Gateway to Put Quad-core Desktop, Media Drive in Stores
Gateway will be one of the first PC makers to put quad-core desktops on retail shelves. The company announced April 30 deals with Best Buy, Circuit City Stores and CompUSA to sell its FX series at stores nationwide.
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3.5.2007 Optical storage: RIP
TDK recently demo’d an impressive technical achievement: a 10 layer 320 GB optical disk - using standard Blu-ray (BD) drive technology.
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12.10.2009 How to choose Enterprise Based Storage?
Each company produce today a large amount of data that need to be available 24/7, and in case of disaster should be restore in a short time.
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2.4.2006 Microsoft Acquires WinTarget Storage Technology!
My favourit iSCSI target software tool for Windows is Wintarget, now MS acquired it. So we can expect iSCSI target support in Windows 2003 Storage Server R2!
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5.3.2006 MSN Hotmail hits 1GB storage limit
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday announced a global storage upgrade for MSN Hotmail accounts by increasing the storage limit from 250 MB to 1 GB. Also extended was the expiration period for inactive accounts from 30 days to 60 days for accounts that are more than two years old.
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17.11.2006 Google vows to increase Gmail storage limit
People using Google Inc.'s Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it.
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13.10.2007 Server Clusters : Storage Area Networks - For W2000 and WS 2003
Brief Description
Describes storage area network components, cluster management, deploying server clusters in a SAN environment, and cluster service features in Windows Server 2003.
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24.1.2006 Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center has been a part of my life several years. I've watched functionality improve in each new version, and I'm already using beta versions of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista Ultimate as part of my daily routine.
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7.6.2006 Media Streaming with Windows 7
We’ve blogged about a number of features related to home networking and media in Windows 7. A scenario which brings all these together in a pretty cool way is Media Streaming.
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12.5.2009 Google Video Integrates Media
Search engine's videos now play within a browser; no additional software needed. Google has improved its Google Video service by eliminating the need for users to download software to play back videos, the Mountain View, California-based company has announced.
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Microsoft Updates Media Center
Microsoft has announced the availability of a new software update for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that will provide new entertainment experiences for Media Center Edition customers around the world.
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, will enable customers to stream digital music, videos, photos, and standard and high-definition television and movies from Media Center PCs, to any television in their home via the Xbox 360 gaming system.
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First Looks at Windows Vista Media Center
Microsoft's Media Center Edition of Windows XP has had a hard time. Though it's hard to call it a poor seller, MCE certainly has a market penetration that represents only a tiny fraction of the many millions of computers running Windows XP. And why should it? Most users don't have nice hi-def TVs hooked up to their PCs, or TV tuners, or really any need to enjoy their music, video, and TV stored on their PC via a 10-foot user interface. It doesn't help that the first edition of Media Center wasn't very good, either. Then again, Microsoft bounced back with its second effort, Media Center Edition 2005, one of the most improved software products ever.
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1.12.2005 Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition
Enjoy stunning screen savers and themes, play exciting games, and do more with photos, music, and home movies. Plus! SuperPack combines Plus! for Windows XP and Plus! Digital Media Edition into a single SuperPack!
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17.1.2006 XP and Vista to get new media player
Microsoft plans to jazz up its music player in Windows Vista, the company's next operating system. But at least some of the new features will debut much sooner.
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18.4.2006 Microsoft Expression Media Reader
Expression Media Reader is a free application that enables you to share Expression Media catalogs with anyone on the Macintosh or Windows platform who may not own Expression Media.
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16.7.2007 Windows Vista Media Player Screenshots
Here is a sneak peek at what the new Media Player with the glass effect is going to look like in Windows Vista.
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Still 'no demand' for media-player-free Windows
A major U.K. retail store and three of the largest PC vendors worldwide still have no plans to sell the version of Microsoft Windows that does not contain its media player, five months after the version was released.
Microsoft started offering Windows XP N, a version of Windows without a bundled media player, in June of this year to comply with last year's antitrust ruling by the European Commission.
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19.11.2005 Attackers switching to applications, media players
Online criminals shifted their attacks in 2005 from operating systems such as Windows to media players and software programs, according to a study released Tuesday.
Among the software programs under attack are antivirus software, according to the SANS Institute, a nonprofit research group based in Bethesda, Md.
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22.11.2005 Gates Announces New Portable Media Centers
Possibly reinvigorated by the success of the video-enabled iPod, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates once again placed his support behind the fledgling Portable Media Center platform at CES 2006 Wednesday evening.
Gates announced three new partners and demoed the recently launched Vongo movie download service from Starz.
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5.1.2006 No Media Player 10 for Apple users
Microsoft will not be developing a version of Media Player 10 for the Mac
Microsoft has confirmed that it will not be developing a version of its Media Player 10 for Apple users.
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20.1.2006 Microsoft looking for beta testers with Media Center
Yesterday I received the following email in my in-box.
Interesting that they are offering/needing hardware testers and the testers can keep the hardware after the beta is complete.
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22.1.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Interview
I just put online my first interview here at The Insider. I ask a few questions I've seen asked here in the community in regards to Windows Meda Player 11 to Geoff Harris who is the Product Unit Manager for WMP 11.
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6.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Released
As promised and revealed by Neowin, Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.
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30.10.2006 Windows Media Player Sidebar Gadget
This sidebar gadget has all the capabilities of WMP as embedded in a web page including the ability to play playlists, moves, audio, etc (.wpl, .wmv, as.
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12.2.2007 Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
Have you been itching to enjoy your media content on Firefox? The Windows Media Player team put a lot of work into evolving media playback on Windows Vista through the new Media Foundation pipeline, and has also been actively monitoring feedback on WMP and playback in general.
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17.4.2007 Cumulative Update for Media Center for Vista Available
This update addresses issues with Media Center for Microsoft Vista. For complete listing of issues included in this cumulative update, see KB941229. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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2.10.2007 Troubleshoot the Xbox 360 Media Remote
Tired of getting home to your non working Xbox 360 remote? Everyone can agree it can be a drag getting up every time you want to turn the volume up, or switch to a different viewing mode, not to mention skipping through the chapters if you're looking for something in particular.
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7.1.2008 Media Pack for Windows XP N SP3
Having taken Windows XP to Service Pack 3 in the first half of this year, Microsoft is continuing the evolution of the operating system.
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28.11.2008 Windows 7: Internet access to home media
By linking your Live ID to your user account in Windows 7 (from build 7048), you can now stream your home media to your another PC/laptop connected to a work or public network.
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12.3.2009 Windows Vista Media Center Now with Netflix
The latest step in the evolution of Windows Media Center in Windows Vista is synonymous with the integration of the Netflix service directly into the default component of Windows.
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20.5.2009DigitalLife 2007: Gateway One Unveiled Today
Gateway announced at DigitalLife today its first all-in-one desktop computer, The Gateway One. It could reflect the brand's developing approach
toward clutter-free desktop designs very much like Apple's iMac...
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27.09.2007Gateway recalls notebook batteries
Gateway is
recalling 14,000 lithium-ion notebook
batteries, the company said
Tuesday.
The
announcement comes after four
reports of Gateway notebooks
overheating over the last few
years. One of the incidents
caused "minor property
damage," according to
Gateway. The batteries in
question are used in two
models of its notebooks, the
400VTX and 450ROG, sold in the
U.S. between May and August
2003.
"The root
cause of this battery failure
became apparent as the
batteries aged and performed
repetitive recharging cycles.
After an in-depth analysis of
the four reported incidents,
Gateway took proactive
measures to launch a voluntary
battery exchange program in
the interest of customer
safety," said company
spokeswoman Lisa Emard. ..
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20.06.2007HP, Gateway Settle Patent
Fight
HP said late Wednesday that it
had settled a nearly two
year-old fight with Gateway
and its subsidiary eMachines
over patent infringement.
Under the terms of the deal,
Gateway would pay $25 million
to HP, followed by an
additional $22 million to be
paid no later than one year
after the final agreement is
signed...
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02.03.2006Acer + Gateway + Packard Bell to Create Global PC Powerhouse
BREAKING NEWS - Global #3 PC manufacturer Acer has reached an agreement to acquire Gateway, America's #3 manufacturer, for $710 million. And
in a possibly contingent move, Gateway will use some of that immediate cash infusion to exercise its right to preclude Lenovo from acquiring Packard
Bell from California investor Lap Shun Hui, who purchased it from NEC just last year...
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27.08.2007Gateway Embraces AMD`s Phenom
Gateway is giving AMD's Phenom processor a big hug. The PC vendor, which is now part of Acer, announced Jan. 30 that it would offer Advanced Micro
Devices' new quad-core processors in a pair of high-end desktops for gamers and PC enthusiasts—the GM5664 and the GT5662.
Gateway
is now the second significant PC vendor to embrace AMD's quad-core Phenom, which has been designed primarily for high-end desktops and gaming PCs.
Earlier in January, Hewlett-Packard announced that it would include Phenom processors in its Pavilion Media Center m8330f desktop.
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01.02.2008Maxell focuses on holographic
storage
Information storage
media company Maxell has said
it will launch its first
holographic storage products
in September 2006. The first
removable drive will have a
capacity of 300GB and a
throughput of
160mbps.
H
olographic storage works by
storing information using
light-sensitive crystals.
Because it uses the whole
volume of the drive--whose
prototype looks somewhat like
a floppy disk--not just the
surface, it's possible to
store much more information
than is possible on a DVD.
With a single
holographic removable drive,
or disk, able to store 1.6
million high-resolution color
photos or more than 240 hours
of TV broadcast, holographic
storage is starting to draw
the attention of many in the
IT
industry.
"Hologra
phic media makes it possible
for millions of pages of
information and
high-definition images to be
held on one small, relatively
inexpensive disk," said
Steven Pofcher, senior
marketing manager at Maxell. ..
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29.11.2005Gateway Rejects Retail Buyout
Offer
Gateway said Friday it had
rejected a bid by the founder
of the eMachines brand to
purchase the retail portion of
its business in a $450 million
transaction, saying it
"was not in the best
interest of shareholders."..
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02.09.2006Gateway strikes at iMac with new all-in-one PC
In the wake of last month's
aluminum iMac launch, Gateway has cooked up a
new all-in-one PC aimed at stealing the Apple system's thunder. As
MacNN reports, the Gateway system is called the Gateway One, and like the iMac, it sports an integrated wide-screen display
(albeit only a 19" model, compared to the iMac's 20" and 24" displays.) The Gateway One is also just 3.6" deep, and it has a sleek black front
bezel that conceals the monitor's edges and reaches all the way down onto the user's desk.
MacNN says the base Gateway One will
become available in late October in two retail models and one variant that'll only be available online. The first retail model will have a 1.5GHz
Core 2 Duo processor, integrated Intel X3100 graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and a $1,300 price tag. The second retail model will cost
$1,800 and pack a speedier 2GHz Core 2 Duo, Mobility Radeon HD 2600 graphics, 3GB of RAM, and 500GB of storage capacity. Last, but not least, the
online-only model will cost $1,500 and have the same specs as the $1,300 model save for Radeon HD 2600 graphics and a 400GB hard drive.
All three systems will have built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a slot-loading DVD burner, FireWire, and a 5-in-1 flash card reader.
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27.09.2007Acer Readies 37-inch Flat TV,
New Notebook PCs
A built-in media gateway
allows digital data from a PC
to be displayed on the TV...
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29.10.2005End of an era: Gateway stops selling PCs directly to customers
Computer maker Gateway has moved entirely to an indirect sales model in which it will stop selling PCs online through its own Web site, only offering
PCs through retail channels...
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29.07.2008Gateway to Bring Quad-Core to Retail
Saying it was the first major
manufacturer to do so, Gateway
announced Tuesday that it will
offer at retail a quad-core
system through both select
online and brick-and-mortar
retailers...
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01.05.2007Acer to Acquire Gateway for $710 million
Acer Inc., one of the world's leading branded PC vendors, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gateway, Inc. .
Gateway is the fourth largest PC company in the US and a leading retail PC provider. The combination will create a multi-branded PC-company with over
US$15 billion in revenues and shipments in excess of 20 million PC units per year.
Under the terms of the agreement, Acer will
commence a cash tender offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of Gateway for $1.90 per share, which represents total equity value consideration
of approximately $710 million. The acquisition has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both Gateway and Acer and is subject to
standard closing conditions, including approval under Hart Scott Rodino, Exon Florio and similar laws outside the U.S. The acquisition is expected to
close by December 2007.
Gateway earlier announced that it intends to exercise its Right of First Refusal to acquire from Lap Shun
(John) Hui, all of the shares of PB Holding Company, S.ar.l, the parent company for Packard Bell BV -- a leading European PC vendor based in France.
In addition, Gateway is currently in discussions with a third party with regards to a sale of its U.S. based Professional business...
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27.08.2007Gateway to Sell Professional Business Unit
Gateway Inc., a struggling computer maker, said Wednesday it will sell its professional business unit to Nampa, Idaho-based computer maker and seller
MPC Corp. in a deal valued at about $90 million. MPC will continue to offer Gateway Professional products but will move branding from the Gateway
name to the MPC brand within a year. This news follows on an announcement last month where Gateway announced that it was being acquired for $710
million by Acer Inc. of Taiwan.
Under the deal announced today, MPC will take responsibility for operations and warranty support services
at Gateway's professional business unit. Gateway will get a 19.9% stake in MPC after the deal closes. As part of the agreement, MPC said it will
issue a promissory note to Gateway with a principal amount of about $10 million as of last Tuesday, payable to Gateway within six months of the
deal's closing, with a final value based on factors such as the amount of inventory Gateway delivers when the deal is completed. The companies expect
the transaction to close in the fourth quarter.
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06.09.2007Gateway Introduces New Tablet
PC
Gateway showed off the latest
addition to its line of
notebook computers Wednesday
at the Microsoft Small
Business Summit in Redmond,
WA. The CX200, Gateway's new
convertible notebook with a
14-inch display, also comes in
at a competitive price
compared with other Tablet PCs
at $1099...
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07.09.2005Gateway Prevails in HP Patent
Appeal
Gateway announced late
Thursday that it had won an
appeal of a judgment that the
company infringed on patents
held by HP surrounding
parallel port technology. The
decision by the International
Trade Commission remands the
case to an administrative law
judge for further proceedings...
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09.12.2005McAfee Testing Gateway
Security App
Security firm McAfee has put
out a request for beta testers
to trial the latest version of
its Secure Content Management
Appliances application.
Participants would need the
appliance that sits at the
gateway in order to
participate, although this is
pretty common in IT
environments, McAfee said...
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08.04.2006Gateway CEO Abruptly Resigns
Gateway chief executive Wayne
Inouye abruptly stepped down
on Thursday amid the
company's struggles to stay
relevant in an industry
increasingly dominated by Dell
and HP. In Inyoue's place,
chairman and director Rick
Snyder would serve as the
company's interim CEO...
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09.02.2006Neowin at Digital Life 2007: Gateway One
Looking at the Gateway One, it's pretty easy to see where Gateway found their inspiration. At first glance, the thing almost looks like an iMac that
fell into some glossy black paint. This is one of the few times, though, where one should look past the obvious copy cat design and look at what the
system has to offer.
One of the most obvious details that Gateway loves to point out is the idea of only one single wire running out of
the back of your PC. The One uses a single power cable which runs to a larger brick. The power brick has a trick up its sleeve, however. The power
brick is home to an Ethernet connection and four USB connections (additional to the three present on the main unit of the One) which are designed to
be used with more permanent connections such as a printer or whatever else the kids are connecting these days. It's a nice idea that can become handy
very quickly.
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02.10.2007Gateway plans to acquire Packard Bell
Gateway has agreed to take over the controlling stake in Packard Bell, the company announced Monday.
Gateway has exercised its
right of first refusal to purchase all of the shares of PB Holding Company, the parent company of Packard Bell, from Lap Shun (John) Hui and Clifford
Holdings Limited, also controlled by Hui. Both companies control 75 percent of Packard Bell stock. Financial detail of the transaction have not yet
been disclosed.
The announcement wasn't a surprise--Gateway and Lenovo have waged a public battle over the Paris-based PC
vendor--with Gateway announcing its intentions in September. (Recently, according to a Reuters report, Lenovo CEO Bill Amelio told reporters,
"Packard Bell is a great fit, and we're still very interested. ... It's not over until it's over.")
Gateway announced its
own acquisition last month, and future parent company, Acer, has agreed to fund the purchase of Packard Bell.
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09.10.2007Gateway Announces Battery Recall
Thought all the laptop battery
problems were over? Think
again. Gateway recalled
Samsung-made batteries due to
a fire risk, while Toshiba
reports a defective Sony-made
battery sparked a laptop fire
last month...
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