Advanced Micro Devices Inc. started 2005 well and is on the road to achieving its goal of a 20 percent slice of the server market this year, a senior executive said Wednesday.

The launch of the consumer version of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system, could be pushed back past the stated January launch date, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said Wednesday.

Júniusban kerülnek forgalomba a Samsung új, nem hagyományos merevlemezzel szerelt noteszgépei. Az ultramobil PC-kben (UMPC), NAND flashmemória modulokból épített 32 GB tárolókapacitású, a merevlemez helyére illesztett SSD meghajtók (solid state diask) lesznek.

Worldwide server revenue remained flat at US$12 billion in the first three months of the year, bucking several consecutive quarters of year-on-year growth, research firm Gartner Inc. said Tuesday.

Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on PCs worldwide in 2005 was pirated, the same percentage as in 2004, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday simultaneously released beta versions of its three major upcoming software releases -- Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Windows Server, code-named Longhorn.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will next month launch two portable computers that use flash memory in place of a hard-disk drive for data storage, the company said Tuesday.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Tuesday launched its new AM2 CPU socket, bringing support for fast DDR2 memory to the company's desktop processors. As expected, PC World's tests showed negligible performance gains from the new socket, but the change positions AMD for more notable performance gains with future products.

In a surprise move, Dell Inc. on Thursday announced it will use Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in its high-end, multiprocessor servers by the end of the year.

Symantec on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging that the software giant violated a contract over the use of intellectual property and used the technology to develop a competing product.

SAP AG officially released on Wednesday its business intelligence (BI) accelerator which it co-developed with Intel Corp. The two companies first announced they were working on the analytical engine a year ago.

Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates will detail on Wednesday how the company is adding search capabilities in its enterprise software, emphasizing how employees waste time trying to find information.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday will release a beta version of Windows Media Player 11, a more stylish version of its media software that mimics the sleekness of its main competitor, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) aims to grab notebook PC business from Intel Corp., launching a new line of Turion mobile processors Wednesday.

Sony Corp. will begin selling its first personal computers with Blu-ray Disc drives in Japan in June, the company said Tuesday. Both laptop and desktop computers will be available.

A U.S. Department of Defense agency and Microsoft Corp. will collaborate to improve Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping program for military and non-military purposes, the Redmond, Washington, company announced Thursday.

High-definition video fans can prepare themselves for another new format: AVCHD. The format, developed by Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic), is aimed at high-definition camcorders and makes it possible to store HD content on currently available 8-centimeter DVDs, the companies said Thursday.

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday unveiled five business notebooks and initiatives to help corporate users stay connected everywhere they go.

Microsoft Corp. has released a beta of Windows Live Messenger, the next version of its MSN Messenger instant messaging service, it announced Tuesday.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is delaying the launch of its first titles on the new Blu-ray Disc high-definition video format for a month, it said Thursday.