Nvidia to make all your PC games 3D (if you so choose)

Thanks to a new software driver Nvidia is cooking up, any PC game can be played in 3D, with no extra work on the part of game developers.
Beginning this summer, any PC with an Nvidia graphics processor will have the ability to run a game in normal mode, or in 3D, with the aid of [...]

AMD quad-core chip hits compatibility snag

Update: Circuit board makers using Advanced Micro Devices’ high-end quad-core Phenom chips claim that there are compatibility issues with select boards. This comes as the chipmaker struggles to churn out processors that are competitive with Intel’s offerings.
This issue was reported Monday at the Web site HKEPC.
AMD confirmed Monday that some motherboard suppliers are mismatching high-end [...]

Linux Up to Speed on Mobile Devices

Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated.
The growing momentum behind the LiMo Foundation initiative, as well as the marketing boost that has been realized from the entry [...]

Apple powers up iMac with Penryn processor

Faster CPU on tap, and better graphics for some
Apple Inc. refreshed its iMac desktop line today by bumping up CPU speeds across the board and adding faster graphics to the top-end 24-in. model.
The graphics boost is aimed at gamers and at consumers and professional users who want faster image processing, said Apple. “We want to [...]

Dell, HP launch AMD business desktops

The Phenom processor is ready for business. On Monday, Dell and Hewlett-Packard refreshed their business desktop lineups with triple- and quad-core processors from Advanced Micro Devices, which is launching a small and medium-size business initiative.
Called “Business Class,” the initiative pairs the new 780v chipset with triple-core Phenom X3, quad-core Phenom X4, or dual-core Athlon X2 [...]

AMD goes after the enterprise with new business push

Extends warranties and availability of processors to get a leg up among IT execs
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is looking to forge ahead into the enterprise market by creating a commercial road map and realigning desktop platforms into an enterprise offering.
The company on Monday announced its new AMD Business Class program to get manufacturers to develop [...]

Developers Press Google on Its App Engine

Google officials fielded questions from developers Thursday at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco who pressed the company about its Google App Engine, asking about everything from its language support, privacy assurances, pricing and backward compatibility.
To much fanfare, Google released a preview version of its App Engine earlier this month that it said [...]

Skype tests new application for mobile phones

EBay-owned Skype has released into open beta testing a client for mobile phones that supports phone calls, chat and other features of the popular voice-over-IP application.
“This product is a part of our goal to be on as many platforms as possible,” said Wilhelm Lundborg, product manager, Skype for Business.
About 50 handsets from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung [...]

Apple, VMware update Mac software for XP SP3

Revs of Boot Camp and Fusion to account for Microsoft’s newest old OS
Apple released Boot Camp 2.1.1, the program included with its Leopard operating system that allows Intel-based Macs to run Windows in a separate disk partition. The company posted three downloads — one each for Windows XP, Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows Vista 64-bit [...]

Google shows coders new home page abilities

Google on Monday invited programmers into a new sandbox that will let them test out significantly expanded possibilities for Web gadgets, small applications that can be hosted on the company’s iGoogle personalized home page.
The sandbox, available at Google’s iGoogle developer page, lets developers get started with a number of new features that eventually will make [...]