Sunday Shortbread
Sunday Network Solutions suffers large data breach DD-WRT httpd vulnerability (milw0rm.com report) PreCentral on how Palm re-enabled sync (the plot thickens) Laptop reports Samsung confirms it's working on Nvidia Tegra phone TechCrunch's source: Verizon hurrying to launch LTE by early 2010, perhaps for Apple Silicon Image introduces...
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Saturday Shortbread
Saturday Microsoft proposal to European Commission: A Windows 7 browser ballot (Mary Jo Foley and DailyTech have more coverage) Advertising Age: Microsoft changes 'Laptop Hunters' ad after Apple complains Gizmodo has leak:...
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Saturday science subject: From Model T to Camry
Fuel efficiency is all the rage in the automotive industry these days, but how has it evolved over the past eight decades? Not very rapidly, according to Michael Sivak and Omer Tsimhoni from the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. New Scientist explains: [The two researchers] analysed the fuel...
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Deal of the week: A low-power triple-core for $109
Low-power processors often command a sizeable premium over their vanilla counterparts, but it doesn't always have to be so. For instance, Newegg is running a promotion whereby you can get AMD's Phenom II X3 705e processor for just $109 with free shipping. This CPU normally costs $124, but entering the...
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NPD: Apple has 91% share of PCs priced over $1,000
Despite becoming a household name thanks to the iPod and iPhone, Apple hasn't unseated top PC vendors like HP, Dell, or Acer with its Macs. However, NPD numbers quoted by BetaNews suggest Apple is seeing uncanny success in the premium PC market. NPD's latest figures reportedly show Apple had a...
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New details crop up in iPhone suicide case
Earlier this week, we told you about Sun Danyong, a Chinese Foxconn employee who committed suicide after allegedly misplacing an iPhone prototype he needed to ship to Apple. According to the New Yorker, a new side of the story is starting to emerge. The New Yorker quotes one report...
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Seven Arrandale CPUs might launch in early 2010
We've been talking a lot about Clarkdale lately, but we shouldn't forget about its laptop-bound cousin. According to a new DigiTimes report, Arrandale will debut in the same time frame, the first quarter of 2010, in seven different flavors. Arrandale processors will presumably find their way into an updated...
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Microsoft posts second revenue drop
Unlike Apple, Microsoft is clearly suffering the effects of the global recession—in fact, it's apparently been doing so for about six months. The company has posted financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter, which ended on June 30, and the numbers don't look particularly encouraging:
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Friday Shortbread
Friday Microsoft sales drop sharply, sees no quick recovery TechFlash reports Amazon Q2 profit falls 10% Most memory makers to show red in Q2, recovery slow Samsung Elec posts biggest profit in 2.5...
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Enermax Staray has fancy LED fans, motherboard stand-offs
Speaking of affordable gaming cases, Enermax has just launched a new mid-tower enclosure with beefy cooling, a tool-free design, shiny colored lights, and a relatively modest price tag. The Staray includes Enermax's new 120-mm Apollish fans, which have magnetic "Twister" bearings and are adorned with 15 LEDs each. The...
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Rice, NCSU discovery could allow faster, smaller chips
Rice University and North Carolina State Universy scientists have developed a new semiconductor manufacturing technique that, according to them, could let firms like Intel "reach beyond the current limits of Moore's Law as they make microprocessors both smaller...
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Catalyst 9.7 drivers have full Windows 7 RTM support
Barely a day after Microsoft wrapped up Windows 7's development, AMD has released a set of WHQL-certified Catalyst drivers that brings full support for both Windows Vista and the final, release-to-manufacturing build of Windows 7. Folks already running the new operating system can look forward to the following...
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Intel appeals European Commission fine
When you get fined $1.45 billion and end up posting your first quarterly loss in over two decades as a result, you don't just take it on the chin. Indeed, as San Jose Mercury News reports, Intel has filed an appeal with the European Union's Court of...
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Report: Clarkdale pushed to early 2010 again
Will we see Intel launch 32nm desktop processors this year or not? Intel isn't saying either way—at least, not yet—and the rumor mill definitely seems split. Less than a month ago, DigiTimes said Intel had pulled Clarkdale's launch forward into the fourth quarter of this year. Today, the same...
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AMD ships 500 millionth x86 CPU, gives away laptops
Through thick and thin, and after over 40 years in business, AMD has managed to ship half a billion x86 microprocessors. Not something you do everyday. The chipmaker has decided to celebrate the occasion by giving away four HP Pavilion dv2z notebooks as part of a Twitter-based contest. Participating in...
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