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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 11:25pm CEST
Up to now, when photonics have been used in silicon-based alternatives to electrical semiconductors, loose electrons altering the refractive index of the silicon have prevented high speeds. Now Intel engineers claim they've found a way around the problem, perhaps eliminating a principal obstacle to the development of optical interconnects at hundreds of gigabits per second and beyond.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 11:04pm CEST
Apple posted another strong quarter of revenues, with record profits that nearly doubled over the year ago quarter, as well as setting a new record for quarterly Mac shipments. 270,000 iPhones were also sold during the device's first two days on the market.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 10:21pm CEST
Microsoft's in-game advertising subsidiary Massive said Wednesday that it had penned a deal with Electronic Arts to place its ads in several popular games.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 9:29pm CEST
Following a deal last August in which Microsoft agreed to handle all ad sales for popular social networking site Facebook, the Redmond company has signed a similar agreement with social news site Digg. Microsoft is working hard to establish itself in the ad industry, but faces stiff competition from Google.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 9:13pm CEST
Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft now counts a subscriber base of over 9 million, more than the population of New York City, the company announced Tuesday. The virtual world has become so popular that it has remained a top-seller since its debut in November 2004.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 8:52pm CEST
The British government Tuesday refused to endorse an effort to change the copyrights on sound recordings to last at least 70 years, a move that has critics claiming the UK isn't supporting their artists. Currently, individuals can receive royalties for 50 years after the date a song was released.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 8:19pm CEST
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending a Pennsylvania mother whose YouTube video of her daughter dancing in her kitchen to a Prince song during the last Super Bowl halftime show, was yanked in response to a fair use complaint. Ms. Stephanie Lenz is suing Universal Music Group, with EFF's assistance, demanding reparations.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 7:28pm CEST
The problem of sex offenders on MySpace now appears to be much larger than the company initially suggested. The social networking site said earlier this week that it had deleted 29,000 sex offender profiles.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 6:21pm CEST
Nintendo continued to impress investors, posting another solid quarter thanks to strong Wii sales. Its strength was apparent in recent surveys that show during the month of June, the Wii outsold the PS3 by 4 to 1 and the Xbox by 2 to 1 in the US market.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 6:09pm CEST
UPDATED - Earlier this week, the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) confirmed what BetaNews reported a week ago: A two-thirds majority has yet to be reached among the committee's V1 technical review board, with regard to whether Microsoft's Office Open XML suite of formats should be recommended for approval to its Executive Board.
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Publié: juillet 25, 2007, 5:30pm CEST
The fate of XM CEO and co-founder Hugh Panero was finally revealed late Tuesday as the satellite radio company said he would be leaving the company in August. No reasons were given for his departure.