AMD recently announced that it would cease to market its chips based on technical specs like speed ratings and cache, effectively withdrawing it from the arms race that has been dominated by Intel since time immemorial. AMD will opt ...READ»
Theoretically, Apple's Mac OS X can be installed on nearly any machine running an Intel processor, and even AMD-based machines--including netbooks, laptops and desktops. But the process of installing OS X on these devices gets ...READ»
Remember SETI@home? Launched in 1999, the alien-tracking effort was one of the first (and most popular) distributed computing efforts. It's still going, but a number of new distributed computing projects have popped up. The latest ...READ»
The world's largest cellphone company won't be making a Google Android-powered Smartphone. But Nokia's recent partnership with Intel means a new OS is inevitable.READ»
Intel and Nokia just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're all used ...READ»
Intel and Nokia have just announced a strategic partnership to tie up the two companies' technology so that they can tackle the problem of next-generation mobile computers. It's a plan that makes perfect sense in a world where we're ...READ»
In his recent post, "Design is Too Important to be Left to Thinkers," Robert Brunner made a good point about how every Tom, Dick, corporate strategist, and engineer is now calling himself a "design thinker." ...READ»
Put an end to blindness, bullshit, copyright laws and Time Warner's dark hegemony? Sure: the top tech stories of the week are all about the death of things that Web nerds hate--and that includes Bing, whether you like the idyllic backgrounds or not.
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IBM's just announced that it's pulled together $100 million to invest in future cell phone tech. It will be used to improve things like cell-phone security, user interface functionality, and business use of cell phones. But, when ...READ»
