Multiprocessing

Chip maker AMD has announced that its next generation processors and graphics chips have been designed to harness the hardware acceleration capabilities of Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 web browser. The company said that...

Research in Motion's Blackberry Playbook is an impressive piece of kit that doesn't currently come with a price; it is without doubt, the most powerful tablet currently on the market, easily besting both the iPad and the Samsung...

ARM has pulled the curtains on its next generation "Eagle" processor family, one which is set to replace the Cortex A9 one as the company's top-end solution as early as 2012. The UK-based chip designer says that the Cortex A15...

The new iPod Touch is the one which has changed the most during the latest refresh with Apple deciding to bring onboard bits from the iPhone 4 in a bid to have a common hardware platform. So while the iPod Touch AKA "iPhone...

Research in Motion announced the Blackberry Torch, also known as the 9800, yesterday during a live event which was broadcasted online and is likely to dislodge the Blackberry Storm 2 as the flagship handset of the company. The...

The Compaq Presario CQ61 range delivers versatility and quality without compromising on price, and is designed to provide the right set of features at great value.  Powered by an Intel Dual Core T3000 processor and with...

The launch of Google TV yesterday marked the first step in the collaboration between Intel and Google, a partnership which could have a much wider and profound impact on the world of computing. Google TV is currently being...

Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC could be about to launch the fastest smartphone (or device) yet with an unreleased Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 1.5GHz coupled with the yet-to-be-announced Android 2.2...

IBM has revealed its new Power7 processor architecture as well as a number of systems based on the chip, designed and built by Big Blue at its East Fishkill plant in New York, and will complement and replace the Power6 and...

In a shocking piece of news, it has been revealed that the Intel Compiler, which is widely used in creating most computer programs, deliberately slows down the performance of non-Intel processors like AMD and VIA CPUs. This...

In what could be seen as the company’s most significant announcement since it was founded back in 1997, Juniper Networks unleashed a comprehensive array of new gears, including software and hardware components for...

Google has released names of nine of its initial partners it has enlisted to develop and market its Chrome operating system to the masses as early as the second half of 2010. Interestingly none of the listed names are mobile...

Riversimple, car that is manufactured in UK and runs on liquid hydrogen, could be the first successful mainstream product to have been manufactured using open source principles. The urban car is a tiny two seater that uses a...

T-Mobile Netherlands has published the hardware details of the new iPhone 3G S which was launched on Monday and confirms previous rumours. The new smartphone is build around a TI OMAP or a Samsung Chipset which would include...

Dozens of AMD and Intel desktop and laptop processor models could well not support the XP compatibility mode in Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft offered the XP compatibility feature to wow businesses which have...