China, still working on its long-delayed homegrown third-generation wireless standard, has leapfrogged itself by launching the world’s first fourth-generation standard, state media said on Monday. Data-rich 3G telephony—which allows high-speed transmission of data and images—is not yet available in mainland China.
But a group of 10 “leading domestic institutions” called the “FuTURE Project” on Sunday rolled [...]
On Saturday, Intel and IBM separately announced a new type of transistor material that the companies say will lead to smaller chips, increased computing performance, and more energy-efficient computers. Both chip makers have plans to integrate the new material into the next manufacturing line of chips—known as the 45-nanometer generation—within a year. Ultimately, this advance [...]
Rumours are circulating that Google is developing an online virtual world, like much-hyped Second Life, using its satellite image programme Google Earth.
As this blog post points out, many of the necessary pieces seem to be in place. Google Earth is already capable of rendering structures in 3D, and thanks to Google’s acquisition of SketchUp [...]
The Internet is set to revolutionize television within five years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said on Saturday.
“I’m stunned how people aren’t seeing that with TV, in five years from now, people will laugh at what we’ve had,” he told [...]
You might be ready for Vista, but is Vista ready for you?
Microsoft spent more than five years and $6 billion to build the new version of Windows, with a sleek look and plugged-up security holes.
Yet for all Vista’s bells and whistles, it’s still an operating system: the giant on whose shoulders other software programs will [...]
If you’re itching to upgrade to Windows Vista, the new Microsoft operating system to be launched Monday, January 29, chances are you’ll need a new computer, given Vista’s hefty hardware requirements. And when you think about spending $1,000 or more on that computer, chances are, you’re picturing a desktop or a laptop—not a half-kilogram device [...]
The new Windows operating system is worth the upgrade. Here’s why.
Windows Vista is almost here. To anyone who has been sitting on the fence over whether to upgrade to Microsoft’s new operating system, I’ll say it loud and clear: It’s time to make the jump. There are plenty of reasons to leave Windows XP and [...]
Sony has today announced the UK launch date for its long-awaited Playstation3 games console.
The PS3 is to hit High Street stores on March 23, priced at £425.
It has been branded as the equivalent to Nintendo’s Wii console, which arrived to much hype before Christmas.
The console’s launch has been hampered [...]
Toshiba’s higher capacity chips are based on new 56-nanometer production process.
Toshiba will begin selling in April NAND flash memory chips capable of holding up to 2GB of data, the company said Wednesday.
Availability of the chips should mean that higher capacity flash memory cards are on the horizon. That’s because the capacity of such cards, which [...]
The Web is a great way to deliver information, but it’s also a great way to expose, spread, or jump-start a scandal.
A United States senator once said it, so it must be true: The Internet isn’t a dump truck, it’s a series of tubes. And many a reputation has gone swirling down those tubes, thanks [...]
