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Apple updated their iMac range of desktop Macs. The new iMacs feature faster Intel core2duo processors.
The new iMacs also feature 1066 MHz front-side bus and up to 4GB of 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory.
Apple is also providing an option to get an optional NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS with 512MB of video memory on the 24 [...]

Supercomputer maker Cray Inc has announced that they are now breaking their exclusive agreement with AMD to build products powered by Intel products.
This deal is a breakthrough for Intel as Cray has been using just AMD processors since the last six years.
Intel said that this deal would further boost their server processor division.

Social networking service MySpace launched a new feature named MySpace Karaoke.
Users would be able to upload audio recordings of them singing popular songs on the service to their accounts.

AMD has said that they are all set to launch their Puma laptop platform during the Computex trade show in June.  The company added that around 100 laptop designs are being prepared for this new laptop platform.
AMD Puma platform would be powered by their Turion X2 Ultra processor. It would also include integrated graphics and [...]

Motorola posts losses of $194 million.  Their net sales were also down to $7.45 billion from $9.43 billion.
Motorola sold just around 27.4 million phones in the quarter compared to sales of 45.4 million in the previous year’s quarter.

Toshiba has come out with their latest revenue report and the company has posted a huge drop in the net profits.
This is mostly due to the losses they had to suffer after they announced exit from the HD DVD business.
Toshiba’s net profit in the quarter was 1.25 billion yen. This was a drop from profits [...]

Apple has introduced its new breed of iMac, decked-out with Intel Core 2 Duo processors running at up to 3.06GHz that are equipped with 6MB L2 cache and offer a significant speed hike in the front side bus, which reaches 1,066MHz across the range.
The new models have faster CPUs across the board and now peak [...]

Yahoo has let the deadline set by Microsoft pass. Microsoft has given the internet media giant three weeks to accept its acquisition offer worth initially around $44.6 billion.
Microsoft had threatened to go hostile with their bid if their offer was not accepted. It is now clear though on how they would go ahead with their [...]

Samsung Electronics Philippines unveiled a comprehensive range of 34 multi-platform and high-definition products at the Samsung AV Roadshow 2008 designed to satisfy every customer lifestyle.
Samsung featured their latest High-Definition (HD) Televisions, Home Entertainment Systems and Digital Imaging products.
“Samsung is playing a very important role in the digital convergence age because we have the best quality [...]

THE FOUNDATION for Information Technology Education and Development (FIT-ED), a private, non-profit organization marks its 10th anniversary this year.
In fulfilling its mission of helping people and communities harness information and communication technologies (ICTs) for learning, it has served 684,200 students, 6,220 teachers, 2,720 schools and teacher education institutions, and 2,275 education policymakers and administrators by [...]