Democrat and Republican lawmakers participated today in separate activities, each aimed at sharpening the nation's competitive edge. Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), the House Science Committee's ranking member, introduced a bill that would implement a proposal on the House Democrats' Innovation

Last night's transition went reasonably well, and LT now resides on a speed machine.

If Intel were to match PowerPC pricing from IBM and Freescale they'd have to reduce the average price per CPU by about $200...:

Demonstrating at HP headquarters, group calls for bans on brominated flame retardants.

Indium antimonide doesn't exactly have a ring to it, but the compound could help chipmakers advance in the next decade.

The World Wide Web Consortium says next-gen VoiceXML will include specs for speaker verification.

T-ray sensing and imaging technology, which can spot cracks in space shuttle foam, see biological agents through a sealed envelope and detect tumors without harmful radiation, was the focus of a recent symposium at the national meeting of the American

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No bias here, honest By Charlie Demerjian : Tuesday 06 December 2005, 23:32 HP PR IS AT IT again, in the finest of backstabbing PR pages. This is not unusual, or unique to HP by any means, but it tends

Bankrupt Acclaim Entertainment auctioned off By Stuart Gorman : Tuesday 06 December 2005, 23:32 IF YOU ever wanted to start a game publishing company, now might be the time. David R. Maltz & Co., Inc. are auctioning off Acclaim Entertainment,

We have the answer By Charlie Demerjian : Tuesday 06 December 2005, 23:33 WHEN IS BEST BUY going to have more XBox 360s? If you don't like bundles, the answer appears to be never, but they will have more in

More toys from the inbox By Charlie Demerjian : Tuesday 06 December 2005, 23:33 JUST WHEN you thought there were no more cool hardware releases this year, we bring you a batch of them, in no particular order, and with

Swiss company PDF Tools AG has released the latest version of its 3-Heights PDF Tools. Features new to version 1.41 include support for Windows 9x, continuous page layout mode, web link support and an "Analysis Only" function.

Adobe has announced the completion of its acquisition of Macromedia, Inc. The stock-based transaction was formally finalized on December 3, and as a result, shares of Macromedia common stock were converted for the right to receive 1.38 shares of Adobe

Qualcomm, integrating 802.11 into its product line, has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance"They really had little choice," says Jack Gold of J. Gold Associates. "It is clear that more and more feature phones will have WiFi connectivity included, specifically for VOIP

Microsoft plans to unveil a public beta of Internet Explorer 7 in the first quarter of 2006, the company said on its "We want to make sure that everyone has an opportunity to try a pre-release version of IE7 and

Researchers have completed the most meticulous survey ever made of the San Andreas Fault, and they've found detailed features that nobody could have seen before. Michael Bevis, Ohio Eminent Scholar in geodynamics and professor of civil and environmental engineering and

IT managers at this week's Gartner Data Center Conference sought to compare their own real-world server consolidation experiences with the results of a Gartner Inc. survey on the topic.