- Sun Nov 22 6:00 AM PST 2009 Will the 'smartbook' be a better Netbook?
At least two companies aim to make smartbooks different enough from laptops--and Netbooks--that consumers will take notice. Think of the device as a large smartphone.
- Mon Nov 16 1:35 PM PST 2009 Intel unveils supercomputer chip, NEC partnership
Intel has disclosed a version of its Xeon processor line optimized for high-performance computing. The company also announces it's teaming up with NEC.
- Thu Nov 12 6:21 AM PST 2009 Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion in antitrust settlement
AMD drops its litigation while Intel agrees to "abide by" a long list of prohibitions. And renewed patent cross-license agreement frees AMD to spin off chip manufacturing.
- Mon Sep 14 11:47 AM PDT 2009 BOL 1062: Three-way 4G
T-Mobile's parent company is considering buying Sprint Nextel, meaning we'd only have three big cell phone companies in the US. But in a weird way that could be good for competition? We're not sure ourselves, actually.
- Wed Sep 9 3:00 PM PDT 2009 Report: Asian firms eye alternative chips
Japanese electronics companies are designing a chip that will compete with Intel, while a China-based manufacturer says it's working on devices using an alternative chip design, according to reports.
- Sun Aug 23 4:20 PM PDT 2009 Netbooks pack Nvidia graphics, dual-core Atom
Laptops in Japan are breaking the Netbook mold.
- Tue Aug 4 12:30 PM PDT 2009 BOL 1034: Life is short, have pie
Radio Shack as we mentioned yesterday is changing to The Shack. But a good restaurant in Connecticut is also called The Shack and has pie. Radio Shack does not have pie. They lose.
- Wed Jul 22 9:00 AM PDT 2009 Apple cuts $500 million flash memory deal
Company says it has made a $500 million prepayment to Toshiba for flash memory chips and indicates that the market is stabilizing.
- Sun Jul 19 8:38 AM PDT 2009 AMD spinoff seeks to rival chipmaking giants
The chipmaker's spinoff Globalfoundries is preparing to take on world's largest chipmakers.
- Mon Jun 22 11:02 AM PDT 2009 Toshiba 1GHz smartphone launched, runs Windows
The era of the 1GHz smartphone has arrived. In Japan, Docomo has launched a device based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor.





