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...
Wisair is working on a USB wireless hub which will consist of a wireless dongle and the hub itself. If it's reasonable enough, I'll be one of the first to sign up. I have quite a few USB devices that connect to my laptop (probably around 10 or 12 using 3 hubs), so it'd be nice to get the wires off my desk: Not much else is revealed except the...
SFF PCs based around Intel's Viiv technology will make an appearance next month with shipments occuring in Februrary from major manufacturers. Viiv is Intel's latest buzzword that denotes a PC dedicated to being a media center: Intel's Viiv platform will consist of the dual-core Pentium D 800/900 CPU line, 945 and 955 chipsets with...
Microsoft is taking many steps to ensure that Vista is its most secure OS to date. One of the keys to making Vista's networking more secure is with IPSec. IPSec has been traditionally used in VPNs, but Microsoft hopes to bring to light the other benefits of the protocol: One focus of those presentations will be IPSec, a venerable...
For those of you who want an inside look at what going on with processor development at AMD, look no further than DigiTime's Q&A with Dr. Raghuram Tupuri. Dr. Tupuri is a general manager for AMD's Microprocessor Solutions Sector [Design Engineering]: Q: How much more mileage is left in x86? Are there any realistic alternatives,...
In other news, Intel is actually acknowledging AMD for a change. Intel usually refuses to comment on its most fierce rival in the processor market, but Andy Bryant has commented on AMD's recent marketshare gains: Intel acknowledged for the first time Thursday that rival Advanced Micro Devices may be gaining market share, and the two...
Intel's Craig Barret has recently criticized the $100 "laptop" concept geared towards third-world countries. Mr. Barrett feels that the device is more gadget than laptop and should be treated as such: "Mr Negroponte has called it a $100 laptop - I think a more realistic title should be 'the $100 gadget'," Craig Barrett, chairman...
Microsoft may have all of the bragging rights now with their recently launched Xbox 360, but Sony says that they are still on course to unleash Playstation 3 during the spring of 2006: A spokesman for Sony, the No. 1 provider of game consoles, said it was still targeting a spring 2006 launch for the PS3, which is key to maintaining its lead in the game...
CNET Asia posted its review of the new Creative Zen Vision: M. Not only does this player look remarkably similar to the iPod with video, but its specs match up closely with the new iPod as well. In the Vision: M's favor, however, it has line-in recording, a mic and a built-in FM tuner: The inclusion of keyword search on the Vision: M is...
InformationWeek's Scot Finnie has a few bones to pick with Mozilla's new Firefox 1.5 browser. One of his main beefs is the fact that Firefox is still a memory hog. I can attest to this fact personally as I have had problems with memory usage in all releases of Firefox: Matt McKenzie, Editor of the Linux Pipeline, recently sent me a...
Creative may have been the first to market with a portable MP3 player, but Apple is the company that turned the sector upside down. Creative appears to be on the cusp of launching a legal strike on Apple over the navigation system used to weed through songs on their iPod players. According to the BBC, Creative isn't backing down on this...
