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Intel has begun producing 32-nm “Westmere” chips, the focus of the company’s Intel Developer Forum in two weeks. Intel plans to announce on Sunday night that is has begun manufacturing its 32-nm shrink of its Core microprocessor line, which the company refers to by the umbrella code name of “Westmere”. Those chips will be spearheaded ... Read more

Integrated Mobile Broadband gets the seal of approval from the GSM Association The GSM Association is getting behind the emerging mobile broadcast technology IMB (Integrated Mobile Broadcast), it said on Wednesday. The technology opens the door for more mobile TV channels and better picture quality, according to chip maker IPWireless. The GSM Association (GSMA) got ... Read more

Being an accountant is hard. You have to deal, in general, with people who can’t count, can’t save receipts, and then expect you to bail them out from all their troubles. So please consider the plight of Vicki Walker, an accountant with ProCare Health in Auckland, New Zealand. According to the trusty New Zealand Herald, ... Read more

Top executives from Microsoft and Nokia elaborated on their new alliance in a conference call this morning. The takeaway? First, the partnership is aimed initially at Research in Motion and loosening the hold that its popular BlackBerry e-mail software and service has on business customers. Second, Microsoft is unbundling its strategy in the cellphone market, ... Read more

At the Computex trade fair in Taipei, Taiwan, Intel Corporation introduced four new processors, including a low-power version and a value chipset, to usher in mainstream “ultra-thin” laptops. Intel® ultra-low voltage (ULV) processors will enable new sleek consumer laptop designs less than an inch thick, weighing 2 to 5 pounds, and at mainstream price points. ... Read more

Experts estimate that Internet data center power requirements are rising as much as 20 percent a year, which in total consume as much electricity as some countries, including Iran, Mexico, Sweden and Turkey. The industry hopes to reverse the trend by revisiting the design of cooling systems, power supplies and server architectures. In servers, the ... Read more

So-called reputation services can weed out suspicious IP addresses and behaviors. Security breaches continue to plague organizations, causing CIOs to question whether their traditional network security solutions are adequate for protecting against increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals. Recently, it was reported that foreign hackers broke into the Pentagon’s $300 billion fighter plane weapons program, a security breach ... Read more

This young tech weds the ease of Wi-Fi and the range of cellphone towers. When most people hear “wireless Internet,” they think “Wi-Fi.” The technology has allowed millions of computers and mobile devices to browse the Web without the snarl of cords. But there’s another wireless standard out there – one that’s arguably more tempting ... Read more

Perhaps more than any other U.S. high-technology company, IBM Corp. has been subjected to intense media scrutiny in the aftermath of a string of recent under-the-radar layoffs. Much of that unwanted attention is a direct result of union activism that has taken on a decidedly “we’re mad as hell and we’re-not going to take it ... Read more

As power plants go green, Japan’s solar cell panel developers are expanding their focus from residential applications to deployments on a grander scale, targeting 1GW-class production within a few years. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd and Nippon Oil Corp. have jointly launched Sanyo Eneos Solar to target the solar power plant market. The parent companies are ... Read more

Amimon Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the second generation transmitter and receiver chips (AMN 2120/2220) designed for the Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) standard. The device is the first chipset capable of wirelessly delivering full uncompressed 1080p/60Hz high-definition content throughout the entire home. The chipset is based on video modem technology operating in ... Read more

0 Small company wins long-running legal battle 0 Microsoft says patent is flawed, will appeal SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has been ordered to pay $US388 million ($547.9 million) for infringing an anti-piracy software patent. After a long-running legal battle, a US grand jury said Microsoft – a company known for its tough stance on piracy – ... Read more

UFO experts were left baffled after claims that ET was finally tracked down on Google Street View. A misty shape, bearing a distinct similarity to the movie alien, was captured behind a bush next to a mysterious beam of light. The spooky snap was caught by Google image cameras in the town of Berkeley Heights ... Read more

Google has updated its Google Mars service to show more details of Mars both in its history and the present day. By Chris Hastings Users can access images from the Themis camera on the Mars Odyssey spacecraft. They can also view antique maps of Mars from over a century ago, as well as the latest ... Read more

Televisions could be fitted into contact lenses within ten years, according to analysts. The sets would be powered by the viewer’s body heat, according to Ian Pearson, a so-called “futurologist” who has advised leading companies including BT on new technologies. Mr Pearson told the Daily Mail he believed that channels

By Satish Cheney SINGAPORE: Google Earth has just gone one step further and now allows users to take a 3D dive into the sea. Users can view ocean topography, watch regions of the Earth change over time, and even check out the scenery on Mars. Former US vice-president, Al Gore, who is also a Nobel ... Read more

Google users around the world have been hit by a malfunction that incorrectly reports every other website as potentially harmful. By Alastair Jamieson An apparent system error left millions of visitors to the site puzzled when links to all search results were flagged with the warning ‘This site may harm your computer’. It is thought ... Read more

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From Times Online Software giant will make first company-wide job cuts in its history as economic downturn hits its second-quarter profits Murad Ahmed Microsoft announced today that it will eliminate 5,000 jobs worldwide, the first company-wide cuts in its history. The software giant said that posts will go from nearly all its departments, including research ... Read more

AAP A SMALL business has been landed with a $120,000 phone bill after criminals hacked into its internet phone system and used it to make 11,000 international calls in just 46 hours. WA Police Technology Crime Investigations detectives said thieves were targeting Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP) PBX systems. Thieves can exploit the call-forward function ... Read more