Update: AMD Dumps Handheld, DTV Businesses in Loss
Advanced Micro Devices said Thursday that it had discontinued its digital television and handheld businesses, prompting a one-time charge of nearly a billion dollars. Not surprisingly, AMD reported a hefty loss for the second quarter of 2008. Read this story
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Meyer Takes Over As AMD's CEO
Hector Ruiz has stepped down as chief executive officer of AMD, Ruiz said Thursday during a conference call. In his place steps Dirk Meyer, the company's chief operating officer and president, who said he will run the company with an eye toward efficiency. Read this story
Before, the iPhone Love. Now, the Complaints
Only days after snapping up the latest iPhone, users still glow over their purchase--but already are brainstorming ideas Steve Jobs could use for Apple's next iPhone. Read this story
Streaming Music Site Last.fm Gets Major Facelift
Streaming music site Last.fm on Thursday launched new features and underwent a massive facelift. Read this story
Cable Industry Vows to Block Child Porn Web Sites
Seventeen cable operators have joined Time Warner Cable in an agreement to block access to Web sites that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has identified as containing child pornography. Read this story
Who Wants to Play a Rock Star? You Do
Music-genre video games "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" are bona-fide smash hits, entering the rarefied air once reserved for only the elite first-person shooters, "Mario" games or sports titles. And success breeds imitation. Read this story
Lucid Aims at Vendor-Neutral Multi-GPU Setups
Everyone knows multi-GPU technology scaling peters out after the third GPU. Lucid's technology aims to change that. Read this story
Add Laptop Location Tracking Security, for Free
A new open source project allows computer users to add surreptitious location tracking to their systems. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available. Read this story
Sony DSC-T20 Camera Issue Causes Some to Fail
Sony Corp. has announced that it has discovered an issue affecting certain of its DSC-T20 digital cameras that can result in an inability to take pictures. Read this story
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