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HP and the Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University (ASU) announced a prototype of an affordable, flexible electronic display today. These paper-like computer displays are made almost entirely of plastic, and can enable displays to consume less power for today’s portable devices. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of flexible...
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Broadcom, has announced the new BCM4329 combination chip featuring 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, and FM technologies all on a single die.The use of feature integrated combination chips in mobile products provides "significant cost, size, power and performance advantages over discrete semiconductor implementations, making it ideal for handheld electronics."As...
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A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in high performance memory products, announced today that it is launching A-DATA XPG DDR3-2133X v2.0 of its X Series. These high-performance modules run at incredible 2133MHz with CL10-10-10-30 timings and are available in 1GBx3/2GBx3 triple-channel as well as 2GB/4GB dual-channel module kits.A-DATA...
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AMD, the Advanced Technology Investment Company and Mubadala Amend Transaction Agreements--Parties to create a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing company at the beginning of 2009-- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- December 8, 2008 -- AMD (NYSE: AMD), the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC) and Mubadala Development Company today announced...
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EA Signed On To License NVIDIA PhysX Technology SANTA CLARA, CA--DECEMBER 8, 2008--NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has licensed NVIDIA PhysX technology as a development platform which will be available for EA’s studios worldwide. NVIDIA PhysX technology is the world’s most pervasive development platform...
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Access to editing a Wikipedia article in the U.K. has been effectively blocked after the U.K.'s Internet Watch Foundation added a Wikipedia article on Virgin Killer, an album from German heavy metal group Scorpions, to its blacklist. The album's cover art image, depicting what appears to be a nude underage girl, is what caused the blacklisting....
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Remember that old, portable CD player you use to have? Well, as it turns out, it’s not quite as obsolete as we may have thought. Telegraph.co.uk is reporting that now, four years after department store John Lewis stopped carrying portable CD players, it is stocking them again. Although MP3 players are definitely popular, and largely overtaking...
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LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! MOVIES AND TV EPISODES FROM NETFLIX DIRECTLY TO THE TV THROUGH TIVO DVRs AVAILABLE TODAY Just in Time for the Holidays, Offering Brings Budget Conscious Entertainment to Consumers ALVISO, Calif. - December 8, 2008 — After announcing a groundbreaking partnership in October with Netflix Inc., TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO),...
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New software developed on Windows 7 to support easy music, video management and transfer using the latest Multi-touch technology. iPod, iPhone, T-Mobile G1(Android) and various digital cameras to be supported. Users can place a device on the computer surface and instantly be able to manipulate music, photos and videos without using a keyboard...
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On Friday, Intel said it is researching technology that could harvest free energy from the environment. If the company succeeds, it’s possible we could all enjoy mobile phones and other devices that would essentially run indefinitely without charging, thanks to this technology. To make this possible, Intel is working on developing tiny sensors...
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This holiday season follows suit with last years as the Nintendo Wii continues to be one of the most sought after gifts. Wal-Mart Stores Inc has announced it will offer "tens of thousands" of the consoles and packages via its website starting on Monday according to Reuters. Walmart.com said it will offer the Nintendo Wii console for...
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Intel's Silicon Photonics Advancement Aims to Accelerate Future Computing, Communications SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 7, 2008 - Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs and improve performance...
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Spore is not only a retail hit, it's a BitTorrent hit, according to a recent top 10 assessment of PC game piracy by TorrentFreak. Spore's SecuROM DRM earned it negative customer reviews at Amazon.com, protest Spore creatures, as well as lawsuits. According to TorrentFreak (and honestly, many others), it also earned the game a ton of pirated...
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Video:Battle of GPU Transcoders: ATI Avivo Converter and NVIDIA Badaboom @ PC PerspectiveTwo Palit GeForce 9800 GTX+ Graphics Cards Reviewed @ X-bitLabsMotherboards and Chipsets:MSI Eclipse @ t-breakMemory and Storage:A-DATA Vitesta DDR3-1333MHz 3GB Triple Channel Kit @ TweaktownG.Skill 2x2GB PC2 6400 (F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B) Review @ Overclockers...
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The iPhone has been a hot seller, that’s for sure, but there are still quite a few people holding out. Perhaps the price and monthly contract fees have something to do with the fact that some users haven’t jumped on board yet. And then there’s that whole economic downturn thing where we’re all feeling strapped for cash. Now, if rumors of a...
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As the first ever BlackBerry smartphone with a touchscreen, the BlackBerry Storm has generated a lot of buzz. Unfortunately for RIM, the press hasn’t been 100% positive, with headlines stating things claiming the BlackBerry Storm sucks. Not only did Wired and David Pogue from New York Times have less than favorable things to say, but Pogue’s...
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ASUS Introduces World's Smallest Desktop PCs with HD CapabilityEee Box B204 and B206 Boast Hardware Decoder and HDMI Output for Superb HD Home Entertainment Taipei, Taiwan – ASUS today unveiled HD versions of its popular Eee Box—a tiny 1L-sized desktop PC—that it launched in June 2008. With the new Eee Box B204 and B206, users will be able...
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Last year a report from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia said that the particles of toner released by laser printers might be as bad for your health as cigarette smoke. A new study from Germany's Fraunhofer Wilhelm Klauditz Institute (WKI) purportedly refutes that conclusion. The report, interestingly, was done in...
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It’s amazing what software can do. Take Truphone for the iPod touch, for instance. This free software can enable your favorite multimedia player to make phone calls. That’s right, Truphone for iPod touch lets you make free calls to other iPod touch owners without a SIM card, contract, or any fees. You’ll need the software, along with a microphone...
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The virtualization of operating systems began many years ago as a means to test applications across multiple platforms without having to build dedicated machines or even leave the developers desktop. Now virtualization has evolved into a necessity to eliminate server and datacenter sprawl and make more efficient use of computing resources....
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Nintendo wanted to show off the Character Importer feature of Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii. To do so, it sent media pre-played copies of the old (2005) DS game, Animal Crossing: Wild World, with much of the content unlocked. Unfortunately, it appears whoever played the games added a surprise Nintendo never intended.Both MTV Multiplayer...
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Rivals of Apple's iTunes store and technology rights groups are speaking out. They believe Apple may be unfairly blocking rival software makers from selling music on the iPhone and new iPod Touch. Currently, four out of every five songs purchased on the Internet come from the iTunes store, according to a release from Reuters. This...
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