Struggling semiconductor giant Motorola, which developes the PowerPC G4 processor, announced today that it will cut an additional 7,000 jobs and take a US$3.5 billion charge in the process, Dow Jones reports. Motorola cut 4,000 jobs earlier this year in an effort to curtail expenses and return to profitability. By the end of the year, Motorola expects to have about 100,000 employees — down significantly from its peak of 150,000. Read More
IBM expected to announce later today the T220, a 22.2″ that features a 9 megapixel resolution. In contrast, Apple’s 22″ Cinema Display boasts a resolution of just 1.6 megapixels. The monitor presently has limited applications, however, given that standard Windows (or Mac) icons, which are generally just 32×32 pixels, will be difficult to see on the monitor. Additionally, the monitor requires a special computer to handle so much data, although it does offer a glimpse of what’s to come for future displays.
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