Energy-stingy ARM servers are gaining a toe-hold in hyperscale data centers, so a move by Microsoft to support them makes sense.…
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After flubbing mobile, Intel’s next big market play is telecommunications (again)
Intel's mobile ambitions aren't focused solely on the smartphone -- it wants Intel inside the gear running telco networks. The chip giant sees a $16 billion opportunity in the networking and communications gear business.…
Read MoreFreescale puts ARM cores to work running the internet of things
As product designers start building more networking gear for connected devices and appliances, Freescale believes they'll embrace the familiarity and power efficiency of the ARM architecture.…
Read MoreIntel talking to Apple about mobile chips, but Apple probably isn’t listening
The big buzz out of CES on Thursday is that Intel has been "talking" to Apple, among other manufacturers, about using its new line of Medfield chips in upcoming mobile devices. But the discussions are clearly very preliminary, and Apple has good reason to remain aloof.…
Read MoreDon’t be left behind: 5 Mac apps that won’t make the Lion cut
Apple is dropping Rosetta from OS X Lion, which means PowerPC-only apps won't work on Macs running the operating system. It might surprise you how many still-useful and used apps that will leave out in the cold. Here's a few, and some replacement suggestions.…
Read MoreBrowser Choice Thins For Power PC Mac Users
It's looking like Firefox version 3.6 may well be the end of the road for Power PC holdout fans of Mozilla.org's flagship web browser. In a posting on Tuesday, Mozilla affirmed: "the likely outcome is that we will not be supporting PPC [PowerPC] for Firefox 4."…
Read MoreBringing a PowerMac G4 Back to Life
Under my desk is a PowerMac G4 with a whopping 512MB of RAM. When I acquired the old boy, it was running Tiger, had been used and abused and desktop support had put it out to pasture. But I knew all it needed was some TLC.…
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time, Long Before the iPad, Steve Jobs Rode a BMW Motorcycle
Two years before the Macintosh was unveiled, Apple’s (s aapl) then-and-future CEO was photographed by Charles O’Rear for a National Geographic Magazine…
Read MorePsst: Want a Fast, Up-to-Date Browser for Your Old PowerPC Mac?
Still running a PowerPC Mac (s aapl) and hurting for some serious browser speed, up-to-date security and web standards compatibility? Being open-source…
Read MoreApple Officially Puts PowerPC Behind Them With Snow Leopard
One detail that escaped mention during the keynote presentation at Apple’s WWDC earlier this week likely does not sit well with users…
Read MoreIntel Inside Becomes Intel Everywhere
Intel’s (s INTC) low-power Atom processor for mobile devices didn’t just get its name because it’s small, but because Intel wanted it…
Read MoreIs PowerPC Doomed? Nahhhh
apple.com, 9 May 1998 [via] Noted blogger and podcaster Daniel Eran Dilger writes today at Roughly Drafted on Leopard and the History…
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