Low-cost and portable PCs should continue to drive unit growth of the personal computer market in 2006, according to a report issued Tuesday by IDC.

The market research firm expects worldwide shipment growth to come in slightly under 15 percent for the fourth quarter of 2005. IDC looks for the value of

LONDON — As expected Elpida Memory Inc. has begun sampling 2-Gbit DDR2 synchronous DRAMs made using an 80-nanometer manufacturing process, but the Japanese DRAM supplier was vague on when volume production would start.

Elpida (Tokyo) did not say who is being provided with samples and added that volume production would begin “in

Apple Computer's Xserve G5 offers significant processing power, notable storage capacity, and robust remote-management capabilities, making the server perfect for corporate environments. So why aren't more businesses buying them?
 
Unix maintains only about 8 percent of server-environment shipments worldwide, according to IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky. Of those shipments, Apple is

NEW YORK - In the year 2009, on the 25th of April, a man named Greg is supposed to get an e-mail. The e-mail will remind Greg that he is his best friend and worst enemy, that he once dated a woman named Michelle, and that he planned to major in computer science. Read More...   Category: Internet

Microsoft's December Community Technology Preview (CTP) for the Windows Vista client OS features a renamed version of the company's anti-spyware software. Announced on Monday, the December CTP, known as build 5270, will reach about 500,000 people through avenues such as the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) and TechNet, according to the company.
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Oracle Corp. on Monday effectively reduced its prices for database software licenses tied to multicore microprocessors to reflect the growing use of the powerful chips among its customers.
 
With chipmakers now producing multicore microprocessors that produce faster performance, Oracle switched its pricing so customers would not have to pay more

Bolstering development of Web and enterprise J2EE applications in the open source arena, the Eclipse Foundation on Monday is set to release Version 1.0 of its Eclipse Web Tools Platform.
 
Version 1.0 features the official APIs for the platform, which had been available in previous incarnations with provisional APIs. "We're

The utility TXU Corp. said Monday it will offer high-speed Internet service over power lines to several million Texans as part of a $150 million project aimed at improving its ability to monitor the power grid.
 
The "smart grid" buildout will enable what would be the nation's largest broadband-over-power line

Japanese Internet group Softbank and Yahoo Japan said they had set up a web portal to broadcast movies and television shows, aiming to link up content providers to broadband service customers.
 
Softbank said it aimed to make the joint venture, TV Bank Corporation, the biggest site of its kind in

Microsoft will stop supporting the Mac version of Internet Explorer at the end of 2005. The move follows a decision in June 2003 to end code development for the browser. At that time, Microsoft had predicted it would end support within a few years of letting the product sit idle.
 
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