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NEC starts shipping image detection chips for carsAug 28, 2006 - in News
NEC Electronics is shipping image detection chips that can tell cars to hit the brakes, before hitting a person or another car. The chips will first go into Toyota's Lexus LS460 car this fall and NEC hopes other car companies will adopt the chip. The Imapcar, short for Integrated Memory Alley Processor-Car, has 128 parallel processing units and can detect objects at 30 frames per second.
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MXL Microphones promises studio quality sound in a USB microphoneAug 28, 2006 - in News
Studio quality microphones often require big audio inputs not commonly available on a computer. MXL Microphones announced a new condenser microphone that plugs into a computer's USB port. The company claims the MXL USB.006 microphone will bring "big rich studio" sound to both PCs and Macs.
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Will Google Apps truly encroach on Microsoft's domain?Aug 28, 2006 - in News
This morning, Google announced it's opening up a new beta for a set of online collaboration tools, to selected participants. Google Apps for Your Domain, the company says, will enable small businesses to launch simple, effective, intranet-like collaboration at little or no cost. But here again, how much does "free" really cost? And does Microsoft, in the end, have a better idea?
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Windows Media DRM crackedAug 28, 2006 - in News
A user of the "Doom9" forums has posted software that claims to be able to remove the digital rights management scheme from Windows Media encoded music files.
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Japan to open world's first robot shopAug 28, 2006 - in News
The world's first specialty robot shop will be opening in Nagoya Japan in October. The Mainichi Daily News is reporting that the "Robot Mirai Department" shop will sell 1,000 robots and robot accessories. State of the art, two-legged walking robots will also be sold at the store.
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Costco selling 400 GB hard drives for $100Aug 28, 2006 - in News
Just when you thought hard drive prices couldn't get any lower, certain Costco stores are selling 400 GB internal hard drives for $99.97. The Western Digital 7200 RPM drives have been available for a few weeks and the price thankfully doesn't include any coupon or rebate hassles. At this price, we purchased several drives to outfit everyone in the office.
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Plextor to ship Blu-ray burner in OctoberAug 28, 2006 - in News
Plextor today announced that it will be shipping its first Blu-ray writer for PC in October of this year. The PX-B900A is an internal ATAPI drive that will include software to playback Blu-ray movies on computer systems with Windows XP and Vista.
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Tom's Hardware launches updated Interactive VGA ChartsAug 28, 2006 - in News
Tom's Hardware has updated its popular VGA Charts that allow readers to compare the performance and value of two graphics cards in various benchmark disciplines side by side.
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Dell, others roll out Core 2 Duo notebooksAug 28, 2006 - in News
Several notebook builders are expected to announce the first wave of Core 2 Duo systems today. This includes Dell, which has deployed the new processor, previously code-named "Merom", across its product family of XPS, Inspiron and Latitude notebooks as well as Precision mobile workstations. The company promises that it will begin shipping the new notebooks within a week. Extra: Image Gallery
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High-capacitance MLCCs said to be in shortage due to Sony PS3Aug 28, 2006 - in News
High-capacitance multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) are in short supply because of the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, according to sources with passive components makers.
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Red Hot VGA Charts: SLI, Crossfire and AGP Graphics AddedAug 28, 2006 - in Reviews
The brand new summer 2006 VGA Charts are here - and we added dual graphics setups and AGP cards today. Compare 60 single and dual graphics solutions in seven game benchmarks.
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Eurocom M590K Emperor Graphics Performance Charts
Aug 27, 2006 - in Picture Story
As might be expected, running 3DMark05 at 1024x768, the Eurocom M590K with its two Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 SLI-linked graphics processors outperforms both Dell's XPS M1710 with a single 7900 GTX adapter and Eurocom's D900K with a single 7800 GTX adapter.
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Eurocom M590K Emperor Interior Views
Aug 27, 2006 - in Picture Story
Here's the interior of the M590K with the bottom of the case removed. From left to right, top to bottom: CPU cooling system (CPU is below), dual Nvidia 7800 GTX graphics processors covered by their cooling systems, battery compartment, memory modules, WiF
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Eurocom M590K Emperor Exterior ViewsAug 27, 2006 - in Picture Story
The Eurocom M590K Emperor features an attractive magnesium alloy case. The built-in video camera is visible just above the 19" 1680x1050 pixel display.
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Panda Software launches "ultra-light" anti-virus softwareAug 25, 2006 - in News
Panda Software has released a new antivirus package that claims to have an ultra-light memory footprint. The Antivirus 2007 software combines an antivirus, anti-phishing and anti-spyware scanners and can be installed on up to two machines for one price.
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Sony's battery troubles could turn into windfall for Korean firmsAug 25, 2006 - in News
Sony's battery recalls could help boost sales Korean battery makers. Following the recalls of Apple and Dell notebooks batteries, Korean newspapers are betting that their hometown favorites such as Samsung will gain market share.
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If it's Friday, AMD and Intel dual-core prices must be fallingAug 25, 2006 - in News
Prices for AMD dual-core processors are taking another pre-weekend dip, according to the latest data from PriceGrabber, with the Athlon 64 X2 5000+ falling the furthest since Monday: down $47 (13.1%) to $313. The trouble for AMD is, Intel prices are continuing to fall at the high end.
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Microsoft confirms 32-bit Vista will not play HD discsAug 25, 2006 - in News
Microsoft officials have confirmed an earlier TG Daily report about High Definition playback on Windows Vista. At the Tech. Ed 2006 conference in Sydney Australia yesterday, Microsoft's Senior Program Manager Steve Riley told an audience that 32-bit Vista would not natively play back high-definition content from Blu-Ray or HD DVD. Riley said content protection was too easily bypassed with unsigned and malicious drivers.
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Tul launches PowerColor X1950 graphics cards for enthusiastsAug 25, 2006 - in News
Tul, a Taiwan-based provider of ATI-based graphic cards, on August 24 introduced its PowerColor X1950 XTX and CrossFire graphic cards that support HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection).
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With ATI focused on AMD, new opportunities seen for VIA and SiSAug 25, 2006 - in News
Taiwan-based chipset vendors VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) are expected to benefit from ATI's rumored decision to cut down chipset developments for the Intel platform, sources at Taiwan motherboard makers indicated.
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Prices for 37" LCD TVs fall below $1000Aug 25, 2006 - in News
In only one year, prices for 37" LCD TVs in North America fell below $1000, the same price level for the 32" segment an year ago, amid fast falling LCD panel prices, according LCD TV makers and industry sources.
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Global PDP TV shipments rose 30% in Q2Aug 25, 2006 - in News
Global PDP (plasma display panel) TV shipments rose 30% on quarter and 95% on year to 2.2 million units in the second quarter of 2006, capturing 5% of worldwide TV shipments, up from 4% in the first quarter, according to Displaysearch.
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Sub $200 PCI Express Graphics Card ShowdownAug 25, 2006 - in Reviews
A no-holds-barred cage match starring three middleweights: the ATI Radeon X850 XT, the Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT and the ATI Radeon X1800 GTO.
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Airbus files for anti-jetlag patentAug 24, 2006 - in News
People have tried to reduce or eliminate jetlag ever since the invention of air travel. Some use special protein diets while others blast themselves with "daylight" spectrum lights. Now Airbus, the European jumbo jet maker, has filed for a patent on a jetlag reducing airplane seat.
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First Look: Paraben's anti-RFID Passport StrongHold bagAug 24, 2006 - in News
Yesterday we reported on Paraben's RFID-blocking StrongHold bag which claims to block unwanted RFID signals from reaching the newer US passports. Paraben has since sent us a few bags for further testing. We took detailed pictures and discovered that the bags will block cellular phone signal quite well.
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Military robo-surgeon prepares for battleAug 24, 2006 - in News
Life-saving operations on soldiers in combat zones could become possible thanks to a portable robotic surgeon that allows doctors to perform surgery on the battlefield without endangering themselves.
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Dell drops out of MP3 player raceAug 24, 2006 - in News
Dell is pulling out of the digital music player business, apparently conceding that it cannot compete with Apple a year after introducing the DJ Ditty MP3 device as an affordable alternative to the Ipod Shuffle.
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Pentagon warns of Internet incursion by Chinese cyber-terrorists :GCNAug 24, 2006 - in News
From Government Computer News
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A closer look at ATI's current price/performance lead over NvidiaAug 24, 2006 - in Reviews
Despite recent claims that premium graphics cards are overpriced, our first set of price/performance projections, based on Tom's Hardware Guide and PriceGrabber data, show that even the highest-performing cards are priced fairly, from both Nvidia and ATI. So why did we declare ATI the price/performance leader? The data tells the story.
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