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AMD Congo Platform Due Out in Early November

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices is expected to update its platform for ultra-thin notebook systems, with the introduction of its anticipated Congo platform, which has been postponed from the end of July to early November, due to low demand in the market for ultra-thin notebooks. According to recent...

15 October 2009
10:59 GMT

Next-Generation AMD Leo Platform Due Out in 2010

Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second largest chip manufacturer, is due to update its current desktop platform codenamed Dragon with an upcoming Leo platform, which is reportedly planned for release in April 2010. According to recent details that have surfaced on the Internet, th...

1 September 2009
03:40 GMT

Pine Trail Platform on Track, Intel Claims

In the past few days, there have been a series of reports on one of Intel's most anticipated products, the chip maker's next-generation Pine Trail Platform, designed to be incorporated into an upcoming wave of new netbook computer systems. According to previous rumors, the platform has recently been resched...

30 July 2009
08:18 GMT

Korean SK Telecom to Plan on Making Mobile Phones

One of the most interesting pieces of news we were able to recently spot over the Web is that the largest mobile phone operator in South Korea, SK Telecom, might intend to soon enter the phone manufacturing business, at least this is what some sources from the country are reported to have said lately. SK Telecom is...

26 March 2009
07:24 GMT

It's Very Hard to Program on the PlayStation 3, Says Wheelman Dev

The PlayStation 3 is the most powerful console currently found on the market. Its Cell processor and Nvidia-powered graphics solution produce some of the most stunning effects ever seen on an HDTV. That is, if you know how to program for it, as a lot of developers have complained about the problems they encounter whe...

20 March 2009
04:25 GMT

Microsoft Is Still Confident in Windows as a Gaming Platform

Gaming platforms have evolved continuously over the course of history, and now, as quite a lot of gaming industry analysts believe, PC gaming is starting to die down, mostly because of piracy and the hard work needed to ensure that a video game works on the multitude of computer configurations out there. But hope is...

28 January 2009
16:51 GMT

Fugoo Platform for Neo-Diginets is Windows-Based

A new platform unveiled at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2009) in Las Vegas, built as a marriage between hardware and software, might just be the answer to transforming traditional household objects, appliances, and accessories into neo-diginets. Neo-diginets are nothing more than a new genera...

12 January 2009
06:45 GMT

ESP 2.0, the Next Generation of the Microsoft Visual Simulation Platform

Landing an F-18 Hornet on the CVN-21 “carrier of the future” can be done today thanks to Microsoft and Northrop Grumman. The sole downside of such a scenario is that the landing process is virtual, made possible only by a combination of technology involving Microsoft ESP, Virtual Earth and Microsoft Surfa...

3 December 2008
07:25 GMT

Prince of Persia Has a Release Date

Ubisoft says the eternal Prince that has already starred in a game trilogy for the company is ready to swing into action again in early December in the new re-imagined Prince of Persia. The  game is set to arrive in North American on December 2 and in Europe, the Middle East and Africa on December 4. The United ...

22 September 2008
12:31 GMT

Intel's Ibex Peak Details Surface

Recently, a new round of rumors regarding Intel's next-generation mainstream and entry-level chipset, codenamed Ibex Peak, has surfaced. It looks like the upcoming chipset, due to be released in Q3 2009, is to be used for four of the company's future platforms, including the Nehalem-supporting Calpella, whi...

14 August 2008
06:30 GMT

Mediaroom Now on 2 Million TVs Worldwide

Mediaroom is continually increasing its audience, Microsoft informed, revealing that its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform are now offering content on in excess of two million TVs worldwide. Microsoft Mediaroom is not only increasing its audience, but also the number of members in t...

16 June 2008
10:47 GMT

Nokia N-Gage 2.0 Finally Released, For Good

Nokia's long awaited gaming platform, N-Gage, is finally out, in the full 2.0 version, available now for download. For the beginning, Nokia only offers five games. Users have the chance to try, for free, the following titles: System Rush: Evolution, presented as a "non-stop action game"; Brain Challenge, to s...

4 April 2008
08:56 GMT

Prepare to Hunt Dragons on Your DS

Dragon Hunters is an animated series, produced by French company Futurikon, that chronicles the adventures of Lian-Chu and Gwizdo, two young dragon hunters. The universe in which the life is made up of floating land masses separated by gaping voids. Travel is restricted to airships and most of the people are terroriz...

14 March 2008
13:31 GMT

Apple to Become King

It is well known that Apple will be releasing a software development kit soon, for programmers to use in creating nifty apps for its devices. More than that, the Cupertino-based company has also filed to protect its trademark in relation to games. As a result, people started talking and Daniel Jalkut, who develops th...

15 February 2008
04:26 GMT

Bill Gates: Office Is a Platform too, Not Just Windows

In an effort to underline the relevance of the Office System as a platform for developers and not just an application, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates introduced during his keynote address at the Office System Developers Conference 2008, in San Jose, new software, services and tools designed to make Office an equivalen...

12 February 2008
11:07 GMT

Feel Like Saving the World Again?

Probably people will never get bored of saving the world from alien invasions, evil scientists, interplanetary attacks and other similar fantasy things. Also, people will never get bored of being superheroes with superpowers in a super-world (that needs to be saved). Well, in this game, you will be a not-very-classic...

17 December 2007
05:41 GMT

Google Releases Impressive Android Video Demo

First images of the Android platform have just been released by Google, hinting towards what people should expect. "There is no gPhone. Instead, I'd like to introduce you to the Android platform", said Steve Horowitz, Google's Engineering Director, shredding once and for all the gPhone myth.The Android plat...

13 November 2007
03:13 GMT

Yahoo! Turning to Students

Announced a little over 2 months ago, on August the 30th, Yahoo Inc. is launching today the social networking service designed to help college students get the career help they so desperately need sometimes. It was developed by a young Yahoo unit charged with advancing product innovation, according to The Wall Street...

5 November 2007
10:34 GMT

Asus Intros Four New Laptops

Asus announced four brand new mobile computer systems that are aimed not at providing the very best and latest the hardware industry has to offer but rather to deliver a significant increase in portability and style. These new Asus mobile computing devices range from the fully fledged notebook systems to an ultra por...

1 October 2007
07:02 GMT

Intel to Refresh The Santa Rosa Platform

The Intel Developers Forum, or IDF for short, gave Intel the possibility to make a number of announcements concerning its plans and roadmaps for the near future. While Intel is currently dominating to market for desktop central processing units, things are not so clear on the mobile market segment where Advanced Micr...

24 September 2007
03:36 GMT

Ericsson Awarded for Best Managed Services Platform

Ericsson's performances have just been acknowledged through the Mobile Entertainment 2007 Award for Best Managed Services Platform. The company has been especially appreciated for the worldwide deployment of Napster Mobile and some other successes too.The award is offered both to companies that develop entertain...

19 September 2007
11:30 GMT

Epson and EFI to Form Another Alliance

Seiko Epson Corporation, better known as Epson and EFI announced that the two companies will soon form an alliance in order to achieve a better market position on the colour digital print servers, superwide format printers, and the segments of inks and print management solutions market. The first results of this new ...

13 September 2007
12:02 GMT

Intel Goes for Security

Computer systems' security is a very hot topic, as there is a permanent battle between those seeking unauthorized access to confidential data and information and those employed to protect and keep this data and info secure. Well, now Intel decided to enter this battle and launch a line of processors, the vPro se...

25 August 2007
07:00 GMT

Fusion Will Be Ready by 2009

AMD looks forward to the integration and merging of the two most complex computer parts, the central processing unit and the graphics processor, as this step would bring better graphics quality and capabilities, while presenting end users with the ability to run more parallel centered software applications that are b...

23 August 2007
06:09 GMT

One Intel Per Child?

After down playing Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, program and calling the XO machine "the $100 gadget", Intel reviewed its actions and decided to take part in the program. As most people suspect already, this was not really a selfless decision: Intel pressures the OLPC to adopt a new core arch...

13 August 2007
08:31 GMT

Motorola Brings MOTOMAGX Mobile Linux Platform

Motorola has just announced that they have made another step towards developing rich Mobile Linux experiences to their customers. The company has just unveiled their new MOTOMAGX platform, with a new level of support for third-party applications.Motorola has received a great amount of appreciation until now for its L...

8 August 2007
03:53 GMT

Dell to Buy ASAP Software

Dell just announced that it plans to acquire the company ASAP Software in order to extend its reach into the market of licensing services. Until now, the ASAP Software company was a subsidiary of Corporate Express. According to a Dell press release this acquisition will strengthen Dell's position and offering on...

2 August 2007
03:15 GMT

Linksys Still Alive and Kicking

Cisco Systems is still undecided about its corporate strategy concerning the consumer and small business division named Linksys. First, Cisco chairman and chief executive officer, John Chambers said that his company may drop the Linksys brand altogether at a discussion with the European press, according to the Uberpu...

31 July 2007
04:37 GMT

AMD's Roadmap Revealed

Now that AMD has finished its merger and integration with the graphics chips manufacturer ATI, a number of interesting and less traditional computing solutions and concepts may appear on the market in the following years. At the AMD Analyst Day conference there were many subjects approached and among them the subject...

28 July 2007
07:10 GMT

AMD Talks About Its Upcoming CPU: Fusion

Giuseppe Amato is the technical director of sales and marketing within the AMD company and he is involved in the distribution of AMD products on the European, African and Middle Eastern markets. In an interview with the hardware news site HWUpgrade, he talked about the new Fusion platform.While he firmly stated that ...

17 July 2007
09:37 GMT

Pandemonium Passwords (PSX)

Pandemonium is a platform game, published by Crystal Dynamics, for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC and Nokia N-Gage. It features Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town. The goal of the game is to reach the Wishing Engine, where they can wish the town back to normal. Each ch...

6 June 2007
02:27 GMT

Get AdSense on Your Private Website

Google quietly introduced a new feature for some AdSense registered members, allowing them to place adverts on the private websites protected with passwords. Although there is no official statement concerning the authentication feature, the function is now available to some publishers without any beta inclusion appro...

5 June 2007
08:20 GMT

Virtual Foreplay - Nerd's Way

This has got to be the best way to get some. Jennifer Chowdhury has developed a platform where video games are played by couples touching each other. Controls are placed on thin clothing parts such as a bra for the woman and a thin pair of shorts for the man and everything the two have to do is follow some on-screen...

7 May 2007
04:49 GMT

Qantas Goes Against the Linux Trend

Qantas is one of the strongest brands in Australia, also seen as one of the largest and safest long distance airline in the world. Qantas has recently announced at business intelligence vendor Hyperion's Solutions 2007 conference in US Orlando, their intention of going under a re-platforming process as part of ...

30 April 2007
04:13 GMT

Mobile Internet Devices, the Future of the UMPC

For the mobile market, Intel isn't quite content with pretty much owning the notebook segment, so they are digging into the Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) market as well. That's why Intel has released the Ultra Mobile Platform 2007, which is based on the Intel A100 (downclocked Pentium M running at 600MHz, 90nm pro...

18 April 2007
09:28 GMT

AMD Introduces Four New Platforms Based on the 690G Chipset

AMD is expanding its AMD Validated Solutions initiative through the introduction of four new platforms based on the AMD 690G chipset, thus taking the total number of platforms to eight. These new platforms benefit from enhanced 3D Graphics which support Windows Vista's Aero interface. Motherboards based on this ...

13 March 2007
04:43 GMT

Sun Announces Support for the Next Generation Mobile Java Platform

Sun Microsystems announced that full support for Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) - the next generation Java platform for mobile phones - is now available across its mobile product line and the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment.Sun, along with 13 other companies, participated in the development of MSA thro...

1 March 2007
10:20 GMT


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