Samsung Electronics and Sony have agreed to a $2 billion expansion of a liquid crystal display (LCD) plant, seeking a greater share of booming flat-screen TV sales.
The companies already run a $2 billion joint venture, S-LCD Corp., in South Korea to produce the panels.
The expansion allows Samsung, the world's second-biggest
Posted by iNext on 2006-04-11
Article Source : Reuters
China has ordered its computer makers to install operating software before their goods leave the factory gates, its latest effort to address the thorny issue of piracy before President Hu Jintao visits the United States.
The order came in a notice issued jointly by the Ministry of Information Industry, the State Copyright Bureau
Several vendors are advancing continuous data protection, or CDP, the latest technique for backing up storage to reduce the risk of data loss.
FalconStor, Kaysha and Mendocino Software launched some new CDP tools and partnerships during this week's Storage Networking World conference in San Diego. Proponents of CDP say it is a viable
Posted by iNext on 2006-04-11
Article Source : EE Times
LONDON — IBM researchers have devised a way to boost the security of chips targeted at portable computers and mobile phones and the company is expected to reveal details of the technology Monday (April 10).
Dubbed SecureBlue, the encryption technology is said to be suitable for hard wiring into the core of
Posted by inet on 2006-04-11
Article Source : MacCentral
Apple's Boot Camp beta is pregnant with possibilities for IT. Some are good -- very good, in fact. But it all comes down to how Apple will ultimately define its support of Windows.
Boot Camp is Apple’s official acknowledgment of what everyone already knew: A computer with an Intel chip
Cingular Wireless has joined with InfoSpace Inc. in providing software tools that unsigned bands looking for an audience on MySpace can use to convert their tunes to ring tones and sell them on the popular social-networking site.
Mobile Music Studio is currently being tested by about 75 bands and artists with
Posted by iMark on 2006-04-11
Article Source : CRN
Microsoft is looking beyond its dominance of the server space with a series of moves aimed at giving it major mind share in storage.
In its latest move, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant last week made the R2 version of its storage operating system, Windows Storage Server 2003, available to storage OEMs.
The Ireland-based startup launched a service at this week's CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas that it claims offers more communications options to mobile users than Sprint Nextel's push-to-talk service.
Mobile Tornado has its eye on Sprint Nextel customers. The Ireland-based startup launched a service at this week's CTIA Wireless show in
Posted by iTech on 2006-04-10
Article Source : EE Times
ZICHRON YAACOV, Israel — Senior executives from McAfee Inc spent last week in Israel visiting a number of Israeli start ups in the security field. With $1 billion set aside for mergers and acquisitions, McAfee is positioned to make a few acquisitions in Israel in the near future.
Business Objects unveils new Web-delivered software
Posted by inet on 2006-04-10
Article Source : Reuters
Business Objects SA will introduce a Web-based version of its database marketing software on Monday, the latest company to push into the fast-growing market for applications delivered over the Internet.
The French-American software maker said on Friday that the crystalreports.com product offered as a monthly subscription service would help penetrate
