Former Intel engineer charged with stealing trade secrets
A former Intel design engineer has been charged with theft of trade secrets from the chip maker while secretly working for rival Advanced Micro Devices.
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Lenovo halts online sales of Linux-based PCs
Lenovo is cutting back on sales of desktops and laptop systems with the Linux operating systems pre-installed.
Collider test called a 'great milestone of mankind'
Wednesday's successful test run of a massive particle collider is being called "one of the great engineering milestones of mankind."
MIT physicist gets death threat over collider experiment
An MIT physics professor and Nobel laureate has received death threats because of his involvement with the Large Hadron Collider, which performed the world's biggest physics experiment Wednesday.
IDC: Sluggish economy won't slow hot laptop sales
Forget the sluggish economy. Worldwide demand for laptops is driving the PC market into an area of solid growth for the next several years, according to a study just released by IDC.
Collider probes universe's mysteries at the speed of light
With the world's biggest physics experiment ready to fire up today, scientists from around the world are hoping to find answers to a question that has haunted mankind for centuries -- how was the universe created?
AMD pushes out three more triple-core chips
Advanced Micro Devices Monday unveiled more triple-core processors, adding to several models released earlier this year.
HP unveils desktop PC family for power business users
Hewlett-Packard this week unveiled a new desktop PC family for power business users that it said offers added security and power-saving features.
Intel goes green with new low-power Xeon chips
Just weeks before Intel is expected launch its six-core Dunnington processors, the company Monday unveiled four new Xeon chips.
Report: Dell may sell off manufacturing plants
If speculation that Dell is trying to sell off its computer manufacturing plants is true, then the company could wind up being a more agile competitor in the PC market, according to multiple industry analysts.
Analyst: AMD may spin off fab plants this month
A Wall Street analyst is predicting that Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to spin off its manufacturing operations into a separate company and may announce the plan as soon as September 15.
Sony recalls 73,000 Vaio laptops over burn hazard
Sony is recalling about 73,000 Vaio laptops in the US because faulty wiring near a hinge can pose a burn hazard. According to the UK's Guardian, the company has had to recall over 400,000 Vaio laptops worldwide.
IRobot gets $200M Army pact to supply robots, spare parts
The US Army Tuesday awarded a US$200 million contract to iRobot to supply it with military robots, service, spare parts and training over the next five years.
Intel will trump AMD with six-core chip next month
The quad-core chips that have sat atop the microprocessor heap for the past two years are about to start being replaced by bigger, burlier six-core processor technology.
News anchor admits to hacking, leaking e-mail's content
A Philadelphia TV news anchor pleaded guilty today to breaking into his co-anchor's e-mail accounts more than 500 times and feeding information he found there to a local newspaper.