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Intel Unveils 16 Next-Generation Processors, Including First Notebook Chips Built on 45nm Technology New Transistor Design, Manufacturing Capabilities will Also Power Mobile Internet Devices INTERNATIONAL 2008 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, Las Vegas, Jan. 7, 2008 – Intel Corporation unveiled 16...
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AMD Displays Technology Leadership with New AMD Xilleon(tm) Panel Processors for Outstanding LCD TV Image Quality - AMD and Samsung Collaborate to Bring The Ultimate Visual Experience to Life in New Large-Panel LCD TVs - SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Jan. 7, 2008 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled a new family of AMD Xilleon(tm) panel processors designed...
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Oh yeah. Alienware knows where the cutting edge is, and it isn't spreadsheets. They've reached out to the inner Nomad in all of us with their outrageous prototype curved DLP display, with a 2880 x 900 resolution screen. That is not a typo. They've got video of some lucky fellow blasting...
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Windows Mobile 7 is currently being developed by Microsoft. As usual, there's one of three things available on the Internet about it: One person inside Microsoft gives a fistful of information about products being worked on, for laughs, or for money, or because they're unhappy, or because they're thrilled about it. Or perhaps Microsoft...
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AMD Introduces ATI Mobility Radeon(tm) HD 3000 Series - First Microsoft DirectX® 10.1 Graphics Processors for Notebook PCsFeature-rich graphics solutions to power next-generation AMD notebook platform built for a high-definition, mobile worldLAS VEGAS (2008 International CES) - Jan. 7...
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Video: V7 D24W33 24 Inch (HDMI) LCD Monitor Review @ Motherboards.orgV7 D24W33 24 Inch (HDMI) LCD Monitor Review @ GamePyreDesktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide @ TechARP Processors: AMD Phenom 9500 Linux Performance @ Phoronix Memory & Storage: Seagate 1 Terabyte Barracuda 7200.11 Review @ OCCCorsair, Kingston, OCZ, Super Talent DDR3...
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People and/or companies filing suit against Apple ought to get a volume discount these days.The latest lawsuit, filed by Stacie Somers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges that Apple uses unfair business practices. Unfair could mean a lot of different things, but in this particular suit it refers...
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Rumors have been swirling about the future of VIA's CPU and platform groups for several weeks. Initial rumors claimed that VIA was simply going to sell both groups if they could find an interested buyer. It now appears that VIA is merging both teams under the banner of the CPU...
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Could anything else possibly fit the word "ironic" better than this?Part of security software vendor CA's Web site was hacked earlier this week and was redirecting visitors to a malicious Web site hosted in China.Although the problem now appears to have been corrected, cached versions of some pages in the press section of CA.com show that...
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Yesterday Warner Bros. announced the decision to drop HD-DVD support, opting to go Blu-ray only after May. The HD-DVD Group issued a short, tersely worded press release in response, but that was just when the fun started.We just got an email which stated that the HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely between...
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While we still don't know if the R700 will be known as the Radeon 48xx, 39xx or some other nomenclature, it seems that the first R700 GPUs actually 'taped out' sometime in December. As with all rumors, we remind you to take the following with a grain of salt:“[the] R700 is in the process of being fabbed now, or at least its components...
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Video: Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 Reviewed @ Boot Daily.comVisionTek TV Wonder 650PCIe @ Bjorn3DMSI NX8800GTS-T2D512E OC Review @ Sysopt.comAsus EN8800GT TOP Geforce 8800GT 512MB Videocard Review @ PCSTATS.com Motherboards & Chipsets: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 1.0) Mainboard Review @ PC Perspective Processors: Desktop CPU Comparison Guide...
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This morning we’re ringing in the new year with a special treat. We’ve taken Dell’s brand new UltraSharp 3008WFP for a spin around the block and we think you’ll be interested in seeing how she handled. Here's a snip from the piece..."It's easy to see where Dell was going with the introduction of their new UltraSharp 3008...
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Hitachi can read the digital writing on the wall. Small hard disk drives have nowhere to go but down, soon to be made obsolete by NAND flash memory. They're phasing out their small drive business and focusing on making their bigger 2.5" and 3.5" drives. Large-sized hard disk drives used in PCs...
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Like high-end graphics cards setup in multi-GPU configurations, terabyte desktop drives, and 3GHz quad-core processors, 30-inch wide screen LCDs cater to what we like to call the "enthusiast" niche. And though this niche obviously drives lower volume demand versus the...
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It's all in the details, and Intuit made a mistake in the patch it released to fix a bug which caused Mac users' desktop folders to be deleted by QuickBooks.Users of the 2006 Mac version of Intuit's QuickBooks software could find that a serious bug manifests itself again under certain conditions in Wi-Fi hot spots.QuickBooks released a patch...
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Phishing scams grow more sophisticated every day. And as sites like banks and credit card companies become hardened against attack, crafty information thieves find ways to steal information further out in the digital landscape. Facebook users reported a phishing attack on Wednesday that is...
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Nicholas Negroponte didn't want to share Intel with anyone else, so Intel left the OLPC program.The OLPC board "had asked Intel to end its support for non-OLPC platforms including the Classmate PC and other systems," Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said. "They wanted us to focus our support exclusively on the OLPC system." A representative for...
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Availability is still tight for the GeForce 8800 GT, but we thought it was time to round a few cards up for a HotHardware-style benchmark fest anyway. We’ve got factory-overclocked GeForce 8800 GT cards from Asus, EVGA, and MSI in house, the EN8800GT TOP, the e-GeForce 8800 GT KO, and the NX8800GT, respectively. At their most...
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Many of you, I'm sure, will recall Robert Dziekanski's tragic death in October. Although the reasons for his death are still unclear, a video showing him being tasered at least twice at the Vancouver International Airport prior his death has proved a great source of controversy for the RCMP.A...
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CORSAIR INTRODUCES 32GB HIGH-DENSITY USB FLASH DRIVESFOR FLASH VOYAGER™ AND FLASH SURVIVOR™ AT CES 2008Fremont, CA, January 3, 2008 – Corsair® http://www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance computer and flash memory products, announced today that it is...
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Video: Palit GeForce 8800 GT Review @ OCCSapphire Radeon HD 3850 Ultimate Edition @ Tweaktown Motherboards & Chipsets: ASUS P5E3 Premium motherboard @ Elite BastardsPower: Silverstone DA700 Power Supply @ DreamWare ComputersBFG Tech 800 Watt Power Supply Review @ HardwareLogic.comSystems:Alienware Area-51 m9750 Review @ Digital TrendsHP...
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