Stories about: InterVideo

Taiwan's Asustek Computer (Asus), the leader of the mini-notebook category due to its early launch of the Eee PC, launched two new models of the family last month, the 901 and 1000, the first Eee PCs that use Intel's Atom microprocessor.

If you're thinking of using your PC to play high-definition Blu-ray Disc or HD DVD movies then you might have to think again.

Corel has announced it will buy multimedia software company InterVideo for US$196 million in cash.

Hinting at a campaign to govern digital media, Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that more than 150 companies are supporting the digital media features in the software maker's new Windows XP operating system (OS), which is being unleashed today.

If Intervideo Inc.'s LinDVD software, on display at the Comdex trade show here, had been available a year ago, perhaps there never would have been a DeCSS case.

That old CD-ROM drive in your computer may soon look as antiquated as a 5.25-inch floppy drive: Just as the old flexy floppy disappeared when faster, higher-capacity 3.5-inch disks caught on, a potential CD-ROM replacement has already spun into view. DVD-ROM drives have fallen in price and soared in performance over the past year. But they may offer more speed than you'll ever need.

New couch-and-mouse toys are in the works for the 27 million Americans who simultaneously watch TV and surf the Web.

The very first 800-MHz system we've tested, Polywell's Poly 800K7-800, comes with a top-of-the-line 800-MHz AMD Athlon processor that, for the most part, lives up to its speed potential.