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Woz: Steve Jobs Is ‘Healthy’ and ‘Energetic’
If Woz is right, and there is no real reason to doubt the Apple co-founder, then Steve Jobs will return and all will again be right in Apple's world.News
SATA 3.0 Released, Solid-State Drives Rejoice
The latest SATA specification is out and about, bringing potential hard drive throughput up to a new 6 Gb/sec milestone. Now if only a conventional hard drive could actually run that quickly…News
Windows 7 Will Ship with Very Cool Multitouch Software
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is a set of games and applications optimized for multitouch PCs.News
Intel’s New Core I7 Chips Surface on Retail Sites
New Core i7 processors from Intel have surfaced on retail sites, ahead of the company's official launch of the chips.News
Study: US IT Wages Held Steady in Early ’09
A new tech wage survey shows US pay holding steady overall.News
HP’s China Efforts Visible at Beijing Product Launch
HP Asia executives counted off China projects ranging from customized netbooks to a rural sales push on Wednesday, reflecting a commitment to the country.News
Asus EeeNAS 1TB Backup Device Joins Atom Family
Asustek showed off its EeeNAS backup storage device, a 1TB NAS with an Intel Atom microprocessor inside.News
Intel’s Nehalem EX to Gain Error Correction Technology
Intel on Tuesday said the Nehalem server processor will include error correction features that ensure reliable server performance.News
Seiko Epson Works Towards Printable Big-screen OLEDs
Seiko Epson has made an advance in ink-jet technology that could see it used to mass produce OLED (organic LED) screens by the middle of the next decade.News
Japan’s NHK Betters Sony With 5.8-inch Flexible OLED
Japanese public broadcaster NHK has developed a flexible OLED (organic LED) display that's 5.8-inches in size and can display moving images in color.BizFeed
A Mac Tablet Would Be a Welcome Addition To Tablet PCs
Apple tablet rumors signal a larger version of the iPod Touch, but a full-size tablet would be even better.News
Cablevision to Launch Controversial Remote DVR This Summer
Cablevision is set to roll-out a DVR service that stores video remotely with the cable company. Time to say goodbye to your Tivo?News
National Archives Loss Adds to List of Govt. Data Goofs
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration says it lost a hard drive full of sensitive data. It's like deja vu all over again.News
Microsoft Adds Netflix to Windows Media Center
Microsoft is adding Netflix to the list of content providers in its Windows Media Center feature in Vista PCs.Linux Line
The Future Is BIOS and Browsers
When the browser becomes the operating system, the network really will become the computer.News
DRAM Revenue Fell to 8 Year Low in First Quarter
Global DRAM makers suffered further setbacks in the first quarter as losses mounted and revenue continued to fall.News
Toshiba Sues Imation and Others Over DVD Patents
Toshiba sues Imation and some others for alleged infringement of its recordable DVD media patentsNews
HP Recalls 70,000 Laptop Batteries
HP recalls 70,000 laptop batteries in the U.S., citing a fire hazard.News
Budget E-Book Reader Debuts
British startup Interead offers its Cool-er reader in a rainbow of colors and with a ready library of thousands of digital books.News
Tech Gadgets Suck Up Too Much Juice – Report
Our consumption of energy could be reduced by more than 50 percent by using technologies that exist today.News
EU Fines Intel $1.44 Billion in Antitrust Case
The European Commission Wednesday found Intel guilty of antitrust violations in the market for PC microprocessors and fined it $1.44 billion.News
AMD Gains Processor Market Share on Intel
Advanced Micro Devices has gained ground in chip shipments over rival Intel, seeing its Q1 market share increase sequentially.News
Android Poised for Massive Success?
The number of users of the Android mobile OS will grow by 900 percent by 2009, according to market research firm Strategy Analytics.News
Is Your PC Ready for Windows 7? This Tool Lets You Know
Microsoft has released Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, a tool that allows you to check whether your PC has what it takes to run Windows 7.News
Oracle Will Stay in the Hardware Business, Ellison Says
Oracle plans to stay in the hardware business following its planned US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, CEO Larry Ellison said in an interview.News
Intel’s Atom Chip Finding Its Way Into Servers
Intel's Atom processor is starting to find its way into some types of servers, bringing a new low-power option for end-users but raising a potential business…News
Windows 7’s “XP Mode” Won’t Run on Some CPUs
Backward-compatibility was intended to help users of custom applications, but it's problematic for many Intel processors.News
Leaked! Images of Large Screen Kindle ‘DX’
Fuzzy pictures of the much-anticipated large-screen Kindle 'DX' have surfaced along with scant details.News
Possible Jumbo Kindle Coming Wednesday: Print Media Savior?
A report claims Amazon may release a larger-screened version of its Kindle e-reader. The large format Kindle is rumored to address decline daily press revenues.News
Gmail Labs: 5 Best and 5 Worst Features
The new integrated Google Search option in Gmail Labs may prove handy. Here are 5 cool (and 5 crummy) features already in Gmail Labs.News
Apple Looking to Design Its Own Chips
Move could keep the company’s product plans hidden from competitors, report says.News
Apple Snapping up Chip Designers
It has hired two former CTOs of graphics products from AMD, and has almost 20 lower-level chip design jobs openNews
HP Launches MediaSmart Server LX195
Slick-looking Windows Home server supports photo sharing through Web services like Flickr and Picasa.News
Apple Updates iPhone 3.0 Beta Software: iTunes Goes Blu-ray
Apple's humdrum update to iPhone 3.0 beta software sent to developers included a big surprise for hi-def movie buffs.News
United Micro to Buy Chinese Chip Maker
UMC will pay US$285 million for the 85 percent of He Jian Technology it doesn't already ownNews
Win 7, Snow Leopard Could Give Graphics Chip a Spark
Apple's Snow Leopard and Microsoft's Windows 7 could stimulate the demand for PCs and graphics chips.News
Meet Watson, IBM Supercomputer and Future ‘Jeopardy’ Champ
Answer: Big Blue's new brain. Question: What's smarter than Alex Trebek?News
HP Still Getting Heat on Nvidia Graphics Chips
Some customers are being charged for repairs to laptopsNews
GE Crams 500GB of Data on DVD with Holographic Tech
General Electric's micro-holographic storage technology can support 500 gigabytes of storage capacity in a standard DVD-size disc.News
SAP and Teradata Deepen Data Warehousing Ties
SAP Business Warehouse will soon run natively on Teradata's databaseNews
Toshiba to Ship Higher Capacity Flash Chips From July
The more tightly integrated chips will make possible even smaller gadgets.News
Eight Reasons Your Next Computer Should Be a Mac
Ready for some real, and practical, Mac advantages? Here are a few reasons to consider making the switch.News
Windows 7 Release Candidate Leaked Online
Latest beta Windows 7 release candidate becomes available for download online unbeknownst to Microsoft.News
RealNetworks vs. Hollywood in DVD ‘Ripping’ Case Starts
Courtroom drama pitting RealNetworks against Hollywood in DVD 'ripping' case starts today.News
OCZ’s New SSD RAID Promises Speed, Bankrupcy
Four SSDs. One RAID 0 array. One PCI Express-based enclosure. And one mortgage to pay the thing off — that's the new OCZ Z-Drive.News
Apple, Bring Back the Butterfly Keyboard for Netbooks
If Apple does enter the netbook category — and I believe it will, sooner rather than later — it should address the keyboard issue first.News