Mark Hachman

According to a preliminary bill-of-materials estimate by iSuppli, the $599 Apple iPhone could net Apple over a 50 percent gross margin, the analyst firm said on Jan. 18. With the cost to manufacture an 8GB iPhone estimated to be about $280 in total expense, the remainder of the $599 total retail price is estimated to […]

Hewlett-Packard has purchased specialty PC maker VoodooPC, according to a blog post made by Rahul Sood, the president and chief technical officer of the company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HP also confirmed the acquisition. Following the close of the transaction, HP will form a separate business unit within its Personal Systems Group […]

Microsoft is preparing a fix for a program that strips the digital-rights-management protections attached to its Windows Media file format, representatives said Monday night. Armed with the program, users could theoretically download an unlimited amount of music via MTVs Urge music service, as well as other sites that offer music for download. The “FairUse4WM” program […]

AMDs bid to buy ATI Technologies is making waves in the wireless world, which is wondering when, or if, AMD might buy its way into the Wi-Fi space. Vendors like Atheros and Broadcom report that their own customers have begun asking them what their contingency plans are, in case AMD buys a smaller wireless vendor. […]

AMD executives say they remain “supremely confident” in the strength of their own architecture, even though the launch of Intels Core 2 Duo or “Conroe” processor steals several pages from AMDs own book. AMD executives said this week that they will promote its “4×4” enthusiast platform to counter the Core 2 Duo (C2D), while maintaining […]

After months of teasing the market with preliminary performance estimates of Intels new Core 2 Duo or “Conroe” processor on Friday Intel finally delivered—another performance evaluation. Intel allowed reviewers to publish independent evaluations of the new desktop chip on Friday, and released pricing information. For now, Intels new processor both outperforms and undercuts rival AMD […]

Representatives for Intel plan to disclose that the company will ship its next-generation “Rosedale 2” WiMax chip within the next 6 to 9 months, a company spokesperson confirmed on June 26. In a keynote speech to be made June 28 at the Wireless Communications Expo forum in Washington, D.C., Scott Richardson, general manager of Intels […]

On June 20, Opera Software officially announced the release of Opera 9, the new browser that includes support for “widgets,” adds a security tool bar, and integrates support for the BitTorrent file-distribution system. The official release follows a preview version, where Opera tipped its plans to add widgets, small snippets of code that serve as […]

Intel is expected to disclose June 6 its launch plans surrounding its next-generation Core 2 microprocessors, as well as a new low-voltage Core Duo chip that will be featured in thin-and-light notebooks from Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Of longer-term importance, however, will be the introduction of the Intel P965, or “Broadwater,” chip set, which marks the […]

Advanced Micro Devices partners are expected to announce the first PCs based on the AMD Live! entertainment platform on May 31, the day that AMD will begin to make available a number of specialized, free applications to improve the multimedia experience on Live! PCs. Initially, Live! PCs will be not much more than existing computers […]