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AMD merges processor and graphics units
News The next generation of innovation in the computing industry will be grounded in the fusion of microprocessor and graphics technologies," AMD chief executive Dirk Meyer said in a statement. There was no indication of what Allen's plans are, but...
[May 7, 2009, 9:39]
Palm m100 review
Reviews The other innovation is a Notepad applet that lets you scribble freehand drawings. Handspring's Visor, for example, has nabbed a significant chunk of the market by combining low cost and expandability--and Christmas is a great time for shifting low...
[October 12, 2000, 0:00]
Ginger - believe the hype?
News Those who remember Sir Clive Sinclair's ultimately doomed transportation innovation -- the Sinclair C5 -- could be forgiven for being a little sceptical about a revolutionary vehicle. It is a mystery invention that could start a revolution more...
[January 15, 2001, 15:50]
Upstarts target giants for network core
News Networks and networking products have seen huge innovation and growth in the last few years. Start-up Caspian Networks unveiled a new router on Wednesday, saying it will pose a "significant" challenge to products from longtime market leaders Cisco...
[April 10, 2003, 12:26]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And to emphasise the groundbreaking nature of this innovation, it's being called the Cool-Chip-In-A-Can. People won significant sums of money by betting on how long the word processor went before it crashed.
[September 24, 2001, 12:49]
IBM adds 'pixie dust' to new drives
News The innovation introduces a thin layer of the element ruthenium onto the disks inside hard drives, where data is stored. Bladed servers are not that popular now, he said, "but strategically this is more significant.
[November 7, 2001, 9:36]
EU directive 'could spark patent war'
News In the US, business methods and pure software are routinely patented, a situation which has been harshly criticised by IT executives, software developers, economists and others as harmful to competition and innovation.
[October 3, 2003, 13:20]
Google co-founder chases Yahoo ad deal
News Page said that a combined Microsoft and Yahoo would control too much of the market and, as a result, would stifle innovation and slow development of new products and services. Page acknowledged that Google has a significant share of the advertising...
[May 23, 2008, 8:54]
US tech research faces crisis
News An outspoken group of information and communications technology innovators is worried that the US is falling behind the rest of the world in technological innovation because fewer dollars are being allocated to long-term research.
[November 10, 2005, 14:55]
Intel bemoans poor UK science education
News In October, the outgoing science minister, Lord Sainsbury, said the Government was "committed to making the UK one of the best places in the world for science and innovation". The last year has seen a significant rise in the amount of investment...
[November 30, 2006, 15:09]
Sun pours out latest flavour of Java
News He said that the JCP is more open than in the past, but still needs to become more inclusive to boost innovation. Sun claims that J2SE 5.0 is the most significant upgrade to the Java platform and programming language in nearly a decade, containing...
[September 30, 2004, 13:55]
Klein's departure won't impact MS case
News Though Bush has not commented specifically on the Microsoft case, he's said repeatedly that he favours innovation over litigation. Joel Klein's departure from the US Department of Justice is unlikely to have any significant impact on the Microsoft...
[September 20, 2000, 8:01]
BPM vs SOA
Blog Given that the second and third Business Priorities are Customer Relations and innovation, there is an obvious emphasis on delivering real business value through more and happier customers being sold better products brought to more markets sooner.
[December 5, 2008, 8:28]
UK leads charge against EU online regulation
News The alliance claims there is already enough existing legislation and self-regulation and that the proposed changes to the directive will deter new and existing new media players from the market and divert investment and innovation away from the EU.
[April 19, 2006, 8:40]
Vodafone to halve CO2 emissions by 2020
News There are no simple solutions to what is a complex challenge but, through operational changes and technological innovation, we will focus on improving energy efficiency in our networks, which account for 80 percent of our emissions.
[April 21, 2008, 14:19]
Ordnance Survey opens map source code
News An OS spokesman told silicon.com that as the UK's national mapping agency, the organisation has a responsibility to encourage use of its data and the fostering of innovation within the industry. Steve Coast, founder of open source mapping group...
[December 17, 2007, 8:13]
UK Patent Office under fire over software report
News The document continues to peddle old fictions, presents hardly a shred of evidence and continues to promote the patentability of software which threatens innovation both in the UK and across Europe. We are also concerned that a supposedly neutral...
[November 8, 2004, 17:18]
EC approves localised broadband deregulation
News Verwaayen added: "Britain has one of the most competitive markets in the world with customers benefiting from innovation, great choice and low price. Ofcom used two tranches of regulation to weaken the "significant market power" that BT enjoyed.
[February 18, 2008, 9:08]
IBM gives Firefox in-house boost
News I hope in making a small investment up front, I can leverage that innovation going forward," he said. For IBM, the move is a significant step in lessening dependence on a product from rival Microsoft.
[May 13, 2005, 9:10]
Ofcom announces telecoms review
News Investment and innovation will also come under the Ofcom microscope. A spokesman said that the telco were looking forward to contributing to the industry examination and expected some significant developments to come out at the end of the review.
[December 15, 2003, 9:30]
