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Ibuypower announces sub-$2000 Quad FX systemNov 30, 2006 - in News
Ibuypower was one of the first system builders to offer AMD's new Quad FX platform, previously code-named 4x4.
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Holiday Buyer's Guide 2006, Part 5: The Mobile StuffNov 30, 2006 - in Reviews
Your friends at Tom's Guide bring you a bunch of the hottest, coolest and most unique gifts for friends and family on the go. Pour yourself a glass of good cheer and see what Ed, Justin, Barry and our favorite model Sarah have in store for you.
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AMD's 4x4 Platform & Athlon 64 FX-70 - Brute Force Quad CoresNov 30, 2006 - in Reviews
Since AMD is unable to provide quad-core processors yet, it has now launched the dual processor "4x4" platform and two-processor kits to fight Intel's imminent Core 2 Quad threat. Socket 1207 and a pair of Athlon 64 FX-70 series CPUs do well, but they cannot counteract Intel's Core dominance - at least not yet.
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AMD launches 4x4 platform Quad FXNov 29, 2006 - in Reviews
AMD today announced availability of its four-core platform knows as "4x4." Called Quad FX, the technology represents the new flagship enthusiast platform from AMD, but it isn't quite the Core 2 Quad beater many expected. It is much more a cutting edge workstation platform - with all advantages and disadvantages. Extra:Image Gallery
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Vista Launch Gallery November 30, 2006Nov 29, 2006 - in Picture Story
More than 30 products are now available, most of which are connected to Vista or Office 2007.
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At last, Corel announces support for ODF, Open XMLNov 29, 2006 - in News
Some decisions take time. Answering the question whether to implement support for the Open Document Format in its Word Perfect software or not, took Corel more than a year. At last, the long-time supporter of ODF today announced that it will update WordPerfect Office to support the XML-based ODF as well as Microsoft's Open Office XML format.
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BMW's Hydrogen 7Nov 29, 2006 - in Picture Story
The press eagerly awaits BMW's new Hydrogen 7 car. It sits behind the ice block wall.
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Scientists publish details about antique computerNov 29, 2006 - in News
The mystery over the purpose of a sophisticated geared "calculator" built in the 2nd century BC has finally been solved.
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Google Answers axedNov 29, 2006 - in News
Inquisitive Internet users will no longer be able to ask new questions on Google Answers, as the search giant announced on its blog that the online Q&A service is officially canned.
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Samsung and LG.Philips LCD producing monitor panels at next-generation plants - sourcesNov 29, 2006 - in News
Industry sources recently indicated that Samsung Electronics and LG.Philips LCD (LPL) both are using their next-generation plants to produce LCD monitor panels, with Samsung producing 17" monitor panels at its seventh-generation (7G) plant and LPL using its 7.5G plant to make 19" monitor panels.
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Mobo makers: CPU wars to enter new level with 45 nm Penryn in 2007Nov 29, 2006 - in News
In response to the news that Intel has started making prototypes of 45nm Penryn processors, motherboard makers said they expect CPU wars to enter a new level with dual-core processors operating at frequencies of 3 GHz and higher in 2007.
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Marvell rolls out Intel's next-gen Xscale processorNov 29, 2006 - in News
It has been a long, and sometimes seemingly uncertain, way for the Monahans processor. More than a year after the CPUs first demonstration and almost half a year of Marvell's acquisition of Intel's applications and communications processor business, the new Xscale processor has finally arrived.
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GeForce 8800 Needs The Fastest CPUNov 29, 2006 - in Reviews
We've shown you how fast Nvidia's newest ponies can gallop, but what happens when you upgrade to the fastest platform available? Do you really need the fastest CPU for the fastest GPU?
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AMD QuadFX Platform
Nov 28, 2006 - in Picture Story
QuadFX, previously code-named 4x4, will launch with three new Athlon 64 FX processors. The FX-70 (2.6 GHz), FX-72 (2.8 GHz) and FX-74 (3.0 GHz) use the new socket 1207 and are built in 90 nm. Pricings tarts a $600 for two FX-70s. Two FX-72s willc ost $800
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Philips Ambilight TVsNov 28, 2006 - in Picture Story
Philips Ambilight plasma TV with Ambilight effect.
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Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flawsNov 28, 2006 - in News
University security experts warned administrators on Monday that a bot program has started to spread by exploiting five patched Microsoft vulnerabilities and a six-month-old flaw in Symantec's antivirus software.
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90% of email estimated to be spamNov 28, 2006 - in News
Despite rampant attempts to squash spammers, a new report from Internet messaging company Postini says that 9 out of every 10 e-mails is junk, an amount that is reportedly triple from what it was six months ago.
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Maryland court to webcast trialsNov 28, 2006 - in News
Maryland's Court of Appeals, the highest court in the state, is putting into place plans to Webcast live sessions of the court, throwing its hat into the ring of a handful of other states that have a similar online outreach.
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Samsung takes top position in global TV salesNov 28, 2006 - in News
Samsung Electronics was number one in the global TV market in terms of unit and revenue shares in the third quarter, while worldwide TV unit shipments grew 7% on-quarter and 3% on-year to 45.5 million units, according to research firm DisplaySearch.
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Foxconn expects to ship 10 million own-brand motherboards in 2006Nov 28, 2006 - in News
Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry), which has just announced a deal with Singapore-based IT product distributor eSys Technologies to distribute PC components in Taiwan's retail market, expects its own-brand motherboard shipments to reach 10 million units this year, according to company sources.
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Intel P965, Microsoft Vista to boost adoption of SATA optical drivesNov 28, 2006 - in News
Intel's P965 chipset and Microsoft's Vista operating system are expected to speed up adoption of SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) and displace ATAPI (ATA packet interface) as the mainstream interface standard for optical drives in the second half of 2007, according to optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers in Taiwan.
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Network-equipment makers eye mobile WiMAX products in 2007Nov 28, 2006 - in News
A number of Taiwan-based network-equipment makers, including Gemtek Technology, Accton Technology and Zyxel Communications, are expected to begin commercial shipments, albeit in small volumes, of mobile WiMAX products in the first quarter of 2007, although many market sources indicated that a real takeoff of WiMAX applications isn't likely to come until 2008, according to market sources.
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Semiconductor industry growth expected to peak in 2008Nov 28, 2006 - in News
World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) projects the global semiconductor industry will continue to grow in 2007 and peak in 2008, said WSTS Asia-Pacific president Tony Huang.
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2.5" Hard Drives by Toshiba and Western Digital Rev UpNov 28, 2006 - in Reviews
Finally! A standard-sized 2.5" 200 GB drive reaches our labs from Toshiba. Western Digital's 2.5" play offers 5,400-RPM. Both serve to prove that drives can be small and offer great performance.
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Symantec releases antivirus beta software for Windows VistaNov 27, 2006 - in News
Symantec, next to McAfee, has been the key voice in criticizing Microsoft's decision to lock down the Windows Vista system Kernel and provide less access to one of the core elements - which could result in incompatibilities of the operating system and some antivirus software packages.
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Sony files for body-wired headphones patentNov 27, 2006 - in News
Sony's Tokyo research lab has found a way to connect headphones to portable music and video players without the need for fiddly wiring. They simply feed an audio signal straight through the listener's body.
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Lacie ships 2 TB RAID-able desktop driveNov 27, 2006 - in News
Lacie has begun shipping its 2 TB Biggest FW800 storage box, a unit that packs in four lock-in-place hot-swappable 500 GB SATA drives and a dinky LCD status panel.
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Rainbow Versatile Disc - storage for 450 GBNov 27, 2006 - in News
Sainul Abideen from India claims to have found a new way of storing massive amounts on data. Abideen, who recently graduated from the Muslim Educational Society Engineering College, said that his "Rainbow Technology" enables data to be stored on paper or plastic surfaces.
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Xerox develops paper that erases itselfNov 27, 2006 - in News
Xerox believes it has found a way to dramatically reduce the consumption of paper: The firm has developed a technology that automatically erases the prints on paper after one day - and allows the paper to be reused "multiple times".
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