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Sun joins AJAX standards groupsJun 19, 2006 - in News
In an effort to influence emerging standards for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) and ensure the interoperability of tools that support the programming methodology, Sun Microsystems announced plans Friday to join the OpenAjax Alliance and the Dojo Foundation.
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IEEE in wireless wrangleJun 19, 2006 - in News
IEEE has put on hold its review of a wireless technology favoured by Qualcomm due to a squabble involving Intel, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Blu-Ray Players For 2006
Jun 19, 2006 - in Picture Story
Matushita will ship the DMP-BD10 under the Panasonic brand in September 2006. The player provides 1080p up-conversion for all media, including DVD and plays 25 GB as well as 50 GB Blu-ray discs. Features also include virtual battery operation. Interesting
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PayPal tackles phishing trapJun 19, 2006 - in News
PayPal has fixed a flaw in its website to block a sophisticated scam designed to obtain sensitive data from members, the payment service said on Friday.
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ATI to begin 80nm production at UMC later this yearJun 19, 2006 - in News
In addition to scheduling 80nm production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for September, ATI Technologies will begin producing its graphics processor (GPU) on an 80nm manufacturing process at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) in the second half of 2006, according to industry sources.
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Can Ageia's PhysX Card Bring Real-World Physics to Games?Jun 19, 2006 - in Reviews
Ageia says its new physics processing device and engine will do nothing less than revolutionize PC gaming. We gauge just how well Ageia's PPU (physics processing unit) can handle flying debris and shrapnel in Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter - which you can also see for yourself by downloading our video.
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More inside Office 2007 Professional
Jun 18, 2006 - in Picture Story
In Mark Alexieff's demonstration of the new features of Microsoft Office 2007 last Friday at TechEd 2006 in Boston, we were delighted to see that attention was finally paid to PowerPoint, usually the forgotten child among the others in the suite. We saw t
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Paypal flaw allows identity theftJun 16, 2006 - in News
A security flaw in the PayPal web site is being actively exploited by fraudsters to steal credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to PayPal users. The issue was reported to today via Netcraft's anti-phishing toolbar.
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Vulnerability found in Microsoft ExcelJun 16, 2006 - in News
A new vulnerability has been found in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program, just a few days after the company fixed problems with several of its applications in its monthly patch distribution.
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SCADA industry debates flaw disclosureJun 16, 2006 - in News
The outing of a simple crash bug has caused public soul-searching in an industry that has historically been closed-mouthed about its vulnerabilities.
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A closer look at Microsoft Office 2007Jun 16, 2006 - in News
Windows Vista will launch together with a new version of Microsoft Office - which will bring a dramatic interface redesign and change the way we use the software on a day-to-day basis. Join us on a tour through some of the new features in Office 2007.
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McAfee answers Microsoft's OneCare challengeJun 16, 2006 - in News
Microsoft's recent release of the Windows Live OneCare security offering has reset the rules of the security software business: Traditional security software developers are forced to upgrade their products. McAfee is among the first to answer with a beta version of its next-gen security suite that addresses new and emerging threats such as identity theft and rootkits.
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TechEd 2006: Longhorn's Terminal Services to run Office, WindowsJun 16, 2006 - in News
At a demonstration of new features in the latest beta edition of Windows Server "Longhorn", Microsoft revealed that the new version of Terminal Services will enable client computers to run full applications such as Word with distributed processing. Just the container application - the window - runs on the client, while the engine of the application runs through the server.
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HSDPA mobile broadband expected to take off in 2008Jun 16, 2006 - in News
According to new forecasts released by research firm Ovum the number of HSDPA connections will reach 16.5 million by the end of 2008 in Western Europe.
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Lite-On IT to produce 18x DVD burners in July, 20x models in Q4Jun 16, 2006 - in News
Lite-On IT will begin volume production of 18x DVD burners in July and plans to start production of 20x DVD burners in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Michael Gong, the company's Optical Disc Drive Business general manager, at a press conference following the company's 2006 shareholders meeting on June 15.
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ATI: No delay in 80nm productionJun 16, 2006 - in News
Edward Chou, marketing director of ATI Technologies Asia-Pacific division, responded to earlier reports that its 80-nanometer (80nm) production has been delayed by saying that ATI has succeeded in completing trial production of its 80nm graphics chips.
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OpenGL Workstation Graphics: Now We're Talking High End!Jun 16, 2006 - in Reviews
Manufacturers have never shied away from using superlatives. ATi pits its "Ultra High End" cards FireGL V7350 and V7300 against the honorable Quadro FX 4500 by Nvidia. With these models, both card companies enter the era of graphics cards with a full 1 gigabyte of video memory.
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Images From The Office 2007 Presentation at TechEd 2006
Jun 15, 2006 - in Picture Story
Beside the huge, round "Office Button" (which assumes control of the old "File" menu functionality), sharing space with the title bar, is what Microsoft is calling the "Quick Access Toolbar." At the top, the presenter starts to add the New Comment command
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Google unveils U.S. Government SearchJun 15, 2006 - in News
Looking to keep up on White House feeds or the Weather around Washington, DC?
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Gateway launches $300 19" widescreen LCDJun 15, 2006 - in News
Gateway today extended its widescreen LCD portfolio with the addition of a 19" display.
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Dell readies AMD-powered desktop?Jun 15, 2006 - in News
Dell is gearing up to release a desktop PC powered with a microprocessor from Advanced Micro Devices in September, according to analysts at Wall Street brokerage house Citigroup.
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Dell site offering AMD processorsJun 15, 2006 - in News
Taking yet another step towards integrating the once-anathema AMD processors in its family of products, Dell has begun to sell Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2 chips alongside it's own CPUs for Precision Workstations through its online store.
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Cinevision 2006: 5000 x 2000 pixels create high-def for movie theatersJun 15, 2006 - in News
Three German companies yesterday demonstrated what could be considered the ultimate movie experience of the future: If you thought it just doesn't get better than a 1080p high-definition home theater, think again: Cinevision 2006 runs at a stunning 10 megapixel resolution and promises to improve to 16 megapixels down the road. Extra: Image Gallery
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TechEd 2006: New Windows Server minimum installation fits on USB keyJun 15, 2006 - in News
In a session Wednesday afternoon on ten classes of benefits administrators will see from Windows Server "Longhorn," Microsoft technical program manager Ward Ralston revealed that one installation option for Longhorn, entitled Server Core , will enable a command line-driven OS with just the basic services to be installed within a 500 MB footprint.
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Microsoft details performance of Vista's SuperFetch, ReadyDriveJun 15, 2006 - in News
Microsoft provided some more details on what may become one of Vista's most popular features - the performance accelerator "SuperFetch." According to first public demonstrations, the technologies can boost application startup times by up to 200% - simply by using Flash memory. Extra: See the demonstration in our Image Gallery
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Toshiba to volume produce 2 GB MCP NAND with SD controller in AugustJun 15, 2006 - in News
Toshiba introduced a 2 GB multi-chip package (MCP) NAND flash chip that integrates a Secure Digital (SD) interface controller IC on June 14.
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Everlight delays volume shipment of white LEDsJun 15, 2006 - in News
LED packaging firm Everlight Electronics has adopted a conservative outlook for the third quarter of 2006, said company chairman Robert Yeh, stating that the schedule for volume shipments of white LEDs, used in notebooks and larger-size LCD TVs, will be pushed back.
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Semiconductor inventory levels still manageableJun 15, 2006 - in News
While noises circulate about the high levels of inventory that the semiconductor industry is encountering, actual inventory is still being managed at reasonable levels, according to executives from both the Taiwan-based Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) and World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), headquartered in San Jose.
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Ritek: oversupply of DVD+R/-R discs to ease in Q4Jun 15, 2006 - in News
The global supply of DVD+R/-R discs currently exceeds global demand, but the oversupply will begin to diminish next quarter and largely decrease or even disappear in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Ritek CEO Gordon Yeh, who spoke at a press conference following the company's 2006 shareholder meeting on June 14.
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MSI expects AMD-based mobos to play major role in H2Jun 15, 2006 - in News
Although aggressive price reductions of Intel CPUs should spur growth for the Intel platform, Micro-Star International (MSI) does not plan to neglect AMD-supported motherboards in the second half of 2006, according to company vice president Wu Lung Ping.
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