sell … Continue reading →

Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday launched a three-year, multimillion-dollar advocacy campaign calling for the U.S. to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The Alliance for Climate Protection’s campaign, dubbed “we,” will combine advertising, online organizing and partnerships with grassroots … Continue reading →

Sony launched the hot little HDR-SR12 HD camcorder in a overwhelming barrage of new models at CES, so it hasn’t really gotten the love it deserves, but the crew over at CamcorderInfo recently took one for a spin and found … Continue reading →

It used to be that if you wanted to get a good look at microscopic bits of matter, you had to have to use, well, a microscope. You’d smoosh a drop of liquid between two small glass plates, slip them … Continue reading →

Just after Nvidia Corp. introduced its new high-performance dual-chip graphics card, rumours that it is going to have a very short lifespan re-emerged. According to some unofficial information, Nvidia plans to launch code-named new-generation graphics solution sometime in July. According … Continue reading →

The European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) spacecraft Jules Verne successfully completed its first close approach test to the International Space Station on Saturday, the next step towards docking with the station. Jules Verne moved from an initial position 39 kilometers … Continue reading →

Seeing as our high school network hijinks pretty much led to semi-permanent suspension, our barren hearts were actually warmed by the story of 11-year-old Jon Penn, who has been in charge of his elementary school’s 60-machine network since last year. … Continue reading →

Amazon has told print-on-demand book publishers that they better start using the retailer’s print-on-demand service if they want their books sold on its website. In 2005, the world’s largest online retailer purchased a print-on-demand operation known as BookSurge, and over … Continue reading →

Due to the current battery cell shortage, worldwide first-tier notebook vendors are thinking about adopting battery cells from China, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Hewlett-Packard (HP) has already decided to adopt cells from China, while Asustek Computer is … Continue reading →

eWeek shares some of the possible April 1 hoaxes we may see tomorrow but this one has me worried… Didn’t oldster already put truth to it? Or did he? More

There’s almost as many people buying smartphones as there are people buying laptops, and that trend is about to turn the computing industry on its head. “We do see that gravitational pull of the single-use device being played out in … Continue reading →

Montalvo Systems, the super secretive company that wants to compete against Intel in chips for portable computers, has a big internal announcement coming tomorrow, according to sources, and the news may not be good. The company may internally order layoffs … Continue reading →

If you’re a fan of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the gospel of Pastafarianism, then you have to love what’s going on in Crossville, Tenn. Some members of the local chapter of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have … Continue reading →

Consumer love aside, Macs still just don’t matter in the business world. That’s another of the findings of the Forrester Research report cited earlier today — “Enterprise Desktop And Web 2.0/SaaS Platform Trends, 2007. More