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Nvidia fires away with new Geforce 8800 GPUNov 8, 2006 - in News
Nvidia today introduced its latest and greatest graphics chip, the Geforce 8800. Previously code-named G80, the new GPU offers more functionality and a significant rise in the sheer power of the GPU - including DirectX 10 support and a capable physics engine. Extra: Image Gallery
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GeForce 8800: Here Comes the DX10 BoomNov 8, 2006 - in Reviews
Nvidia has been working with DX10 for as long as Microsoft has been developing the standard. Today, what we get is G80, otherwise known as GeForce 8800GTX. Unified DX10 shaders never looked better!
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MySpace becomes hotbed for new Adware schemeNov 8, 2006 - in News
According to Internet security monitor Websense, an increasing trend is growing on Myspace, the social networking site that has an audience of millions of daily viewers, which involves tricking users into clicking on fake YouTube videos that could eventually lead to unknowingly installing damaging adware files.
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Dell's first quad-core systems indicate hefty premium for Kentsfield CPUNov 8, 2006 - in News
Dell today began offering the option of adding Intel's upcoming quad-core Xeon 5300 and Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processors to selected models of its PowerEdge servers and Precision workstations. While the official tray price of the desktop CPU QX6700 remains at $1000, Dell will be charging a substantial premium for the privilege of using one of the first quad-core CPUs.
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What Direct3D 10 Is All AboutNov 8, 2006 - in Reviews
Today's launch of the Nvidia GeForce 8 series marks the advent of next-generation graphics. What can we expect from graphics makers with respect to DirectX 10 hardware?
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Via launches PCI Express chipset for Via processor platformsNov 8, 2006 - in News
VIA Technologies announced the Via CN800 digital media IGP chipset, featuring support for PCIe and integrated Via UniChrome Pro graphics with hardware MPEG-2 playback and DuoView dual monitor output.
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SiS obtains PCI-SIG certification for two chipsNov 8, 2006 - in News
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) today announced that its SiS671FX northbridge and SiS968 southbridge have passed PCI Express 1.1 compliance testing conducted by the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), and both products will be soon listed in the PCIe integrators list on the PCI-SIG website.
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Alienware Aurora m9700: Performance and Display Characteristics
Nov 7, 2006 - in Picture Story
Some vendors are sending their high powered gaming notebooks to us with Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) installed instead of XP Professional. They're doing this because the notebooks--with their super video and audio systems, graphics processors, CP
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IBM rolls out digital 'Eye of Sauron' - GalleryNov 7, 2006 - in News
The all-seeing 'Eye of Sauron' from the Lord of the Rings has got nothing on IBM's new S3 surveillance system. The Smart Surveillance System, S3 for short, can shift through multiple camera feeds and give real-time alerts along with showing most recent cars and people. It can even catalog and display the last the last 100 license plates, name badges or faces.
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Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTX and GTSNov 7, 2006 - in Picture Story
Nvidia's new flagship graphics card: The Geforce 8800 GTX will hit online stores for a suggested etail price of $600.
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Alienware Aurora m9700: Outside and InNov 7, 2006 - in Picture Story
The Aurora m9700 sports Alienware's famous logo.
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Intel Roadmap update #2: Flash cache coming to your notebookNov 7, 2006 - in News
In this second edition of our Intel roadmap update, we are focusing on Intel's mobile product lineup for 2007. Similar to the desktop, there aren't big processor plans, with the exception of slight Core 2 Duo T updates. The real news next year will be the Santa Rosa platform: Expect notebooks to run faster with flash cache and see new features such as integrated wireless broadband.
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AeroVironment's handheld UAV wins Popular Science awardNov 7, 2006 - in News
AeroVironment's handheld and hand thrown unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has won Popular Science's award for the Best of What's New in Aviation and Space. The Wasp UAV is the smallest aerial vehicle in used by the United States military, weighing less than one pound and has a wingspan of 1.3 feet.
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YouTube honored with "best invention" accoladeNov 7, 2006 - in News
Time Magazine has publsihed ts annual list of the best inventions of the year. Topping the list is video sharing site YouTube, eclipsing medical, military, and gadget innovations as the magazine's choice for the top ranked invention.
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Texas Instruments introduces first DDR3 memory registerNov 7, 2006 - in News
Texas Instruments (TI) today announced what the company claims to be the first fully-integrated register and phase-locked loop (PLL) for DDR3 registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMMs). The chip supports, according to the manufacturer, data rates of 800 to 1066 mega transfers per second (MT/s).
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Nvidia announces new drivers for 3D softwareNov 7, 2006 - in News
Nvidia has announced the immediate availability of its MAXtreme 9 D3D and POWERdraft 2007 - new performance drivers developed in close collaboration with Autodesk, for 3ds Max 9 software and AutoCAD 2007 software.
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AMD brings X1900 graphics to the Apple Power Mac G5 QuadNov 7, 2006 - in News
AMD has announced the ATI Radeon X1900 G5 Mac Edition, a next-generation graphics card that combines workstation-class creative productivity and cutting-edge 3D game performance, according to the company.
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Micro-Star to use Dual CoreCell technology in all motherboardsNov 7, 2006 - in News
Micro-Star International (MSI) has applied its self-developed Dual CoreCell optimization technology to its Platinum and Diamond series motherboards and is extending the application to all motherboards in the first quarter of 2007, according to industry sources.
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Barrier Eliminators: X1900GT and X1950XTX from SapphireNov 7, 2006 - in Reviews
Getting the job done and doing it well are two different things: Like so many other things, enthusiast-level graphics cards are all about the quality.
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Xensource promises faster and cheaper virtualizationNov 7, 2006 - in News
Xensource has released a beta of its upcoming XenEnterprise 3.1 virtualization software that will be one-fifth the price of VMWare. XenEnterprise will run Windows and Linux operating systems in virtual environments and the company claims it will be even faster than VMWare.
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IBM's Digital 'Eye of Sauron'Nov 6, 2006 - in Picture Story
Main menu of all the cameras from IBM's S3 security system
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Be Superman with Microsoft's 3D Virtual EarthNov 6, 2006 - in News
Microsoft has revamped its online Virtual Earth application to now include 3D tours of major U.S. cities. Superman wannabes can flying around the city and even down to the street level to view virtual billboards with advertiser sponsored content. Extra: Image Gallery
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Valve explains Multicore Gaming
Nov 6, 2006 - in Picture Story
During a recent Hardware Day event in Bellevue, Wash., Valve spent about an hour with journalists to explain its vision for modifying the Source game engine to take advantage of multicore processors. More than one processor core will be able to not only r
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Microsoft lanches 3D maps for Web searchNov 6, 2006 - in News
Microsoft said on Monday it introduced three-dimensional maps of 15 U.S. cities in an effort to beef up its Web search offering to better compete with market leader Google.
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Harlan Ellison Interviews Ronald D. Moore on Why "Battlestar Galactica" is So Damn GoodNov 6, 2006 - in Picture Story
Ronald D. Moore of “Battlestar Galactica” fame.
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Core 2 Duo to hit 3 GHz, introduce FSB1333 in Q3 '07Nov 6, 2006 - in Reviews
Last week, we had a closer look at AMD's plans how to close the gap to Intel with near- and mid-term products. This week, we will focus on Intel's new products for 2007 as well as the remainder of this year. Intel is in a very comfortable position as it can wait and see: Quad-cores on the high-end, faster dual-cores in the mainstream, coupled with a new chipset, dominate the 2007 roadmap.
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Public key cryptography turns thirtyNov 6, 2006 - in News
The thirtieth anniversary of public key cryptography was celebrated on Oct. 28 at an event co-sponsored by Voltage Security Inc. and the Computer History Museum of Silicon Valley.
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Nano-optical switches to restore sight?Nov 6, 2006 - in News
Californian researchers are now using light to control biological nanomolecules and proteins.
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