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Store, Swap and Organize: Storage AccessoriesMar 1, 2007 - in Reviews
Storage has countless faces these days, including numerous useful accessories. We found fives products to help you flexibly install, connect, silence and manage 2.5" and 3.5" hard drives.
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Albatron claims KI690-AM2 is most powerful Mini-ITXMar 1, 2007 - in News
Albatron Technology has unveiled what it claims is the first Mini-ITX motherboard based on AMD's AM2 socket technology.
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AMD demonstrates accelerated computing solution that breaks teraflop barrierMar 1, 2007 - in News
AMD has showcased a single-system, Accelerated Computing platform that breaks the teraflop computing barrier and organizations are ultimately expected to be able to apply this technology to a wide range of scientific, medical, business and consumer computing applications.
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Shuttle announces SD39P2 barebone XPCMar 1, 2007 - in News
Shuttle announced on February 27 the XPC SD39P2 barebone, the company's atest small form factor PC supporting Intel's socket 775 processors, including the Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme series models.
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Chinese scientists remote control pidgeonsFeb 28, 2007 - in News
Chinese scientists said they have succeeded in an experiment to remotely control the flight of a pigeon with electronic technology.
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Software update for your car can reduce fuel consumption, researcher saysFeb 28, 2007 - in News
John Kessels from the technical university of Eindhoven claims that a relatively simple software update as well as the addition of a cable could reduce the fuel consumption of virtually any car on the road today.
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Microsoft Breeds Four Unique MiceFeb 28, 2007 - in Reviews
The company reacts to regain some of its lead in the race through the rodent technology maze.
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AMD challenges Intel with its first integrated graphics chipsetFeb 27, 2007 - in News
AMD today announced its RS690 chipset which is not only AMD's first-ever integrated graphics chipset solution, but also the first product that takes advantage of technologies from both AMD and ATI. The 690 will attack Intel's dominance in the high-volume mainstream market of desktop PCs and position the chipset as a product that is superior to Nvidia chipsets.
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Hackers cut a deal and avoid prison in MySpace extortion caseFeb 27, 2007 - in News
A pair of hackers, accused of trying to extort $150,000 from the world's largest social networking site MySpace, have cut a deal with prosecutors and will avoid jail time. Suffolk County New York residents Shaun Harrison and Saverio Mondelli are accused of selling code that tracked MySpace users' IP and email addresses. The pair now will get three years of probation which is quite a bit better than the four years in prison that they could have received.
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Laptop using driver dies in accidentFeb 27, 2007 - in News
Using your laptop while driving can be hazardous to your health as one Californian man found out. The 28-year-old man died after his Toyota Corolla slammed head on into a Hummer on Highway 99 north of Sacramento. California Highway Patrol Commander Scott Silsbee told UPI that the man was probably lost control because he was typing on a laptop.
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Legacy rolls out certified 4 GB FB-DIMMsFeb 27, 2007 - in News
Legacy Electronics is offering a 4 GB DDR2-667 fully buffered dual in-line memory module (FB-DIMM) with certification for Intel chipsets and Computer Memory Test Labs (CMTL) requirements.
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Bacteria explored as new data storage mediumFeb 27, 2007 - in News
Researchers of the Keio University Institute for Advanced Biosciences and Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus announced development of a "new technology" that enables "long-term" data storage in bacterial DNA.
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WordPerfect Lightning beta goes liveFeb 27, 2007 - in News
Corel has released a public beta version of WordPerfect Lightning, a free and toned down version of its word processor that lets users create, edit, print and store files online for remote access.
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Vista to drive up DRAM prices in H2 07, PSC president saysFeb 27, 2007 - in News
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) president Brian Hsieh today expressed optimism that the Windows Vista operating system will drive up DRAM prices in the second half of the year.
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Dual Core Notebook CPUs ExploredFeb 27, 2007 - in Reviews
AMD's Turion 64 X2 battles Intel's mobile Core 2 Duo. We X-ray both product families, and provide our test results in a new Interactive Charts category: please welcome our Mobile CPU Charts!
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Pro golfer sues over Wikipedia vandalismFeb 26, 2007 - in News
Professional golfer "Fuzzy" Zoeller Jr. is suing a Miami company over alleged false Wikipedia entries. Zoeller claims a computer at Josef Silny & Associates was used to add allegations of drug and alcohol abuse to Zoeller's Wikipedia entry. Josef Silny has hired a computer consultant to investigate the matter.
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New South Pole telescope to explore "dark energy"Feb 26, 2007 - in News
Scientists from nine U.S. institutions have began working with a new 280-ton telescope system that may help astronomers to learn more about "dark energy," which is believed to be the cause of the rapid expansion of the universe.
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Adtron to offer 160 GB 2.5" flash driveFeb 26, 2007 - in News
Adtron last week announced that it will begin offering what will be the largest solid-state disk (SSD) drive on the market - matching the capacity of the upcoming mainstream hard drive capacity in notebooks. Unfortunately, the drive will be priced well out of consumer reach.
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Marriott hotel rooms get gadget connectivityFeb 26, 2007 - in News
To meet the increased demand for technology during travel, Marriott announced today that it has developed a new technology that allows guests to link various devices to in-room television sets. It will be upgrading current rooms in its high-end hotels throughout the year.
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Japan working on payment via cell phone for Big MacsFeb 26, 2007 - in News
Japanese customers will soon be able to pay for their fast food lunch without the use of cash or a credit card, thanks to a new partnership between McDonald's and Docomo, Japan's largest cell phone operator.
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Wireless networks jump in popularity: surveyFeb 26, 2007 - in News
More than one third of Internet users have connected to the Web via a wireless connection, according to a new survey that was released yesterday. That number, which includes Wi-Fi and mobile Internet access, marks a 50% increase from three years ago.
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STMicroelectronics introduces auto-shutdown LED driverFeb 26, 2007 - in News
STMicroelectronics (ST) has introduced what it claims is the first LED driver to include auto-power-saving features.
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Can Your PC Really Handle Vista?Feb 26, 2007 - in Reviews
Our $300 PCs are powerful enough to take on everyday workloads, but can they cope with Vista's requirements? It's all in the components.
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DARPA Urban Challenge to have multiple cash prizesFeb 23, 2007 - in News
The head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Dr. Tony Tether, says the Urban Challenge will have multiple cash prizes. Tether told Wired magazine that prizes from $500,000 to $2,000,000 will be given to the top teams that successfully complete the 60-mile urban course with robotic vehicles.
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New cyrogenic refrigerator offers rapid coolingFeb 23, 2007 - in News
A new high-frequency cooling device was recently demoed at the Maryland-based National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) building. The cooler tackles several ongoing challenges, including lower external temperatures, higher frequencies, and rapid cooling.
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Intel Crestline chipset will run DirectX 10Feb 23, 2007 - in News
Intel is currently finalizing its new notebook platform, code-named "Santa Rosa." Sources told TG Daily that the platform is on track for a May release and it looks like that it will come with a quite capable graphics engine. We hear that the Crestline chipset, core of Santa Rosa, will be DirectX 10 compatible.
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Virgin Galactic and NASA partner upFeb 23, 2007 - in News
Virgin Galactic and NASA are partnering to make space suits, heat shields and other equipment for space travel. In a collaborative deal announced this week, no money will change hands, but NASA scientists say both their agency and Virgin are in the business of making spaceships and a lot could be learned by both teams. The partnership also extends to motors and hypersonic vehicles.
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"Flushed Away" uploader gets felony chargeFeb 23, 2007 - in News
A man who obtained an advance copy of the animated film "Flushed Away" was arrested and could face as much as three years in prison after he uploaded the movie to the Internet.
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Hacker uncovers Internet Explorer 7 phishing holeFeb 23, 2007 - in News
Despite the fact that increased phishing security is one of the most touted features in Internet Explorer 7, a newly announced flaw makes it much easier for hackers to circumvent the browser's phishing filters.
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Samsung accelerates graphics memory to 2000 MHzFeb 23, 2007 - in News
The Gigahertz race may be over in the microprocessor space, but its is alive and kicking in the memory segment. Samsung today announces a 66% speed boost for high end graphics memory, which is expected to debut in enthusiast graphics cards later this year.
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