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Color Laser Printers: Fast and Affordable!Jun 22, 2006 - in Reviews
For two years now, manufacturers have been offering some particularly economical models, and HP has even broken new ground by launching a color laser - the Color LaserJet 1600 - selling for less than $300 in mass-retail chain stores.
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New Yahoo Messenger supports plug-ins and more contactsJun 21, 2006 - in News
The instant messaging war is starting to heat up again as Yahoo has released a brand new beta of its popular Yahoo Messenger application.
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Nvidia promises 35% performance increase with new developer toolsJun 21, 2006 - in News
Nvidia claims that software developers using its new "NVPerfHUD 4" performance analysis tool will be able to speed up the graphics performance of their applications by about 35% on average.
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Job posting confirms Microsoft is working on DirectX physicsJun 21, 2006 - in News
Extreme Tech has published a link, to Microsoft's career web site that provides some information on Microsoft's thought on physics in computer games.
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Samsung to consider "dual Blu-ray/HD DVD player"Jun 21, 2006 - in News
Undecided between Blu-ray and HD DVD? Time is likely to wipe out one of the two, but if you don't want to wait and place a safe bet, a hybrid player may be the player for you. Next to LG, Samsung is the second company to officially confirm plans for such a device: The technology would simply be drawn from a joint venture with HD DVD backer Toshiba.
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Microsoft not likely to dethrone Ipod - analystJun 21, 2006 - in News
Fears that a Microsoft digital music player and service could imperil the iPod's market dominance are overblown, according to Shaw Wu, an analyst for American Technology Research in a report on Monday.
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Epson develops super-slim color TFT panel driver IC for mobile phonesJun 21, 2006 - in News
Seiko Epson on June 20 announced the development of its S1D19501 series of driver ICs for 176x220 TFT LCDs, the mainstream display for mobile phones.
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Taiwan LCD TV brands gaining share in North AmericaJun 21, 2006 - in News
Despite fierce competition in the global LCD TV market, Taiwan-based LCD TV makers are pushing their own brand business in North America, according to the compan
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AUO: 19" widescreen to account for 10% of monitor market in 2006Jun 21, 2006 - in News
The popularity of 19" widescreen LCD montiors will continue growing through the rest of this year, with the segment expected to acocunt for 15% of LCD monitor shipments in the fourth quarter, and 10% for the whole year, according to Hsiung Hui, executive vice president of AU Optronics (AUO).
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Asus selects Silicon Image's SteelVine storage processor for new motherboardJun 21, 2006 - in News
Silicon Image has announced that Asustek Computer has selected the SiI 4723 SteelVine storage processor for its digital home desktop motherboard, the P5W DH Deluxe.
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Intervideo Ulead receives Blu-ray certificationJun 20, 2006 - in News
Intervideo and its partner Ulead claim to be first to receive certification for Blu-ray playback, authoring and burning.
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Cree shows off super-bright white LEDJun 20, 2006 - in News
US-based LED developer Cree said that it has developed a new white LED that puts out light at almost ten times the efficiency of your average incandescent light bulb
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World Of Warcraft Goes Midsummer And Archlord Provides Original MMORPG Races
Jun 20, 2006 - in Picture Story
If you couldn't be bothered going out to see the sun rise on midsummer's night then World of Warcraft has the answer, apparently. From June 21st until July 5th the game will be featuring midsummer celebrations in good old wannabe pagan fashion.
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Intel sees standardized components as key to higher notebook salesJun 20, 2006 - in News
Intel will be aggressively promoting standardized and "Intel-approved" notebook components in an effort to make it easier for more system manufacturers to build and support notebook computers, TG Daily has learned.
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Apple cuts price of movie effects software Shake from $3000 to $500Jun 20, 2006 - in News
Apple today released version 4.1 of its professional movie effects software "Shake" and cut its price by more than 80%. Instead of $3000, the application now sells for $500 and brings effects that were previously only available to movie studios and well-funded enthusiasts also in reach for hobby users.
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Microsoft unveils Windows for robotsJun 20, 2006 - in News
Microsoft has unveiled a community technology preview (CTP) of a new Windows-based operating system designed to power robots.
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Elpida 90nm DDR2 qualified at SMICJun 20, 2006 - in News
China-based foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and DRAM maker Elpida Memory today jointly announced that Elpida's 512Mbit DDR2 SDRAM, manufactured using a 90nm manufacturing process at SMIC's 300mm facility in Beijing, has successfully been qualified.
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Opera 9 joins the partyJun 20, 2006 - in News
With most of the browser buzz surrounding Microsoft's upcoming Internet Explorer 7 and first public versions of Firefox 2.0, it's easy to miss the launch party of a browser with the third largest market share.
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Prices for 32" TV panels fall below $400Jun 20, 2006 - in News
Taiwan panel makers, including Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and HannStar Display, have reduced their prices for 32" LCD TV panels to less than $400, lower than the $400 level that LG.Philips LCD (LPL) earlier approached, according to industry sources.
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Intel to continue shipping 865-series chipsets in Q1 2007Jun 20, 2006 - in News
Intel plans to continue to ship its entry-level 865-series chipsets in the first quarter of 2007, with an amount to account for 10% of its total chipset shipments, according to sources at Taiwan motherboard makers.
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Nvidia to launch AGP version of GeForce 7600 graphics chip in Q3Jun 20, 2006 - in News
Nvidia has revised its product roadmap, due to continued strong demand for AGP-based systems and Intel's ongoing shipments of 865 chipsets, sources at Taiwan motherboard makers indicated.
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IBM accelerates silicon to more than 500 GHzJun 20, 2006 - in News
IBM today claimed the crown for the world's fastest chip, at least in terms of clock speed: The company said it was able to achieve frequencies "above 500 GHz" by "cryogenically freezing" the chip. And the company apparently does not want to stop there: Using silicon-germanium (SiGe) technologies, IBM is aiming for near-THz speeds.
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Run Windows On Linux: Win4Lin RevisitedJun 20, 2006 - in Reviews
Win4Lin allows you to run Windows on a guest Linux environment. It works well, but does it really achieve near-native Windows performance as stated by Win4Lin?
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Microsoft releases new Windows Live IM serviceJun 19, 2006 - in News
Microsoft launched on Monday its newly branded instant messaging system, Windows Live Messenger, the first major release in a wave of online services Microsoft plans to offer to grab a larger share of Web advertising revenue.
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Updates to PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Outlook for Office 2007
Jun 19, 2006 - in Picture Story
In this final of three galleries from Microsoft senior product manager Mark Alexieff's demonstration of the Office 2007 suite last Friday, we take a look at how PowerPoint and SharePoint work together across multiple clients. Here in PowerPoint 2007, you
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McAfee: Microsoft's OneCare is "incomplete"Jun 19, 2006 - in News
The security software scene just got more interesting with Microsoft and its OneCare application and service package. It's priced below competitive offers and may force other vendors to rethink their product strategy. Expect them to bank on their experience advantage, software features and try to pick up users while riding along with Microsoft's marketing campaign.
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'Silicon Velcro' could make sticky chipsJun 19, 2006 - in News
An exotic form of silicon that can be stuck together and then peeled apart has been developed by German researchers.
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Xandros gets Windows personality via VersoraJun 19, 2006 - in News
Desktop Linux vendor Xandros has teamed up with migration software vendor Versora to ensure that its forthcoming Desktop operating system is able to adopt users' Windows.
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Microsoft's Live.com updates with new themes and templatesJun 19, 2006 - in News
Microsoft has updated their Live.com user controlled startpage, desktop and search engine service with new updated theme and features.
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