High-tech companies in Japan are slowly starting to get some of their manufacturing plants up and running after a <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9214499/Google_NASA_release_satellite_images_of_Japan_disaster">massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami</a> hammered the country nearly two weeks ago.
Oracle on Tuesday became the latest software maker to say it will stop developing applications for Intel Itanium microprocessors, following a similar announcement by Microsoft last year and Red Hat the year before.
No. 3 on our list of display tech to watch this year is e-paper, the technology behind most of today's popular e-book readers. <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137163/Apple_Update">Apple</a>'s April 2010 launch of the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9149338/Continuing_coverage_Apple_s_iPad_tablet">iPad</a> media tablet and its runaway success gave e-reader manufacturers a scare. But while the market has bifurcated, the pie has gotten bigger and both markets continue to grow.
The disaster in Japan is putting a pinch on 25% of the worldwide production of silicon wafers used to make computer chips, according to a new report.
Last weeks' earthquake and tsunami in Japan may put a crimp in Apple's supply of flash memory, but its problem will pale in comparison to smaller firms, an analyst said today.
Intel will use assets acquired from McAfee to provide cloud security services to protect the growing number of mobile devices that face malware and cyberattack threats.
The price of smartphone materials dropped by 13 per cent last year compared to 2009, according to In-Stat, as volumes of low-cost smartphones increased amid surging popularity.
Prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory chips shot up Monday in the wake of Japan's earthquake and tsunami as markets displayed concern over fabrication plant shutdowns, power outages and supply chain shortages.
Touch-screen panels have been around for more than a decade, but it was the 2007 introduction of a multitouch screen in Apple's iPhone that galvanized the market. Now the business is going gangbusters -- as are the innovations that touch-screen manufacturers hope will build on Apple's success.
Intel has completed its $US7.68 billion acquisition of security vendor McAfee, the chip maker announced on Monday.
While 2010 as a whole was a year of growth for the global computer chip market, the fourth quarter took a bit of a hit.
Looking into its crystal ball at where trends are leading, Intel hopes to bolster on-chip capabilities to vastly improve the security and functionality of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.
An anticipated refresh by Apple of its prime notebook line may be delayed by an Intel chipset design blunder, analysts said today.
Intel announced today that it's set to invest $100 million over the next five years into U.S. university research.
Intel's chief technology officer says the chip maker is developing a technology that will be a security game changer.