Technology news

• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:07

  Carbon nanotube, molecule joined to create new transistor
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbia University researchers have successfully married a carbon nanotube with an organic molecule, creating what they said is the world's first hybrid carbon-nanotube/molecular transistor.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:08

  Rating system urged for adult Internet content
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential U.S. Senator warned the adult entertainment industry on Thursday that if it does not develop a rating system for its Internet content, Congress will.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:10

  Post steeped in blog comments kerfuffle
  
  Members of the blogosphere were up in arms Friday after The Washington Post turned off comments on one of its blogs.
  
  WashingtonPost.com Executive Editor Jim Brady made the decision Thursday after the site's Post.blog, on which editors discuss the paper's policies, design and goals, featured a column by Post ombudsman Deborah Howell defending her position (registration required) in a Sunday article about fundraising scandals involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:11

  Disney board set to meet about Pixar merger
  
  Walt Disney's board of directors is expected to meet by Monday to consider buying Pixar Animation Studios in a deal that could revive Disney as the world's dominant animation studio and give computer pioneer Steve Jobs a new platform of power.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:12

  Wisconsin Getting Wireless Broadband Network
  
  A high-speed wireless broadband network using Alvarion Ltd. gear and technology is being rolled out in Wisconsin by TDS Metrocom, as the two firms begin eyeing wide regions underserved or not served at all by broadband.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:13

  Amazon to launch online talk show with Bill Maher
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online retail giant Amazon.com said on Thursday that it planned to launch a half-hour Web-based talk show this summer hosted by television personality Bill Maher and featuring author and celebrity interviews and musical performances.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:14

  Sony reorganizes struggling Connect service
  
  Sony said Friday that it will strengthen ties between its portable audio division and the struggling Connect digital music download unit, an iTunes rival launched in early 2004.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:15

  Report: Sony cuts 400 from U.S. TV plant
  
  MANHASSET, N.Y. — Sony Electronics is shutting down its television picture-tube manufacturing line in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., laying off 400, the company announced Thursday in a North County Times report.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  21 Jan 06, 14:15

  Seeking Man-on-the-Street Views of Iraq, U.S. Reporters Turn to Bloggers
  
  NEW YORK - While Iraq's many newspapers get little notice in the American media, the country's citizen bloggers are drawing increased attention, as reporters in the United States try to gauge views within that country during the lead-up to this month's elections. One reason for the interest: Many of the Iraqi bloggers' postings are written in English, unlike the commentary in local newspapers.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 00:42

  Novell Plans Corporate Licensing Overhaul
  
  Novell plans to move to a new licensing model that could impact partners serving corporate accounts.
  
  Key to the new model, effective March 1, is the elimination of the Waltham, Mass., companyÂ’s Corporate Licensing Agreement (CLA) and the addition of a new option that allows customers to buy on a per-named-user or per-device basis.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 00:45

  GPLv3 Proposal Extends Compatibility
  
  The first draft of the GNU General Public License version 3 is less controversial and more commercial-friendly than some expected.
  
  The Free Software FoundationÂ’s much anticipated GPLv3 extends license compatibility to open-source licenses such as Apache and Eclipse. But it also is designed to prevent commercial firms from imposing unfair patent and digital rights restrictions on free software and removes loopholes that could enable commercial vendors to hijack the GPL for their own purposes.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 00:47

  Broadcom launches 802.11n chipsets
  
  MANHASSET, N.Y. — Broadcom Corp. has launched wireless local area network (WLAN) chipsets to comply with the next-generation IEEE 802.11n specification.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 00:52

  Memory loss: Infineon back in the red
  
  MUNICH, Germany — Infineon Technologies AG reported a first-quarter, pre-tax loss of 122 million euros ($147.5 million) on Friday (Jan. 20), continuing a string of quarterly losses.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 00:55

  IBM To Lay out Notes, WorkPlace OS Plans
  
  IBM will use its annual Lotusphere conference next week as a stage to demonstrate progress made on its next generation of Lotus Notes/Domino, called Project Hannover; to formally unveil is Workplace OS 2.6 software; and to show a renewed commitment to Apple's Mac OS 10 and new Intel-based hardware.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 00:57

  EarthLink And Motorola Team Up For City Wi-Fi Projects
  
  Two vendors have teamed up to bring wireless networks to five major U.S. cities.
  
  Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. said yesterday it has signed a contract with Motorola Inc., which will provide wireless equipment, design, installation, and system integration for five initial municipal deployments.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:00

  Consumers Say Feds Should Protect Their Right To Internet Services: Survey
  
  Two-thirds of Internet users worry that Internet providers may block their access to information and services, and a majority support congressional action to prevent the practice, says a new survey released this week by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA).
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:04

  Imation To Acquire Memorex For $330 Million
  
  Imation Corp. said it will acquire Memorex International for $330 million in cash and said their merged product lines will create a "new global powerhouse in the data storage industry. "
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:07

  Toshiba Samsung Preps Blu-Ray For PCs
  
  Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. has completed the technical development of its Blu-Ray disc drives for PCs, the company said.
  
  The backward-compatible single-layer technology will read CD and DVD formats and is expected to launch in March, according to Richard Aguilera, western regional sales manager for optical disc-drive products at Samsung. "The first technology will burn Blu-Ray, but only read DVD and CD disks," he said.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:11

  RIM, NTP Escalate Threats, War Of Words
  
  NTP and Research In Motion (RIM), who are involved in a bitter patent dispute, escalated their threats and war of words this week.
  
  NTP told the U.S. federal court that, if the court sides with NTP, the company would support a 30 day grace period during with BlackBerry users could switch to other products, the Reuters news service reported. NTP also said it would agree to exempt federal, state and local government users from any cut-off.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:13

  DayStar ships first solar cells
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — DayStar Technologies Inc. said that it has shipped its initial line of TerraFoil solar cell products to customers.
  
  Nearly 500 10- x 10-cm TerraFoil cells were shipped to Titan Energy in India, the contract module manufacturer of DayStar's first commercial customer, Blitzstrom GmbH, in Germany.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:17

  Two Vendors Claim 'First' Pre-Standard 802.11n Chipsets
  
  In the wake of significant progress this week toward ratification of the next-generation Wi-Fi standard, two separate vendors claimed to be the first to market with chipsets that support the pending specification.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:24

  Alltell Claims Double-Digit Growth
  
  The fifth-largest cellular operator in the U.S., Alltel, Friday claimed it enjoyed double-digit growth in both total revenues and income for the fourth quarter of 2005.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:27

  Bluetooth Group On UWB Discord: 'Oh, Well'
  
  The Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a trade group comprised of Bluetooth vendors, shrugged off what has become a permanent impasse in the attempt to create a single ultra-wideband (UWB) standard for short-range wireless networking.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:29

  Nvidia Works To Improve Quality Of Third-Party Motherboards
  
  A chipset manufacturer may give Advanced Micro Devices an unexpected boost in its bid to claim a larger share of the corporate market.
  
  Nvidia, a Santa Clara, Calif., manufacturer of graphics processors and chipsets, has been quietly rolling out a certification program intended to shore up the quality of third-party desktop and notebook motherboards that use its chipsets coupled with AMD processors. Improving the quality of third-party motherboards has been a hot button for system builders.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  22 Jan 06, 01:37

  Memorex Bought for a Pricey Song
  
  Now that Memorex has been acquired for at least $330 million, how long will it take before we hear the slogan, “Is it live or is it Imation?”