By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service\Stockholm Bureau 19 Nov, 2008
Backed by Huawei Technologies and operators including Telefónica and Vodafone, the GSM Association (GSMA) has launched the Embedded Mobile initiative, aiming to bring down prices of 3G modules that can be embedded in cars, cameras, health monitoring devices and other machines by developing common standards and platforms. read more »
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service\Bangalore Bureau 19 Nov, 2008
Chip vendor Nvidia plans to use its Cuda parallel computing architecture in all its GPUs (graphics processing units), including its Tegra system-on-a-chip for mobile devices. read more »
By Agam Shah, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 13 Nov, 2008
With the launch of its latest quad-core Opteron processor, code-named Shanghai, on Thursday, Advanced Micro Devices is looking to rebuild confidence among customers after problems with its Barcelona chip earlier this year. read more »
By Agam Shah, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 12 Nov, 2008
Intel on Wednesday cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter, the latest sign that the global financial crisis is leading to a sharp slowdown in IT spending. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 12 Nov, 2008
Three electronics manufacturers -- LG Display, Sharp and Chunghwa Picture Tubes -- have agreed to plead guilty and pay a combined US$585 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. read more »
A former Intel Corp. design engineer has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly stealing trade secrets from the chipmaker while secretly working for rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. read more »
By Olusegun Abolaji Ogundeji , IDG News Service\Freetown Bureau 7 Nov, 2008
A small group that draws people of Sierra Leonean descent together in the metropolitan area of Detroit Thursday donated computer accessories to the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS) at the University of Sierra Leone. read more »
By Agam Shah, IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau 4 Nov, 2008
Growth in processor shipments could slow down in the fourth quarter and through 2009, inhibited by a reduced demand for chips and the global economic downturn, IDC said on Monday. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
