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1. T-Mobile announces another Android phone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 22 June 2009

   ... mode in most applications via the phone's built-in accelerometer. It has network support for 3G and Wifi. It comes with 512MB of internal memory - twice that of the G1 - and a 4GB microSD card. It can ...

2. Microsoft bleats Beatles Rock Band, says yeah, yeah yeah to Project Natal

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 01 June 2009

   ... Paul and Ringo made a suprise cameo appearance, while Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison appeared briefly on stage. A Microsoft spokesperson explained that the Abbey Road album would be available for download ...

3. CES 2009: Nvidia announces new GPUs for notebooks

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 08 January 2009

   ... 100M-series incorporates advances in Nvidia's PhysX technology and stereoscopic 3D. The number of processor cores that can simultaneously access the GPU via Nvidia's CUDA parallel processing software interface ...

4. CES 2009: Sony announces an iPod Touch rival - the X Series Walkman

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Wednesday, 07 January 2009

   ... Internet functions. This will be the first Walkman to have Internet capabilities. Sony claims the X Series will come equipped with direct access to YouTube via a menu feature. Users will be able to download ...

5. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Beating Apple at its own game

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 02 October 2008

   ... a Carl Zeiss lens, and video capture support in VGA-quality at 30 frames per second as well as built-in surround sound stereo speakers. The accompanied software enables quick photo or video sharing via ...

6. Outmaneuvered: Real Networks hits Hollywood with preemptive suit

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 30 September 2008

   ... Fox Film, NBC Universal, Warner Bros. Entertainment and Viacom in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. "RealNetworks took this legal action to protect consumers' ability ...

7. Microsoft announces widely supported virtualization initiative

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 08 September 2008

   ... in recent years with the addition of virtualization hardware into the x86 instruction set via technology extensions from AMD and Intel, such as Pacifica and Vanderpool respectively.  While not identical ...

8. VIA announces Nano-ITX board using VIA VX800 chipset

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Tuesday, 19 August 2008

   VIA Technologies announced the Epia N700 Nano-ITX board, designed as a complete solution for compact industrial PC and embedded automation devices. Featuring a 1.5 GHz VIA C7 or 500 MHz VIA Eden ...

9. PicoPC offers Windows XP embedded in home theater setting

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

   Thursday, 17 July 2008

   ... LX800 processor and offers up to 32 GB of optional solid state storage for loading in your media files. You get, via the Windows XP embedded, Internet Explorer and other Internet applications, so you ...

10. Chrysler announces vehicular Wi-Fi

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... via Google News  ...

11. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... has shipped three million SLI-capable chipsets. March 2005: ATI's unveils the never-actually-launched X850 Crossfire platform, consisting out of two Radeon X850 boards connected via an external cable. ...

12. Supermicro announces motherboards with Intel G45 and G43 chipsets

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Monday, 02 June 2008

    ... for high-definition 7.1 channel audio via an S/PDIF connector as well as six analog audio outputs, six SATA ports, twelve USB ports, a PCIe x16 slot (x4 electrical), a PCI-E x1 slot, legacy 32-bit PCI ...

13. Controversial benchmark maker announces arcade game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Friday, 21 March 2008

    ... 2001 title from Sweden-based developer Grin. The game is planned to be released via traditional retail channels, but Candella said it is also opportunities for a digital distribution.  ...

14. Toshiba announces HSUPA smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 11 February 2008

    ... MB RAM.   Based on Windows Mobile, Toshiba claims that the phone enables users to stay in touch with their Office applications via an “intuitive” user interface. The G810 will begin ...

15. Hewlett-Packard announces first mobile thin client notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Thursday, 24 January 2008

    ... warehouse and inventory managers and office administrators, which access major data via networks and not a hard drive. Compared to the regular 6720 notebooks, the t does not include a hard drive, but a ...

16. ZRAM announces latest advances in floating-body memory

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 19 December 2007

    ... Read and writes are significantly improved over conventional implementations as well, with write improvements coming primarily from increasing the amount of stored charge via design tweaks. All of these ...

17. AT&T announces Napster phone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 19 November 2007

    ... eMusic and mobile banking at Wachovia and SunTrust banks. Compared to iTunes, Napster mobile downloads are substantially more expensive at $1.99 per track or at $7.49 in a five-downloads-per-month package. ...

18. UPDATE: Phoenix announces HyperSpace: Instant-on computing for the masses

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 06 November 2007

    ... tackled this particular kind of challenge because after all, who better to address these hardware/software issues than the guys who make it all work to begin with anyway (via BIOS)? How does it work? ...

19. VIA announces VESA mounted PC for instant display systems

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 12 October 2007

    VIA Technologies has announced the new VIA vm7700 VESA mounted PC (vmpc) which turns a standard display panel into a fully functional PC for signage, kiosk and other intelligent display applications, providing ...

20. Viacom announces online video plan for MTV Networks shows

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 07 September 2007

    ... will include nearly 5,000 hours of pop culture video, says MTV. MTV's parent company Viacom has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google because it claims clips from these and other shows were illegally ...

21. Iomega announces Home Network Hard Drive

    (Networking/Networking Brief)

    Monday, 27 August 2007

    ... capacities and connect via a 10/100 Ethernet port. All versions can also function as a directly-attached external USB 2.0 drive. Read the complete story here.  ...

22. Lacie announces 5 TB SATA RAID

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 14 August 2007

    ... that up to four S2S boxes can be connected via an included eSATA PCI-X/Express Card to scale the maximum capacity to 20 TB and burst rates to 600 MB/s. Using a fast mode configuration (RAID 0), the eSATA ...

23. Wrap-up: AMD outlines a bright future at Technology Analyst Day

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 26 July 2007

    ... more generalized way via a Fusion-like engine. As such, the need for high-end GPU compute abilities will remain a goal for AMD. In one demonstration, ATI showed 1.5 teraflops of runtime computing ability ...

24. Western Digital announces Green terabyte hard drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 23 July 2007

    ... compares to taking your car off the road for 14 days. The Energy Star 4.0-compliant WD Caviar GP 1 TB hard drive will first ship in July in the My Book range of storage appliances, with 1 TB desktop channel ...

25. I/O Magic announces 250 GB portable hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 15 June 2007

    ... its line of mobile hard drives to include 160GB, 200GB, and 250GB models.  Each measuring 2.5 inches, they can link up to a laptop via USB 2.0, with plug-and-play compatibility.  The company ...

26. VIA announces new ultra-mobile device

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Wednesday, 06 June 2007

    VIA Technologies announced its new NanoBook UMD (ultra-mobile device) at Computex Taipei 2007, which, according to the company, packs the performance, connectivity and functionality of a notebook PC into ...

27. Computex 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Sunday, 03 June 2007

    ... DTX spec Corsair takes DDR3 memory to 2 GHz Computex Wars: AMD vs. Intel vs. VIA - and some unexpected implications: Analyst Opinion Slideshows  ...

28. VIA announces EPIA Mini-ITX platform for x86-based consumer electronics

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 29 December 2006

      VIA Technologies has announced VIA EPIA EX-Series Mini-ITX motherboards, the company's first series of platforms featuring the new VIA CX700M2 system media processor. VIA Technologies has announced ...

29. VTech announces Internet-browsing and Wi-Fi phones

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 20 December 2006

    VTech today announced two multi-handset cordless phone systems with Internet access features. One is DECT 6.0 based, the other connects via Wi-Fi. VTech today announced two multi-handset cordless phone ...

30. D-Link announces Wi-Fi capable cellphone

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 03 October 2006

    ... Through hotspot access, users can make phone calls via the Internet or browse the Internet with Opera's mobile web browser. The first series of dual-mode GSM/Wi-Fi phones will cost $600.  ...

31. Project-a-Phone announces overhead projector for the cellphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 02 October 2006

    ... teachers and professors use to display a calculator screen to an entire class, the ICD-5000 physically clamps onto and hovers over a cell phone or PDA screen and connects to a PC via a USB cable. Users ...

32. ATI announces new TV Cards

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Tuesday, 22 August 2006

    ... TV broadcasts for a suggested price of $59. Read the complete story here. (PC Magazine via Yahoo)  ...

33. Sprint Nextel to launch 4 Mb WiMax network in Q4 2007

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 08 August 2006

    ... be a useful addition to mobile devices. Applications may include instant photo sharing via cellphones, video casting and video chats, video conferencing and online gaming. The company also believes that ...

34. Infocus announces a new bright and quiet projector

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 11 July 2006

    ... interesting feature of the IN42 is a network port that allows administrators to check settings with a web interface. Users can also check settings via an onboard LCD display and Infocus says they have ...

35. Via announces AMD chipset support for Socket AM2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 24 May 2006

      Via Technologies today announced top-to-bottom chipset solutions supporting the transition to socket AM2 by AMD. Via Technologies today announced top-to-bottom chipset solutions supporting the ...

36. Interop 2006: Symbol Technologies announces "4th generation" wireless plan

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 03 May 2006

    ... wireless technologies, including 802.11n, WiMAX, GPRS, EV-DO. Symbol's WS5100 wireless switch will be the first product to include the Wi-NG architecture via an upgrade later this year.  ...

37. Toshiba announces first HD DVD notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 10 April 2006

    ... (DVB) as well as analog TV broadcasts, two 120 GB hard drives, an HDMI port and standard wireless connectivity via 802.11 b/g. At the core are G30/697HS is a 2.0 GHz Core Duo T2500 processor as well as ...

38. Via announces "Vista Premium ready" chipset

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 06 April 2006

    Via today released the PT890 chipset, which the firm claims is able to run the top performance tier of Microsoft's upcoming operating system. Via today released the PT890 chipset, which the firm claims ...

39. Nvidia announces SLI-accelerated physics

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 20 March 2006

    ... to eventually enable "dynamic physics load balancing" via a desktop control panel interface, for owners of dual or quad GPU systems. The driver details are still being worked out, we were told. So, how ...

40. Nintendo announces download service, voice chat feature for DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 09 February 2006

    ... new Metroid Prime Hunters game for Nintendo DS will give gamers the ability to chat via Wi-Fi with other gamers before and after matches. The microphone of the Nintendo DS picks up voice communication ...

41. Primera announces Blu-ray disc publishing system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 06 February 2006

    ... integrates Pioneer's BDR-101A Blu-ray Disc/DVD Recorder and can be loaded with up to 50 single- or dual-layer discs at a time. The device connects via USB 2.0 to a Windows 2000/XP PC and comes with Primera's ...

42. Via releases 1.5 GHz Eden processor for fanless computers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 17 January 2006

      Via today announced new low-power versions of its Eden processor family. The new CPU's, a ULV 1 GHz chip and a 1.5 GHz part, will consume only 3.5 and 7.5 watts, respectively, and allow system builders ...

43. Electronic Arts announces two "booster packs" for Battlefield 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 12 January 2006

    ... release and has already spawned one expansion pack, Special Forces. Both booster packs will be offered for $10 and only available via online download.  ...

44. RIM licenses PocketMac for Blackberry software, announces free download

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 12 January 2006

    ... that Research in Motion has licensed its complete version of PocketMac for Blackberry. The software is currently sold for $30 via the firm's website, but will be available as a free download on blackberry.com ...

45. CES 2006: Highlights of Thursday's coverage from TG Daily

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 06 January 2006

    ... Music Bridge acts as a "virtual sound card" to wirelessly stream any audio content that is available via analog audio or optical digital.  ...

46. CES 2006: Microsoft's Bill Gates announces alliance with MTV, reveals more Vista features

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 05 January 2006

    ... fees have not been announced. In the communication space, Philips will be cooperating with Microsoft in the deployment of a wireless household phone. The device will make VoIP calls via Microsoft's Instant ...

47. Via announces integrated graphics for C7 processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 December 2005

      Via today said that it will begin offering the CN700 integrated graphics chipset (IGC) for the C7 processor series during the first quarter of next year. Via today said that it will begin offering ...

48. S3 tackles entry-level, mainstream graphics market in North America

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 03 November 2005

    ... pushed back in a small market niche. Under the roof of Taiwanese semiconductor firm Via, S3's share of the total graphics chip market was estimated to hover around 8.9 percent. According to Jon Peddie ...

49. Sprint Nextel announces partnerships for wireless access over CATV

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 02 November 2005

    ... viable, it would have to appeal to a nationwide market - something not even the largest single CATV provider (currently Comcast) can offer on its own, due to telecom laws. Sprint Nextel accomplished at ...

50. Linksys announces 802.11b/g USB adapter / network scanner combo

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Friday, 14 October 2005

    ... Once a desired network is found the adapter can be used to establish an 802.11G network connection via its USB 1.1 port. The adapter is powered by a lithium-ion battery that recharges through via USB. ...