Neubiberg, Germany – March 10, 2008 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE: IFX) entered into a definitive agreement, under which LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) will acquire Infineon’s hard disk drive (HDD) business.
Under the terms of the agreement, LSI will purchase the Infineon HDD business, which designs, manufactures and markets semiconductors for HDD devices. Infineon will transfer its complete HDD activities, including customer relations as well as know-how and will grant an IP license. Also included in the transaction is a design service agreement. The transaction does not comprise significant assets and …

Maybank today officially opened its AEON Bukit Tinggi branch, the first branch at AEON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre and simultaneously launched the country’s first instant redemption facility Treatspoints for Jusco shopping vouchers at the branch. The Treatspoints redemption will be available from March 15, 2008.
AEON Bukit Tinggi, Malaysia’s largest AEON Shopping Centre, also houses the largest Jusco store in South East Asia.
Maybank AEON Bukit Tinggi branch is Maybank’s fifth branch located in a shopping complex offering a complete range of services and facilities to cater to customers of the …

Highly-confidential correspondence confirms that the Penang state government had asked the federal government to offer a RM1 billion project to Motorola in a desperate attempt to stop the American telecommunications giant from pulling out of the state.
If this wasn’t done, the Gerakan-led state government warned Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi that its “catastrophic impact” would be “politically very detrimental” especially in the run-up to the general elections on March 8.
pak lah and koh tsu koon and motorola factoryThe three-page letter, signed by outgoing Penang chief minister Dr Koh Tsu Koon, …

High-End Computing Terascale Resource–can handle 63 trillion calculations per second, which is the equivalent processing power of 12,000 desktop systems and four times faster than its predecessor. The amt. of calculations the system can handle is equivalent to every person on earth simultaneously carrying out 10,000 calculations per second.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the System z10 mainframe to help clients create a new enterprise data center. The system z10 is designed from the ground up to help dramatically increase data center efficiency by significantly improving performance and reducing power, cooling costs, and floor space requirements. It offers unmatched levels of security and automates the management and tracking of IT resources to respond to ever-changing business conditions.
In addition to the z10, IBM also announced it has invested $300 million in architects, technical skills, as well as design and …

- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- Intel® P35/ICH9R
- Dual-channel Native DDR2 1066 Support
- Crosslinx Technology
- Fusion Block System
- Extreme Tweaker
- SupremeFX II 8-CH Audio
- LCD Poster
- Voltiminder LED
The Ultimate Gaming / Overclocking Platform
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“If Apple’s patents are granted, the company could absolutely stop others from using similar technology,”… “They’d also be in an especially good position to stop others from including certain features. Apple could stop [their use] not only on mobile devices but also desktops.”
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Refurbished or reconditioned laptops are forms of computer hardware packed in good condition, with good performance, advantages and portability with cheap and affordable pricing. Not to mention, warranty and technical support service is given by the vendors especially if the units are branded.
Vendors usually perform thorough tests and repairs on refurbished laptops before offered. Before released from the factory or quality control, each laptop should be cleaned and bundled with warranty. This is how a refurbished laptop is being prepared for its future buyers/users. Buying brand new and high-end laptops …

Free and Open Source VirtualBox Desktop Virtualization Available for All Major Operating Systems
SANTA CLARA, CA February 12, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire innotek, the provider of the leading edge, open source virtualization software called VirtualBox. By enabling developers to more efficiently build, test and run applications on multiple platforms, VirtualBox will extend the Sun xVM platform onto the desktop and strengthen Sun’s leadership in the virtualization market. This software is available for all major …

High availability is a system design protocol and associated implementation that ensures a certain absolute degree of operational continuity during a given measurement period.
Availability refers to the ability of the user community to access the system, whether to submit new work, update or alter existing work, or collect the results of previous work. If a user cannot access the system, it is said to be unavailable. Generally, the term downtime is used to refer to periods when a system is unavailable.
Planned and unplanned downtime
A distinction needs to be made between …