Items tagged with 'Ember'
ARM's Cortex-M3 CPU Used In Ember's ZigBee Chips
ZigBee may still be foreign to many consumers, but it's a growing wireless transmission technology that has especially taken hold in the home automation realm. To that end, ARM has decided to hitch its wagon to one Ember in order to delve gently into what could be a promising partnership.Announced today, Ember will rely... Read More
Toshiba Forgets HD-DVD. Remembers DVD
Toshiba got its clock cleaned by Sony by supporting the HD DVD format over Sony's Blu-ray discs. But the next-generation video war really didn't have any winners. Even with HD DVDs out of the running, Sony can't seem to sell enough Blu-ray players to afford enough red ink to print a chart of how bad they're doing with the... Read More
Remember Unlimited Internet Use? That's Old Hat
I never use up my cell-phone plan minutes, do you? The cheapest plan gives you more than I'll ever need. But it's still always in the back of your mind when you're talking on the phone: Don't go over. Time Warner Cable wants to put "don't go over" in the back of your mind, too, when you're uploading or downloading stuff... Read More
Intel Adds Low-End "Eaglelake" Member
Motherboard makers have reported that Intel intends to add another member to its "4" series (Eaglelake) chipset which is set to launch Q2 next year.Intel is planning to add one more member to its 4 series (Eaglelake) chipsets which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at motherboard makers.In... Read More
Crysis Demo Coming September 25
The year's most anticipated PC game, Crysis, is scheduled to be released on November 16, but it looks like Electronic Arts will be giving gamers a taste of the game almost two month prior to its arrival. According to a post on the official EA / Crysis website, a demo will be released on September 25 that'll let gamers... Read More
Universal Remembers Where The Hatchet Is Buried
Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it's not renewing its annual contract that allows Apple to offer Universal's music through Apple's iTunes service. They haven't ended the relationship entirely, as Universal continues to market through iTunes as a sort of tenant at will. It's all about leverage when the pennies... Read More
HotHardware Welcomes New Member To The Family
The team here at HotHardware would like to extend a warm welcome into the world for young Samara Maloney. And a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to Kelley and Rob Maloney for giving birth to Maloney Kiddo 2.0! "Samara Maloney came into the world at 8.43am on Friday, April 20th, weighing in at 6lbs... Read More
Remember Students, Wikipedia Is Not Always Reliable
Wikipedia is a great source of information, few would argue against that. The accuracy of the information is a whole different matter though, and it's a problem that's starting to trouble some teachers. The ability for anyone to edit almost any article is a double-edged sword for Wikipedia. It allows for massive... Read More
September Chip Sales Remained Strong at $21.4 Billion
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - November 2, 2006 - "Worldwide sales of semiconductors in September once again achieved a new high as electronic equipment manufacturers geared up for the fourth-quarter holiday season," said George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). "Global... Read More
NVIDIA G80 To Launch in November
DigiTimes reports that graphics card vendors have informed them that NVIDIA will be launching the industry's first DX10 compliant GPU in mid-November. Codenamed G80, this new GPU will have complete support for Shader Model 4.0 as well as for Microsoft's new Vista Operating System. Given the fact that DX10 will... Read More
I Can Remember Two Things
The world's a dangerous place. Lots of bad people want to steal your stuff. They especially want to steal the money you've got to buy that stuff. Some of the more sophisticated hoodlums know more than the security experts at the bank do about how your sensitive information is handled and stored. All of... Read More
NVIDIA 80nm GPU Expected In September
HKEPC has learned that NVIDIA's first 80nm GPU is expected to be released sometime this September. Two versions of the G73-B1 GPU, the G73-N-B1 and the G73-H-B1, will be manufactured by TSMC (Fab12), and will be a direct competitor to ATI's X1650 series. The G73-N-B1 is very similar to NVIDIA's 90nm part, even... Read More
Panasonic to roll out Blu-ray player in September
Panasonic said will start selling a Blu-ray high-definition disc player in September for under $1,500 and sees up to 5 million of these new DVD players sold industry-wide in their first year."We think adoption will be strong, based on broad support. For the first 12 months, we expect 4 million to 5 million units to be sold... Read More
ATI Catalyst 5.12 (December 2005) Performance Analysis
Another driver release, another performance review. ATI has recently released their last driver set of the year, Catalyst 5.12. Today, TweakTown benchmarks the new Catalyst driver against last months version, and reports on some interesting results."As we near the end of the year, we see the final official Catalyst release... Read More
ATI's Radeon 8500 November Driver Update
The ATi Radeon 8500 Driver Update 11/14/01 One step closer but still not quite there yet By Dave Altavilla 11/14/01 Well then, it's update time. As we promised in our 10/22/01 release review of the Radeon 8500 and 7500 series graphics cards, we're back with an update... Read More
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