The FOMA N2002 phones built by NEC were withdrawn from use because a software problem was causing it to lose memory. Services such as streamed and downloaded video make heavy demands on the computer memory in the handsets.
US officials have accused the memory maker Rambus of anti-competitive behaviour. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged Rambus with violating US antitrust laws and has also warned other DRAM memory makers about similar conduct.
Five of the world's largest producers of flash memory cards have created a standard to make secure shopping and banking easier. The companies - collectively calling themselves 5C - say the advance will enable flash memory cards to be used for new...
Now Microsoft is hoping to end what has become known as DLL Hell by building into Windows Server 2003 a system that will stop updated DLLs installed by new applications from overwriting older versions of the same DLLs that may still be used by...
Intel has released a new package for stacking memory chips that will let manufacturers put more memory into mobile phones without increasing the size of the handsets. The new package, called the Ultra-Thin Stacked Chip Scale Package, lets...
For example, USB flash memory drives can be used as additional memory for Windows SuperFetch, a new feature in Vista that caches often-used information, making it accessible faster, according to Microsoft.