Microsoft is paying out $700 million to Sun so they can settle their antitrust lawsuit and $900 million to settle other patent issues according to this Microsoft press release. These payouts came out of nowhere but they aren’t entirely surprising…
Read more Sun's Payday Courtesy of Microsoft
AMD’s recent launch of the Athlon 64 2800+ at the $178(per 1,000 cpus) price point may just drive sales of motherboards that support the chip according to DigiTimes. Lower prices can make system building somewhat cheaper of course so here’s…
Read more Low(er) Cost 64-bit for the Masses
NVIDIA has a few video clips displaying some of the neat effects their upcoming NV40 graphics processing unit is capable of. Impressive effects, here’s to hoping games and programs make use of them although there’s always a long wait time…
Read more NV40 In Action
With Microsoft busy trying to patch up security in their popular Windows XP operating system their next generation OS’, Longhorn, beta may be pushed to next year according to CNET News. While Longhorn is highly anticipated it’s good to see…
Read more XP Security Pushes Back Longhorn
April Fool’s Day keeps on rolling with Google stating that their new email service, GMail, is in fact not a hoax according to Forbes. 1GB of email storage seems excessive but if their “ad-sense” technology nets them revenue from advertisers…
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Tadpole Computers is set to release a notebook computer based on AMD’s Opteron processor according to ITworld. The company specializes in high-end notebooks aimed at professionals that need mobile Linux and Solaris OS capable machines. ETA: June 2004…
Read more Opteron Notebook on the Way
Xbit labs has some rumors from a Frech hardware site that believes AMD will take on a naming scheme similar to one Intel is adopting. Intel has changed its naming scheme to denote CPU family and how far up the…
Read more AMD May Match Intel's Naming Scheme
internetnews.com has some info on Microsoft’s moves with Wi-Fi VoIP phone creators trying to get in on the action. Their upcoming Windows CE 5.0 operating system does include VoIP capabilities so it may be attractive software for PDA and other…
Read more MS Dials Into Wi-Fi VoIP Phones
Wired has the story of International Civil Aviation Organization’s attempt to modernize passports in order to cut down on fake passports and to, they hope, help prevent terrorism. They’re deciding on how to store digital information on passports with the…
Read more Passports Going "High Tech"
PC Magazine is noting a few trends with companies pondering and creating consumer level products and services that would tie together two of the hottest technologies Wi-Fi and Voice-Over-Internet Protocal (VoIP). The possibilities are certainly there for some exciting products….
Read more Wi-Fi and VoIP Joining Forces
The Tech Report takes a long hard look at the Shuttle SB75S, another in a long line of mini-computers. This one sports a nice pearly white finish as well as a long list of design improvements that make it stand…
Read more Shuttle SB75S XPC Review
