December 17th, 2012

U.K. Microprocessor Firm Ups Offer For U.S. Chip Designer MIPS: $100M Cash For MIPS’ Operating Business, “Certain” Patents

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U.K. microprocessor firm Imagination Technologies will be hoping it’s third time lucky in its bid to acquire the operating business and “certain” patents from U.S. chip designer MIPS Technologies. The company has upped its offer to $100m, from the $80m offered earlier this month, after rival semiconductor group CEVA also again increased its offer to $90m. → Read More

January 7th, 2010

Brightcove Comes To Yahoo Connected TVs, But Web Video Is Still Stuck In Widget Hell

If you own an Internet-connected TV that is compatible with Yahoo’s TV widgets (AKA, a Yahoo Connected TV), you may soon start seeing video produced for the Web on your TV. Brightcove announced today that media publishers using its online video platform can now distribute their videos through Yahoo’s Widget Engine, which powers the widgets on Yahoo-Connected TVs. These TVs are made by Sony… → Read More

December 9th, 2008

Very-basic Alpha 400 netbook costs under $200

Interesting. Geeks.com is selling something called the Alpha 400, which is probably about as close to the original concept of the netbook as it gets. Linux operating system? Check. Low-power processor? Big check — it’s a 400MHz MIPS CPU. Small? Check. It’s got a 7-inch screen with an 800×480 resolution. Additional accoutrements include 128MB of RAM (yes, 128MB), 1GB of… → Read More