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• MySpace's third apps platform to take on Facebook
  Thursday 18 October 2007 – 04:50 in Networking
  In a delayed reaction to Facebook's decision to allow third party applications, MySpace has announced that it too will allow third party apps sometime in the next few months.
• AMD to introduce platform-stability program for the enterprise
  Thursday 28 July 2005 – 04:30
  Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) aims to expand its presence in the enterprise PC market by introducing a program called the "Commercial Stable Image Platform (CSIP) in September, according to sources in the Taiwan chipset industry.
• Infineon, UMC, BenQ to promote new ultra-low-cost handset platform
  Monday 13 February 2006 – 03:22
  Infineon Technologies is teaming up with chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and handset makers, including BenQ, to promote its second generation platform for ultra-low-cost (ULC) handsets, Hermann Eul, member of the board and head of the Communication Solutions business group of Infineon, said on the sidelines of the 3GSM World Congress that is running February 13-16 in Barcelona, Spain.
• AMD counters Intel's Conroe with dual-socket gaming platform
  Thursday 1 June 2006 – 07:58
  AMD used a meeting with the press and analysts to provide some long-term information about its product strategy. Part of the roadmap is an answer to Intel's flagship processor Core 2 Extreme: AMD will launch a new platform with two sockets for two dual-core processors, handing gamers four physical cores.
• Microsoft's IPTV platform gets some upgrades and a new name
  Monday 18 June 2007 – 02:42
  Microsoft introduced a new version of its IPTV platform, which is now called "Mediaroom"
• XNA game development platform will be free for Windows, $99 for Xbox
  Monday 14 August 2006 – 05:51
  As an attempt to re-create the spirit of individual initiative that marked the late 1970s and early 1980s in computer gaming, Microsoft announced this morning it will be making an Express edition of its XNA game development platform available to prospective developers for the same price it charges for all its other Express platforms: zero.
• Macromedia intros Flash platform, previews new Flash player
  Monday 6 June 2005 – 11:31
  Macromedia is building a bridge for itself to the next computing era with a major release of its Flash platform, a full stack designed to entice a new generation of developers to its animation software.
• ECS goes dual platform with single-board Intel/AMD solution
  Friday 3 June 2005 – 03:40
  At the ongoing Computex 2005 show in Taipei, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showcasing its PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, which allows users to adapt their PC to a number of different computing platforms by adding a SIMA converter card to the motherboard.
• AMD's Multiprocessor Platform Gets Linux Certs
  Thursday 30 August 2001 – 09:24
  Well, not all the news today is about Intel.
• Platform Conference 2003
  Wednesday 22 January 2003 – 08:23
  Check out the agenda for the Platform Conference next week in San Jose, California: Platform Conference 2003 Agenda We've even got one of our own, Omid, doing a presentation on CPU Roadmaps on the first day.
• XGI supports AMD64 platform
  Monday 25 April 2005 – 02:52
  XGI Technology, a graphics chip provider, today announced that 64-bit AMD Athlon and AMD Opteron processors are fully supported in its new ultra high-performance, DirectX 9.0 graphics capable Volari processors for desktop, notebook and server applications.
• Asustek previews Turion 64 platform
  Tuesday 15 March 2005 – 04:30
  One of key players in notebook industry, Asustek introduced its future implementation of the AMD Turion 64 platform at CeBIT.
• Intel downplays EM64T as platform
  Tuesday 24 August 2004 – 03:39
  While Intel confirmed today that all Xeons will be EM64T by the middle of next year, it seems to have slightly changed its tack on the Itanium and how it will compete with RISC chips.
• IBM opens Power platform
  Thursday 1 April 2004 – 04:40
  Taking the game plan implemented so successfully by Linux proponents, IBM will open up its Power microprocessor platform to enable other companies to innovate on top of the architecture.
• Sun Pushes Mobile Platform
  Thursday 12 June 2003 – 11:15
  Sun Microsystems continues to push its mobile/wireless platform, announcing a pact with leading phone and PDA manufacturers, and launching a mobile-developer initiative designed to speed the deployment of Java-based data applications and services.