Intel CFO Andy Bryant says that 2006 was a year when chipmaker AMD won some marketing battles with better products. But that changed in the 4th quarter of the year when Intel was able to start applying pricing pressure to [See the full post…]

You might think Moore’s Law comes with an ancillary set of steps on how to adhere to it. The Law essentially says that technology develops so swiftly that chip engineers can pack twice as many transistors on a piece of [See the full post…]

It wasn’t highly anticipated. We all knew it. But if Apple’s new “Apple TV” appliance works as advertised, the company–now known simply as Apple and no longer Apple Computer–might have quite a juggernaut on its hands. With movie deals that [See the full post…]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs suggested in his MacWorld 2007 keynote that the new iPhone can connect to the Internet via WiFi. Really? And Cingular is okay with that? A reading of the description on Apple’s Web site seems to confirm [See the full post…]

The functionality of the new Apple iPhone, which comes in 4 gig ($499) and 8 gig ($599) models, appears to be far superior to the regular iPod. Trouble is, it doesn’t store enough music for people who keep large collections [See the full post…]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered one of his most dazzling MacWorld keynotes as he unveiled Apple’s new iPhone. The device uses a patented touch screen system called multi-touch. Cisco, which owns the iPhone name, says it expects to close a [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, January 6, 2007 (PodTech News) — The 2007 Consumer Electronics Show begins tomorrow night with a keynote by Microsoft Founder and Chairman Bill Gates. Catherine Girardeau takes a look at the CES schedule to see what the next [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 15, 2006 (PodTech News) — Al Gore addressed the American Geophysical Union here Wednesday, on the same day as several recently-published studies on climate change were also in the news. Gore’s comments to the scientific gathering focused [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 14, 2006 (PodTech News) — Samsung’s plan to introduce its OneDRAM fusion memory in 2007 could mean much speedier smartphones. The company announced the device this week, amid the year-end predictions from analysts and enthusiasts for everything [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 13, 2006 (PodTech News) — BlackBerry v. BlackJack – a new lawsuit says Samsung is playing games with names. Also, security patches from Microsoft, a security breach at UCLA, increased Internet controls in China, a long-term threat [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 12, 2006 (PodTech News) — In the news today, Nintendo’s Wii surprises the world with its first lawsuit — it’s not an injury! In Vienna, Mozart’s works have been brought into the digital age, and they’re now [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 9, 2006 (PodTech News) — Recent headlines suggest that it’s getting harder and harder for citizens in Iran to visit Web sites like the open-source online encyclopedia Wikipedia and even the online home of The New York [See the full post…]

Apple is once again in Greenpeace’s cross-hairs — the environmental watchdog’s Green Electronics Guide put Apple at the bottom of the heap, while Nokia sits on top. Along those lines, a quick look at a conversation that’s bound to gain [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — MySpace.com has plans to move further into the wireless space. That — plus plans to move into China — may bolster the value of the site that News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch [See the full post…]

Forrester analyst and vice president Lisa Pierce told a group of Qwest customers that the great unknown — whether IT decisions today will fit with technologies of tomorrow — is a fact of life. While the fear of making mistakes [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 2006 (PodTech News) — Search competition may be heating up with Ask.com’s revamped services. Other search firms have pumped some ad revenue into the newspaper industry. How are newspapers reacting? They may be starting to look [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 2, 2006 (PodTech News) — “Clean, flat sheets of bronze.” That’s one way to describe one of your modern PC’s progenitors. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard are in the news this week for the interest they’ve taken in the [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, December 1, 2006 (PodTech News) — At long last, Microsoft has launched its Vista operating system for businesses. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called it the biggest launch in the company’s history. It could have been even bigger, though [See the full post…]

While YouTube finds its footing with Google, not everyone’s concerns over the site’s reliance on copyrighted material have been settled. In particular, there’s a certain Mouse that might need some special attention. Disney fires a warning shot. Also, today is [See the full post…]

The Nintendo Wii has been proving to be physically demanding for many users. Soreness and pain are two of the system’s reported side effects. The official response so far: get in shape — then you won’t be sore. Also, a [See the full post…]

As Christmas shopping kicks off, the consumer tech world lurches into full gear — this is what months of speculation in the gaming console realm have all been leading up to. Rio Pesino continues his in-depth look at the consoles [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, November 22, 2006 (PodTech News) — While both Google and Yahoo have recently made inroads into newspaper ad sales, reports that print and online spending fell for the first time since at least 2004 have sparked a fresh [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, November 21, 2006 (PodTech News) — Speculation kicked into high gear over the prospects of an Apple iPhone — again. Michael Johnson reports on why the rumors have so much traction this time. In news from Yahoo — [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, November 18, 2006 (PodTech News) — This week saw the highly-anticipated launch of the new Sony Playstation 3. The first few buyers to get their hands on the new system waited for about 40 hours outside of the [See the full post…]

SAN FRANCISCO, November 17, 2006 (PodTech News) — Sony’s PS3 went on sale at midnight at stores in the U.S. Many fans began lining up days ago. As the lines in downtown San Francisco grew in anticipation of launch, PodTech’s [See the full post…]