March 2008

Online media company CNET cutting 120 jobs

Published on: 27th March, 2008

Online media company CNET Networks Inc said on Wednesday it will eliminate 120 jobs, or about 10 percent of its staff, in a restructuring to help it focus on long-term growth amid complaints from some investors.

CNET expected pre-tax restructuring charges from the job cuts to run between $3.5 million and $4 million, most of which will be taken in the first quarter of 2008. The ..Shop Now

AMD rolls out new Phenom microprocessors

Published on: 27th March, 2008

Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday unveiled new microprocessors for the desktop personal computer market, in a move that could sharpen its competitive edge against rival Intel Corp.

Among the chips in AMD's Phenom family of processors is one that has three cores, or electronics brains, compared with the two or four most generally available. AMD said that its Phenom X3 has as much as ..Shop Now

Free Web Version of Photoshop Launches

Published on: 27th March, 2008

The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online. San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. says it hopes to boost its name recognition among a new generation of consumers who edit, store and share photos online.

While Photoshop is designed for trained professionals, Adobe says Photoshop Express, which it launched in a "beta" test version, is easier to ..Shop Now

Asustek to roll out second-generation Eee PC with touchscreen panels

Published on: 26th March, 2008

Asustek to roll out second-generation Eee PC with touchscreen panels and possibly GPS support in May or June. Asustek's 8.9-inch second-generation Eee PC lineup will include touchscreen panels and possible GPS support, with shipments expected to begin in May or June, according to Kevin Lin, vice president of Asustek's sales department. Pricing is projected to reach NT$15,000 (US$500), Lin added.

The company is also looking to ..Shop Now

Vista SP1 customers get free support

Published on: 26th March, 2008

Microsoft has sought to appease frustrated Windows Vista customers by giving away free support to anyone struggling to install service pack one (SP1).

A huge swath of people has been frozen out of the upgrade until an unknown date in April, but some were able to manually download SP1 as of last week via the firms Windows Update website. However, a heap of complaints have been stacking ..Shop Now

Citigroup says Microsoft likely to raise Yahoo offer

Published on: 25th March, 2008

Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo Inc and upgraded Yahoo shares to "buy" from "hold."

The brokerage raised its price target on Yahoo's stock to $34 from $31, saying it believed Microsoft remained committed to its offer and "is capable of and willing to" increase that bid to conclude the deal. "While we continue to see no other competing ..Shop Now

Intel's future graphics chip adding a new vector

Published on: 18th March, 2008

Intel released a few incremental details about its future graphics chip on Monday, but left a lot of unanswered questions about the company's push into uncharted waters.

Larrabee, a "many-core" graphics processor scheduled for 2009 or 2010, will come with a brand-new set of vector-processing instructions as part of its design, said Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president and co-general manager of Intel's digital enterprise group. Vector-processing ..Shop Now

DVD failure to cost Toshiba nearly a billion dollars

Published on: 13th March, 2008

Toshiba Corp. is expected to see total HD DVD losses balloon to as much as 100 billion yen (985.61 million dollars), the Nikkei business daily said, without identifying its sources.

Toshiba declined to confirm specific figures. "The company is currently assessing the possible losses," a Toshiba spokeswoman said. "If we need to revise an earnings report, we will make an announcement at an appropriate time." Toshiba conceded defeat ..Shop Now

Microsoft Adding Sony Blu-ray Support To Windows

Published on: 12th March, 2008

Apparently the mourning period for HD DVD is over and everyone is falling into the BluRay line!

Microsoft is developing software that will add native support for devices that play Sony's Blu-ray high definition movie format to the Windows operating system, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said. "We've already been working on, for example, in Windows, device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like," said Ballmer, ..Shop Now

Asus becomes a PC company

Published on: 12th March, 2008

ASUS IS FINALLY taking the step that you knew they would, they are making PCs. Low and high end machines are first out of the gate, complimenting the laptops and accessories they already make.

First one is the Ares, a gaming machine if that is not blindingly obvious by the oversized stylish carbon fibre case. It will be sold through vendors and the channel as a ..Shop Now

Powercolor debuts GDDR4 3870X2 boards

Published on: 7th March, 2008

POWERCOLOR HAS some of the most advanced GPUs at CeBIT, as well as the most advanced TV cards. If you like either the vanilla 3870X2 and the Theater 550, you will love these.

What you see here is a GDDR4 based 3870X2. It has Samsung GDDR4 running of 1126MHz and they bumped the clocks to 825MHz. The bridge chips is still PCIe1.0, but that will not ..Shop Now

Tech publisher Ziff Davis files for Chapter 11

Published on: 6th March, 2008

The publisher of PC Magazine and Electronic Gaming Monthly and Web versions of those magazines has filed for restructuring under chapter 11 in bankruptcy court.

NEW YORK - Ziff Davis Media Inc., publisher of technology and video game magazines, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday and cited a decrease in revenue from print advertising and subscriptions as contributing to its decline. But the company said it expected ..Shop Now

Microsoft shows IE 8 at Mix

Published on: 6th March, 2008

Microsoft offered its first public demonstration of Internet Explorer 8 on Wednesday, a prospect that had general manager Dean Hachamovitch struggling to figure out what to cover.

The marketing folks naturally suggested he point to three major advances, but Hatchamovitch disagreed. "These are developers," he said he told the marketers. "They can count higher than three." So, instead he said he would talk about eight features: CSS 2.1 ..Shop Now

Customer Service From The Canadian Cell Phone Companies

Published on: 5th March, 2008

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Social Media Questions To Ask Your Agency

Published on: 3rd March, 2008

Can't see any images? - ! Click to Play SMX West 2008: Barry Schwartz At SMX West in Santa Clara, Mike McDonald of WebProNews sat down and had a nice conversation with Barry Schwartz, the Executive Editor... Recent Articles Microsoft takes knife to Vista price Microsoft Australia has slashed up to 40 per cent from the price ..Shop Now

Microsoft to expand its Web services for businesses

Published on: 3rd March, 2008

Microsoft Corp, faced with Web rivals looking to poach its business customers, said on Sunday it plans to broaden the availability of its online services for e-mail and collaboration software.

Last year, Microsoft started subscription-based online services to run its Exchange corporate e-mail program and SharePoint collaboration software on Microsoft's own computer systems as an alternative to customers buying their own hardware to run licensed software. Microsoft ..Shop Now

Intel picks "Atom" as name for new chip family

Published on: 3rd March, 2008

Intel Corp has picked "Atom" as the new brand name for its latest microprocessor, the world's largest semiconductor company said.

The Intel Atom processor is the name for the new family of low-power processors, the brains of digital devices, that will power mobile Internet devices and ultra low-cost and small notebook and desktop personal computers. Intel (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) sees a big market for the Internet-connected ..Shop Now

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