Mark Hachman

Dell Computer appears to be playing both sides in the mobile wireless arena, supporting both Intels Centrino as well as new wireless options. Dells new D-Series Latitude notebooks have been advertised as “Centrino” devices, meaning that they use Intels PRO Wireless component. Intels marketing program will foot part of the advertising bill for OEMs who […]

Aura Semiconductor is heading for a collision with Bluetooth, and its chief executive knows it. Aura, a startup with offices in Wilmington, Mass., and Hong Kong, manufactures devices based on magnetic-resonance technology, a short-range, high-speed communications technique. Aura is trying to promote its technology as a competitor to Bluetooth, but it wont be easy. Auras […]

Intuit has announced results of its own tests which show the companys TurboTax software and the accompanying SafeCast copy-protection software from Macrovision do not negatively affect a users PC. Intuit-funded tests conducted by PCTest Corp., generally confirmed testing performed by ExtremeTech, with a notable exception. Intuits results found that the SafeCast software used within the […]

Officials at Intuit said Monday that theyre working with Macrovision to develop a new, less invasive version of its SafeCast software for the next revision of TurboTax. ExtremeTech tests have shown that the Macrovision SafeCast software writes to protected sectors of the hard drive used when a PC boots, and can also remain on a […]

SAN JOSE–PCI Express will make its formal debut next year, together with yet another new I/O card format for the PC, “NewCard”. The new standard will serve to bridge the gap between notebooks and desktops, redesigning the aging PC Card in the process, a group of Intel executives told attendees at the Intel Developer Forum […]

On Wednesday, Intel will formally unveil details of its desktop Springdale chipset, as well as the mobile Banias platforms that will officially launch next month. Intel senior executives also declined to comment on the LaGrande security technology that Intel president Paul Otellini discussed a year ago. Lower-level officials hastily filled in some details to avert […]

Rambus formally launched its chip-to-chip interconnect, code-named “Redwood”, and has positioned it as the physical interface over which next-generation buses will be run. Rambus provided an overview of the technology last month, when the company disclosed that Sony would be using the technology in next-generation entertainment products, without specifically naming the PlayStation. However, Rambus executives […]

Moores Law, an axiom that has taken on the force of law in the semiconductor industry, must continue to overcome technical hurdles to survive, its creator said Monday. But Gordon Moore, the chairman emeritus of Intel, said he believes it can last another ten years, the same period of time Moore encapsulated his original thesis, […]

Yamaha Electronics Corp. has bowed before the decline in the CD writer market and will exit the business, company executives confirmed Monday. Citing uncharacteristically rapid price erosions, continuing market difficulties, and the highly volatile competitive environment, Yamaha Electronics Corporation stated that the company is discontinuing its sales and marketing of computer-based CD-RW recorders, effective immediately. […]

ArcSoft officials said they “would look into” choosing another DRM technology after viewing ExtremeTech reader threads decrying the Macrovision SafeCast/C-Dilla software. ExtremeTech reader and forum member “trukablegod” noticed that a free trial demo version of ArcSofts PhotoStudio photo editing application installed the Macrovision SafeCast/C-Dilla software. The software allegedly slowed down “trukablegod”s PC, but also remained […]