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Dell and Intel rebound in workstation market, says Jon Peddie ResearchDec 14, 2006 - in News
Despite their dominance, workstation industry leaders Dell and Intel were in a tailspin 12 months ago, both steadily losing ground to their respective rivals Hewlett Packard (HP) and AMD, according to Jon Peddie Research (JPR).
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Online video sales to reach nearly $1.5 billion in 2007Dec 14, 2006 - in News
Online sales of TV shows, movies and other pre-recorded video will become a billion-dollar business in 2007, according to a recent report from technology research firm Strategy Analytics.
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Holiday Buyer's Guide 2006, Part 7: More Mobile StuffDec 14, 2006 - in Reviews
Your friends at Tom's Guide bring you another round of the hottest, coolest and most unique gifts for friends and family on the go. Click in and see what Ed, Justin, Barry and our favorite model Sarah have in store for you this time.
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How To Build A PC, Part 3: Putting It All TogetherDec 14, 2006 - in Reviews
With parts in hand, you're now ready to "build the dream". This final segment in our "How To Build" series will show you how to put everything together, and attempt to answer your remaining questions.
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AMD releases Catalyst 6.12 graphics chip driverDec 13, 2006 - in News
AMD's graphics division (formerly ATI) today released what will most likely be the last graphics driver update for this year. Catalyst 6.12 brings DirectX video acceleration for Crossfire configurations as it main update.
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Is iTunes slowly dying?Dec 13, 2006 - in News
Forrester Group recently presented the results of a 3 months study about digital music sells on Apple's iTunes, and the conclusions don't look that good for the Cupertino-based company.
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Fuel-cells and Hybrids steal the spotlight at the Los Angeles Auto ShowDec 13, 2006 - in News
Cars shows are usually about who has the meanest, fastest and in recent years the biggest cars. But at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show the greenest cars are taking the spotlight. Companies are showing off fuel cell concept cars along with their old hybrid vehicles. General Motors even announced the first ever plug-in hybrid vehicle.
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Myspace pummels Yahoo in online rankingDec 13, 2006 - in News
Continuing the upswing trend for Myspace, while ringing in more bad news for Yahoo, Comscore's latest Internet rankings show the social networking site topping the former search leader for the first time.
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Quad-core Xeon E5335 makes early debutDec 13, 2006 - in News
Media reports are in that Intel is ready to release a new quad-core processor, marking yet another new product for Intel this year. The Xeon E5335, which was originally scheduled for a February 2007 release, takes its position as the fifth quad-core processor since Intel first released the Kentsfield/Clovertown cores earlier this autumn.
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Microsoft sets up common robotics development platformDec 13, 2006 - in News
While all eyes are on Microsoft for the upcoming Vista and Office 07 product launches, the software giant today made another announcement aimed at a completely new audience - robotics engineers. Microsoft Robotics Studios was released yesterday, which gives developers a universal platform for robotic programming.
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Non-Vista-supporting motherboards and VGA card inventories now a headacheDec 13, 2006 - in News
With Windows Vista up and coming, makers of motherboards and VGA cards are now worried they will incur losses from their inventory of low-end products that do support Microsoft's new operating system (OS), according to industry sources.
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Thermal modules to get a boost by VistaDec 13, 2006 - in News
Thermal modules will see a boost in revenues next year when Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system (OS) heats up the market with high-performance and higher-power-consumption systems, according to market observers.
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What you will see at CES and MacWorldDec 13, 2006 - in Reviews
The Consumer Electronics Show is coming up in a few short weeks (Jan 8-11). It can be a very depressing show because it effectively showcases just how much of the stuff you got over the holidays will soon be obsolete. Apple isn't at CES but won't make its customers sleep well either: The company is expected to announce a bunch of new products during MacWorld (Jan 8-12).
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PCI Express SATA RAID Controllers For SMB ServersDec 13, 2006 - in Reviews
Fileservers require redundant storage to safeguard vital data. Here are five of the latest RAID controllers for Serial ATA hard drives that supposedly do the job.
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Samsung OneDRAM: High-end memory hits cellphonesDec 13, 2006 - in News
Samsung today announced a new high-performance memory that promises to boost the performance of high-end smartphones.
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Dell expands recycling worldwideDec 12, 2006 - in News
Dell has expanded its recycling efforts worldwide and now offers free recycling of its products in Asia, Brazil, and Mexico. Customers will be able to either recycle or donate old computers to support local non-profit organizations. According to Dell, it is the first computer make to have such a far-reaching program.
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Weather inquirers prefer cell phone over PCDec 12, 2006 - in News
According to a new study by MobileWeb Metrix, which tracks trends among mobile Internet use, more users are looking up weather information from their cell phones than from a notebook or desktop PC.
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AMD and IBM promise more performance for 45 nm processorsDec 12, 2006 - in News
AMD and IBM presented first details of its 45 nm production process at the International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) today. While practical data for the consumer remains scarce, the two companies indicated that their production approach will bring performance improvements of about 15%.
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AMD adds new flagship Athlon 64 X2 processors 5400+, 5600+Dec 12, 2006 - in News
AMD today launched new dual-core mainstream processors in order to regain at least some of its competitiveness in the segment of higher-end mainstream processors. The new 5400+ and 5600+ bring an increase of clock speed and are squarely aimed at Intel's Core 2 Duo E6600 and E6700 processors.
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Epson develops next-generation HTPS panel for LCD projection TVsDec 12, 2006 - in News
Seiko Epson has announced a new high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) LCD panel that will boost the performance of 3LCD front projectors and large-screen LCD projection TVs.
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Prices for 32" panels to fall below $300Dec 12, 2006 - in News
Prices for 32" panels may fall below $300 to $290 in the third quarter of 2007, with quotes for 40" panels to also drop to nearly $500 during the period, according to Displaybank.
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Broadcom announces single-chip, 65nm 1080p digital TV solutionDec 12, 2006 - in News
Broadcom has announced what it claims to be the industry's first high-definition (HD) digital TV silicon solution designed on 65nm node that supports full 1080p display resolution.
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The Best Gaming Graphics Cards for the Money: December 2006Dec 12, 2006 - in Reviews
Complex graphics card specifications and reviews are great if you have the time to do the research, but at the end of the day, what a gamer really needs is to find the graphics card their money can buy.
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Nation's energy grid could power almost 185 million electric carsDec 11, 2006 - in News
A Department of Energy report shows that the U.S. energy grid could support up to 185 million electric or hybrid cars. The department believes a switch to the newer vehicles would clean up the environment and could even improve our national security situation by reducing the need for imported oil.
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Novell announces OpenSuse 10.2Dec 11, 2006 - in News
Novell rolled out a new version of its Open Suse Linux distribution.
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Art Lebedev scraps $1200 b/w Optimus keyboardDec 11, 2006 - in News
Russian design studio had some bad - or good, depending on your perspective - news over the weekend. The Optimus LED keyboard, which was announced to be made available for pre-order in a limited edition for $1200 a piece later this year - has been canceled.
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Fujitsu announces 300 GB notebook hard driveDec 11, 2006 - in News
If you considered the impact of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) on hard drives, as rather negligible so Fujitsu's announcement this morning may change your opinion: The company said it will begin shipping monstrous 250 GB and 300 GB notebook hard drives in the first quarter of 2007.
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Strong demand sustains worldwide growth for storage software marketDec 11, 2006 - in News
The worldwide storage software market experienced its 12th consecutive quarter of on-year growth in the third quarter of 2006 with revenues of $2.5 billion, representing a 10.7% on-year growth, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
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Research team shows off potential flash memory successorDec 11, 2006 - in News
A joint team of scientists from IBM, Macronix, and Qimonda today announced details about a new phase-change memory chip, which they claim marks the next step in finding a successor to the universal flash memory format. The non-volatile memory is estimated to be about 500 times faster than Flash, while using less than one-half the power to write data into a cell.
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Lite-On IT launches its first BD burner in JapanDec 11, 2006 - in News
Lite-On IT recently launched its LH-2B1S serial ATA Blu-ray Disc (BD) Triple Writer, the company's first BD burner, in Japan at a retail price of 70,000 yen (US$600), with the price significantly lower than BD burners offered by other vendors, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
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