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Do Intel's Delays Hint Of 45nm Woes?Dec 26, 2007 - in News
Intel's recent minor slip of three quad-core processors from early in Q1'2008 to mid-to-late Q1'2008, coupled with some rumblings from under the surface, have caused a few to raise an eyebrow or two.
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Blu-ray Site Hacked To Redirect To Promotional HD DVD AddressDec 26, 2007 - in News
Over the weekend, visitors to the official Blu-ray Disc website were sent to the official HD DVD website instead, apparently the work of a format-biased hacker.
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Week Before Christmas Spark In Online SalesDec 26, 2007 - in News
Procrastinating shoppers pushed last week's e-tailer sales up 25% over the same period last year, a new record for the last-minute shopping time.
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Sparkle Announces Passively Cooled 1 GB GeForce 8800 GT CardDec 21, 2007 - in News
Sparkle introduced a new GeForce 8800 GT version which comes with 1 GB of memory, instead of the standard 512 MB, as well as passive cooling.
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Big Asteroid On Collision Course With MarsDec 21, 2007 - in News
La Canada Flintridge (CA) - Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge, part of NASA's Neart-Earth Object Program, who jokingly refer to themselves as "the Solar System Defense Team", are tracking a 160 foot diameter asteroid that has a 1 in 75 chance of striking Mars.
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Asustek Launches Power Efficient Server BoardDec 21, 2007 - in News
Asustek Computer has announced the DSEB-D16 series server board, a 45nm Intel Xeon 5400/5200 processor ready platform, which the company claims is capable of 90%+ power efficiency.
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First-tier Notebook Vendors Pushing 4 GB Products Next Year To Lift DRAM MarketDec 21, 2007 - in News
While first-tier notebook vendors such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba are planning to roll out 4 GB notebooks starting from the first quarter of 2008, the move is expected to give a boost to the DRAM market, according to memory module makers.
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Commercial Jet Aviation Celebrates 50th AnniversaryDec 21, 2007 - in News
The Boeing 707, the world's first jet-powered commercial airplane, is celebrating the 50th birthday of its maiden flight: Boeing launched the first production 707 on Dec. 20, 1957 from Renton Municipal Airport near Seattle, WA.
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Possible Safe Fuel Storage Method Found For Hydrogen Powered CarsDec 21, 2007 - in News
Ford Motor Company and UCLA have developed a new chemical compound which can safely store large quantities of hydrogen gas in a chemically dissolved form, making it safe for use in automobiles. While there is still research to be done, this research may help bring it mainstream much sooner.
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Original Knight Rider Car On EBayDec 21, 2007 - in News
Greenwich (CT) - One of the original "KITT" cars used in Knight Rider is being sold on eBay, but response so far has been lukewarm.
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Notebook Makers Look To Have 4 GB RAM Next YearDec 21, 2007 - in News
Taipei (Taiwan) - Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba are planning to introduce notebooks which come standard with 4 GB of memory next year.
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Tom's New Reference SystemDec 21, 2007 - in Reviews
In 2008, Tom's Hardware will be using a Reference Test System to standardize its test platform across multiple international test labs. Here's your chance to learn all about it before it goes live.
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Windows Explore's A Virus, Says Kaspersky's Anti-virus SoftwareDec 21, 2007 - in News
London (England) - ZD Net is reporting that a patch from earlier this week to Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus software deemed Microsoft Windows Explorer a virus, and quarantined the explorer.
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Carbon Sheets Could Save Earth's Limited Indium SupplyDec 21, 2007 - in News
Carbon is proving to be a very useful substance for many applications. A 2D, single atomic layer of carbon, called graphene, could provide the ideal, nearly transparent electrode material for future displays and solar cells, and one which will not further deplete our already scarce supply of indium.
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Samsung Ships 320 GB 2.5" Hard DriveDec 20, 2007 - in News
Samsung rolled out a new version of its Spinpoint 2.5" hard drive series. The new drive is the second drive in the market to offer a capacity of 320 GB in this form factor.
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Silicon Nanowires Boost Li-ion For 20-hour NotebooksDec 20, 2007 - in News
The 20-hour notebook, 200 hour iPod, 80 hour cell phone, they could all be in our near futures thanks to silicon nanowire research into advanced Lithium-Ion batteries.
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Growth In Handset LED Market To Slow In 2008Dec 20, 2007 - in News
With 95% of handsets already utilizing LED backlighting, LED makers estimate that LED shipment growth will slow next year to a 10% range, a growth rate just slightly ahead of forecasted 9.
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CrossFireX Still A Go On Intel P45 ChipsetsDec 20, 2007 - in News
Intel has received an license to support CrossFireX on its upcoming P45 chipsets, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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Report: Manmade Carbon Emissions Are Killing The Coral ReefsDec 20, 2007 - in News
The coral reefs are providing early signs as to the perilous conditions of our oceans. Too much acid, too much salt, and too much CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere increasing the temperature. Changes need to be enacted soon to keep the coral reefs from dying by 2100, and an irreversible trend beginning.
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UCLA Finds Layout Design Important In Transistor PerformanceDec 20, 2007 - in News
A team of researchers has been able to do the math, tweaking the computer design phase of creating a CPU. While no other aspects of manufacturing change, the increase is delivering at least a 5% boost.
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Hybrid Semiconductor Material Found For High-tempsDec 20, 2007 - in News
Imagine a CPU that can withstand 200C temperatures without damage. Such a thing may be possible with a new line of hybrid zero thermal expansion materials which are proving suitable for semiconductor use, as well as a new class of positive, negative or zero thermal expansion materials. Heat may soon be our enemy no longer.
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Falling Global Demand For CD-R Discs Lessens Willingness To Renew Licensing Among Taiwan OEM MakersDec 19, 2007 - in News
While Royal Philips Electronics is still negotiating renewals of its Veeza patent licensing with leading Taiwan-based makers of blank CD-R discs, the makers have become more reluctant to accept the licensing terms due to decreasing global demand for CD-R discs, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
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AMD To Focus On Multi-GPU Cards For The High-end MarketDec 19, 2007 - in News
At the recent Analyst Day conference, AMD noted that it will focus on technology to put multiple GPUs onto a single card to form its new high-end graphics products.
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Polysilicon Supply Strain Sparks Interest In Buried Scrap WafersDec 19, 2007 - in News
An insufficient supply of polysilicon, which has spurred the price of silicon wafers to a new high, has caused industry players to consider the possibility of using scrap wafers that have been already been buried for years, according to sources in Taiwan's solar industry.
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Apple Censorship: This Time It's DisplaysDec 19, 2007 - in Reviews
In what appears be the first move toward censoring discussion of the issue, Apple Support has locked the discussion thread.
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Silicon Wafers For Solar Cells Too PriceyDec 19, 2007 - in News
Taipei (Taiwan) - The silicon wafers used for the solar cell industry have increased significantly in price this quarter.
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AMD Phenom vs. Athlon Core ShootoutDec 19, 2007 - in Reviews
Though AMD has been unlucky with its Phenom, the new processor represents a major improvement over the Athlon 64 X2. But, just how much better is the Phenom?
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Survey: Linux Outpaces Generic Open-source Software AdoptionDec 18, 2007 - in News
From Computerworld UK - Forrester Research has concluded a 2,250 "software decision maker" survey, one which specifically targeted questions relating to open-source software and the Linux operating system, that open-source software adoption lags significantly behind Linux deployments as a mainstream OS.
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Lodestone Exhibits Electric Phase-switching Ability At -250FDec 18, 2007 - in News
An ancient magnetic mineral called lodestone is proving somewhat baffling to modern scientists. By using a new generation of nano-tools, researchers have been able to un-earth a new ability that could have applications in mass storage or computer memory.
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Broadband Usage Expected To Hit 1 Billion Users In 2008Dec 18, 2007 - in News
Strategy Analytics believes that more than 1 billion people worldwide will have access to a broadband Internet connection by the end of next year.
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