By David Jenkins 11/28/08
AMD senior vice president and general manager Rick Bergman has described the PC games market as “still healthy”, in a new wide-ranging interview with the ATI graphics firm acquirer on technology website Venturebeat. Asked whether he still felt there was a strong appetite for high-end graphics technology, Bergman answered: “If you look at the sales, it’s still healthy. The third quarter was down a little from last year. But the market keeps getting bigger and bigger.” On the subject of whether PC gaming in particular was also still healthy he commented: “There is a very compelling story on why PC gaming is so healthy now. When you consider shipments of high-end gaming rigs and strong sales of online games such as World of WarCraft, you can see how strong it is.” “Sales at the high end continue to astound me. We address that by putting two of our sweet spot chips into one board. The gaming platforms tend to be the first place where games appear, but we are in about 80 percent of the gaming consoles sold, since we’re in the Microsoft and Nintendo consoles”, added Bergman.
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Friday, November 28, 2008
iPhone OS 2.2 Problems Run Rampant
By Iphone Atlas November 26, 2008
Users, in droves, continue to report a bevy of issues after the update to iPhone OS 2.2. Among the most serious and widespread problems: disappearing applications (both Apple’s and third-party), loss of WiFi connectivity, loss of 3G or EDGE signal strength and an inability to sync with iTunes. Downgrading to iPhone OS 2.1 If you are experiencing intolerable issues after the update to iPhone OS 2.2 and would like to attempt a downgrade to iPhone OS 2.1, you can try the following procedure. Note, however, that they procedure may not work, and you may be forced to restore your iPhone with OS 2.2, potentially losing data in the process.
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Users, in droves, continue to report a bevy of issues after the update to iPhone OS 2.2. Among the most serious and widespread problems: disappearing applications (both Apple’s and third-party), loss of WiFi connectivity, loss of 3G or EDGE signal strength and an inability to sync with iTunes. Downgrading to iPhone OS 2.1 If you are experiencing intolerable issues after the update to iPhone OS 2.2 and would like to attempt a downgrade to iPhone OS 2.1, you can try the following procedure. Note, however, that they procedure may not work, and you may be forced to restore your iPhone with OS 2.2, potentially losing data in the process.
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Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright'
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Nov 26, 2008 repost here Nov.28
Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising. National Advertising Division Council of Better Business Bureaus made the recommendation Tuesday after it examined the ads because of a challenge by Verizon competitor Cablevision Systems Corp. Claims in question included statements about the service's speed, picture quality, and color, and the testimony that FiOS is "so much more bright." The brightness of a TV picture depends on the settings of the TV, not on the signal. Verizon has already stopped using some of the claims in question, including one that quoted technology Web site CNet. While the site did use the phrase "a near flawless TV experience" in a story about FiOS, it was in a news article, not a review, and pointed out that it was important for Verizon to provide such an experience.
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Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising. National Advertising Division Council of Better Business Bureaus made the recommendation Tuesday after it examined the ads because of a challenge by Verizon competitor Cablevision Systems Corp. Claims in question included statements about the service's speed, picture quality, and color, and the testimony that FiOS is "so much more bright." The brightness of a TV picture depends on the settings of the TV, not on the signal. Verizon has already stopped using some of the claims in question, including one that quoted technology Web site CNet. While the site did use the phrase "a near flawless TV experience" in a story about FiOS, it was in a news article, not a review, and pointed out that it was important for Verizon to provide such an experience.
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AMD Will Ignore Netbook Market, Intel in Doubts
by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Nov 2008
Netbooks are still all the rage these days, but according to Intel, this is going to change soon. The company has stated that they first thought that netbooks, who are almost exclusively powered by Intel chips, would be for emerging markets, but as it turns out, they are especially popular in Europe and North America. Intel claims that while these devices are "fine for an hour", they are not something for day to day use. And AMD? They are ignoring the market altogether. Intel's vice president in the sales and marketing group, Stu Penn, was quite clear. "We originally thought Netbooks would be for emerging markets and younger kids, and there is some of that. It turns out the bulk of the Netbooks sold today are Western Europe, North America, and for people who just want to grab and go with a notebook. We view the Netbook as mostly incremental to our total available market," Pen explained, "If you've ever used a Netbook and used a 10-inch screen size-it's fine for an hour. It's not something you're going to use day in and day out."
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Netbooks are still all the rage these days, but according to Intel, this is going to change soon. The company has stated that they first thought that netbooks, who are almost exclusively powered by Intel chips, would be for emerging markets, but as it turns out, they are especially popular in Europe and North America. Intel claims that while these devices are "fine for an hour", they are not something for day to day use. And AMD? They are ignoring the market altogether. Intel's vice president in the sales and marketing group, Stu Penn, was quite clear. "We originally thought Netbooks would be for emerging markets and younger kids, and there is some of that. It turns out the bulk of the Netbooks sold today are Western Europe, North America, and for people who just want to grab and go with a notebook. We view the Netbook as mostly incremental to our total available market," Pen explained, "If you've ever used a Netbook and used a 10-inch screen size-it's fine for an hour. It's not something you're going to use day in and day out."
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