News Archive for 06/07/18

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Businesses ban iPods

07/18, 6:00pm

Canadian businesses ban iPods

iPods, digitial music players, and other portable storage devices are being targetted by a larger number companies, according to a new survey. A new Ipsos Reid poll, conducted on behalf of Sun Microsystems of Canada, says that Canadian businesses are trying to minimize business risks by monitoring and managing the portable storage devices their employees bring to work. The survey found that almost half (49%) of senior leaders in mid- and large-sized businesses across Canada have established policies to prevent personal laptops and USB keys from entering the workplace and nearly 30 percent have banned MP3 players, such as iPods. The companies appear to be wary of employees stealing customer information with forty-two percent of surveyed executives saying that the greatest negative impact a security breach will have on their operations is theft of customer information.

Nvidia chips in video iPod

07/18, 5:45pm

Nvidia to supply chips for video iPod

Nvidia will reportedly manufacture the video chips in the next version of Apple's next-generation video iPod, adding 3D graphics functions to the forthcoming version of Apple's music and video player. A new analyst report says that Nvidia has scored a major design win over Broadcom for supplying the next-gen iPod video chips. The current-generation "5G" iPod uses PortalPlayer's MP3 processor and Broadcom's multimedia chip; however, according to the EETimes, the chip designs for future players from Apple have been up for grabs. The report also says the video has been delayed and is now due out in the first half of 2007, although it does not provide any further details. "Based on our analysis, we believe Nvidia is designed into the next-generation vPod socket at the expense of Broadcom," said Satya Chillara, an analyst with American Technology Research (ATR) in a new report. ATR has upgraded Nvidia to a "buy," while downgrading Broadcom to a "hold."