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Samsung Unveils 14.6 Megapixel DSLR CameraJan 31, 2008 - in News
Samsung announced a new flagship digital SLR camera, which will be positioned above its GX10: The GX20 increases the maximum image resolution from 10.2 to 14.6 megapixels and enables users to take an "unlimited number" of JPEG images in a continuous shooting mode.
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First-tier Makers Unveil Latest ATI Radeon 3000 Series Graphics CardsJan 31, 2008 - in News
First-tier motherboard makers, including Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI), have revealed their latest graphics cards adopting AMD's Radeon HD 3000 series GPUs.
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Dell Shuts Down Retail KiosksJan 31, 2008 - in News
Dell announced this week that it will shut down all of its 140 interactive kiosks throughout the US.
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Blu-ray And HD DVD Support DemystifiedJan 30, 2008 - in Reviews
Analysis - If you had to choose between Blu-ray and HD DVD today, what would you buy? Based on recent media coverage we guess likely you would go with Blu-ray. But has the market already made its decision? Which companies support which format? We spent some time examining the current market and compiled a list of hardware vendors, retail stores and publishers and their support for the HD age.
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Yahoo Will Axe 1000 Company JobsJan 30, 2008 - in News
San Francisco (CA) - Yahoo plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or around 7 percent of its 14,000 employees, as part of an ongoing restructuring of the company, its chief financial officer said on Tuesday.
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Macbook Air Begins Shipping To ConsumersJan 30, 2008 - in News
Apple's latest personal notebook computer, the Macbook Air, is now on its way to eager consumers, as the company announced it has begun shipping orders today.
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Gateway Retail Dumps Intel for AMD CPUsJan 30, 2008 - in News
Gateway officially announced its new high-end retail desktop PC offerings. At least for now, the company has switched from Intel quad-core CPUs to AMD quad-core Phenom 9500 and 9600 CPUs.
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Everlight Plans To Commercialize Automotive LED Headlamp By Q3 08Jan 30, 2008 - in News
LED packaging house Everlight Electronics - in cooperation with Hua-chuang Automobile Information Technical Center (Haitec), an affiliate of local Taiwan automobile firm Yulon Group - claims that it has successfully resolved issues concerning heat-dissipation for LED headlamps, and Everlight estimates that the LED headlamp will soon pass heat-dissipation tests and be ready for commercialization by the third quarter of 2008.
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VIDEO - Livescribe "Smart Pen" Records Everything You Write And HearJan 30, 2008 - in News
Note taking is a messy affair and you often miss the gist of what the speaker is saying while you frantically try to write down words. But never fear, Oakland-based Livescribe has developed its Pulse Smart Pen that can digitally record everything you write and hear.
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AMD CPU Efficiency ComparedJan 29, 2008 - in Reviews
We already compared performance per watt over four generations of Intel CPUs. Now we compare AMD's Sempron, Athlon and Phenom CPUs to see if efficiency has increased over time on the AMD side.
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VIDEO - Fire Your Database Administrator With BlistJan 29, 2008 - in News
Database administration and creation has always been relegated to pointy head techie types, but start-up company Blist claims to have developed the world's easiest database.
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E.Coli Bacteria May Be The Key To Your Very Own Hydrogen FactoryJan 29, 2008 - in News
Hydrogen carries the potential to become a clean energy source in the future. But while hydrogen does not produce green house gases in cars, an enormous amount of energy is required to produce it. E.Coli bacteria may change that and enable you to create your own hydrogen supply right in your backyard, if researchers from A&M University are right.
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VIDEO - LeapFrog Your Child's Reading With TagJan 29, 2008 - in News
Accelerating your child's learning is as easy as giving him LeapFrog's new "Tag" pen-like device. Thanks to an infrared camera in the tip, the pen recognizes graphics on specially designed books and then reads back words and letters as the kid taps on the book.
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Sun Ships 18 TFlops Datacenter In A BoxJan 29, 2008 - in News
Sun's Project Blackbox is shipping, literally: Now called the Modular Datacenter S20, Blackbox is a datacenter built into a 20 ft container that is sent to customers via ship or airplane. Sun promises that the S20 not only can bring deployment time down to as little as 22 days, but can also reduce cooling needs by as much as 40%.
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Nvidia To Launch NForce 790i Chipset In Q2Jan 29, 2008 - in News
Nvidia is planning to launch the next generation nForce 790i chipset in the second quarter this year.
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GeCube Launches Radeon 3870 X2 Dual GPU CardsJan 29, 2008 - in News
GeCube has revealed graphics cards based on AMD's Radeon HD 3870 X2 dual GPU graphics card for the high-end market.
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Intel To Retire Seven Merom Core 2 Duo ProcessorsJan 28, 2008 - in News
Intel has entered a range of Core 2 Duo processors with Merom core into its product discontinuance program.
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HDMI, Displayport Quickly Replacing DVIJan 28, 2008 - in News
The DVI interface will is headed for retirement, as HDMI and Displayport are establishing themselves as successors for the interface.
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BBC Anchor Sues Over Facial Surgery For HDTV MakeoverJan 28, 2008 - in News
Katie Silverton is suing a health clinic for botching a recent operation, which she says she scheduled because of increased concerns over HDTV images.
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AMD Releases Dual-GPU Graphics CardJan 28, 2008 - in News
AMD returns to the high-end of the graphics card segment with the Radeon HD 3870 X2.
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Epson Starts Volume Production Of New HTPS Panels Compatible With WXGAJan 28, 2008 - in News
Japan-based Seiko Epson (Epson) has begun volume production of 0.
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ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 - Fastest Yet!Jan 27, 2008 - in Reviews
AMD has taken back the crown for the most powerful graphics card. Read on to see how the company did it and how the HD 3879 X2 performs on a variety of benchmarks.
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Startup Claims It Can Make $1/gallon EthanolJan 25, 2008 - in News
Chicago (IL) - An Illinois-based biofuels research company claims it can make ethanol for less than $1 a gallon.
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Charter Erases 14,000 Customer E-mail AccountsJan 25, 2008 - in News
Charter Communications has blamed a "software error" on completely deleting the contents of 14,000 of its customer e-mail accounts.
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Infrared-blasting Helmet Could Reverse Alzheimer's DiseaseJan 25, 2008 - in News
A new infrared-blasting helmet could stop and possibly even reverse Alzheimer's disease. British researchers developed the helmet for human testing after similar treatments improved brain function on middle-aged mice. The infrared light supposedly stimulates brain cells to regenerate and, according to the researchers, can reverse dementia in just a few weeks.
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Digital TV Converter Boxes To Be Ready By February 18Jan 25, 2008 - in News
Digital converters for the massive broadcasting change happening next year should be available in less than a month, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
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HP Announces SSD Business Desktop PCJan 25, 2008 - in News
HP has updated its compact desktop PC offering for businesses with two new models - and its first PC that can be ordered with a NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD) drive.
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NPD: Recent Blu-ray Sales Explosion "doesn't Really Mean A Lot"Jan 25, 2008 - in News
Earlier this month, standalone Blu-ray players counted for 90% of the next-gen DVD hardware market, but analyst firm NPD says that consumers shouldn't read too much into that.
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Gigabyte And MSI Announce X48 MotherboardsJan 25, 2008 - in News
Although first-tier motherboard makers are still unable to ship X48-based motherboards, some of them have broken ranks to pre-announce their upcoming products along with their newest technologies.
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AMD To Showcase Upcoming Phenom CPUs At CeBIT 2008Jan 25, 2008 - in News
Due to the TLB (translation lookaside buffer) bug, AMD has postponed the launch of its upcoming quad-core Phenom 9700 CPU to the second quarter of 2008, however the company is planning to showcase the CPU at CeBIT 2008 in March along with 9900 and 9100e models, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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