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1. Gamers ditch Xbox 360 for PS3 sequels

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ... Xbox 360 and PS3? If so, does a 7 point lead in one group over the other really constitute a 'defection'?" See Also 
Wii fails to deliver Microsoft: Xbox 360 has the "best" FPS games Video game industry ...

2. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... Fusion family of products today. Bergman has a new mantra. He said: “Every year we’re going to have the best CPU in the industry. It’s our new mantra." He has a history in the industry that includes IBM, ...

3. AMD calls for more realistic notebook benchmarks

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... said that AMD wants to give people an idea of how muc battery life they can get out of using a particular application, whether it be video editing or games. "That's ultimately what the industry needs," ...

4. Video game industry halts downward spiral

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   The US video game industry has managed to temporarily halt a six-month downward spiral. According to the NPD Group, sales of software and consoles rose one percent year-over-year to $1.28 billion in September. ...

5. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Depending on how you count, January begins the second decade of the 21st century. While a painful 10 years in many ways, the information technology industry saw some phenomenal changes during that time. ...

6. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Former Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger once predicted that Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 servers would act as "cash machines" for the IT industry. Although Pat recently left the company to pursue other opportunities ...

7. How to save journalism

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   ... advocates point to the growth in online revenues. That's true. According to the Newspaper Association of America online revenues grew overall for the industry by around 25 percent in 2008. The problem ...

8. ICANN is broken: they think they have fixed it

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... opportunities. "The organisation is totally interested in selling new domains. It's largely industry lobbies. There's no non-governmental, non-profit interest there. They're commercial trade shows, which ...

9. Intel confirms top management shakeup

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... forever grateful. I'm also thrilled with the road ahead and prospect of helping lead a company of EMC's stature. The technology industry has undergone almost incomprehensible change over the last three ...

10. Scifi writers powering weapons against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... market for digital books. "We are thrilled that SFWA has joined our unique and diverse group of academic, professional, and industry organizations," said Open Book Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley. "More ...

11. AMD touts benefits of OpenCL and Snow Leopard

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... OpenCL Version 1.0 implementation. According to spokesperson Gary Silcott, OpenCL is a key enabler of ATI's Stream technology which can be used to develop highly efficient applications. "Industry standards ...

12. Industry heavyweights gang up against Google

    (Software/Software Features)

    Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not inconsiderable weight to a coalition opposing Google's plans for scanning books. Silicon Valley (CA) - Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not ...

13. Chip Wars: NVIDIA and ATI spar over OpenCL GPU support

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... both the CPU and GPU. The latest round between the rival industry heavyweights began after AMD introduced a free OpenCL for CPU download as part of its ATI Stream SDK v2.0 Beta Program. According to ...

14. Toyota hybrid does 68 miles for $2.50

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    ... cost. SRNL and NREL have analyzed the data and prepared a formal report for the DOE. The aim is to help regulators and government research programs assess the status of the fuel cell industry and the ...

15. Khronos Group details cross-platform WebGL initiative

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... Game Developers Conference in March 2009 - was launched to facilitate the hardware-based acceleration of 3D graphics in web pages without browser plug-ins. A number of industry heavyweights have already ...

16. Khronos Group releases OpenGL 3.2

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... that the evolution of OpenGL would help developers design console and PC games with "greater realism." "The industry will see GPU's turning into running physics engines, creating gaming environments that ...

17. Broadband over power lines gets first industry standard draft

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Broadband over power lines is marching closer to actual availability. The P1901 Working Group today announced the release of the first draft defining medium access control and physical layer specifications ...

18. Claim: P2P "jeopardizes" national security

    (Security/Security Features)

    ... Trade Commission (FTC) for its "see-no-evil, hear-no-evil" approach to file sharing and recommended that the Obama administration put an end to the the file-sharing industry's "self-regulation."  ...

19. Apple mixes cocktail to boost music album sales

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Digital downloads allows consumers to simply buy those music tracks they want and circumvent entire albums to cut out those tracks they could care less for. It is a trend the music industry has been ...

20. US game sales down 31%

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... against a stellar first-half performance last year," says NPD analyst Anita Frazier. "This level of decline is certainly going to cause some pain and reflection in the industry. This is one of the first ...

21. Trade groups agree on online data pact

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      In a desperate bid to prevent the government from bringing in tough data laws, major advertising industry groups have announced stricter guidelines on how their members use and collect online data. ...

22. Irresistible Wii helps recruit female gamers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    The irresistible Wii has reportedly helped increase the number of female console gamers in 2009. According to NPD industry analyst Anita Frazier, the year was a "transformative" one in terms of "defining ...

23. China admits defeat in Green Dam row

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... of Industry and Information Technology said today that the pre-installation requirement would be delayed because computer makers 'wanted more time for such a massive undertaking'. July 1 had been set ...

24. Chinese prime minister gets PC letter - Green Damnit

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ...  IDG said groups signing the letter include US, EU and Japanese chambers of commerce, and the US Information Technology Industry Council. The thrust of the letter to Wen is that by imposing the Green ...

25. Plucky Palm predicts Pre has bright future

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... pipeline "will set a standard for the industry." Palm shipped 351,000 smartphone units in its fourth quarter - that's a year on year decline of 62 percent. While there does seem to be a large number ...

26. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... be enjoyed in low light reading environments. Periscope® is the industry leading designer and marketer of integrated book lights in bookcovers for hardcovers, paperbacks, and digital reading devices. Ideal ...

27. Game sales fall sharply as recession bites

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... was the first time since August 2007 that the games industry made less than $1 billion from consoles and games, with revenues of just $863.3 million - a drop of 23 percent on last May's figure. Sales ...

28. French authorities block illegal download law

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... to public services online was a basic human right. While the bill predictably won support from France's music industry - including President Sarkozy's pop singer wife Carla Bruni - it was opposed by ...

29. Internet becoming 'messy and confusing'

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... businesses and 50 e-commerce managers from SMEs. A series of in-depth senior industry executive interviews were then completed to critically analyse the survey findings.    ...

30. CE3100: Intel squeezes yet another chip out of the old Dothan core

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... This time, Intel focuses much more on its core strength than before and in fact tries to learn from the CE industry, rather than trying to change it.Santa Clara (CA) – During my most recent visit to ...

31. Lenovo makes loss of $226 million for year

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... the whole PC industry. Lenovo sales in the Americas accounted for 24.6 percent of the total during the fourth quarter, a fall of 19 percent year on year. But it gained share in Brazil, it said. Sales ...

32. WD offers two terabytes for $299

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Western Digital has announced the industry's largest hard drive to date, the 2TB WD20EVDS. Lake Forest, CA - Western Digital has announced the industry's largest hard drive to date, the 2TB WD20EVDS. ...

33. Civil liberties group files landmark gene patenting case

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... genes. Moreover, granting patents that limit scientific research, learning and the free flow of information violates the First Amendment." Players and commentators on the biotech industry are lining ...

34. "E-cigarette" firm claims pharma industry behind proposed ban

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    A company marketing so-called e-cigarettes claims that a proposed ban on the products is being orchestrated behind the scenes by the pharmaceutical industry.A company marketing so-called e-cigarettes claims ...

35. The Gaming Renaissance Movement

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Analyst Opinion - Making games differently – from production, to financing and distribution: Many have noted that the gaming industry seems to be recession-proof. Monthly sales figures continue to ...

36. Blu-ray sales surge as player prices drop

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ...  "The rising penetration of high-definition televisions and lower Blu-ray player prices are broadening the format's market opportunity," said Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis at NPD. "Even ...

37. UPDATED: BlackBerry Curve outsells Apple's iPhone

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... three of the top five positions," explained Ross Rubin, director of industry analysis at The NPD Group. "The more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from these giveaways and was able to leapfrog ...

38. Bovine genome project could trigger farming revolution

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    ... president of the National Association of Animal Breeders, an industry trade group of organizations that market semen for breeding dairy and beef cattle, said, "The availability of very large numbers of ...

39. Google and YouTube bring democracy to Iraq

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... invite the American technology industry to be part of this creative genesis." Officials wouldn't name the nine executives taking the trip, but they are apparently all pretty senior. They will meet representatives ...

40. High-bandwidth Bluetooth 3.0 expected for April 21

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... new Bluetooth 3.0 will rival the bandwidth of Wireless USB and will outpace Wi-Fi.   Dvice today reported that Bluetooth 3.0 may be unveiled on April 21 by the Bluetooth SIG, the industry group ...

41. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... are more focused on performance per watt. Right now, there is no other industry in which we care so much about what is inside the box. We only care about the benefits the solution provides. I am certain ...

42. Net neutrality proponents upset by stimulus broadband rules

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission to establish a "nondiscrimination and network interconnection obligations" for organizations which receive broadband money. The telecommunications industry ...

43. Facebook redesign causes 1.7 million users to revolt

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... built by outside developers on our platform, that allows users to vote and express their opinion. "Also helpful have been the many comments we're reading on industry blogs, the Facebook company blog, ...

44. iPhone OS 3.0: Showing us just how big the iPhone is

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    ... rivals who still argue over megapixels in camera, processor types and other hardware features. Such silly disputes remind me of the U.S. automobile industry who similarly insisted on looking at specific ...

45. Google introduces telephone services

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Google has yet again managed to find a pot to dip their money hand into, this time it's the phone industry. It would appear that the company's goal is to be the hub of all of its user's communication ...

46. No recession here: NPD says U.S. gaming industry in good health

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    The U.S. gaming industry appears not only alive and well, but also recession resistant. Even as we await a new batch of games to kick console sales into a higher gear -- like the eagerly-awaited Resident ...

47. Linux, Microsoft and Sun to discuss the future of operating systems, but where's Apple?

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... OS industry in general. What will come from such a meeting? I truly believe that only God knows. San Francisco (CA) - At the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco on April 8-10, 2009, a meeting of the great OS ...

48. Microsoft, Visa and EU team up to fight Internet child porn

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Gamble said, "By applying the individual lessons learnt and by coming together with our combined skills, focusing on collective objectives, we plan to eradicate the remnants of that industry once and for ...

49. Blu-ray gets simplified licensing

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... has been almost five years since the first Blu-ray supporters agreed to develop the high-definition format, and more than four years after that the promoter group has been formed. But the industry will ...

50. The last call for a Mac netbook

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... consumers are turning to ultra-cheap netbooks that are currently keeping the industry alive. Nevertheless, Apple is ignoring the netbook market despite being hurt by its refusal to unveil a Mac netbook. ...