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Nvidia Optimus Gives Laptops a Graphical Gearshift February 09, 2010 
Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled Optimus, a technology that automatically chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application, thus lengthening a laptop computer's battery life. Based on the application's needs, Optimus will route the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit or graphics processors integrated into Intel chips.
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IBM Taps Green Power With New Chips, Servers February 08, 2010 
IBM on Monday launched a one-two punch with its new Power7 processors, which the company claims have twice the performance of the Power6 line but consume less power. These processors power IBM's Unix servers, four new models of which were also unveiled Monday in a move that might strengthen IBM's position in the Unix server market. The Power7 uses a 45 nanometer process.
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iMac Firmware Aims to Smooth Out Flicker Glitch February 02, 2010 
Apple on Monday released its second firmware update in three months to resolve screen issues with its 27-inch iMac computer. This latest update is aimed at issues that "may cause intermittent display flickering," according to Apple's Web site. Some 27-inch iMacs have been plagued by problems since the model was launched in October 2009, and it's been reported that Apple has temporarily stopped production of the computer.
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Intel, Micron Cram 8 Gigs of Chip Into 4-Gig Bag February 01, 2010 
Intel and Micron have jointly announced what may be the world's smallest, densest NAND flash memory device yet. Their 25-nanometer NAND flash semiconductor offers 8 GB of memory in a single NAND processor. This could pave the way for higher capacity storage for consumer devices.
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Apple's Mysterious Slate: Betting the Company One More Time January 25, 2010 
This is an Apple launch week, which means we'll be on pins and needles until we actually know what Steve Jobs is going to have on stage in San Francisco. While there is a lot of drama with any big Apple announcement, there is substantially more with this one, including the unprecedented number of leaks, the location of the event itself, and the massive devastating impact this device could have.
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In Which We Observe Apple Tablet Hysteria January 22, 2010 
For months, I have watched in disbelief at the hysteria over Apple's rumored-to-be-upcoming tablet device without devoting a single article to it. It troubled me by how quickly unconfirmed reports could become concrete facts simply because they've been repeated enough. Even after all my fellow Betanews contributors added their opinions unto the noise, I didn't want to pollute the air with my grumblings.
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Amazon Fattens E-Book Royalty Checks in Preemptive Strike January 20, 2010 
Authors and publishers of select Kindle e-books will soon be able to earn royalties as high as 70 percent of a title's list price, net of delivery costs, under a new plan announced by Amazon. The new option will be available starting June 30 for in-copyright Kindle books whose list price is both between $2.99 and $9.99 and at least 20 percent below the lowest list price for the physical book.
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Rumored iMac Touch Prods the Imagination January 19, 2010 
Forget the mythical Apple tablet that's widely predicted to debut at Apple's Jan. 27 media event -- how about a new iMac "touch"? Apple may be planning on delivering a 22-inch iMac with a touchscreen display, according to DigiTimes, in turn citing Chinese newspaper Commercial Times.
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When It Comes to Server Migration, You Can Learn a Lot From a Twit January 18, 2010 
OK folks, Twitter may be a fad, but it is also a wealth of information into real people's problems, and I don't think it is going away anytime soon. In fact Google and Yahoo announced recently that they are going to begin crawling tweets, and they will appear in search queries. So yes, I am a fellow "twit," and proudly so, because I know how to use it to find the information that I am looking for.
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Intel Results Paint Cheery Picture for PC Market January 15, 2010 
Intel's fourth-quarter earnings breezed past Wall Street's expectations, and its rosy profit outlook for 2010 was another sign that a lasting recovery for the recession-battered personal computer market is under way. As the first major technology company to report its results for the last quarter, Intel is seen as a barometer for the PC market and for technology spending in general.
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Top 8 Enterprise Server Predictions for 2010 January 13, 2010 
Although the enterprise server market has been among the hardest hit by the suffering economy, there is reason to be hopeful as 2009 draws to a close. I'd like to take a moment to share eight predictions of what we can look forward to in 2010 -- trends that have the potential to dramatically change the enterprise in the years to come.
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Could the Wrong Price Flatten Apple's Tablet? January 12, 2010 
As the Apple tablet rumor frenzy blows way past the level of a fever pitch, I'm starting to reconcile myself with the notion that we may -- within a few weeks -- finally hear from Apple. The company is widely expected to make a public announcement Jan. 27 or so, though again, the expectation isn't due to Apple, it's due to a report stating the company has rented a space in San Francisco.
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StarTech's KVM Switch Is a Desktop Space Savior January 11, 2010 
StarTech.com's new DisplayPort KVM Switch helped me solve a computing problem I did not realize I had. The company's KVM Switch provides direct connections to monitors and computers without using a converter. The DisplayPort KVM Switch let me control two DisplayPort-capable computers with a single keyboard, mouse and monitor.
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CES: The Magic Is Back January 11, 2010 
I was at CES last week, and the magic was clearly back in this show. In the past couple of years, CES has been dominated by one device -- making it more like a one-product waste of time. Two years ago, everyone was talking about the iPhone, making many of us wonder if we were at the wrong event. Last year, it was the Palm Pre, which turned out to be a bit of a flash in the pan.
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Intel Sticks It to AMD With 32nm Core Rollout January 08, 2010 
Intel rolled out new computer chips Thursday that highlight the company's lead over Advanced Micro Devices in its ability to shrink the circuitry inside its processors. Intel's new Core chips, unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, are the company's first to feature tiny parts whose average width is 32 nanometers, or 32 billionths of a meter.
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Mystery Tablet's Not the Only Thing on Microsoft's Slate January 07, 2010 
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday took the stage to deliver a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ballmer showcased products from several partners at the event, including a tablet device made by HP. He also announced a tie-in with HP to promote the Bing search engine.
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