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PC Shipments Grow By 15% Last QuarterJan 18, 2008 - in News
The rapid growth curve for computer shipments in last year's third quarter extended into the year's final months, two technology research firms reported Wednesday.
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UltraBattery Promises More Power, Less Cost For HEVsJan 18, 2008 - in News
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed a new battery for hybrid electric vehicles that promises a 50% increase in power, a 70% decrease in cost and a 300% improvement in life expectancy.
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ARM: Migration To 32-bit MCU Is An Industry-wide ConsensusJan 18, 2008 - in News
Having seen more than 200 ARM-powered 32-bit microcontroller units (MCUs) become available worldwide, the leading microprocessor intellectual property (IP) vendor, reiterated that it is now an industry-wide consensus to migrate MCUs to 32-bit specifications.
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Intel Aiming To Almost Double Notebook CPU Shipments By 2011Jan 18, 2008 - in News
Intel plans to aggressively expand its shipments of notebook CPUs aiming to almost double its total of 2007 within the next few years, according to sources close to the company.
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Full HD TV Prices Falling Faster Than HD Prices, Says WitsView TechnologyJan 18, 2008 - in News
According to WitsView Technology, street prices for 32" to 46" full HD (FHD) LCD TVs slipped more evidently than their HD counterparts, narrowing the price gap between the two segments.
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32" PDP Boom May Not Last Beyond 2008Jan 18, 2008 - in News
The recent shortage of 32" LCD panels has gifted PDPs of the same class with a strong outlook for TV applications in 2008, but industry observers claim the boom in 32" PDPs may not last beyond this year.
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Researchers Developing Bionic Contact LensesJan 17, 2008 - in News
University of Washington researchers have been developing an electronic contact lens that could someday display important information in your field of vision.
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China To Be First In Internet Usage In 2008Jan 17, 2008 - in News
Beijing (China) - China will have the world's largest base of Internet users in 2008, according to a new study by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).
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Yahoo Implements OpenIDJan 17, 2008 - in News
San Francisco (CA) - Around 250 million Yahoo users are about to effected by the free-for-all OpenID standard, allowing them to log into other complying websites with their Yahoo ID.
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British Airways Jet Crashes At HeathrowJan 17, 2008 - in News
A British Airways jet has crashed just short of the runway at London's Heathrow Airport today. Flight 38 was a Boeing 777 from Beijing and was on final approach when, according to initial reports, the plane lost all power. The plane crashed several hundred meters short of the runway, but none of the 136 passengers and 16 crew were killed.
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Time Warner To Experiment With Tiered Internet PricingJan 17, 2008 - in News
Time Warner Internet customers who download a ton of material may find themselves paying more money later this year.
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Antec Fusion 430 HTPC CaseJan 17, 2008 - in Reviews
Antec's Fusion 430 HTPC case is explored and used to build a full system. Then various parameters are measured to assess the case's functionality when it is use for different HTPC functions.
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Don't Say Goodbye To HD DVD, YetJan 17, 2008 - in News
Opinion - CES was unkind to HD DVD this year, but don't underestimate the power of the fledgling format.
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Gigabyte To Launch Low-cost PC In JuneJan 17, 2008 - in News
Gigabyte Technology has join the growing list of companies to jump on the low-cost PC bandwagon with plans to launch its contender for the market in June, company vice president Richard Ma, has revealed.
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Mac Users More Open Minded And Sure Of Themselves - StudyJan 16, 2008 - in News
Open minded people are more likely to purchase a Mac, according to a new survey released by Mindset Media. The company interviewed 7500 people and found that liberal thinkers were 60 percent more likely to buy a Mac. These same people were also less modest and more sure of their own superiority than the rest of the population.
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AMD Xilleon CPUs Get DivX SupportJan 16, 2008 - in News
AMD has licensed DivX for "specific" Xilleon processors.
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Electric Vehicle Combusts On UC Riverside CampusJan 16, 2008 - in News
According to Engadget, a GEM Electric Vehicle burnt to the ground yesterday on the UC Riverside campus. UCR media relations were unaware of the fire and the campus Police Department said it could have been a test burn.
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Scientists Develop Semi-accurate Dog TranslatorJan 16, 2008 - in News
Scientists at the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary have developed a computer that can "translate" dog barks. We put translate in quotes because the machine can only detect the dogs' general mood at the time. Scientists claim the readings are 43 percent accurate - something which doesn't seem that great, but they add most humans would not have done so well.
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Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 CPU Pushed Back To Feb-March 2008 - SourcesJan 16, 2008 - in News
Intel has pushed back the volume shipment date of its Core 2 Extreme QX9770 processors for the high-end desktop segment to February-March 2008 instead of January as reported previously, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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AMD To Ship RS780 In China First Due To Driver IssuesJan 16, 2008 - in News
Although AMD has already completed the hardware for its next generation IGP chipset, RS780, the company is still waiting on drivers to support its new Hybrid CrossFireX technology.
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Digital Camera And Digital Photo Frame Makers Conservative About Procuring Small-size TFT-LCDsJan 16, 2008 - in News
Taiwan-based manufacturers of digital cameras and digital photo frames are conservative about ordering small-to-medium size TFT-LCD panels due to an uncertain business outlook caused by sluggish economic growth and the subprime mortgage crisis in the US, according to industry sources.
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Banking Crisis Hits Second LifeJan 15, 2008 - in News
The virtual residents of Second Life are experiencing a banking crisis of their own after recently announced ban on unregistered banks. As of January 22nd, unregistered banks won't be able to offer interest or any return on investment. Now, virtual citizens are scrambling to pull their money out of banks and causing some institutions to close their doors.
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EMC Announces Enterprise Solid State DisksJan 15, 2008 - in News
Solid state drives (SSDs) aren't exactly new to users in enterprise and military environments, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the increasingly popular SSD segment is making advances to appeal to more customers in the enterprise field as well.
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Price For LED-based Lighting Products To Fall To To Drop More Than 80% Within 5 Years, Says PAMJan 15, 2008 - in News
In terms of technology, LED-based lighting products have already conformed to US safety lighting standards, but their price costs are too high to spread to general household lighting, according to Power Analog Microelectronics (PAM), a developer of Class-D digital audio amplifiers and high-power LED display driver semiconductors.
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LED BLUs A Growing Trend For 2008, Says DisplaybankJan 15, 2008 - in News
In 2007, discussions about adopting flat fluorescent lamp (FFL)/EEFL cooled down, while the market focus has been intensified for a CCFL-LED transition.
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Netflix Nixes Streaming Limit For Video On DemandJan 15, 2008 - in News
Most Netflix subscribers now have unlimited access to digital video downloads, as the Internet service has gotten rid of hourly limits this week.
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External SATA Devices To Drop Power CablesJan 14, 2008 - in News
The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) has announced that it is working on a new specification that will provide power to external SATA (eSATA) devices without the need for a separate power connection.
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Benchmark: Xeon Quad-cores Faster Than Opterons, But AMD More Power EfficientJan 14, 2008 - in News
Another benchmark has concluded that if it is performance you are looking for in a server that Intel is be the best choice, while an AMD CPU may be consuming much less power.
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Intel Shelton'08-based Low-cost Notebooks To Launch In Q3 08Jan 14, 2008 - in News
Intel has recently released details of its Shelton'08-based low-cost notebook platform (Basic Platform) to partners and has set the launch schedule for the third quarter this year, according to sources at PC makers.
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