High Tech - News, Reviews and Tests
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Four Quiet and Powerful Mini PCs for Intel CPUsMSI MPC 945Jul 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
Detail view: ports and connectors on the rear of the MSI mPC 945
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Four Quiet and Powerful Mini PCs for Intel CPUsBiostar IDEQ 350GJul 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
The front panel connectors include an optical audio port
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Four Quiet and Powerful Mini PCs for Intel CPUsAOpen XC Cube MZ915-MJul 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
Four Serial ATA connectors! Not too shabby for a tiny unit
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Four Quiet and Powerful Mini PCs for Intel CPUsJul 4, 2006 - in Picture Story
Both Intel processors we tested
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Seagate thinks "leaky" drives may lead to more capacityJul 3, 2006 - in News
According to a patent application filed by Seagate, nanotubes soaked with lubricant may lead to drastic increases in hard drive capacity. The application titled "Magnetic recording system with continuous lubrication of recording media", outlines an ingenious system where lubricant is evaporated from nanotubes and then deposited on the magnetic media of the drive.
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Volkswagen does 150 mph - driver optionalJul 3, 2006 - in News
Volkswagen is testing a robotic Golf GTi that blazes through the racetrack at up to 150 miles per hour. Using a combination of radar and laser sensors, along with a GPS system, the car is accurate to within an inch. VW engineers claim the car can drive faster and better than them at the test track in northern Germany.
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Rule of Rose and Archlord
Jul 3, 2006 - in Picture Story
My word, I've discovered an... wait for it, wait for it... interesting game on the Playstation 2. Ohh yeah, sure it has plenty of fun games, but not many interesting ones - like Rule of Rose, for example, a psychological thriller from Sony Entertainment.
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Europe warms to OpenDocument formatJul 3, 2006 - in News
OpenDocument Format initiatives in Belgium, France, and Denmark indicate growing support for the for office productivity application format standard, according to the ODF Alliance.
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Survey says US school rapidly transitioning to notebooksJul 3, 2006 - in News
A study conducted by the Hayes Connection and The Greaves Group among 2500 US school districts concludes that more than half of all student-computing devices will be mobile by the year 2011.
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Benq to ship Blu-ray burner next monthJul 3, 2006 - in News
Benq is planning to ship its BW1000 Blu-ray burner to Europe next month. The unit can read and write to 25 GB and 50 GB Blu-ray discs at up to 2X speeds, which equals about 9 MB per second.
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Latest browser bug crashes IE6Jul 3, 2006 - in News
Security researchers have found a new bug that can crash patched versions of Internet Explorer 6. The code and a demonstration link are available on the "Browser Fun" blog, which posts browser exploit code.
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Shuttle's foam crack could delay launchJul 3, 2006 - in News
NASA inspectors have found a small crack in the foam insulation of the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank, prompting mission managers to discuss whether to press ahead with Tuesday's third launch attempt or stand down for repairs.
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Tight supply for 17" LCD monitor panels by mid-August - sourcesJul 3, 2006 - in News
The supply of 17" LCD monitor panels is expected to become tight during the middle of August at the soonest, according to industry sources.
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LEDs in notebook applications not to come until Q2 2007Jul 3, 2006 - in News
Taiwan LED packaging firms Everlight Electronics and Unity Opto Technology project that LEDs for notebook backlighting won't be see serious adoption until the second quarter of 2007 due to the current higher costs of production.
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Wide Format LCD Monitors: Part 2Jul 3, 2006 - in Reviews
We previously looked at 20" displays in a 16:10 format which have become the de facto standard in retail channels. Regardless, LCDs with diagonal measurements of 19", 21" and 23" also merit consideration.
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South Korea to test mobile phone controlled guard robotsJul 1, 2006 - in News
This fall, people in South Korea will get an opportunity to take 1000 wheeled robots for a test drive with their cellular phones.
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Women play the most mobile phone games - studyJul 1, 2006 - in News
Parks Associates, a technology research firm, has released a study titled "Electronic Gaming in the Digital Home" that claims women comprise 59% of all people that play mobile phone games. The figure rises slightly to 61% for those who play 1-4 hours per month and dips to 58% for those who play more than four hours.
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Symantec warns of Mac OS X trojanJun 30, 2006 - in News
Symantec has issued a warning to Mac owners about a new malware software that exploits a vulnerability in the "launchD" service.
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Notebooks, graphics cards pushing DRAM market higher, says SamsungJun 30, 2006 - in News
Analysts earlier this year were very cautious about predicting revenues for the semiconductor industry. On paper, 2006 could have spelled disaster for the industry - and Microsoft's decision to delay Windows Vista into 2007 was to be only one factor that was seen as a possible reason for consumers to delay PC purchase decisions, which has a significant impact on semiconductor revenues.
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NEC adds 20" widescreen monitor to MultiSync lineupJun 30, 2006 - in News
NEC released a new 20" thin bezel monitor for corporate customers. The LCD2070WMX monitor joins the firm's MultiSync line and offers a widescreen resolution 1680 by 1050 pixels.
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ATI delays physics functionsJun 30, 2006 - in News
ATI has decided to postpone rolling out physics software into its cards for at least nine months.
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Gateway drops price of 21" widescreen LCDJun 30, 2006 - in News
Gateway today said that it has reduced the price of its FPD2185W monitor, which the firm claims to be the best selling 21" widescreen display worldwide, by $100 to $500.
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GPS can help give early warning of tsunamisJun 30, 2006 - in News
Using GPS (global positioning system) data to measure how points on land move following an undersea earthquake could help geologists decide if the tremor will cause an ocean-wide tsunami.
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Cell phone talking worse than driving drunk - studyJun 30, 2006 - in News
Researchers at the University of Utah have published a study that claims drivers on cell phones are prone to more crashes than drunk drivers.
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Qimonda ships samples of DDR3 notebook memoryJun 30, 2006 - in News
Qimonda, a recently founded company that focuses on Infineon's former DRAM business, is first to announce sample shipments of DDR3 SO-DIMMs. The new notebook memory generation will be available in commercial systems sometime next year.
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SiS tweaks chipset roadmap, AMD platform gets priorityJun 30, 2006 - in News
Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) recently made a few changes in its chipset roadmap, adjusting its business plans to market realities, the company said. According to SiS, the company has separated the SiS671 and SiS771 northbridges, which respectively target the Intel and AMD desktop platforms, from each other by timeframes.
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Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 CPUs on 18 JulyJun 30, 2006 - in News
Intel plans to add its dual-core Itanium 2 CPU line, dubbed "Montecito," to to its current Xeon 5100 series (codenamed Woodcrest) and Dempsey processor offerings on 18 July, according to sources at Taiwan server makers.
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Brando Hooks Up (S)ATA Drives To USB 2.0Jun 30, 2006 - in Reviews
Do you need to access data on a regular hard drive, but the only interface you have available is a USB port? If so, Brando may bridge your interface gap.
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No net neutrality in Internet franchise bill passing Stevens' committeeJun 29, 2006 - in Reviews
To the surprise of very few, language from a net neutrality bill offered as an amendment to a House bill on national Internet franchise licensing, was defeated in a Senate Commerce Committee vote. But it was not a sound defeat - 11 yea, 11 nay - indicating that a debate may ensue on the floor of the full Senate.
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