Symyx releases improved lab notebook

Symyx Technologies has released its Symyx Notebook, an enterprise electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) that is configurable to meet the needs of biologists and analytical chemists out-of-the-box, reports MeasurementDevices.

Symyx Notebook enables R&D organisations to replace multiple discipline-specific ELNs with a single, multi-discipline application that is deployable across the enterprise.

By enabling research groups to configure, deploy and fine-tune discipline-specific templates out-of-the-box, Symyx Notebook accelerates laboratory workflows and increases R&D productivity.

CyberPower has released its Gamer Xtreme XI, an Intel Core 2 Extreme-based system designed for PC gaming and performance computing, says TweakTown.

The Gamer Xtreme XI combines quad-core processor technology from Intel with the latest NVIDIA GPU technologies featuring GPU PhysX, HybridPower, and three-way SLI support.

CyberPower factory overclocks the CPU to 4GHz to achieve 40% higher performance over previous Intel CPUs.

Micron Technology will adopt some cost-control strategies after reporting a $1.6 billion loss for its fiscal year, states EETasia.

It said it is facing ongoing challenges in the memory market brought by oversupply and price decline.

Micron announced a 20% slash in salaries for top executives and reduced its capital expenditure plans for 2009, claiming it would spend from $1 billion to $1.3 billion, down from a past budget of $1.5 billion to $2 billion.