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AMD-Fujitsu silicon subsidiary Spansion has announced backing of an emerging Flash memory standard with a new family of processors intended for the growing market of devices -- from PC hard drives to onboard navigation systems for cars -- that rely on the embedded Flash memory technology ...

Many corporate IT departments are finally getting what they've been waiting for, as AT&T rolls out its network-based firewall, which is expected to help ward off the latest virus and worm outbreaks in a simpler, more cost-effective manner ...

Intel unveiled its latest ultra-high-end processor platform, the Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, with a higher-speed frontside bus and more cache and memory ...

A Japanese company is heralding its new fuel cell technology, claiming that it might be readyfor mobile PCs within the next two years. Industry analysts, however,point to several major hurdles for the technology, which has already beenheralded several times before ...

While its 20 clustered Linux systems joining more than 10,000 Intel Itanium2 processors may put it at the top of the speed list, the scientists whohave access to the new "Columbia" supercomputer at the NASA Ames AdvancedSupercomputing facilities tout the amazing research abilities of the supersystem, which they say cuts more than a year's worth of work down to days...

Intel may be abandoning some failed efforts at developing technology -- including a 4 GHz Pentium 4 and silicon for large-screen, liquid crystal televisions -- but the Santa Clara, California-based chip giant is going in the opposite direction on wireless. Today it announced it would throw its weight behind WiMax provider Clearwire ...

As servers with dual-core processors come closer to hitting the market,Microsoft announced today it will not base its per-processor softwarelicensing charges on the number of cores in a chip, sticking to thetraditional price per processor, regardless of its number of cores ...

AMD and Intel have shifted focus away from processor clock speed toward such issues such as power and heat. But the gigahertz are still climbing in one market segment: theultra high-end, where gaming enthusiasts want the fastest silicon available ...

In an effort to avoid consumer confusion and information overload, and atthe same time to mirror the success of companies like Amazon and Dell,Microsoft has unveiled a new shopping site for Windows hardware andsoftware ...

Search superstar Google rolled out a new short message service (SMS) thisweek, delivering its search and other Internet data to mobile phones ofseveral major vendors through text messaging ...

Satellite radio got a bolt of energy with the announcement that shock jockHoward Stern will be delivering his controversy-stirring show over the Sirius satellite radio network starting in 2006 ...

The second private space flight in a week piloted by history's second civilian astronaut was worth US$10 million today as the Paul Allen-funded SpaceShipOne (SS1) touched the edge of space and returned to Earth winner of the Ansari X Prize ...

Brushing off a surprising series of rolls, SpaceShipOne (SS1) pilot Mike Melvill took the private craft,funded by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, to the edge of space and back this morning. It was the first of two flights the team needs to claim the coveted Ansari X Prize ...

PalmSource is paving a path for its operating system (OS) to suit phonecapabilities in the small but growing smartphone market ...

IBM is set to announce this week a major radio frequency identification(RFID) strategy that involves integrating the next-generation supply-chainand tracking technology with existing data systems ...

Sony Electronics, maker of the first portable music device in the Walkmancassette player, has switched course on the format of its latest digitalplayers, which will now support the consumer format of choice: MP3 ...

Touting research that showed the world's DSL broadband connections grewby more than 30 million subscribers in the year ending in June, the DSLForum claimed the broadband technology is doubling and dominating broadbandcable connection growth ...

AMD and IBM are extending their microprocessor manufacturingcollaboration deal another three years and will now continue workingtogether on next-generation computer chips through 2008, according to aSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing from AMD this week ...

U.S.-based TruSecure is merging with Betrusted to create a security company with global reach. The new company, to be called Cybertrust, hopes to respond to the expanded risks in IT of not only vulnerabilities and viruses, but also compliance with government regulations on the handling of information ...

UK officials announced this week the arrest of a 20-year-old there suspected of stealing Cisco source code last May in a case of software theft involving integral Internet components, such as routers and switches, that rely on Cisco's Internet Operating System (IOS) ...