Vol. 4 - No. 1 - Winter 2007
| Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone |
Source: Apple Website News, retrieved 01/10/07, Internet Source [Jan 09, 2007] Apple today introduced iPhone, combining three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching, and maps — into one small and lightweight handheld device. Cingular, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S., will be Apple’s exclusive U.S. carrier partner for Apple’s revolutionary iPhone. |
| Intel Takes Home Two 2006 PC Magazine Technical Excellence Awards |
Source: Intel Website News, retrieved 01/10/07, Internet Source Two Intel technologies have been chosen by PC Magazine for Awards for Technical Excellence for 2006. The 23rd annual awards celebrate the best technology achievements of the year. The magazine's editors and PC Magazine Labs teams selected the Intel® Core™ microarchitecture and a hybrid silicon laser invented by Intel and the University of California at Santa Barbara. [More] |
| Sony’s Revenge |
Source: Broadband Website, by Duncan McLeod, Financial Mail, retrieved 01/12/07, Internet Source The battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray is reminiscent of the standards war in the early 1980s between VHS and Betamax. It’s all over bar the shouting. Sony, with Blu-ray, is likely to control the future of optical storage. With superior technology, and with the backing of Korea’s electronics giants, the Japanese consumer electronics firm looks set to win the race to replace the DVD. [More] |
| AMD Warning Shows Processor Momentum Shifting |
Source: Reuters, by Scott Hillis, retrieved 01/12/07, Internet Source SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - AMD's pain may be Intel's gain. Thursday's profit warning from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shows the No. 2 computer processor maker is smarting from a price war with Intel Corp., whose all-new chips have given it the upper hand. [More] |
| 2007 Consumer Electronics Show |
Source: Reuters, retrieved 01/12/07, Internet Source Jan. 12 - Reuters John Russell hosts this week's Reuters Technology Week from Las Vegas, the site of the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Top players - Microsoft, Nokia, Dell, LG, amongst others, unveil their vision for the future at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. [More] |
| Watch Bill Gates Discuss the Connected Experience Vision at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show |
Source: Net, retrieved 01/12/07, Click here to watch the video |
| SAMSUNG Develops First Truly Double-sided LCD |
Source: SAMSUNG Press Release, retrieved 01/12/07, Internet Source Seoul, Korea - January 4, 2007: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels announced today that it has created the first LCD panel that can produce independent images on each side of a mobile LCD display. Samsung's new double-sided LCD can show two entirely different pictures or sets of visual data simultaneously on the front and back of the same screen. Other conventional double-sided LCDs can only show a reverse image of the same video data. [More] |
| Wow: 100 Reasons |
Source: Microsoft Website, retrieved 02/01/07, Internet Source Seeing Windows Vista for the first time may leave you searching for words. Many people just say “Wow.” Here are 100 reasons why. 1. It makes using your PC a breeze Windows Vista features a breakthrough design and easy-to-use organizational tools that make it simpler to get things done and get on with life! Find what you need instantly, on your PC or on the web, with Instant Search. Bring more clarity to your tasks with the spectacular Windows Aero user experience and Windows Flip 3DA, allowing you to see everything you're working on at a glance. [More] |
| Avaya to Buy Ubiquity Software for About $144 Million |
Source: Reuters, retrieved 01/12/07, Internet Source NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Avaya Inc., which makes technology for Web-based telephone calls, said on Friday that it will buy communications software maker Ubiquity Software Corp. for 74.3 million pounds or about $144 million. [More] |
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