Tag archive: Phoenix

HP has taken the wraps off two new desktop PCs the company is touting as not only up to 45 percent more efficient than equivalent PCs without power management technology, but they also ship in recyclable packaging that's easier on the environment. “The Phoenix and Verde desktops represent HP's ongoing efforts to innovate and design for the environment,” said HP's VP of marketing for worldwide consumer PCs John… Read More

Hitachi and Phoenix Technologies have announced a partnership to offer Phoenix FailSafe on notebook computers equipped with 2.5-inch Hitachi hard disk drives. FailSafe is intended as a safety net in the event a notebook (and its hard drive) are lost or stolen: users will be able to remotely track their disk and, if necessary, disable or cryptographically erase their hard drive, keeping their data safe. The FailSafe agent can be installed on… Read More

Phoenix Technologies, maker of the humble system BIOS, may not be accustomed to buzz over its latest product introductions, but got it nonetheless on Monday, when it announced HyperSpace, a sort of operating system substitute. Hoping to improve both boot speed and power efficiency in laptops, Phoenix developed HyperSpace to offer instantly available applications. Instead of booting into a on operating system like OS X or Windows,… Read More

While its legal status in Canada may still be up in the air, Google Street View has expanded into six new U.S. cities without problems. Google announced the addition on Tuesday on its Lat Long Blog. Online pedestrians can now peruse Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Tucson. Besides the added locations, Google has also improved the quality of Street View imagery. Views in Phoenix, Tucson and Chicago are all high… Read More

In an unexpected move, chipmaking giant Intel has announced it is acquiring Havok, Inc., a leading developer of physics and animation tools mostly used in video games and other digital media. Terms of the aquisition were not revealed. Under the deal, Havok will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, and continue to develop solutions for the gaming and movie industries. “Havok is a proven leader in physics technology for gaming… Read More

If you want proof that Nintendo is on a roll these days, just look at the British video game charts. Eight of the top 10 titles are exclusives for either thecompany’s Wii or DS gaming systems. The other two are multi-platform games, which can also be played on Nintendomachines.   That said, the cross-platform Transformers game –based on the movie, which was based on the TV show for kids – has the top spot, showing the… Read More

Just days after Sony officials were publicly denying news of an impending $100 price cut on the Playstation 3, the company has announced that there will, in fact, be a $100 price cut on the Playstation 3. In a press release Monday morning, Sony announced both the slashed $499 price of its 60GB PS3, and the introduction of an 80GB model packaged with Motorstorm, which will take over for the previous model and retail at $599. Besides… Read More

If you're the kind of gamer who wonders how level 60 is even possible in World of Warcraft, enters online games of Counter-Strike to be killed in four seconds, and fires up Flash games on the 10-year-old family desktop to pass time, Electronic Arts is targeting you. The company announced their new Casual Entertainment division on Tuesday, which will be dedicated to producing games for people who… well, just don't care that… Read More

Microsoft is looking to cash in on the U.S. summer movie season by promoting games which tie in with major studio film releases like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,Ratatouille, the third installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek franchises. But what to do if there's not going to be an Xbox 360 title to accompany what's anticipated as a major film release? In the case of the upcoming The Simpsons Movie,… Read More

PlayStation fans will be able to get their hands on a lot more games in the coming months, promises Sony. The Foster City, Calif.-based company said today it will launch more than 100 titles for its PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation2 products. The beefed-up second-quarter of 2007 line-up will comprise industry leading franchises as well as new intellectual properties from both in-house and third parties, according to Sony… Read More

I recall the arguments when Cable TV was first getting started which concluded no one would ever be stupid enough to pay for something they can get for free. Well there are clearly a good chunk of us who are terminally stupid because cable was a success although I think many of us probably wish it hadn’t been. With Cable you are typically locked in to what the cable company wants to use for hardware and the programming the… Read More

Marriott International announced today thatit plans to roll out high-definition digital televisions and digital “plug-in panels” for guests' digital devices. The high-tech amenities will appear in Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company expects the rollout will be 25 percent complete and encompass 40,000 rooms by the… Read More

Swallow this amazing fact if you can: there are close to nine Nintendo DS or DS Lite portable game systems sold every 60 seconds. Sure, this number may seem small when compared to other addictive products like cigarettes, alcohol, video poker, or Paris Hilton, but this is a gaming system we are talking about. "More than 5 million people joined the ranks as Nintendo DS owners in America last year alone," says Nintendo of America… Read More

Microsoft has taken the wraps of Virtual Earth 3D, an update to its online mapping service which now offers three-dimensional views and models of the real world. Further, Microsoft has integrated mapping options into its Live Search. “The release of Virtual Earth 3D is a significant step toward creating a truly new dimension in search not only in the look and feel of the experience but in the way consumers and advertisers can be… Read More

RadioShack Corporation announced today that it has begun offering MovieBeam's set-top boxes at 1,700 retail locations in 331 mjor metropolitan areas where MovieBeam service is available. At first glance, MovieBeam—backed by Disney, Cisco, Intel, and others—seems like a lot of other set-top box services offering on-demand, rental access to movies. And, indeed, the MovieLink boxes store up to 100 movies, and offer instant… Read More