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Archive for October 31st, 2008
J. TECH - Oct - 31st
J. TECH - Oct - 31st
By Prince McLean October 31, 2008
Apple recently recruited a top chip designer from IBM, resulting in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the executive from taking his knowledge as “IBM’s top expert in Power architecture and technology” to the Mac maker. Mark Papermaster, who served as IBM’s vice president of microprocessor technology development, is set to join Apple within the next couple weeks to begin working closely with chief executive Steve Jobs. According to a report by Tom Krazit of CNet News, IBM’s complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York indicates that IBM believes this is “an attempt to expand Apple’s presence in the markets for servers and chips for handheld devices.” IBM has issued a statement saying “Mr. Papermaster’s employment by Apple is a violation of his agreement with IBM against working for a competitor should he leave IBM. We will vigorously pursue this case in court.”
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J. TECH - Oct - 31st
Nightmare on Chip Street
By Sylvie Barak: Friday, 31 October 2008
INTEL HAS ADMITTED IT fears the credit crisis bogey man which lurks under its bed, trembling that the beast could suck up all the demand for chips and leave its key suppliers bankrupt, resulting in scarily serious product delays. In its latest 10-Q filing, Chipzilla made no effort to disguise its fears and worst nightmares that the “current uncertainty in global economic conditions poses a risk to the overall economy as consumers and businesses may defer purchases in response to tighter credit and negative financial news, which could negatively affect product demand and other related matters”. Chilling stuff.
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J. TECH - Oct - 31st
By Jessica Mintz Oct 31, 2008
Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday. The voluntary recall applies to certain Sony 2.15Ah lithium-ion cell batteries made in Japan and sold around the world in laptops made by Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Toshiba Corp. Some incidents involved smoke or flames, according to Sony. Twenty-one of the reports claimed minor property damage, and small burns were reported in four cases. Sony blamed two factors for the defects: adjustments on its manufacturing line from October 2004 to June 2005, which may have affected the quality of cells in certain production lots; and a possible flaw in the metal foil for electrodes.
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