Tech Hardware News
This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Tech Hardware News.Elan Predicts Dedicated Sensor Hardware a Thing of the Past
Elan Digital offers a new concept in measurement technology allowing system design companies to easily and cheaply extend their product ranges, based upon a standard hardware platform, and so making dedicated hardware a thing of the past. Elan Digital is producing a Universal Sensor Interface card which provides a 'one size fits all' approach to measurement systems architecture.
9/6/2005 7:59:38 AM
AVerMedia releases MCE-compliant PCMCIA TV tuner
If your laptop is feeling left out of the video recording frenzy that has overtaken desktop PC’s, try feeding it AVerMedia’s new PCMCIA TV tuner. Now instead of just using Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 to watch the latest movie trailers and celebrity porn, you can record actual TV broadcasts directly to your notebook’s hard drive. Using MCE’s scheduling software, you can time-shift live
9/5/2005 5:47:02 PM
Case study
One & Co developed the Media Center PC in collaboration with Microsoft, to define a new paradigm for computer hardware in the home. The product is optimized for loading media or connecting peripherals, as well as watching TV, gaming, or reviewing music and image libraries.
9/4/2005 1:18:43 PM
When your PC is on the fritz, who you gonna call?
NEW YORK -- I was having commitment problems. Not with a relationship. This was more serious -- this was with my computer.
9/4/2005 4:24:38 AM
Have car PCs found their killer app?
Damien Stolarz, CTO of Carbot , has posted his presentation from the Telematics Update Conference in Berlin at CarHacks . Stolarz’ killer app? Convergence - the PC platform is ideally positioned to tie together all the mobile consumer devices now competing for our dashboard space. (Check out the specs for the Carbot M2 , pictured at right) Arguably the most compelling advantage of an
9/3/2005 9:06:32 AM
Review: Get The PC -- Hold The Windows Tax
A $300 PC from Systemax and Linspire might bore Linux veterans, but for bargain-seekers and computer newbies, this deal is just the ticket.
9/2/2005 7:21:07 AM
Eurotech launches VxWorks BSP for CPU-1432 PC/104-Plus CPU
Eurotech has disclosed the availability of a new board support package (BSP) for its CPU-1432 PC/104-Plus embedded computer and Wind River's VxWorks RTOS.
9/1/2005 5:02:12 PM
AGEIA and BFG Technologies Enter into Retail Distribution Agreement
AGEIA Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games and BFG Technologies®, Inc., a leading U.S.-based supplier of advanced 3D graphics cards and other PC enthusiast products, announced today that they have entered into a retail distribution agreement.
9/1/2005 10:52:38 AM
Maxtor's Home, Small Biz NAS Streams Media Sans PC
Maxtor launches a shared storage device for homes and small business networks that includes a media server for sharing and streaming files without a PC.
8/31/2005 4:01:04 PM
Eurotech Group Partners with Wind River, Launches VxWorks Board Support Package (BSP) for CPU-1432 PC/104-Plus CPU
The Eurotech Group today announced the availability of a new Board Support Package for its popular CPU-1432 PC/104-Plus embedded computer and Wind River's VxWorks real time operating system .
8/31/2005 10:00:38 AM
Tablet PC Platform in Trouble?
Tablet PC Platform in Trouble? Once heralded by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates as the future of laptop computing, Tablet PCs now appear to be a niche market that has slim prospects for significant growth even through the end of the decade.
8/30/2005 7:01:41 PM
CSR sets up hardware design group in Sophia Antipolis
LONDON — Wireless chip specialist CSR plc (Cambridge, England) is setting up a hardware design centre in Sophia Antipolis, near Nice, France.
8/30/2005 7:31:47 AM
Infinite Loop: Apple wins PC Magazine's Readers' Choice Award
Apple Computer has received PC Magazine 's Readers' Choice Award once again this year, coming out on top of all other PC vendors in user satisfaction for every category. Apple apparently came out with an overall score of 9.2, with a distant second of 8.8 by Alienware.
8/29/2005 11:11:53 AM
Retro look at expensive video gaming systems
With all the buzz about Gamestop’s super stupid Xbox 360 game bundles there’s been a lot of speculation that the packages are the most expensive in the history of video games. Well, I had an inkling that this was probably a bit naive. So I dusted off my retro gaming books and loaded up Firefox and set off in search of the most expensive video gaming systems. Suprisingly, some of the most
8/29/2005 9:38:43 AM
FaceTime greets, disarms spyware
( InfoWorld ) - Sometimes the most subtle and accidental applications can open significant holes in an enterprise's security infrastructure. FaceTime Communications is mounting the argument that programs such as instant messaging and Skype will do just that. Granted, it may be something of a self-serving case since FaceTime sells software to block the malware that might penetrate those weak
8/29/2005 9:20:20 AM
MSI looks to Mega future
Taiwanese hardware firm MSI will reflect its new product strategy at this year s show by highlighting its latest consumer electronics (CE) products and notebooks, rather than placing emphasis on the PC components for which it is best known.
8/28/2005 11:01:56 AM
HOW-TO: Portable car pc
Today’s project comes from reader Douglas J. Hickok. A practical, portable car computer design it is intended to be easy to use in the car, but also easily removable. A practical, portable car computer design By Douglas J. Hickok Introduction What do you think of when I say “car computer”? An expensive special piece of hardware that’s permanently mounted in a hidden spot in your
8/27/2005 9:34:26 AM
Serial flash offers PC BIOS code storage in Intel chipset-based systems
Lexington, Mass.—STMicroelectronics Inc.'s latest flash memory offering is an 8-bit chip with a serial peripheral interface (SPI) aimed at increasing network computing management capabilities and providing designers using Intel 945 Express chipsets with a PC BIOS solution.
8/26/2005 3:27:27 PM
Three Picks In Hardware For Second Half Of 2005
Morgan Stanley likes Apple Computer, IBM and EMC.
8/26/2005 12:24:55 PM
Pulsar Computing Offers UK's Lowest PC Prices
Pulsar Computing, a relatively unknown entity, has introduced to the corporate PC marketplace a niche cost-cutting service. According to the company, around 90 per of all business applications use only around 45 per cent of processor power. This allows for an oppor...
8/26/2005 4:06:31 AM
Microsoft signs film deal for 'Halo' video games
Microsoft Corp. has signed a deal with two film studios to make a movie based on its popular space-based video game series Halo,"a spokesman for Universal Pictures said Wednesday. Universal and Twentieth Century Fox will pay Microsoft $5 million plus a percentage of ticket sales.
8/24/2005 9:59:48 PM
Microsoft to Expand Anti-Phishing Tool
Microsoft Corp. will soon make available to the general public a tool for warning users about "phishing" scams that could lead to identity theft.
8/24/2005 9:23:00 PM
Why tagging's not just for cows
There's a new buzzword doing the rounds: arphids are simple devices, a few pence worth of electronic components and an antenna.
8/24/2005 7:08:20 PM
Innovation squeezes alphabet keys into normal-sized keypads
Digit Wireless has created a mobile device keypad approach that adds a full alphabet's worth of buttons to a standard numeric layout. The company claims FasTap, which it is showcasing at the Intel Developer Forum this week, is no larger than a typical mobile phone keypad.
8/24/2005 6:49:06 PM
Intel announces Viiv technology for entertainment PCs
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Trying to repeat the success of its Centrino brand for notebook computers, chip.m.aker Intel Corp. said Wednesday it will launch a set of technologies geared specifically for entertainment PCs.
8/24/2005 6:11:52 PM
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