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Micron And Nanya Beef Up On Stack DRAM ProductionMar 4, 2008 - in News
Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on DRAM development, including the formation of a joint venture (JV), Micron Technology and Nanya Technology are said will officially sign a contract by April.
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Update: AMD's Chipset Game: Rien Ne Vas PlusMar 4, 2008 - in News
AMD's has raised its bet and placed its chips in a cutthroat chipset market: To gain ground on Nvidia and Intel, the manufacturer decided to put a fully-fledged GPU into its next mainstream integrated chipset 780G, which could win the company lots of new customers. But it could cost AMD lots of discrete graphics card sales as well and cut deep into its profit margins. Will AMD win?
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AMD's New 780G Chipset Has Powerful GPUMar 4, 2008 - in Reviews
The 780G's northbridge chip has integrated Radeon HD3200 GPU. No graphics card or powerful CPU needed to build a hi-def HTPC. Crossfire supports added graphics card for very good gaming performance.
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AMD Demos 45 Nm ProcessorsMar 4, 2008 - in News
AMD is ramping its 45 nm processors and visitors at the CeBIT tradeshow have a chance to see samples of 45 nm Opteron with Shanghai core and the 45 Phenom with Teneb at their first public demonstration.
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Apple's Co-founder Unhappy With Apple TV, IPhone, MacBook Air...Mar 3, 2008 - in News
Sydney (Australia) - If you have co-founded a company and spent a better part of your life in it, does that mean you need to adore every product that came out of the company?
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OCZ Launches Brain-Computer-InterfaceMar 3, 2008 - in News
Sunnyvale (CA) - Brain-controlled input devices appear to become the most interesting exotic gaming technology this year: Following the announcement of the Emotiv EPOC , performance memory maker OCZ today said that it is about to ship the first Brain-Computer-Interface product.
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Youtube Live Streaming Coming Later This YearMar 3, 2008 - in News
Thanks to its financial backing from Google, Youtube now plans to offer live video streaming by the end of 2008.
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BD-ROM To Become BD Mainstream In 2008 - Taiwan MakersMar 3, 2008 - in News
Following Sony's launch of its BDU-X10S, its first Blu-ray Disc (BD)-ROM drive, BD-ROM is expected to become the mainstream among all BD formats in 2008, according to leading Taiwan-based makers of optical disc drives.
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United's Computer Check-in System Fails To Leap On Leap DayMar 3, 2008 - in News
Leap day (February 29) happens once every four years, but it seems that there cannot be a single leap day without mainstream media reporting about computer-related problems associated with the date. This time around, so called "Easy Check-in" kiosks at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) were crashing as the software did not allow passengers to check-in for the flight.
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Corsair Creates High-capacity, High-speed USB StickMar 3, 2008 - in News
Fremont (CA) - If you're in the market for a USB stick, you can choose either to go for capacity or speed. With the largest sticks at 32 GB in size, but with speed of a dying horse, and the fastest stick at four times less capacity, choice has always been narrow.
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HD DVD Tops List Of High-def Disc Sales Last WeekMar 3, 2008 - in News
While Blu-ray has pretty much officially won the high definition media war, the HD DVD release of American Gangster beat out all of its Blu-ray contenders in the last full week of February.
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Micron And Nanya To Enter DRAM PartnershipMar 3, 2008 - in News
Micron Technology and Nanya Technology jointly announced today that the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore potential technology sharing, joint technology development and development of a new joint venture.
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Paypal Says Don't Use Safari BrowserMar 3, 2008 - in News
Ebay's online payment site Paypal has issued a warning that Apple's Safari browser makes users more vulnerable to phishing.
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CPU Cooler Charts 2008, Part 3 - Are Box Coolers any Good?Mar 3, 2008 - in Reviews
The higher the CPU frequency, the higher the heat dissipation. Cheap CPUs ship with simple coolers that aren't suited to overclocking.
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Intel Preps Atom For World DominationMar 2, 2008 - in News
Intel today released the brand name of its Silverthorne and Diamondville processors for mobile devices - products the company has called its most significant product since the introduction of the Pentium processor: While the chips won't set new performance records for your desktop PC or your notebook, they are very low cost chips pumped out in huge volumes to conquer the market of portable devices and low-end PCs.
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China Opens World's Largest Airport TerminalFeb 29, 2008 - in News
In preparation for this summer's Olympics, China has just opened the world's largest airport terminal in Beijing. More than 50 million people will scamper through this terminal which is nearly two miles long and has 120 gates along with 73 aircraft parking spots.
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DVD Forum Sets New Rules On China HD DVD FormatFeb 29, 2008 - in News
The HD DVD is dead, but the DVD Forum apparently has not given up hope on the Chinese version of the format yet. Toshiba will chair the Steering Committee over the next two years.
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Extended Validation Certificates And XSS Considered HarmfulFeb 29, 2008 - in News
A cross-site scripting vulnerability on the popular SourceForge.
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Mercedes-Benz To Use Lithium-ion Batteries In Hybrid S-class SedanFeb 29, 2008 - in News
Mercedes-Benz today announced its two first hybrid vehicles, both of which will be using conventional lithium-ion batteries, as opposed to nickel-metal versions that are used for example in the Toyota Prius or the upcoming Porsche Cayenne Hybrid.
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NEC To Release 52" LCD Display For Signage ApplicationsFeb 29, 2008 - in News
NEC Display Solutions of America recently announced the launch of its 52" LCD MultiSync (LCD5220) full high-definition wide-screen display designed for digital signage applications.
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Intel Sets Pricing For 4-series Chipsets, Adds P43 To LineupFeb 29, 2008 - in News
Intel has set the pricing for its upcoming 4-series chipsets which are to be launching in the second quarter this year, while also adding one more member, the P43, to the lineup, according to sources at Taiwan-based motherboard makers.
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CeBIT 2008: MSI To Showcase Low-cost Desktops, Intel 4-series Motherboards And Green Design NotebookFeb 29, 2008 - in News
Micro-Star International (MSI) will showcase its new low-cost desktop PCs, green-concept and gaming notebooks as well as its next-generation motherboards based on Intel's 4-series chipsets, at CeBIT 2008, 4-9 March.
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Web-to-TV Show Quarterlife Canned After Abysmal RatingsFeb 29, 2008 - in News
The dramedy that went from Myspace to NBC has been canceled after one episode, after it received the network's worst rating for its time slot in 20 years.
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CeBIT 2008 - Previewing The TrendsFeb 29, 2008 - in Reviews
CeBIT in Germany is one of the most important tech shows in the world. Here is a preview by our editors who will attend CeBIT from March 4-9.
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IPhone And Xbox 360 Controller Commands DARPA's Killer 'Crusher' RobotFeb 29, 2008 - in News
For the past few weeks, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Army have been running the 'Crusher' six-wheeled robot through torturous recon and cave-clearing missions. By early reports, the robot has performed well and Army personnel have even adapted two popular gadgets to control the bot.
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Fit All Of Your Oversized Power Adapters In Tributaries New StripFeb 28, 2008 - in News
Tributaries just introduced its T12 power strip which promises to solve a common tech problem of "I can't fit all my power adapters on one strip." While we usually forward the press releases into a virtual recycle bin, this product caught our attention as it finally solves some of headaches we experience on daily basis.
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Aibo Cures Loneliness As Well As Real Dogs - StudyFeb 28, 2008 - in News
Sony's robotic Aibo dog is just as effective as a real dog in curing loneliness. According to a study conducted by the St. Louis University, elderly patients in a nursing home became attached to the dog after several weeks of playing with the non-pooping plastic pet.
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Netflix To Pump Up Blu-ray SelectionFeb 28, 2008 - in News
Netflix has said that it will start offering more Blu-ray Disc titles since it will no longer stock HD DVD.
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Dreamworks Animation Still HD DVD Exclusive Under Contract TermsFeb 28, 2008 - in News
In spite of the fact that the creators of HD DVD have officially abandoned the format, Dreamworks Animation is still locked in to an exclusivity contract.
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European GPS Competitor Galileo To Be Demonstrated At CeBitFeb 28, 2008 - in News
U-Blox, a Switzerland-based developer of GPS receivers, said that it has developed one of the first Galileo tracking devices.
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