Microsoft promotes Muglia to president
Microsoft has promoted Bob Muglia, the head of the company's server and tools division, to president, making him one of a handful of senior executives who carry this title.
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Taiwan's Mitac to buy Magellan's consumer GPS group
Looking to beef up its GPS product line, Mitac International has agreed to buy the consumer products division of GPS maker Magellan Navigation for an undisclosed sum.
Hitachi, Intel SSD venture
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel are teaming up to produce solid-state drives for servers and workstations.
Despite steady Black Friday numbers, online shopping falls
The volume of sales at Internet retailers held steady Friday compared to last year, despite the worsening economic outlook and signs U.S. consumers are cutting back on spending.
AMD lays off 500 staff as financial troubles continue
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to lay off 500 staff, the second round of job cuts to come from the company this year.
Transmeta put up for sale
Microprocessor designer Transmeta is looking for a buyer. Executives announced plans to sell the company on Wednesday, saying investment bank Piper Jaffray & Co. will act as its financial advisor during the sale process.
More Intel chips
Intel has announced four new quad-core Xeon models that use a halogen-free packaging technology.
Mobile quad-core chip
Intel will release its first quad-core processor for laptops next month. The chip will carry Intel's Core 2 Extreme label.
Researcher to demonstrate attack code for Intel chips
Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running.
Samsung puts 128G-byte SSDs into mass production
Samsung Electronics is mass producing solid-state drives with a 128G-byte capacity, and will begin production of a 256G-byte product later this year, the company said Wednesday.
Intel to offer free spec
Intel plans to make the specification for a USB 3.0 host controller freely available during the second half of this year, hitting back at rumors it wanted to keep the technology for itself.
Further releases from AMD
AMD is shipping four more versions of its quad-core Opteron server chip.
AMD to make Fusion chips
A senior AMD executive says the chipmaker plans to manufacture the first of its upcoming Fusion chips itself, quashing speculation that the task would be outsourced.
Busted by blogger, Dell offers peek at low-cost laptop
Dell released pictures of an ultraportable laptop that appears designed to compete against Hewlett-Packard's Mini-Note 2133 laptop, after Michael Dell was spotted carrying it around.
UK's Tranquil PC takes orders for Atom-based home servers
Tranquil PC, a computer maker in the UK, is taking orders for two home servers based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor, formerly called Diamondville.