Stories about: IPC

The average PC user expects that their computer's operating system will consume a fair chunk of hard drive space. Windows Vista Premium can take 15GB of hard drive space to install and tax even modern desktop PCs and notebooks. Indeed, thanks in part to Microsoft, people are used to the endless cycle of hardware upgrades to get the most out of their operating system -- or even just make it usable. The developers behind MenuetOS have taken a different tack, however: their operating system is lightweight and incredibly speedy, despite having many of the trimmings you would expect from a modern OS.

I've seen the future of the Internet, and it's recursive -- in more ways than one.

Merrill Lynch has selected IPC Systems to provide advanced voice over IP (VOIP) trading systems in a global deal.

A group of laptop vendors and battery manufacturers plans to announce a standard for making safer lithium ion batteries by June 15, 2007, in an attempt to recover from a massive series of battery recalls in recent months.

Following a series of massive notebook PC battery recalls in August, a group of PC vendors met last week to seek safer lithium ion cells, resolving to draft an improved standard for battery manufacturing and quality control by the second quarter of 2007.

When the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games kick off next Wednesday, internet history will be made. For the first time ever at an Olympics or Paralympics, coverage of the Games will be streamed live over the internet.