High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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Sharp develops technology for cheaper Blu-ray recordersFeb 15, 2007 - in News
With Blu-ray Disc hardware notoriously more expensive than the competing HD DVD players, Sharp has developed a new technology to bring down the cost of BD recorders. The new model will drop in price from current units that topple the $1500 mark.
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U.S. data centers consume 45 billion kWh annually, says AMDFeb 15, 2007 - in News
By now, we have learned that power efficiency has become one of the dominant cost factors impacting the operating of computer systems. A new study, commissioned by AMD, is putting numbers on the power consumption of data centers in the U.S. and around the world.
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With R600 set to go, AMD-ATI preps launch of RV610 and RV630Feb 15, 2007 - in News
With the R600 set to be showcased at CeBIT in March, some industry players expect AMD-ATI to display the full R6 series at the show, including the entry-level RV610 and mainstream RV630.
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LCD panel prices to continue falling in H2 Feb, says WitsViewFeb 15, 2007 - in News
Price-reduction pressure will persist in the second half of February and buyers are still waiting for further price drops, according to WitsView Technology.
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DRAM makers expansion may advance with ease of equipment supplyFeb 15, 2007 - in News
DRAM makers may see their expansion projects complete ahead of schedule as tight supply of equipment is easing amid a more conservative change in pure-play foundries' attitudes towards capacity expansion, according to industry sources.
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STMicroelectronics introduces 65nm MLC NOR flashFeb 15, 2007 - in News
STMicroelectronics (ST) announced the availability of the 65nm PR family of NOR Flash memory in 512Mbit and 1Gbit densities for consumer electronics.
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Weird and Wonderful PCs and ModsFeb 15, 2007 - in Reviews
Tell us about your favorite cool, strange or even wacky PC or PC mod. We might publish your story.
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OCZ expands into peripherals, offers gaming mouseFeb 14, 2007 - in News
Performance memory maker OCZ is moving beyond its core business of gaming memory and power supply units. Following the recent introduction of a high-end graphics card, the company today announced a gaming mouse with a "triple-threat-button."
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Gaming Mouse Review: The Fanatec Headshot ControllerFeb 14, 2007 - in Picture Story
The Fanatec Headshot Controller gaming mouse.
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Plextor announces pocket-sized DVD burnerFeb 14, 2007 - in News
Plextor today announced the availability of a new compact DVD burner to date. The PX-608CU is less than 16 millimeters thick and weighs about 0.5 pounds.
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IBM claims new eDRAM will double processor performanceFeb 14, 2007 - in News
IBM today revealed first data about a new embedded DRAM device, which the company claims achieves record access times. The technology is expected to debut in 2008 as part of the 45 nm generation of IBM processors.
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Microsoft patches 20 security holes in February updateFeb 14, 2007 - in News
Microsoft's monthly security update for February has gone live. Though it marks the first update since the consumer release of Windows Vista, none of the 20 fixes are for the new operating system.
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Shuttle launches first quad-core SFF workstationsFeb 14, 2007 - in News
Small Form factor PC company Shuttle announced the availability of the XPC P2 3700w line of high performance workstations, becoming the company's first set of products to include quad-core technology.
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Intel and Novell announce virtual Windows to run unmodified on LinuxFeb 14, 2007 - in News
Novell and Intel have announced the availability of paravirtualized network and block device drivers that will allow Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/XP to run unmodified in Xen virtual environments on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell, operating on Intel-based server platforms featuring Intel virtualization technology.
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ATI R600 coming in March or AprilFeb 14, 2007 - in News
ATI is preparing for the release of its high-end graphic chip, the R600, with the chip expected to hit the market between the end of March and beginning of April, according to Taiwan-based graphic card makers.
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More than 1 billion Wi-Fi chipsets expected to ship in 2012Feb 14, 2007 - in News
During 2006, the Wi-Fi semiconductor market shipped just under 200 million Wi-Fi chipsets, and reached over 500 million chipset shipments cumulatively, according to ABI Research.
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Renesas and Matsushita develop technique for stabilizing operation of 45nm on-chip SRAMFeb 14, 2007 - in News
Renesas Technology and Matsushita Electric Industrial have announced the development of a technique that achieves stable operation with 45nm process generation bulk CMOS for SRAM that can be embedded in SoC (system-on-chip) devices and microprocessors (MPUs).
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Webcam RoundupFeb 14, 2007 - in Reviews
Shopping for webcams can be a hassle. Gear Digest comes to the rescue with a set of hands-on webcam reviews to help you make a reasoned choice.
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RAID Recovery: The Data Knight Kroll Ontrack To The Rescue!Feb 14, 2007 - in Reviews
In the event of catastrophic hard drive failure, only professional data recovery can help. During a visit to Kroll Ontrack we gained insight into how data can even be restored from a crashed RAID array.
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Oasis ratifies Open Document Format 1.1Feb 13, 2007 - in News
Oasis has approved version 1.1 of the Open Document Format (ODF), which provides an alternative and open file format for documents created with office applications. ODF 1.1 includes accessibility improvements for users with disabilities.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Feb 13, 2007 - in Picture Story
Lucasarts upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game will include "Euphoria" technology that will infuse computer-controlled characters with their own brains. Acting like real people, those characters will try to protect themselves by grabbing on to th
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AMD releases new Imageon media processors for cellphonesFeb 13, 2007 - in News
AMD introduced three new media processors that promise to enhance the graphics and video capability of cellphones.
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The Burning Crusade: 30 Days LaterFeb 13, 2007 - in Picture Story
Draenei paladin standing outside the Exodar
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Intel to bring back Hyperthreading with Nehalem coreFeb 13, 2007 - in News
AMD is preparing the rollout of its first quad-core processor, an Opteron processor based on the Barcelona core. Meanwhile, Intel is developing an answer to Barcelona: The company is lining up 45 nm server and desktop processors and will revive Hyperthreading in 2008 with the Nehalem core.
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Microsoft: We'll talk about the next Windows when we are readyFeb 13, 2007 - in News
Microsoft has issued a statement on reports that the successor of Windows Vista will be released in 2009.
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A thin client computer for $140Feb 13, 2007 - in News
If a thin client system is all you need in a corporate environment, then here's a new low-cost alternative. Devon IT announced a thin client terminal with prices starting at $140.
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Pre-N to replace 802.11g faster than expectedFeb 13, 2007 - in News
In 2007, networking products based on a preliminary version of the IEEE 802.11n standard (so called "pre-N" products) will replace 802.11g devices faster than it was earlier expected, and they will likely dominate the consumer WLAN market in North America by the end of this year, said Ken Kao, chairman of D-Link.
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HDMI connections surge in PC marketFeb 13, 2007 - in News
HDMI Licensing, LLC, the agent responsible for licensing the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification, has announced the rapid penetration of HDMI into the PC market with more than 50 HDMI PC products currently available, including nearly two dozen desktop and notebook PCs, families of HDMI PC monitors from major manufacturers and a broad range of motherboards and graphics cards with HDMI outputs.
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Infineon introduces silicon-based low noise amplifiers for UMTS/HSxPA and WLAN applicationsFeb 13, 2007 - in News
Infineon Technologies has released commercial silicon-based low noise amplifier (LNA) products that the company said offer a better performance-price ratio compared to Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) alternatives while also helping mobile phone suppliers to comply to 3GPP regulations.
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Wireless carriers face slowdown of subscriber growthFeb 13, 2007 - in News
As the global wireless industry convenes today for its biggest event of the year, the 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain, carriers participating in the event face a major challenge: how to maintain revenue growth amid a dramatic slowdown in new handset subscribers.
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