Tag archive: Irvine

Forget that image of a mislead teen ditching his friends to play World of Warcraft in his parents’ basement – according  to one new report, spending time online is actually beneficial to teen development. Last week, the MacArthur Foundation released a study indicating that teens use the Web to strengthen social skills and learn more about subjects that their friends might not share an interest in. “There are myths… Read More

Qualcomm is going to have to pay a licensing fee to its competitor Broadcom for a patent.   For several weeksQualcomm had been hoping that the Bush administration would come to its rescue and reverse a decision that would mean it had to pay the licensing fee. But the administration has let the decision,made in June by the United States International Trade Commission, stand.   It was felt that the decision could have a major impact on… Read More

Irvine-based cell phone designer Hop-on is on a self-declared, patent-fueled "roll." Earlier this month, the company delivered two solid punches to the mobile phone industry by announcing it had been granted design patents covering both MP3 speaker phones and flip-phone mobile phone designs. Now, in a move which may have other cell phone makers and mobile operators quaking in their boots, Hop-on has announced maker Motorola has… Read More

According to a report in Gamespot, less than a day after CEO Herve Caen said Interplay was “still here,” the publisher has apparently been shut down by the State of California. Gamespot quotes an Orange County Register's  report from Friday that says California's Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement forced the Irvine, CA-based developer-publisher of Fallout to… Read More

From Samsung's press release: Samsung has announced a new vision set on leading the printer industry with printer business solutions for the color laser printer category. Backed by its ownership of the printer research and development (R&D), design and manufacturing processes, Samsung is working to accomplish its goal by delivering superior quality, superior productivity and superior solutions to business users. Samsung… Read More

“California has a lemon law which protects consumers if they buy an automobile that doesn't work. So far, electronic voting in California is a lemon. It needs to be fixed,” said Sen. Ross Johnson, R-Irvine. Electronic voting machines have been controversial almost since their invention. Some computer scientists say the systems leave elections vulnerable to hackers, while other critics say that because most electronic… Read More

Quote from the review at HardExtreme: ” Ximeta Inc. based in Irvine, CA recently unveiled its line of Netdisk external hard drives. The Netdisk is a robust external hard drive solution that takes advantage of Ximeta's own NDAS technology. Ximeta's site states, “NDAS is an acronym for Network Direct Attached Storage, XIMETA's patented disk storage technology which allows direct connection to your network without… Read More

Enhancing the performance of 32-bit applications for gaming, digital photography and other multimedia applications, the T6000 provides a ready platform for the coming era of 64-bit computing for consumers. The product features an AMD Athlon 64 processor 3200+ with HyperTransport

Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced a definitive agreement to acquire the business of privately held The Linksys Group, Inc. of Irvine, Calif. Linksys is the leading provider of home networking products with a broad line of wired and wireless products for consumers and SOHO (small office/home office) users. This acquisition represents Cisco's entry into the high-growth consumer/SOHO networking market, which is expected to grow from… Read More