19:43 03.01.2006
D-Link and Skype are joining forces in Internet calling. The two companies have announced their cooperative effort in developing the DPH-50U USB adapter which allows consumers to plug any regular home phone into your computer to make free VoIP phone calls using Skype. Here are just a few of the features you can expect from the...
We've been hearing a lot of talk about fuel cell technology over the years, so it's great to finally hear about something that's actually pretty close to frution. A new startup company plans to unveil a fuel cell device at CES 2006 that could power mobile devices for weeks...and possibly even weeks based on usage: The power pack is...
Google and Microsoft have been at each others' throats for months, but the two companies have decided to work together with Sun and launch a new Internet research laboratory. The unlikely pairing will help to fund the $7.5 million lab dedicated to providing free web-based software services: Conceivably, the lab's services...
For all the drama surrounding Wikipedia in the past few weeks, Nature Magazine has concluded that the site is nearly as accurate as the Encyclopedia Britannica. Britannica officials are already combing the results for errors... Such errors appear to be the exception rather than the rule, Nature said in Wednesday's article,...
Google is at it again. They have now launched a new music searching feature that combs through artist and album information: The music search feature is prominently placed above the main search results in what Google calls its "one box" area - where information such as weather, movies or books may also be highlighted. When a user...
Microsoft's Xbox 360 has been a big hit with holiday shoppers as the console racked up over 325,000 unit sales in November. Even though Xbox 360 has been a highlight of the holiday season, video game sales have dropped 18% from the same period last year: The Xbox 360, which is largely sold out across the country, sold 325,902 units in...
AMD proudly challenged Intel to a dual-core challenge a few months ago, but Intel never responded. Although the true reasons for Intel's non-response are up for debate, the enthusiast community knows pretty much why Intel wouldn't want to go toe to toe with AMD in the benchmark arena: AMD ran "victory" ads in several major...
The people over at DigiTimes have some more commentary on NVIDIA's acqusition of ULi. The announcement was quite a shock to the Anandtech staff, but the reasons for the decision are becoming more readily apparent: Acquiring ULi may help Nvidia improve its competitiveness over ATI, whose chipset shipments are estimated to outpace...
Seagate is stepping up their efforts in the area of nanotech research by sinking $300 million into two Irish manufacturing plants. "The Londonderry plant will now become a nanotechnology center of excellence in the development of thin film technology, specializing in next generation and leading-edge photolithography. It will...
It looks as though the $100 laptop has a builder. Quanta has been chosen to produce the laptops which will be used in developing nations. Intel recently balked at the notion of the $100 laptop, but program chair Nicholas Negroponte thinks otherwise: The initial launch of the product will involve five to 15 million units, the...
I must say that this came as a shock to me. We just posted an Insider Article on ULi's new M1697 AMD chipset last week and just yesterday we published a first look at the new chipset. Offering excellent performance and integrated 7.1 HD audio, we deemed the chipset to be a real winner and some serious competition...
