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- Fourth of July Shortbread
Fourth of July Morgan Stanley increases PC shipment forecast for 2009, says paper Engadget reports AMD's RS880 integrated graphics chip could make netbooks usable Hardware-Infos reports Nvidia aims for G210 and GT 220 launch ...
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Last by ssidbroadcast at 9:37 PM on 07/04/09 - Friday Shortbread
Friday Intel-Nokia tie takes few years to succeed: Barrett Broadband industry group say U.S. rules go too far Quad-core AMD Opteron processor codenamed "Suzuka" Intel to OEMs: Drop single-core Celeron for dual Atom ...
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Last by Meadows at 3:03 PM on 07/04/09 - New EVGA board has X58 chipset, Micro-ATX form factor
EVGA seems to have been bitten by the Intel bug lately, with no fewer than six different X58 motherboards on offering for the Core i7. The latest one is the EVGA X58 SLI Micro, a diminutive model with an X58 Express chipset, a Micro-ATX form factor, and a $199.99...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 5:17 AM on 07/04/09 - A new addition in Damage Labs
The results of my latest project are somewhat complicated to interpret at times but very positive overall. Ladies and gents, please welcome Charles Jacob Wasson, born Sunday morning at 8:39AM. "C.J." weighed nine pounds, two ounces at birth. He and his mom are both...
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Last by ssidbroadcast at 4:53 PM on 07/04/09 - Back from the brink, Psystar launches new Mac clone
These guys just don't know when to quit. Despite fighting Apple in court since last year and filing for bankruptcy protection in May, Psystar Corporation has re-emerged with a brand new Mac clone. According to The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the Floridian start-up sent out an e-mail to...
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Last by snakeoil at 9:15 PM on 07/04/09 - Help me help you help me
As I mentioned in a scant 895 words last week, our domicile is now home to two as-yet-undamaged iPhone 3GSes. Both my wife and I remain duly and dually impressed. Granted, we're accustomed to simply using our cell phones to talk to people, so we're somewhat easily swayed. Although that...
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Last by ShadowTiger at 2:52 PM on 07/04/09 - Asus Eee Keyboard launch pushed back to August
June has quietly slipped by, and Asus still hasn't introduced its Eee Keyboard as some expected. The self-contained keyboard-cum-nettop is still on the way, though. According to Tech Digest, Asus now intends to release it in late August. Word of the new time frame comes from Asus marketing executive...
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Last by Wirko at 9:10 AM on 07/04/09 - Thursday Shortbread
Thursday Meet the Genachowskis: Ars Technica's in-depth look at the new FCC U.S. government to release $4 billion soon for broadband Compuserve Classic says goodnight ORNL prepares for a 20-petaflops computer in 2011 ...
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Last by eofpi at 3:53 AM on 07/03/09 - Apple thriving amid sluggish PC market
One would hardly expect Apple's computer business, which specializes in pricy, high-end systems, to be growing very much in today's economy. However, a Morgan Stanley analyst quoted by Fortune says Apple is seeing much faster shipment growth than mainstream PC vendors like HP and Dell. Kathryn Huberty notes that Apple's...
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Last by MathMan at 9:35 PM on 07/04/09 -
A look at SSD performance in Windows Vista
The more things change...
Our last SSD round-up caused quite a stir for using an older test system with Windows XP. We've now explored SSD performance on more current hardware with Vista x64 SP2, and you might be surprised by the results.
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Last by Anomymous Gerbil at 8:26 PM on 07/04/09 - Japanese company devises DVD dock for netbooks
Netbooks are great... unless you want to use them to watch a DVD or play a CD. Then the lack of an optical drive usually poses problems. Some might say that omission helps make netbooks cheap and portable, but as CrunchGear reports, the folks at Marshal think you might...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 2:24 PM on 07/02/09 - Analyst talks of continued TSMC yield problems at 40nm
Availability of 40nm graphics processors might get worse before it gets better. According to EE Times, TSMC—the biggest manufacturers of GPUs for both AMD and Nvidia—continues to experience poor 40nm yields. Those poor yields may affect shipments for the second half of this year, the site says. Here's the word...
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Last by Silus at 7:39 AM on 07/03/09 - Bing nipped at Google's heels last month
Microsoft's re-branded and improved search engine has been out for nearly a month now. So, how has Bing been doing against Google? Not too badly, says Reuters, which got hold of data showing the new "decision engine" has actually made some headway. According to numbers from StatCounter, Microsoft's...
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Last by Chrispy_ at 6:41 PM on 07/02/09 - Wednesday Shortbread
Wednesday Forrester Research: Tech recovery to start in fourth quarter TechFlash reports Amazon dumps Hawaii affiliates as sales tax battle escalates DigiTimes reports Foxconn comments on report speculating orders for new slim PS3...
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Last by YeuEmMaiMai at 4:18 PM on 07/02/09 - Nvidia: Top cell phone maker plans Tegra handset
We've already learned that Microsoft's Zune HD, which is coming this fall, will include an Nvidia Tegra system-on-a-chip. What you may not know is that Tegra could make its big break in the cell phone world this year, too. At least, that's what Nvidia Mobile General manager Mike Rayfield
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Last by ekaschyk at 8:54 PM on 07/02/09 - Micron starts producing 34nm NAND flash chips
Solid-state drives aren't the only devices to benefit from advancements in flash technology—more pedestrian products like memory cards do, too. Speaking of which, Micron says it's started mass-producing a pair of multi-level cell NAND flash chips based on its new (and purportedly "award-winning") 34nm process technology. The chips have capacities...
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Last by eitje at 4:25 PM on 07/01/09 - Firefox 3.5 debuts at last
Just over a year after the arrival of Firefox 3, Mozilla has finally unleashed the next major release of its popular web browser: Firefox 3.5. The final version has become available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in "over 65 languages." In case you didn't pay attention during the...
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Last by vikramsbox at 7:03 AM on 07/04/09 - Firm buys The Pirate Bay, seeks to make it legal
In the wake of the Pirate Bay founders' controversial trial, a Swedish software firm has purchased the popular torrent site with the aim of turning it into a legit operation. No, really. There's even a press release and everything. The buyer, Global Gaming Factory X, wants to "launch new...
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Last by shaq_mobile at 1:28 PM on 07/03/09