ExtremeTech has some details on work Verizon is doing in a few areas across the U.S. which could see homes wired up with fiber optic cable for all sorts of high speed data services. It will be impressive if they…
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Microsoft has paid off Lindows, the linux-based operating system people, to give up the legal fight for their name and to pass on all domains and associated trademarks to the software giant. Finally a settlement over the silly name fight….
Read more Lindows Battle Over
The Mercury News has a nice write-up on Intel’s latest line of desktop chips which breaks down what they have to offer. The article is written in plain enough language so those with a basic knowledge of computers can get…
Read more Intel's New Chips, In Layman's Terms
InfoWorld has the details on a pair of new mobile processors AMD has just announced. The Mobile Athlon 64 3400+ supports both 32bit and 64bit operations and is currently the company’s top-end mobile chip while the new Athlon XP-M 2200+…
Read more Two New AMD Mobile Chips
BBC News writes of some new technologies that telcos are working on, as well as equipment manufacturers, in the hopes of eeking out every ounce of performance from ye’ olde telephone cable. They make note of ADSL2+ which promises to…
Read more Telcos Work on Speeding Up DSL
Apple is preparing a revamped line of its iPod line of portable audio players. The new design features controls similar to those found in the iPod Mini and comes with storage amounts similar in size to their current models but…
Read more New iPods on the Way
GamePC spends some time exploring the Matrix RAID feature of Intel’s new ICH6R southbridge which is usually coupled with their new 915/925 northbridge chipset. The technology is able to create both RAID1 and RAID0 partitions on a pair of disks…
Read more Intel Matrix RAID Explained
HotHardware has a review of the rather interesting MSI XA52P CD/RW, DVD-Reader combo drive. Normally the standards it supports would be nothing to write home about but it is about the second Serial ATA (limited to Intel chipsets only sadly)…
Read more SATA Combo Drive Reviewed
Intel has delayed the launch of its “Alviso” chipset designed for notebook PCs. CNET News cites design issues and timing as the main causes for delay which could push back full scale shipments into 2005. It is an impressive chipset…
Read more No Alviso This Year
Microsoft has hit the 1 million member mark for its Xbox Live online gaming service. That’s a whole lot of people that have had access to their service but their PR doesn’t go into much detail on what constitues members…
Read more Xbox Live Tops Million Subscribers
AMD has plans to launch a dual-core variant of its Athlon 64 next year. The dual-core CPU idea is not a new concept, a few other chip makers have created and manufactured them in the past but this will be…
Read more Dual Cored in '05
