With DDR2 prices up to twice that of current DDR memory chips, many motherboard makers are holding back on products that support the newer memory standard which is faster than DDR with lower power consumption. DigiTimes has more on the…
Read more DDR2 Won't be Mainstream Any Time Soon
Seattle Post-Intelligencer is running a story on Bell Labs software that will allow cell phone users to limit who can locate them using upcoming location-based services, hopefully removing some privacy concerns….
Read more Your Very Own Vanishing Act
With storage sizes growing and form factors shrinking, hard drives have been showing up in interesting places recently. Reuters has an article covering some of the changes the storage medium has gone through….
Read more Hard Drives Everywhere
And hello to Azalia, Intel’s royalty-free specifitcation for cost conscious onboard audio. It has some nice features such as 192kHz, 32-bit multi channel audio. Slashdot has a bit more info and links. ETA: Q2 2004…
Read more Say Goodbye to AC'97
The Globe and Mail is running an AP article that covers the Suunto n3 watch which is capable of displaying the news and weather, as well as the time. The only downside is it requires an MSN Direct subscription….
Read more Slick Wristwatch
HP outsold Dell in Q4 2003 in the PC sales segment but for the entire year Dell came out on top. DesignTechnica has more on the story including the number of sales in the market….
Read more HP First in PC Sales
internetnews.com has some info on IEEE 802.11 Working Group’s latest moves regarding “mesh networks”, which allows client devices to create a personal network without the use of a router as well as other nifty features. ETA: 2007…
Read more "Mesh Networks" Standard in the Works
According to eWEEK, The Mozilla Organization and Oracle are working together to allow the Mozilla web browser and the various Linux OSs to run Oracle database client software….
Read more Mozilla to run Oracle Applications
Reuters has the story on NASA’s cancellation of a future Hubble Space Telescope service mission which means it may cease to function in a few years. The telescope currently has a faulty gyroscope and almost worn out batteries that need…
Read more The End of Hubble?
The Economist has an interesting article that ponders the future of computing when the largest computer companies and software developers want to make advanced information sharing and number crunching somewhat transparent to the end user….
Read more The Evolution of Computing
Silicon.com has a story covering the decline of desktop computers in the corporate world and the move to notebooks and possibly thin clients in the coming years….
Read more Desktops on the Way Out?
