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1. IFA and 3D Wars: Blu-Ray is Once Again Obsolete

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 03 September 2009

   ... immediately jumped out at me was that Panasonic and Sony were effectively announcing both the obsolescence of existing Blu-Ray and HD TV products but a new format war this time for 3D.   The ...

2. Apple announces press conference, world faints with excitement

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Tuesday, 01 September 2009

   ... front pages of blogs around the world. As hacks jostled for position on Google News with speculation on what Apple might be announcing - an iPhone identical to but incompatible with earlier models, a ...

3. Microsoft in EU antitrust talks

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 07 July 2009

   ... announcing a Win 7E SKU for the European market with the browser removed, making it somewhat difficult for the EU to insist on rival products shipping with the OS when it launches in the Fall. See also: ...

4. T-Mobile announces another Android phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 22 June 2009

   You wait ages for a new smartphone, and then half a dozen come all at once. Now, T-Mobile is announcing its next Google Android device, to be known as the myTouch. Bellevue, Washington – You wait ages ...

5. China backs down over Green Dam web filter

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 15 June 2009

   China has retreated in the face of public pressure by announcing that users are not required to install internet filtering software, but that it must still be supplied with all new PCs sold. Beijing, ...

6. Update: Intel drops WiMax chip due to “major drop in demand”

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 05 June 2009

   ... chip and the WiMax Connection 2300R radio chip. The news came via a product change notification sent out by the company, announcing an unusually quick phase-out pace. Orders have been non-cancelable and ...

7. Intel phasing out another Nehalem processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 06 May 2009

   ... reached a production count of at least 1 million, cannot be considered a volume production part. And in that view, it is interesting to see that Intel is announcing the retirement of two of the three i7 ...

8. Microsoft on a roll: New Xbox 360 bundle announced

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 20 April 2009

   We have to give props to Microsoft. It has the oldest current-gen game console on the market, but the company has found an effective strategy to keep sales numbers high and the PS3 at a distance. Consumers ...

9. Intel unleashes Nehalem-EP server CPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 30 March 2009

   ...  on March 3 by announcing a new Mac Pro that integrates the chip. Intel was not exactly happy that Apple did not care about any official launch dates, but still made every effort today to “launch” the ...

10. Twitter preparing to launch premium services

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    ... business model. Twitter plans to allow other companies to sponsor their site. In addition, they are announcing fee-based Twitter accounts as well. Though the concept is nothing new on the web, it is new ...

11. Michael Dell says his company is kind of working on the iPhone-killer

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    ... to buy for end users. Other mobile platforms have also followed Apple's move by announcing their own application stores, including Nokia and Microsoft who both pledged to open their respective application ...

12. New iPod shuffle contains tiny DRM?? chip in earbud

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 17 March 2009

    ... Many want the ability to block out more background noise, hear more bass, more treble, or whatever the case may be. As a result, several vendors began announcing they would create new iPod-Shuffle-compatible ...

13. Sony reorganizes major business lines, seeks greater interoperability

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    ... firmly in place. The changes we're announcing today will accelerate the transformation of the Company that began four years ago. They will now make it possible for all of Sony's parts to work together ...

14. Facebook: A virtual community finally acting as a community

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    ... reissue a new Terms of Use, the changes we're announcing today are designed to open up Facebook so that users can participate meaningfully in our policies and our future." Facebook plans to hold virtual ...

15. Apple releases Nitro-supercharged Safari 4 public beta

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    We know that Apple isn’t especially modest when announcing new products, and that is certainly the case with its brand new Safari 4 browser, now officially released in public beta moving the previous ...

16. UPDATED: Verizon Wireless to welcome iPhone on its network?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    ... is on the verge of announcing a Verizon deal sooner rather than later. If true, the deal with Verizon might alter balance of power in the U.S. cellphone industry while giving Apple the kind of distribution ...

17. Wonderwall.com reveals Microsoft's hand: Aces and eights

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 05 February 2009

    ... has me scratching my head.I thought I had seen just about everything I could from Microsoft when they unveiled their x86-powered coffee machine at CES 2009 while announcing future plans to produce other ...

18. Yahoo's Bartz to lay out her plan, deliver the bad news

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 26 January 2009

    ... having said "let's give [Yahoo] some frickin' breathing room" (sic) in a conference call announcing her CEO position earlier this month.According to AFP, Microsoft is rumored to still be interested in ...

19. Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave of absence on health concerns

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... announcing he would be spending holidays with his family, earlier today Jobs informed Apple employees via an internal email that his health issues are "more complex than originally thought." In a shocking ...

20. Do we actually need a disc? Blu-Ray's future uncertain

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... players and announcing price cuts on older models. Companies will also be debuting products and support for the BD Live feature which allows people to download additional material from the Internet and ...

21. CPU prices post huge drops in 2008, Intel delays CPU+GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 05 December 2008

    ... 2010, while average CPU pricing for both AMD and Intel is showing sharp drops for 2008.The news of the Havendale delay follows on the heels of AMD announcing that its first Fusion processor has been shifted ...

22. Apple expected to refresh its iMac on November 10

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 03 November 2008

    ... new iMacs just in time for the Christmas season. According to an article posted by Fudzilla and echoed by Electric Pig, Apple will be announcing new iMacs next Monday. The website cites multiple unnamed ...

23. Microsoft aims for clouds with Azure's programming model

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 27 October 2008

    ... acted similarly, announcing they are working with their users and developers to see where the end lies because they don't yet have a full plan of where they're going. In taking it all in, it honestly ...

24. Battle of the Bands: Rock Band set list vs. Guitar Hero sequel

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 22 October 2008

    ... rock artists to emerging bands," stated Paul DeGooyer, MTV's senior vice president of Electronic Games & Music. "With the addition of the 20 new songs we're announcing today, owners of Rock Band 2 ...

25. IBM increases China investments

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 16 October 2008

    In addition to announcing the opening of a new research facility in Shanghai, IBM has invested in a subsidiary of the Hisense Group. The new research facility is an extension of the IBM China Research ...

26. Windows 7 gets a name: Windows 7

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 13 October 2008

    ... vice president for Windows product management at Microsoft, had the honor of announcing the official name of the new client Windows: Windows 7. Nash noted that he was excited to show a new product “to ...

27. Linux at 17 - What Windows promised to be

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Brief)

    Friday, 10 October 2008

    ... announcing the birth of what would become the Linux operating system. You can read that original message that marks the birth of Linux as an open source project, posted by Linus Benedict Torvalds, on Google's ...

28. Nvidia to rename its graphics chips

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 25 September 2008

    ... recent announcement that the company would lay off about 7% of its staff, it seems that Nvidia is busy bringing the company back on track. Rumor has it that the company will be announcing additional graphics ...

29. Android phone shown in London, to be announced on September 23?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 16 September 2008

      The wait for Google’s first Android smartphone, the HTC Dream, is almost over. The usually well-informed Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mobile will be announcing the device next week, while ...

30. Sony offers up new HDV prosumer handycam

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 10 September 2008

      Sony's got a couple of new HDV cameras it is announcing today. The one of interest to prosumers like you and I is the HDR-FX1000, priced at around $3200. Sony says the HDR-FX1000 is its first ...

31. Toshiba rolls out iPod/Zune hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 09 September 2008

    ... – and SSDs are expected to surpass the highest capacity of 1.8” drives for the first time later this year.    It has become a tradition that Toshiba is announcing new 1.8” hard drives at the ...

32. Aiming for the iPhone: Android SDK arrives without Bluetooth, first Android handset surfaces

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 18 August 2008

      Application development for Google’s Android cellphone platform is entering a more serious stage as the company releases version 0.9 beta to its developer community. Scheduled for a September ...

33. AMD aims to grab 50% share of discrete graphics card market by the end of 2008

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 15 August 2008

    With AMD officially announcing its ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 GPU, the company has noted that its ATI Radeon HD 4800-series has boosted the company's discrete graphics card market share from 30% to 40%, ...

34. Apple WWDC vs. Microsoft TechEd: The duel of the conferences

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Monday, 09 June 2008

    ... off the bat, Apple is focusing on its desktop and cell phone platforms announcing Snow Leopard and the second generation of the iPhone while Microsoft is focused on its server offerings - and mentioned ...

35. Steve Ballmer to step down in nine, ten years

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 09 June 2008

      Microsoft chief executive was caught with some surprising remarks last week, announcing that he would like to retire in nine or ten years from Microsoft. That would leave Ballmer, if everything ...

36. Supermicro announces motherboards with Intel G45 and G43 chipsets

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 02 June 2008

    ... those companies jumping the gun a bit early, announcing new desktop platforms that promise “workstation performance for the desktop.” The company’s new ATX boards integrate one PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, support ...

37. Mozilla prepares Firefox 3 for launch

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 29 May 2008

      A new web page that popped up on Mozilla’s site today suggests that the launch of Mozilla 3 is imminent. The developers announced that they will soon be announcing the availability date of the ...

38. MSI discusses plans for Computex 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 29 May 2008

    ... on June 3 it will be announcing a slate of new motherboards using its DrMOS overclocking and power saving platform. More here at Digitimes.  ...

39. AMD to roll out Griffin processor as ‘Turion Ultra’ at Computex

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 26 May 2008

    ... in. Nvidia will release its new GeForce GTX 280 and 260 GPUs, AMD its Radeon 4850 and 4870 as well as its Puma notebook platform. According to our sources at a top-tier OEM/ODM, AMD will be announcing ...

40. Pioneer announces BonusView Blu-ray players

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 07 May 2008

    ... pay at least a 50% premium for these players over Blu-ray players without this feature. Pioneer is among the first companies out of the gate announcing a new generation of Blu-ray players that are widely ...

41. Steve Ballmer hints at possible XP extension

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 24 April 2008

    ... short of announcing any kind of official XP extension, though. The Microsoft CEO also commented on the company's Yahoo acquisition offer, calling it "a very good price," despite Yahoo's refusal to consider ...

42. Internet exposes Psystar’s shenanigans

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    ... caused a BIG stir this week by announcing their Open Computer which is basically a Mac clone.  Everyone expects Apple to sue Psystar into oblivion, but it seems bloggers and blog readers may take ...

43. Intel takes aim at AMD’s cash cow

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 15 April 2008

    ... Q1 result is any indication than analysts and investors may be in for a rough call this Thursday, when AMD will be announcing its first quarter financial result. We have heard from Intel senior vice president ...

44. Microsoft says end of HD DVD won't hurt Xbox 360

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 18 February 2008

    ... DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace," the company said. "We will wait until we hear from Toshiba before announcing any specific plans around the ...

45. Activision confirms Guitar Hero, Call of Duty sequels

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 08 February 2008

    ... reported its quarterly financial results yesterday, showing its highest profit ever and leapfrogging its way to setting a record-breaking fiscal year. Upon announcing its results, Activision noted it ...

46. Update 2: Gateway ships new retail desktops with AMD quad-cores

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 January 2008

    ... price, performance, availability and other factors, we typically offer a mix of both AMD and Intel processors, and we’ll continue to do so moving forward.  In fact, we will be announcing an ...

47. Yahoo expected to layoff hundreds

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 22 January 2008

    Yahoo will be announcing a sizable layoff later this month.  According to the latest rumors on the Silicon Valley Grapevine, the job cuts will probably be announced after the company reports its ...

48. Possible safe fuel storage method found for hydrogen powered cars

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 21 December 2007

    ... While there is still research to be done, this research may help bring it mainstream much sooner. Dearborn (MI) - Jun Yang of the Ford Motor Company, is announcing a potentially safe way to store the mass ...

49. Toshiba preps 128 GB SSDs for Q1

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 10 December 2007

    Toshiba is the next data storage giant announcing its entry into the increasingly popular solid state disk (SSD) storage market. Tokyo (Japan) - Toshiba is the next data storage giant announcing its ...

50. AMD goes against Nvidia’s Tesla with new stream processor card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 November 2007

    ... They're announcing several third-party tools will also provide support, including products from RapidMind and Microsoft. Background on floating point 32-bit floating point values are highly desirable ...