Monthly Archives: August 2009
IBM, Sun Show Off Upcoming RISC Processors
IBM, Sun Microsystems and Advanced Micro Devices were among the vendors using the Hot Chips 21 conference to give engineers an idea of what...
IBM Slashed More than 10K Jobs in 2009, Says Group
According to the Alliance@IBM, a group of current and former IBM employees pushing to unionize the company's U.S. work force, IBM has cut more...
Apple’s $999 MacBook to Get a Facelift and a Price Drop?
Apple's 13-inch MacBook is on the verge of a refresh that would include a slimmer, lighter enclosure, a redesigned internal architecture and better battery...
Tech Companies That Pay Really Well in Silicon Valley
Money talks, as the saying goes. It also makes the world go around, and it's also something we all need and want.
Cliched songs aside,...
Google Maps Now Shows Live Traffic Reports for Back Roads
Google's Google Maps team has been on quite the tear this summer, enriching its platform and beefing up location-based services such as Google Latitude....
Cisco Ethernet Cards Will Exceed 100Gb Capacity
Just weeks after rivals Juniper Networks and Alcatel-Lucent outlined plans for 100 Gigabit Ethernet interface cards, Cisco Systems is going one better.Cisco officials Aug....
JaJah Jump-starts Enterprise Voice with Microsoft
IP telephony provider JaJah Aug. 25 scored a nice coup when Microsoft agreed to use its software to let business customers make voice calls...
WizeHive Adds Bookmarklet, Calendar to Collaboration Mix
WizeHive, which eWEEK profiled last month, continues to churn out new features for its software-as-a-service collaboration and project management platform.The startup, which lets users...
New Study, Same Results: U.S. Broadband Speeds Lagging
The average download Internet speed in the United States has increased by only 1.6 mbps (megabits per second) over the last year, according to...
Nokia 5230 Is a Touch-Screen Smartphone for Wallet Watchers
Nokia has pulled the sheet off its newest touch-screen phone, scheduled to arrive in the fourth quarter: the Nokia 5230.The 5230 might be viewed...