Tag archive: Moore

Technology giant IBM has always invested tremendous amounts of money and talent into technology research, and has one of the largest (perhaps the largest) patent portfolio in the world to show for its efforts. Today, IBM announced another technology breakthrough that, in a decade or so, may revolutionize the way computer CPUs and other microprocessors are made: the company has come up with a way to use organic DNA molecules as a scaffold on… Read More

Not long ago security research Dan Kaminsky revealed a flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS), although he refused to give details. Those came, somewhat inadvertently, thanks to another researcher, Halvar Flake. Now, inevitably, the first exploit code for that flaw has arrived. Luckily, it’s been created by two other researchers, HD Moore and Druid, who’ve developed an exploit module that runs that Moore’s… Read More

In a corporate blog, Google’s VP of engineering, Udo Manber, has promised to open up about the company’s search algorithm secrets, which it’s previously guarded very closely in order to prevent people from coming up with way to rig the system in their favor. “But being completely secretive is not ideal, and this blog post is part of a renewed effort to open up a bit more than we have in the past," Manber wrote.… Read More

Microsoft has brought another veteran of video game publisher Electronic Arts on board to helm Microsoft live software and services, including Xbox Live, Games for Windows, and Microsoft Casual Games. Shappert will step into a newly created position as corporate vice president, reporting to another former EA executive, Don Mattrick, who recently took over Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business from Peter Moore. And Moore? He left… Read More

Microsoft announced today that Peter Moore, the head of its Xbox and Games for Windows businesses, has resigned from the company. Moore will stay on through August to assist in the transition. In a statement, Microsoft says Moore has decided to move his family back to northern California and pursue "another opportunity in the video game industry." What Microsoft doesn't say is that Moore's new position is as… Read More

A new survey from market research firm Harris Interactive finds that nearly one in four U.S. adults (39 percent) have home networks, and 37 percent of those users would like to use their computers to control their home entertainment systems. In addition, 35 percent would like to control household functions like heating, lighting, security, and ventilation from their PCs, and 31 percent of home network owners would like to use teir PCs to… Read More

Chip maker Intel has taken the wraps off a new advancement in microprocessor design, using two new materials to built the insulating barriers and switching gates on its 45 nanometer transistors. The new designs will be incorporated into Intel's next generation of Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Xeon processor families, where they're expected to keep the famous Moore's Law on track: that the number of transistors on an… Read More

Excerpt: “As part of regular Russian Intel Developer Forum held in Moscow on October 19-20, along with the general presentation of new Intel semiconductor technologies Josh Walden presented a separate technical report entitled “Intel's 65 nm Logic Technology: Continuing Moore's Law in a Power Limited World”. The lecturer, head of the Fab24 laboratory located in Leixlip, Ireland, acquainted its audience with… Read More

“Nintendo's dominance of the handheld market makes Sony's launch “like developing your own little operating system and saying, 'Well, I'm going to challenge Windows',” Moore told questioners at a Halo 2 Backstage Pass event in Seattle late last week, according to a report in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach was less dismissive of the system, but he argued that the… Read More

The semiconductor industry has become inflated with hundreds of vendors competing in a crowded marketplace, however, within 10 years, 40 percent of today's semiconductor vendors are likely to leave the industry, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner analysts today identified five megatrends that will lead to significant changes in the industry during Gartner Dataquest Semiconductor Industry Summit, which will run through tomorrow at The… Read More

From Intel's press release: The company has built fully functional 70-megabit static random access memory (SRAM) chips with more than half a billion transistors using the world's most advanced 65 nanometer (nm) process technology. The achievement extends Intel's effort to drive the development of new manufacturing process technology every two years, in accordance with Moore's Law. The transistors in the new 65nm (a… Read More

From Fujitsu's press release: Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today unveiled its latest thin-and-light LifeBook S7000 notebook, featuring the next-generation Intel Pentium M Processor – a key component of Intel Centrino mobile technology. The new chip features a faster clock speed, design enhancements and more on-die cache memory for better performance. “The award-winning LifeBook S Series notebook has become a… Read More

In order for the popular DVD Copy Plus and DVD X Copy programs to successfully make copies of DVDs, users will now need to obtain a separate descrambler that is widely available on the Internet, said Robert Moore, founder and president of 321 Studios Inc. “It's a hollow victory” for movie studios, Moore said. Read more at CNN.com.

“Desktop replacement notebooks are becoming increasingly popular among students, multimedia enthusiasts and home users,” said Paul Moore, director of product marketing for Fujitsu Computer Systems.”With the LifeBook N5000 notebook, users can have a high performance system that's portable enough to take to study group or tuck away when guests arrive.” The LifeBook N5000 incorporates an Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor… Read More

Stacked with a speedy desktop-class processor, ample system memory and a powerful graphics solution, the new notebook offers unprecedented performance in a portable package. “Desktop replacement notebooks are becoming increasingly popular among students, multimedia enthusiasts and home users,” said Paul Moore, director of product marketing for Fujitsu Computer Systems.”With the LifeBook N5000 notebook, users can have a high… Read More