Dell Adds 'Energy Smart' Technology to PowerEdge Servers.
ENERGY RESOURCE-4 December 2006-Dell Adds 'Energy Smart' Technology to PowerEdge Servers(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Dell has unveiled two new enhanced PowerEdge servers that have been upgraded with its energy-efficient Energy Smart technology. The Energy Smart technology -- which debuted in select corporate desktops in September...

Avid Gears Up to Expand Content Creation Tools for Apple's Intel-based Macs.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 August 2006-Avid Gears Up to Expand Content Creation Tools for Apple's Intel-based Macs(C)2006 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Avid Technology is ramping up to expand its video and audio content creation solutions that will be available for Intel-based Mac systems, including the new Mac Pro workstation...

Innovations: a peek at what's hot and new ...
* EPSON AMERICA, INC. Epson America, Inc. (www.epson.com) debuted Epson Perfection V700, a scanner that delivers unprecedented 6500 dpi optical resolution using a new Dual Lens System and features a fluid-mount accessory for enhanced scratch removal and grain reduction from black-and-white film. A new High Pass Optics...

The soft machine: Tom Vanderbilt on Nikolaus Geyrhalter's Our Daily Bread.
IN ONE EARLY SCENE of Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel The Jungle, the Lithuanian-born protagonist reflects on his new job in Chicago's Packingtown. "Jurgis had," Sinclair writes, "stood with the rest up in the gallery and watched the men on the killing beds, marveling at their speed and power as...

Kobe Steel's copper coil slitting company to start up in China.
Kobe Steel Ltd's China-based copper coil slitting company, Suzhou Kobe Copper Technology Co Ltd, has officially opened for business. The company, based in Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, west of Shanghai, slits coiled copper sheet which is used in electronic materials. Established in May 2005, Suzhou Kobe Copper...

A faster DDR3 chip from Micron.
Micron Technology Asia Pacific Inc, Taiwan, has developed a 1 Gbit double-data-rate memory (DDR3) chip that significantly reduces power consumption, compared to other DDR chips. The chip, likely to be called DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory), will be part of the...

Dongbu develops 130 nm NOR Flash memory wafer process.
Dongbu Electronics of South Korea has successfully completed the development of a NOR Flash memory wafer process in collaboration with Eon Silicon Solution Inc. The company begins volume production of 8-inch (200 mm) wafers for Taiwan-based Eon using the process in the third quarter of 2006. ...

Study of network on chip resources allocation for QoS management.
Abstract: The increasing complexity of integrated circuits and application requirements drive the research of new on-chip interconnection architectures. A network on chip draws on concepts inherited from distributed systems and computer networks subject areas to interconnect IP cores in a structured and scalable way. The main goal pursued is...

Wireless issue challenges owners, developers.
Keeping on top of technology is a challenge for newly developed hotel properties. Owners and management companies face the choice of spending just enough on hardware and software to remain competitive, or of making a larger investment to enjoy a state-of-the-art advantage over other hotels. One increasingly...

Smart but not swift: builders of smart phones may soon be outflanked: Part III: analysis.
While many news reports focus on how many mobile phones will be sold this year and what advanced features they will bring to the market and what networking technology they support, few compare mobile phones to traditional gadgets, such as digital cameras, MP3 players or PDAs. Sure,...