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Internet2 launches 100 Gb networkDec 5, 2006 - in News
The Internet2, a network that connects about 200 U.S. universities, has just turned 10 years old and celebrated its birthday with the launch of a new portion that provides a bandwidth of 100 Gb/s. By mid-2007, Internet2 members will be able to transmit Gigabytes of data in a matter seconds rather than minutes and hours.
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80% of parents reported to pay attention to ESRB ratingsDec 5, 2006 - in News
According to a new survey by video game publisher Activision, nearly 80% of parents with children who play video games pay "close attention" to the ESRB rating system, conquering the conventional thought that the ratings do not have an impact on most parents.
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Toshiba intros 1.8" 100 GB hard driveDec 5, 2006 - in News
Toshiba announced that it has developed a new version of its 1.8" hard drive, offering a capacity of 100 GB. The new drive, which is first to reach triple digits in its segment, is expected to roll out to mobile PCs starting next month and could also make its way into the next-generation video iPod.
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Second generation Z-RAM announcedDec 5, 2006 - in News
Innovative Silicon, which made waves earlier this year by announcing a license agreement with AMD, today said that the second generation of its Z-RAM technology is available. The memory could be used as foundation for much denser L2 cache integrations in microprocessors.
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MySpace hit by worm, adware and phishingDec 5, 2006 - in News
A malicious QuickTime movie file is spreading across social networking site MySpace, embedding itself in the user profile pages of infected victims and changing links to point to phishing sites.
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Timetable for Moon colony announcedDec 5, 2006 - in News
NASA plans to permanently occupy an outpost at one of the Moon's poles, officials announced on Monday.
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Corsair releases FB DIMM 2 GB memoryDec 5, 2006 - in News
Corsair has just introduced the Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory clocked at DDR2 667 MHz speed.
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Storage With Style: WD MyBook Pro EditionDec 5, 2006 - in Reviews
Who said storage can't be sexy? Western Digital has stepped up with an external storage device shaped like a book - as in the kind you read.
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AMD introduces 65 nm processorsDec 4, 2006 - in News
AMD fired up the third stage of a series of announcements this morning and announced a first batch of 65 nm desktop dual-core processors. Almost one year behind Intel, the new X2 family CPUs launch as a quartet that do not bump processor performance but lower power consumption and provide headroom for future clock speed increases.
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Family of missing CNET editor found, James Kim still missingDec 4, 2006 - in News
The wife and daughters of missing CNET senior editor James Kim have been found. 30-year-old Kati along four year-old Penelope and seven-month Sabine were found by search and rescue helicopters at around 1:45 PM PST near in Josephine County, Oregon. James Kim is still missing.
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New Asus motherboards combine regular phones and SkypeDec 4, 2006 - in News
ASUSTeK has announced that analog phone to Skype adapters will be included with its M2N and P5B TeleSky motherboards. With the adapters, users can plug their analog phones into the Skype VoIP service and make cheap or even free calls to friends.
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3D transistors cut power consumption by 50%Dec 4, 2006 - in News
Infineon today said that it has developed multi-gate FINFET transistors, often also described as 3D transistors that dramatically reduce the amount of leakage current. The chip company believes that portable devices built around 3D transistors technology could run about twice as long as products using traditional planar circuitry.
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Hynix introduces 512 Mbit, 200 MHz mobile DRAMDec 4, 2006 - in News
Hynix Semiconductor today announced it has developed 512Mbit mobile DRAM in 200 MHz frequency, the so-called fastest and smallest mobile DRAM, according to the company.
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How To Build A PC, Part 2: Choosing the Right VendorDec 4, 2006 - in Reviews
Once you've figured out what parts to use, you need to buy them. In this part of our article series, we consider the pros and cons of various sources, including online merchants, "big box" chains, and locally owned shops.
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The 10 Best Games for Your Money this Holiday SeasonDec 3, 2006 - in Picture Story
Gears of War for the Xbox 360
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AMD prices drop as Quad FX becomes availableDec 2, 2006 - in Reviews
It has been a busy week for AMD, as the company unveiled the two-socket dual-core platform Quad FX and showed off its first native quad-core processor to analysts. And the PR frenzy is not over with more news being expected this coming week. The announcements are still fresh, but we already noticed some impact on AMD processor pricing.
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Mercedes wants to wake up sleepy driversDec 1, 2006 - in News
According to various scientific studies, between 10 and 20 per cent of serious traffic accidents can be attributed to drowsiness and fatigue. In the U.S. alone, over 100,000 accidents are caused by driver fatigue every year, in which 1,500 people are killed and a further 71,000 injured.
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Seagate helps your hard drive stay hardDec 1, 2006 - in News
Seagate CEO Bill Watkins will probably be known as the most brutally honest hard drive executive in history. During a dinner conversation with Fortune's senior editor Jeffrey O'Brien, Watkins said, "We're building a product that helps people buy more crap - and watch porn."
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Microsoft offers free hard drive image of Win XP, IE 6Dec 1, 2006 - in News
Responding to developers' wishes to be able to run both Internet Explorer 6 and 7 side-by-side, Microsoft has launched a Virtual PC (VPC) image of Windows XP Service Pack 2, Internet Explorer 6, and the IE7 Readiness Toolkit.
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PCM developed by IBM, Macronix and Qimonda can reach sub-20nm geometriesDec 1, 2006 - in News
Macronix International Company (MXIC) announced on November 29 that its co-developed phase change memory (PCM) with IBM and Qimonda has proven to be applicable in sub-20nm geometries, indicating that the present physical barriers of NOR flash production on 65nm can be overcome.
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The MythTV Convergence: Unofficial Plug-insDec 1, 2006 - in Reviews
An unofficial plug-in is one not included as part of the MythTV distribution set. It is in this particular arena that MythTV lacks the fit and finish of a polished retail product such as Windows MCE (with its third-party collection in the Windows marketplace).
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Optimus OLED keyboard to be priced at $1200Nov 30, 2006 - in News
And you thought the Playstation 3 was expensive: Design studio Art Lebedev announced that it will sell its Optimus computer keyboard for $1200 a piece in March of next year.
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Military searching for greener jet fuelNov 30, 2006 - in News
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for alternative fuels for our military jets. The department has started a program called BioFuels that will find companies who can produce 100 liters of biofuel that can replace the JP-8 standard military aviation fuel.
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AMD Quad-Core "Barcelona": First technical detailsNov 30, 2006 - in Picture Story
General layout structure of the Opteron "barcelona" quad-core CPU.
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HP rolls out blade workstationsNov 30, 2006 - in News
HP has rolled out the industry's first blade workstation which stores the computer safely away in the datacenter closet. The ProLiant Blade Workstation Solution is stacked vertically in blade chassis cabinets and several dozen can be placed in a standard 19" wide server rack.
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New Fujitsu optical head promises terabit per square inch recordingNov 30, 2006 - in News
Fujitsui has developed a new optical drive element that could one day achieve one terabit per square inch recording. The element is for thermally assisted magnetic drives and helps focus heat onto a hard drive platter so that a magnetic head can record more data. The new head element, along with perpendicular recording technology, will help hard drive companies increase capacities.
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Vista, Office launch hits NasdaqNov 30, 2006 - in News
Today at its stock trading home, the Nasdaq building, Microsoft cut the ribbon on the anticipated updates to Windows XP and Office 2003 as the business versions of Vista and Office 2007 made their official debut today.
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Ancient calculator was 1,000 years ahead of its timeNov 30, 2006 - in News
An ancient astronomical calculator made at the end of the 2nd century BC was amazingly accurate and more complex than any instrument for the next 1,000 years, scientists said on Wednesday.
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AMD demonstrates first native quad-core CPUNov 30, 2006 - in News
Intel was first out of the gate with a quad-core processor, AMD will offer the first native quad-core chip - four processors that are integrated in one piece of silicon. The company today offered a first glimpse at a 4-way, quad-core Opteron processor system during its annual analyst conference.
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BMW debuts liquid hydrogen luxury car at the LA Auto ShowNov 30, 2006 - in News
BMW offered a first public view on its first limited production hydrogen-powered car, the Hydrogen 7. Officially introduced at the currently held Los Angeles Auto Show, the luxury sedan uses liquid hydrogen and can switch to gasoline power with a push of a button. During a media only press conference at the show, BMW officials told reporters that "you can't tell the difference" when switching to gasoline.
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