Marco Chiappetta
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Just in case you haven't heard, the Windows 7 Release Candidate is scheduled to hit on Tuesday, May 5. In addition to numerous bug fixes and usability tweaks since the original public beta, Microsoft has also incorporated a number of personalization options. In a note on the Windows...
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Toshiba and Fujitsu Conclude Definitive Agreement on HDD Business Transfer TOKYO - Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) and Fujitsu Limited (TOKYO:6702) today announced that they have concluded a definitive agreement on the transfer of Fujitsu’s hard disk drive (HDD) business to Toshiba. The...
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ASUS Launches World's First Graphics Cards with Super ML CapsEnjoy Up to 3.3 Times Overclocking Margin and 15oC Cooler GPUs with Self-designed ENGTX285 and EAH4890 Series Taipei, Taiwan, April 30, 2009 – ASUS, world-leading producer of top quality graphic solutions, has today introduced the...
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While most computer enthusiasts overclock their systems to get increased performance from their components, there are a select few that push the limits of hardware to another level for the entertainment factor alone. Instead of just trying to get higher frame rates for gaming or better...
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While AMD's new Phenom II chips support DDR2 and are compatible with existing AM2+ boards, their full potential is only realized when equipped with a few sticks of fast DDR3. Unfortunately, so far, the pool of available AM3 / DDR3 capable boards has been rather small with only a few choices. The majority of available DDR3 equipped AM3...
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Ever since NVIDIA acquired Ageia's PhysX technology last year, the company has been aggressively working to drum up additional developer support. While NVIDIA has had a lot of success in recent months and a number of high-profile developers have begun integrating PhysX technology into their...
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We have been talking about NVIDIA's Ion since late last year when news first broke of the ultra small form factor platform. At the time, NVIDIA's tiny Atom-powered prototype system wasn't even called Ion yet, but images of the miniscule motherboard that would eventually be used in the reference platform had already surfaced and the community...
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We have been talking about NVIDIA's Ion since late last year when news first broke of the ultra small form factor platform. At the time, NVIDIA's tiny Atom-powered prototype system wasn't even called Ion yet, but images of the miniscule motherboard that would eventually be used in the reference platform had already surfaced and the community...
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In addition to launching the new Radeon HD 4770 this morning, AMD is also taking the opportunity to announce a new value-priced desktop CPU, the Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition. The Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition should be available for about $69 when it hits store shelves today. It is a 2.8GHz...
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AMD is launching yet another new ATI Radeon graphics card today. And in light of the current worldwide economic conditions, along with the performance and power consumption data we'll be presenting you on the proceeding pages, we suspect it's going to be a welcomed addition to the company's already potent graphics card line-up.You see, the...
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AMD is launching yet another new ATI Radeon graphics card today. And in light of the current worldwide economic conditions, along with the performance and power consumption data we'll be presenting you on the proceeding pages, we suspect it's going to be a welcomed addition to the...
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PowerColor Unveils The Fastest Radeon HD 4890Powercolor’s PCS+ HD4890 feature card’s overclocking ability Taipei, Taiwan – April 24, 2009 – TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of AMD graphics cards, today announced a powerful addition to the PowerColor HD4890 series: PCS+ HD4890...
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ASUS Revamps the Best Selling Eee PC 1000HA with New Chiclet Keyboard-- Available immediately through ASUS authorized resellers, the new Eee PC 1000HA offers a supremely comfortable keyboard and 7-hour battery life for true all-day computing -- FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (April 23, 2009) - ASUS, a...
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Notebook Computer Study Reveals Security Implications of Mobile Workforce Study Uncovers Surprising Financial Repercussions of Lost and Stolen Notebooks SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 22, 2009 – An independent study on notebook security, commissioned by Intel Corporation, analyzes the potential...
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Over the course of a few months in late 2007 and early-to-mid 2008, AMD unveiled their Spider platform, consisting of AMD-built desktop processors, chipsets, and graphics cards, and refreshed said platform with faster processors and graphics cards. Fast forward to today, and AMD is doing the...
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Over the course of a few months in late 2007 and early-to-mid 2008, AMD unveiled their Spider platform, consisting of AMD-built desktop processors, chipsets, and graphics cards, and refreshed said platform with faster processors and graphics cards. Fast forward to today, and AMD is...
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DisplayLink support has been showing up in a growing collection of display products, such as monitors, projectors, docking stations, and adapters (such as DVI-to-USB adapters). One of the display types that DisplayLink folks have been talking about for a while now, are small, 7-inch LCD...
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Caustic Reinvents Raytracing for Interactive, Cinema-Quality 3D GraphicsCompany Releases Caustic RT - Flexible Development Platform for No-Compromise Raytracing SAN FRANCISCO - April 20, 2009 - Today Caustic Graphics released CausticRT, the worlds only massively accelerated raytracing system...
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Water-cooling has seen greater mainstream acceptance in recent years. As a result, manufacturers have acknowledged the trend and expanded their product lineups to include these more exotic parts. But what's the big draw for videocards, motherboards, or memory pre-installed with liquid cooling...
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WD Ships 2 Terabyte Enterprise-Class Hard Drives With Next-Generation GreenPower TechnologyWD RE4-GP Hard Drives Further Reduce Power Consumption For Data Centers and Digital Video Production Facilities LAS VEGAS, Nev. – (NAB Show Booth No. SL12809) -- Apr. 20, 2009 -- Western...
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MSI StarCam Flip Webcam Taipei, TW - Worldwide high-end graphics card and professional motherboard brand-manufacturer, MSI International, today unveils the company's flagship StarCam Flip webcam. With a built-in glass-lens with a "true" 2.0 megapixel high quality sensor and highly sensitive USB microphone, MSI StarCam Flip ensures the best...
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ENERMAX is proud to announce the availability of “GALAXY EVO”, as its newest PSU series. City of Industry, April 17th 2009 -- GALAXY EVO is complementing the recently launched and all-records breaking REVOLUTION85+ series as an 82 PLUS certified version.Especially for 115VAC countries, users will be delighted to have a 1250W model available...
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