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WiMAX Technology
Published on 2010-03-30 06:31:00
WiMAX is the next-generation of wireless technology designed to enable pervasive, high-speed mobile Internet access to the widest array of devices including notebook PCs, handsets, smartphones, and consumer electronics such as gaming devices, cameras, camcorders, music players, and more. As the fourth generation (4G) of wireless technology, WiMAX delivers low-cost, open networks and is the first all IP mobile Internet solution enabling efficient and scalable networks for data, video, and voice.
Facebook veterans in venture capital spotlight
Published on 2010-03-30 06:28:00
As Wall Street eagerly awaits signs that Internet sensation Facebook will offer shares to the public, the venture capitaliststhat prowl California's Silicon Valley are keeping close tabs on another hot commodity: the employees leaving Facebook.A handful of start-up companies founded by Facebook alumni are attracting attention and generating a good amount of buzz within venture circles, where competition is fierce to get a stake in the web's next hit product. On Monday, Quora, a start-up founded
Google searches trigger error messages in China
Published on 2010-03-30 06:26:00
Searches on Google's Chinese-language site failed to return results on Tuesday from within China, but it was not immediately clear ifthe site was blocked or if the problems were due to a service glitch.Google last week said it would no longer bow to government censors in Beijing and effectively shut down its Chinese search engine, re-routing mainland users to its uncensored site in Hong Kong.Searches for a range of non-sensitive terms on google.com.hk such as "China" and "America" in both Chines
Intel® Core i7 Processor Extreme Edition
Published on 2010-02-22 22:19:00
Conquer the world of extreme gaming with the fastest performing processor on the planet: the Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition.¹ With faster, intelligent multi-core technology that accelerates performance to match your workload, it delivers an incredible breakthrough in gaming performance.But performance doesn't stop at gaming. You'll multitask 25 percent faster and unleash incredible digital media creation with up to 79 percent faster video encoding and up to 46 percent faster image
The Dozens of Computers That Make Modern Cars Go (and Stop)
Published on 2010-02-06 20:30:00
The electronic systems in modern cars and trucks — under new scrutiny as regulators continue to raise concerns about Toyota vehicles — are packed with up to 100 million lines of computer code, more than in some jet fighters.“It would be easy to say the modern car is a computer on wheels, but it’s more like 30 or more computers on wheels,” said Bruce Emaus, the chairman of SAE International’s embedded software standards committee. Even basic vehicles have at least 30 of these m
For Apple, iPad Said More Than Intended
Published on 2010-01-29 12:23:00
Apple has generated a lot of chatter with its newiPad tablet. But it may not be quite the conversation it wanted.Many women are saying the name evokes awkward associations with feminine hygiene products. People from Boston to Ireland are complaining that “iPad,” in their regional brogue, sounds almost indistinguishable from iPod,” Apple’s music player. Then there are more serious conflicts. Two other high-tech companies already market products called iPad and are laying claim to the trad
Microsoft and Yahoo Are Linked Up. Now What?
Published on 2009-07-30 16:00:00
The bumpy, marathon mating dance between Microsoft and Yahoo finally concluded on Wednesday, when the two companies announced a partnership in Internet search and advertising to take on the industry powerhouse Google.But there was plenty of skepticism about whether the new partners could make a serious dent in Google’s dominance.Even with the deal, the Microsoft-Yahoo search operation will be dwarfed by Google — with a 28 percent market share in the United States, versus 65 percent — and w
Intel Server Processors
Published on 2009-06-08 08:36:00
Intel server processors deliver enhanced, energy-efficient performance for data-intensive business applications. Powering a range of multi-core 64-bit servers◊, Intel server processors enable you to optimize and scale computing environments to maximize server utilization to workload, while providing you with headroom for growth.Intel Xeon processor 5500 series Faster performance enabled by Intel microarchitecture, codenamed NehalemAutomatically increase processor frequency and utilize
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition
Published on 2009-03-15 15:32:00
Wield the ultimate gaming weaponConquer the world of extreme gaming with the fastest performing processor on the planet: the Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition.¹ With faster, intelligent multi-core technology that accelerates performance to match your workload, it delivers an incredible breakthrough in gaming performance. But performance doesn't stop at gaming. You'll multitask 25 percent faster and unleash incredible digital media creation with up to 79 percent faster video encodin
Gigabyte, Intel Offer Update on Latest Technologies
Published on 2009-03-15 15:31:00
Gigabyte Technology, a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, held a joint press conference with Intel. The event saw the announcement of Intel's latest technologies delivered from the next generation chipsets, as well as a technical briefing introducing Gigabyte's Ultra DurableTM 3 Technology and upcoming technology trends. The event kicked off with the opening speech from Henry Kao, WW Sales & Marketing Vice President of Gigabyte Technology Motherboard Business Unit. "Since 20
Yahoo Shares Fall on C.E.O.’s Comments
Published on 2009-01-19 03:35:00
Yahoo’s new chief executive, made at a companywide meeting Wednesday. After reports that Ms. Bartz wasn’t sold on the idea of selling Yahoo’s search business to Microsoft, investors sent Yahoo shares plunging 6.5 percent on Thursday. Ms. Bartz, of course, did not say she was or would be opposed to a deal. And she also said she had held informal talks with Steven A. Ballmer, the Microsoft chief executive, since being tapped for the top job at Yahoo. Analysts cautioned investors not to rea
Inauguration Crowd Will Test Cellphone Networks
Published on 2009-01-19 03:08:00
The cellphone industry has a plea for the throngs descending on the nation’s capital for the presidential inauguration: go easy on the mobile communications.The largest cellphone carriers, fearful that a communicative citizenry will overwhelm their networks, have taken the unusual step of asking people to limit their phone calls and to delay sending photos. The carriers are also spending millions of dollars to temporarily and substantially upgrade their networks in Washington.Dropped calls, lo
Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem)
Published on 2008-11-23 05:58:00
Intel's latest-generation microarchitecture first exemplified as the Intel Core i7 processor, represents the next step in unprecedented processor performance and dynamic scalability. Designed from the ground up to take advantage of hafnium-based Intel 45nm hi-k metal gate silicon technology, Intel Microarchitecture (Nehalem) unleashes parallel processing performance enabled by Intel QuickPath technology providing an integrated memory controller and high-speed interconnect per independent proce
Intel Announces its First Home Medical Device to Better Connect Clinicians with Patients
Published on 2008-11-23 05:52:00
Intel Corporation today announced its Intel® Health Guide, a care management tool designed for health care professionals who manage patients with chronic conditions. The Health Guide represents Intel's entry into a new category of personal health systems that go beyond the simple remote patient monitoring systems available today.The Intel® Health Guide, which received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July, is a comprehensive personal health system tha
H.P. Expects Revenue and Profits Will Top Forecasts
Published on 2008-11-19 05:33:00
Hawlett-Packard dazzled Wall Street on Tuesday by hopping over a low bar. The company said its core business was not declining as quickly as it was at other major technology companies, prompting investors to drive its shares up nearly 15 percentIn a preview of a full earnings report it plans to give Monday, the company also said that its fourth-quarter results had exceeded its earlier projections. The relatively good news comes as the broader technology industry has started to report the effect
A Gaming Rig With an Intimidating Aura, and That’s Even Before You Look Under the Hood
Published on 2008-10-09 00:17:00
Gaming PCs are the gladiators of the computer world. So while most PCs look like a cross between a fax machine and a breadbox, the Acer Predator looks as if it came out of the bowels of the Roman Colosseum. The gaming rig, which starts at $1,649 without a monitor, has an IntelCore 2 Quad 2.5-gigahertz processor and an Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT graphics card. The cheapest version comes with 2 gigabytes of memory and two 640-gigabyte hard drives. It also includes an optical disc reader and
Advertise on NYTimes.com From Nokia, a Cellphone With Many Familiar Features
Published on 2008-10-08 23:49:00
For years, "More information about Nokia has shied away from cellphones with large touch screens. Keypads and keyboards seemed to be in the company’s DNA, resulting in a number of phones that look about the same. Now, however, Nokia is ready to expand its music line with a phone that looks suspiciously like a phone that begins with the letter “I.” The 5800, available near the end of the year for about $300 (no carriers have been named yet), includes an eight-gigabyte mem
NetKlix
Published on 2008-09-19 02:11:00
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A Printer That Won’t Blemish a Stylish Workspace
Published on 2008-09-04 07:23:00
The lowly printer has long been hidden under our desks, thoroughly out of sight. Epson’s new Artisan 800, however, is easier on the eyes than the traditional gray box.This glossy black inkjet printer looks more like a sleek piece of modern furniture than a boxy peripheral. It supports Wi-Fi printing and includes a swiveling touch panel and a 3.5-inch L.C.D. screen for viewing pictures before printing them.The printer can produce graph and college-ruled paper on the fly and also print labels on
A Magazine for the Rich (and Lucrative Ads)
Published on 2008-09-04 06:48:00
SELLING any print advertising these days means sailing against the wind, but as some categories battle a gale, the safest harbor is in ads for luxury consumer products.Enlarge This ImageMark Lennihan/Associated PressRemoving microphones after introducing WSJ. Wednesday were, from left, Ellen Asmodeo-Giglio, its publisher; Michael Rooney, Dow Jones chief revenue officer; Tina Gaudoin, WSJ. editor in chief; and Robert J. Thomson, managing editor of The Journal.That is the theory behind WSJ., the n
Yahoo to Let Users Switch Off Customized Ads
Published on 2008-08-08 23:55:00
Yahoo announced Friday that it will allow users to turn off the customization of advertising on the pages of Yahoo.com. The opt-out option should be available at the end of August, through Yahoo’s privacy center, the company said. Yahoo already allows users to opt out of customized ads that it serves on other companies’ pages. This tweak would stop the company from serving ads based on a user’s behavior on Yahoo’s own pages. The company made the announcement as part of a response to a le
Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube
Published on 2008-07-04 08:08:00
—A federal judge has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos on YouTube, the Web’s largest video site by far.The order raised concerns among YouTube users and privacy advocates that the video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed. But Google and Viacom said they were hoping to come up with a way to protect the anonymity of the site’s visitors.Viacom also said that the information would be safeguarded by a protective orde
Bill Gates Is Retiring
Published on 2008-06-27 15:17:00
Bill Gates is retiring, sort of. He is still only 52, and he is going off to spend more time guiding the world’s richest philanthropy, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He will still be Microsoft’s chairman and largest shareholder, but Friday is his last day as a full-time worker at the software giant, marking the unofficial end of his career as a business leader.Friday will be Bill Gates’s last day as a full-time worker at Microsoft, the software giant he founded with Paul Allen in 1
Smartphones Now Ringing for Women
Published on 2008-06-10 00:00:00
If recent history is any guide, roughly a third of the people snapping up Apple’s new iPhone are likely to tote it in a purse.In a big shift for the phone industry, women have emerged as eager buyers of not just iPhones but of all so-called smartphones — BlackBerrys, Treos and other models.In the last year the number of American women using smartphones more than doubled to 10.4 million, growing at a faster pace than among men, according to Nielsen Mobile, which tracks wireless trends.The tre
3 Net Providers Will Block Sites With Child Sex
Published on 2008-06-09 23:53:00
ALBANY — Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites nationwide that disseminate child pornography.The move is part of a groundbreaking agreement with the New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, that will be formally announced on Tuesday as a significant step by leading companies to curtail access to child pornography. Many in the industry have previously resisted similar efforts, saying they could not be responsible for conte