When you think about Silicon Valley you think about modern tech giants like Google, Yahoo and others, but did you know that this high-tech center of the Universe owes its existence to secret government cooperation dating back four decades?
The rapid growth curve for computer shipments in last year's third quarter extended into the year's final months, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a new battery for hybrid electric vehicles that promises a 50% increase in power, a 70% decrease in cost and a 300% improvement in life expectancy.
Wireless phone company Sprint Nextel said Friday it plans to slash 4,000 jobs and close 125 retail locations in a move to gird itself for an expected slowdown in subscriber growth and revenue.
Intel plans to aggressively expand its shipments of notebook CPUs aiming to almost double its total of 2007 within the next few years, according to sources close to the company.
The GPS modernization project and the arrival of additional Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GLONASS, Galileo, and Beidou/Compass will increase the availability, reliability, and precision of satellite positioning and stimulate the location ecosystem, expanding the market to more than 900 million units by 2013, according to ABI Research.
