Ben Ames

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Seagate, Motorola unveil miniature portables with massive storage

Seagate Technology and Motorola both said Tuesday they have invested in the portable storage market, hoping to meet a growing need by users of cell phones and smartphones to carry gigabytes of digital photos and music in their pockets.

Sun likely to buy Intel server chips

Sun Microsystems Inc. may start buying server chips from Intel Corp. in a deal that could be announced Monday, according to media reports.

Intel aims new quad core chips at wider market

One of the new chips, the Core 2 Quad, marks Intel's first attempt to spread the new technology to a wider market than large data centres and research grids

UK firm will build plastic displays in new factory

Plastic Logic Ltd. will build a factory in Dresden, Germany, to manufacture flexible, plastic computer displays with three times the viewing area of glass screens of the same weight, the company said Wednesday.

Let there be light (transfer), says IBM

Researchers at IBM Corp. have drawn one step closer to building a microprocessor that transfers data with light instead of electricity, a technique that could one day boost computing speed while saving power.

Nintendo to replace 3.2 million Wii straps

In an effort to duck criticism that its remote controllers can fly across the room when wrist straps break, Nintendo Co. Ltd. is offering free replacements for that part of its new Wii video gaming console.

AMD seeks to cash in chips on Vista

AMD says it stands to benefit from the increased demand for visual capability in PCs that Microsoft's Windows Vista OS sparks

AMD begins selling its ace desktop 65nm chip

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) began selling its top chip for desktop PCs made with a 65-nanometer design on Tuesday, continuing its efforts to keep up with Intel Corp. as the industry migrates from 90-nm design to a faster, more efficient generation of processors.

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