Intel turns to light to transfer data inside PCs
Intel on Tuesday announced it had developed a prototype interconnect that uses light to speed up data transmission inside computers at the speed of 50 gigabits per second.
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Lenovo takes further steps into server market
Lenovo has announced two new entry-level servers, continuing its effort to become a bigger player in the server market.
Dell to pay US$100 million to settle SEC case
Dell will pay US$100 million to resolve an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission into the company's past accounting and financial reporting practices, it said Thursday.
Adobe to add 3D capability to Flash
Adobe Systems has started work to bring 3D to its Flash platform, and will preview the technology at the company's upcoming developer conference in October.
Cisco announces Cius business tablet
Cisco is to release a tablet device, the Cius, this year. It is a handheld device designed to help users run business applications and communicate in real time. It will be available in the third quarter of the year.
Fastest Core i3 processor from Intel surfaces
Intel is now offering its fastest dual-core Core i3 laptop processor to PC makers including Dell and Hewlett-Packard, which are selling laptops with the chip.
Linux buy for HP
Hewlett-Packard is to buy the Linux-based quick-boot OS and client virtualisation assets of Phoenix Technologies for US$12 million.
Samsung, GlobalFoundries collaborate
Chip makers including Samsung and GlobalFoundries have announced a development platform that could hasten the release of a new generation of low-power chips for mobile devices.
Intel's Westmere-EX chip to have 10 cores
Intel's next-generation server processor code-named Westmere-EX will pack in 10 cores, an industry source says.
New Microsoft enterprise mobile OS coming this year
Microsoft will release a new mobile OS for enterprise handheld devices later this year as it tries to simplify the Windows Mobile upgrade cycle for customers, the company announced last week.
Apple announces iPhone 4
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday announced the fourth-generation iPhone during a keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
New Intel chips
Intel has released new Core i5 and Core i7 desktop processors that can be overclocked, giving users the flexibility to ramp up the clock speed to boost application performance.
Analyst: New iPhone could ship next month
Apple could ship the fourth-generation iPhone as early as July, a financial analyst wrote in a research note on Wednesday.
Apple sells two million iPads in less than two months
Apple has now sold more than two million iPad tablets, less than two months after the iPad's April 3 US launch, the company announced on Monday.
Intel unveils new 32-core server chip
Intel has announced a new 32-core server chip based on a new high-performance computing server architecture that mixes general x86 cores with specialised cores for faster processing of highly parallel scientific and commercial applications.