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Internet Tops 172 Million WebsitesJul 8, 2008 - in News
The Internet maintained a healthy growth rate in June, growing to 172,338,726 sites by the end of the month, according to
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Georgia Tech Student Advertises For Kissing Lessons On CraigslistJul 8, 2008 - in News
Atlanta (GA) - A Georgia Tech University student is meeting his online girlfriend for the first time and is advertising on Craigslist for some interesting assistance.
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Teenagers Attacked After Mocking Town On YouTubeJul 8, 2008 - in News
Oniontown (NY) - Residents of Oniontown New York got their revenge against two teenagers who posted unflattering videos of their quant 'hamlet'.
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System Builder Marathon: Price/PerformanceJul 8, 2008 - in Reviews
Wrapping up our system builder marathon, let’s analyze the price vs. performance of our sub-$1,000, sub-$2,000, and sub-$4,000 PCs.
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UK Surfers Most Likely To Get Scammed, US Most Likely To Get SpammedJul 7, 2008 - in News
A worldwide survey of spam showed the majority of 419 scams are sent to residents living in the United Kingdom.
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Apple Cuts Price Of SSD-based MacBook AirJul 7, 2008 - in News
The MacBook Air is no longer the most expensive laptop on the Apple website. A sudden price drop has forced it to move over and make way for the 17” MacBook Pro.
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Pioneer Creates 16-layer Disc With 400 GB CapacityJul 7, 2008 - in News
A new generation of high capacity optical discs could be on the way as Pioneer claims to have developed read-only disc media with 16 layers and a total capacity of 400 GB.
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LED Penetration To Reach 8% Of LCD TV Market By 2011, Says DisplaybankJul 7, 2008 - in News
Displaybank has forecast that LCD TVs equipped with LED BLUs (backlight units) instead of CCFLs (cold cathode fluorescent lamps) will reach 8% of the total market by 2011.
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Nvidia Contract Makers In Taiwan Low-key Over Defective Chip ReportsJul 7, 2008 - in News
Nvidia's Taiwan-based graphics chip contract makers are being low-key after the US chip designer informed investors on July 3 that will take a charge of US$150-$200 million related to expenses stemming from issues discovered with die/packaging materials used in previous generation notebook products.
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DRAM Bit Growth Limited In Q3Jul 7, 2008 - in News
The bit growth of the global DRAM industry will be limited in the third quarter of this year as most DRAM makers around the globe have postponed either construction of new plants or other capacity expansion projects, according to sources at Taiwan DRAM makers.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: July '08Jul 7, 2008 - in Reviews
Detailed specifications and reviews are great if you have the time to do the research. But at the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best card within a certain budget.
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Exclusive: 'Nehalem' at 2.9GHz and X58Jul 6, 2008 - in News
We take a quick preview at Intel's upcoming X58 chipset along with 'Nehalem' running at 2.9GHz.
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AMD Shows Ray-tracing Tech on YouTubeJul 3, 2008 - in News
San Francisco (CA) - AMD has published two YouTube videos that show off its voxel-based rendering technology.
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Nvidia Expected To Offer DirectX 10.1 GPU In Q'1, 2009Jul 3, 2008 - in News
Chicago (IL) - Nvidia so far declined to provide any information if and when the company will consider support the DirectX 10.
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Scientist Warns Plasma And LCD Televisions Could Be Destroying Our EnvironmentJul 3, 2008 - in News
Los Angeles (CA) - A University of California scientist says our love of large television sets could be destroying our environment.
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Radeon Forces Nvidia GTX2XX Price CutsJul 3, 2008 - in News
It appears that AMD's ATI Radeon 4800 GPU has turned out to be a much better chip than initially expected and AMD's aggressive pricing puts enough pressure on Nvidia to prompt the company to react.
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Atom Shortage May Affect Low-cost Notebook Panel Shipments In JulyJul 3, 2008 - in News
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AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 Ready By AugustJul 3, 2008 - in News
Following the recent launch of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 GPUs, AMD plans to introduce the high-end dual-GPU HD 4870 X2 by the end of July, according to sources at graphics card vendors.
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WWF Slaps U.S. Government Over Lack Of Energy Efficiency ProgressJul 3, 2008 - in News
Washington D.C. - Just in time for next week's G8 summit in Japan, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a new report examining the progress of each of the G8 countries toward addressing climate change, a main focus of this year's meeting.
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Solar System A Bit Squashed, Not Nicely RoundJul 3, 2008 - in News
The solar system may not be a nice round shape, but rather a bit squashed and oblong, according to data from the Voyager 2 spacecraft exploring the solar system's outer limits, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Radeon HD 4870: Better Than GTX 260!Jul 3, 2008 - in Reviews
The performance of AMD's Radeon HD 4850 surprised everyone – including Nvidia. The 4870 continues the tradition, delivering excellent price/performance.
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Study Claims Windows Usage Market Share Could Soon Fall Below 90%Jul 3, 2008 - in News
Chicago (IL) - A new study released by Net Applications indicates that a decreasing percentage of the Internet population is using Windows as their operating system.
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Teenager Jailed After Posting YouTube Vid Of Airborne BabyJul 3, 2008 - in News
Atlanta (GA) - A 16-year-old is behind bars today after he posted a stomach-churning YouTube video of a baby being launched in the air.
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Nvidia's Stock Bloodbath - Company Admits Faulty ChipsJul 3, 2008 - in News
Santa Clara (CA) - Nvidia is admitting that some of its notebook chips are failing at "higher than normal rates" in a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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AMD Improves CPU Market Share - With Little Impact On IntelJul 2, 2008 - in News
El Segundo (CA) - If we believe the public statements of AMD executives, then the company's market strategy has always been based on maintaining and growing market share at virtually any expense.
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System Builder Marathon: OverclockingJul 2, 2008 - in Reviews
Our three systems have been built and tested, so now it’s time to put them to the real test: will overclocking provide the performance advantages we anticipated?
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Gigabyte Goes Extreme Cold OverclockingJul 2, 2008 - in News
Gigabyte launches its first State-side overclocking competition and plans for more in the coming months.
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Transition To 16:9 Aspect Ratio Unstoppable, Says DisplaySearchJul 2, 2008 - in News
The LCD panel industry's transition toward the 16:9 aspect is unstoppable, according to DisplaySearch who predicts that the widescreen format will have a 90% penetration of the notebook panel market and 67% of the monitor panel market by 2010.
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Blue LEDs With Red And Green Phosphors May Become Mainstream For TV-use BLUs In 2009Jul 2, 2008 - in News
With costs for LED backlights using a mix of red, green and blue LEDs remaining high, LED industry players are considering using a combination of blue LEDs with red and green phosphors for TV-use backlights.
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PDP Module Shipments Increase 10% To 1.39 Million Units In May, Says DisplaybankJul 2, 2008 - in News
Worldwide PDP module shipments reached 1.39 million units in May, rising 10% compared to April because of increases in Matsushita shipments, according to Displaybank.
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