BRIEF NEWS

Brief News 2008

April 2009

NVIDIA is offering its Quadro FX 4800 graphics card to Mac Pro users. It promises significant boost in graphics performance. Target user segments are architecture, content creation, science, and medicine. It comes with a price tag of $1,799, and will be available starting May 2009. (April 20)

India’s leading tech solutions provider Infosys Technologies’ revenues were $ 1,121 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 with YoY decline of 1.8%. While its revenues were $ 4,663 million for the year ended March 31, 2009 with YoY growth of 11.7%, it expects its fiscal 2010 revenues will decline by 6.7% to 3.1%. Results were announced today (April 15).

March 2009

Novell has announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, an operating system designed for the next-generation data center. Among other features, the platform contains major enhancements to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. (Mar. 24)

China Game Developers Conference (CGDC) will be held at the Shanghai International Convention Center on July 24-26. Among the objectives is to highlight the achievements of China’s game industry. (Mar. 20)

dotMobi is accepting applicants into beta trials for a new edition of the DeviceAtlas mobile device database for developers building sites with Microsoft ASP.NET. So developers will be able to expand their sites for mobile and PC users. (Mar. 19)

February 2009

Rediff.com, a leading site in India, has added maps feature to LocalAds, a service for small and local advertisers. Advertisers can use the maps to pinpoint their location within a locality. This will enable users to locate advertisers. The maps feature, in beta, currently covers 64 cities and towns in India. (Feb. 27)

Microsoft and Gemalto will offer Windows Live Messenger services to mobile subscribers through a new client application that comes pre-installed on phone SIM cards. The Gemalto application, named SIMessenger, is said to be the world's first Microsoft-certified instant messaging SIM client solution. (Feb. 16)

Sony Computer Entertainment says the cumulative worldwide sell-in units of PSP (PlayStation Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-1000, 2000 and 3000 series) reached a total of 50 million units as of January 2009. (Feb. 13)

AMD has extended the value of its Dragon platform technology with five new additions to its AMD Phenom II processor family. It includes 45nm triple-core processors and three new AMD Phenom II quad-core processors. AMD Dragon targets OEMs, channel partners, and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) consumers who build their own PCs. (Feb.9)

January 2009

Intel Corporation's board of directors has declared a 14 cents per share quarterly dividend on the company's common stock. The dividend will be payable on March 1, 2009 to stockholders of record on Feb. 7, 2009. (Jan. 23)

Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group based in India, has launched One IP World, a thought leadership platform. It’ll function as an interactive forum for information exchange related to IP and Voice over IP (VoIP). (Jan. 20)

USA TODAY, a leading newspaper, is now available for the Amazon Kindle, a portable reader that wirelessly downloads books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers to a high-resolution electronic paper display. For a monthly subscription cost of $11.99, Kindle users can have USA TODAY content delivered each weekday. (Jan.9)

Nokia's mobile internet site Nokia.mobi has extended its offering with the launch of Here and Now, a new section that provides the latest world news, music, celebrity buzz, and information on Nokia's offerings. It's bookmarked in every new Nokia device. (Jan. 7)    

EMC Corporation, which provides storage infrastructure solutions, has announced the release of EMC Retrospect backup and recovery software for the Mac. Retrospect 8.0 has been redesigned from the ground up with a fresh interface, a new engine, and more capabilities. It’s positioned between Apple's Time Machine and enterprise-level backup applications. (Jan. 6)

Brief News 2008