AMD has released a new mobile processor platform that will challenge market leaders Intel for a piece of the action.
Named “Puma” for no apparent reason, AMD’s latest offering includes Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile processors with ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series Graphic and wireless networking hardware from Atheros, Broadcom and Ralink.
Nathan Brookwood, research fellow at […]
AMD Ready to Pounce on Intel
Posted by Chutney in June 5th 2008
Microsoft Unveils Silverlight Beta 2
Posted by Chutney in June 4th 2008
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has unveiled an updated beta release of its Silverlight 2 beta 2 multimedia publishing software at the company’s TechEd conference in Orlando on Tuesday.
The utility is to be made available for download by the end of this week, and allows developers to rite web-based applications using Microsofts .Net Framework. The company […]
Google Gives Web Masters Full Control
Posted by Chutney in June 3rd 2008
Google has always closely guarded the secrets of how exactly their search engine works, but a newly updated service from the company, that lets web site operators pay to use the company’s search technology, allows business to get a foothold in the, constantly changing world of search engine optimisation.
The service was launched in July 2007 […]
Via Technologies announce new line of Nano Processors
Posted by Chutney in June 2nd 2008
Taiwanese chipmaker Via Technologies announced its new line of low-powered “Nano” processors, originally codenamed “Isaiah” on Thursday, and is poise to compete with rival Intel’s Atom line. The new chips are designed for products that run on less energy.
The company claims the new processor’s offer up to four times the performance of Via’s C7 processor […]
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Future Plans for Google Earth and Google Gears
Posted by Chutney in May 30th 2008
On Wednesday, Google held its annual I/O software developers conference in San Francisco and announced changes to its Google Earth 3D mapping software and Google Gears.
Google Gears, or “Gears” as it’s to be known, is a set of online development tools for webmasters. According to Vic Gundotra, the vice president of engineering, mobile and developer […]
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Public Beta of Dreamweaver CS4
Posted by Chutney in May 29th 2008
On Tuesday, the public beta for Adobe’s Dreamweaver CS4 was released. The new program has significant changes to the 10-year-old design and development tool with big changes to the user interface and many new features aimed at the professional web developer. Dreamweaver has been used by individuals and large companies over the years like Manchester […]
Samsung Unveils New SSD
Posted by Chutney in May 28th 2008
Samsung have developed a new multi-level cell solid state drive that holds 256 GB of data, which makes it a practical competitor to hard disk drives in laptop computers. Practical - yes. Cheap – No.
Unveiled at the annual Samsung Mobile Solution Forum in Taipei, the 2.5-inch, 256 gigabyte, multi-level cell (MLC)-based SSD uses a SATA […]
Ofcom Deregulates the UK Broadband Market
Posted by Chutney in May 27th 2008
Watchdogs, Ofcom have announced the deregulation of almost 70 percent of he UK wholesale broadband market.
The plan has already achieved the approval of the European Commission and will see competition-boosting regulatory restrictions lifted in areas of the UK where there are now four or more broadband providers. Although Ofcom have announced the implementation of the […]
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The Battle for Yahoo Causes Casualties
Posted by Chutney in May 23rd 2008
This Thursday the internet search company Yahoo nominated nine of its existing 10 directors for re-election to the company’s board, setting the stage for a showdown with shareholders at its annual shareholders meeting. The annual meeting has now been pushed back to the end of July.
The company, who have been embroiled in a battle with […]
HP to Take the Lead as UKs Biggest ICT Supplier
Posted by Chutney in May 22nd 2008
BT was always the biggest supplier of UK of ICT to the government in 2007, but HP’s purchase of EDS could now put the merged company in to the lead.
Research from Kable shows that the state sector spent £2.1bn with BT last year; but the combined ICT spending with HP and EDS was £2.234bn.
HP announced […]
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