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Who says DirectX 10 isn't for Windows XP? Apparently not Cody Brocious of San Diego, who has been hard at work on getting DX 10 to run on XP, Linux, and OS X. Mr. Brocious blogged the following just recently: "As a fitting start to this blog, I'm proud to release a preview of our DirectX 10 compatibility libraries. These libraries allow...
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Motherbards XFX 680i LT SLI @ Motherboards.org. Sapphire HDMI PI-AM2RS690MHD @ Virtual-Hideout. Memory Crucial 2GB DDR2-1066 Ballistix Tracer Kit @ Techgage. Micron PC5300 2x1gb ECC Kit @ EclipseOC....
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It's pointless to point out that an iPod nano is a spiffy little piece of gear. It's the industry standard now. But even if you don't want to listen to Blink 182 through waxy earbuds all day, it's still a powerful piece of storage equipment. XtremeMac has an inexpensive microphone/speaker interface for your little Apple wonder that turns...
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If Microsoft can't battle Google, somebody has to step up right? And in this corner, weighing in at a svelte $64 billion in annual sales - S O N Y !!! "Sony Corp. said on Thursday it will launch a video-sharing site in Japan on Friday, marking the electronics and entertainment firm's...
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Motherboards Biostar TA690G AM2 AMD 690G @ PCSTATS.com. EVGA nForce 650i Ultra @ PC Perspective. Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI & MSI P6N SLI Platinum are compared @ The Tech Report. Graphics Cards MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid @ XSR. Sapphire X1650XT...
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Dell is joining the growing list of companies that are now offering Solid State Drives (SSDs). Though this particular drive is a customer installable PATA drive, it's still a SSD. At press time Dell doesn't seem to have added this to their notebook configuration tool, but we'll keep an eye out for you. One would think it'd be just a matter...
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Amiga is releasing new computers powered by PowerPC CPUs: "After months of designs and negotiations Amiga, Inc. and ACK Software Controls, Inc. are pleased to announce that new hardware is on its way for Amiga users. “I have been working on these designs with Amiga for almost 12 months and have been able to create two new designs that will...
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Just in case you forgot, or were hoping that Microsoft would forget, MS provided a reminder today about the looming expiration date for all installations of Vista RC1 and RC2. "On 31 May 2007, all Customer Preview Program (CPP) pre-release versions of Windows Vista will expire. If you are running a pre-release version of Windows Vista...
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Microsoft is no longer the most visited website or the most valuable global brand. Google is: Google had 528 million unique visitors in March, up 5 percent from the previous month, according to comScore. Microsoft had 527 million visitors during the same month, up...
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Nvidia based motherboards and SLI technology typically go hand in hand. In the past, SLI technology was only featured on high-end Nvidia platforms, although throughout the years Nvidia has moved this technology down to lower and lower price points. In years past, one would only purchase an SLI enabled motherboard if they had a specific need...
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IBM announced today that they're going to integrate the "Cell" processor used in Sony's Playstation 3 gaming console into IBM mainframe computers. The Cell is very well adapted for performing the calculations needed to generate 3 dimensional images, and IBM wants to keep up with technology that any multiplayer virtual world application takes...
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Microsoft has teams of engineers working on all kinds of interesting projects. Some are never meant see the light of day; others have to be seen to be believed, like Photosynth. Photosynth is a technology that takes multiple pictures and not only stiches them together (with angle correction) but also allows the construction of 3D environments...
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Some very smart people over at MIT have come up with an inexpensive way to generate holographic images that works along with standard computer hardware and gaming consoles. Thus, Bove and his team have developed Mark III--expected to be completed within a couple of months--which is based on the earlier systems but has three major differences....
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IBM has really been on a roll this year. They've been working on ways to improve thermal efficiency of microchips, ways for blind users to have better control of online content, and now InformationWeek claims IBM is going to announce a type of MRI device that can actually see nanoscale objects. "Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center...
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Motherboards Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 @ Neoseeker. MSI K9AGM2 @ t-break. Memory OCZ 2GB PC2-9200 Reaper HPC Edition @ Techgage. Kingston KHX9600D2K2/1GB Memory Kit Review @ Hardware Logic....
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Back in January at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Intel was showing off a rig in their booth dubbed the "V8". It was essentially a dual-socket workstation platform outfitted with a pair of quad-core Xeon processors for a total of eight cores - hence the 'V8'. In their demo, Intel ran...
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Researchers led by the University of Tokyo have broken the speed record for data transmission using standard communication protocols.The new record, 9.08 gigabits per second, will probably stand until someone comes up with a new protocol for data transmission. Don't worry, they're working on it. That likely represents...
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We trust you've been through the drill before. It gets old after a while, frankly. Major technology innovator OEM targets release date of next generation product and briefs the press months prior to the launch. Embargo dates are set, NDA commitments made and confirmed by those partners who...
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Graphics: Sapphire X1650XT 256 PCI-E Graphics Card @ Xtreme Computing Motherboards: MSI P6N SLI Platinum Motherboard @ nVNews ASUS P5B Premium @ [H] Gigabyte...
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NVIDIA Takes Visual Computing to New Extremes with NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS Model IV SANTA CLARA, CA—APRIL 24, 2007—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced a new version of the NVIDIA Quadro Plex visual computing system (VCS), which...
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Think Geek has a terrific little USB ready digital microscope for sale. Nifty. You'll need some of this: Simple plug and play operation with included software that allows you to magnify objects and view them on your PC up to 200X and take snapshots and time-lapse movies...
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Intel announced price cuts, as much as 40%, on both its desktop and server processors. Rival chipmaker AMD announced a 611 million dollar loss for the first quarter already. Someone please take AMD's belt and shoelaces away for the rest of the week. For the desktop market, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has fallen in price to US$530 while...
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