Our latest PC build project paired Intel's top-of-the-line Core 2 Extreme processor with an Asus motherboard, fast GeForce 8800 graphics, and DDR3 memory in a dual-boot configuration with both Vista and Windows XP.
Solar cell maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. and polysilicon producer Nitol Solar Ltd. said they had agreed to substantially increase the volume of shipments under a 7-year polysilicon supply deal.
NextWave Wireless Inc. demonstrated its MXtv service at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas. MXtv is a television broadcast capability that can be added to conventional cellular-type WiMax networks.
Lam Research Corp. has determined that the actual measurement dates for financial accounting purposes of certain stock option grants differed from the recorded grant dates of select awards.
Market research firm iSuppli Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.) has acquired Wicht Technologie Consulting (Munich, Germany), a provider of market intelligence on photovoltaics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), sensors and nanotechnology.
In early-stage research, a US team demonstrates electroluminescence from a novel II-VI-on-InP system, suggesting that a new type of laser based on the unusual combination of materials might be possible.
Lockheed Martin Corp. beat out Boeing Co. to win a $766 million contract to develop a next-generation radio system for aircraft, ships and ground stations, the Pentagon said.
