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Sales of home media servers at reach 50 million units by 2010, says Parks AssociatesMay 31, 2006 - in News
Annual sales of home media servers will reach nearly 50 million units in the US by the end of 2010, according to Parks Associates.
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Agere Systems introduces 1394B chipset that doubles speed of data transportMay 31, 2006 - in News
Agere Systems on May 30 introduced its FW430 and FW843 chipsets, which the company claims can double the speed at which information can be moved between personal computers (PCs) and various devices such as high-performance hard disk drives.
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500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows "Vista"May 31, 2006 - in Reviews
Windows Vista offers more than just a pretty user interface with transparent window effects. You want to know all about Vista, and so did we. Here's what we found.
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AMD launches Live! entertainment PC platformMay 30, 2006 - in News
If you are not quite convinced that you want an Intel Viiv PC in your living room, then here is another option: AMD promises similar functionality and "real world solutions" with beefed up entertainment center PCs. "Live!" PCs will act behind the scenes, rather than physically invading the family room, and act as the digital nerve center of a home. Extra: AMD Live! and Intel Viiv image gallery
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Spyware blackmails victimsMay 30, 2006 - in News
Panda Software said that it has detected a new spyware program that promises free access to pornographic websites, but installs malware - which only is removed in exchange of a $50 payment.
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Via, Intel graphics chipsets to run Vista Aero Glass interfaceMay 30, 2006 - in News
We are still waiting for the final graphics horsepower requirements that are necessary to run Microsoft's fancy new Aero Glass interface in Windows Vista. However, all the new eye candy may not call for that pricey 256 MB graphics card upgrade we have been expecting.
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Gossip: Microsoft interested in Ebay?May 30, 2006 - in News
The New York Post is reporting that Microsoft may be out to buy Ebay.
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Triple-play services to supercharge cable firms' revenue streamsMay 30, 2006 - in News
Consulting company Kagan Research believes that consumers will spend substantially more money on services provided by their cable company in the next years.
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Microsoft to ship its first Mac-only keyboard and mouseMay 30, 2006 - in News
Microsoft today announced its "Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac," the firms first Mac-specific keyboard and mouse package targeting Apple users.
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HP launches thin client based on AMD Geode CPUMay 30, 2006 - in News
Hewlett Packard (HP) introduced the Compaq t5720, a thin client PC series powered by the AMD Geode NX 1500 processor.
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CMC to hike CD-R disc prices by 5-10% in JuneMay 30, 2006 - in News
CMC Magnetics, in light of a tight global supply for CD-R discs, plans to raise its OEM quotes for CD-R discs by 5-10% in June, according to company chairman Robert Wong.
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Demand for monitor panels to pick up in H2May 29, 2006 - in News
Demand for monitor panels will pick up and average selling prices (ASP) will stabilize in the second half of the year because of seasonality, Intel's price cuts for its desktop CPUs, and panel makers' expected refusal to Dell's demand for price reductions in the 17" segment, according to industry sources.
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More than 10% of LCD TVs to use 40- and 42" panels in 2006May 29, 2006 - in News
Worldwide makers are expected to ship 48 million LCD panels for use in TVs this year, with 40- and 42" panels in over 10% of the shipments, according to DisplaySearch Taiwan president David Hsieh.
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Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 at ComputexMay 29, 2006 - in News
The launch of Intel's dual-core Itanium 2 processors, dubbed "Montecito," is now set to happen in the week of Computex, which will take place in Taipei June 6-10, according to sources.
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Treasures or Trash? 5 PC Cases for GamersMay 29, 2006 - in Reviews
When it comes to PC gaming cases, there are huge quality gaps between what is out there. The amount of money you spend does not necessarily translate into better quality, either. Unfortunatley, it is difficult to find some gems among so-called gaming boxes made too-often on the cheap.
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The Movies: Stunts & Effects
May 27, 2006 - in Picture Story
Possibly, just possibly, somebody didn't quite think the title of this Movies expansion through. Sure it's rather quite curt and to the point, the expansion adding stunts and new effects to the Lionhead movie making game, but it just doesn't seem... prete
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Intel to launch next-gen desktop processor Conroe on 23 JulyMay 26, 2006 - in News
It appears that Intel will be introducing its new Desktop Core 2 Duo E6000 series earlier than previously expected. While industry sources hinted to a September launch date at the beginning of this year, slides obtained by enthusiast website HKEPC Hardware indicate that the desktop processor, formerly code-named Conroe, will make its debut on 23 July.
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Symantec confirms vulnerability in antivirus softwareMay 26, 2006 - in News
Symantec confirmed Friday afternoon a vulnerability in its Antivirus Corporate Edition software that had been discovered by security firm Eeye. According to the company, a successful exploit of the flaw could "potentially cause a system crash, or allow a remote or local attacker to execute arbitrary code with System level rights on the affected system."
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Week in Review: Next-gen CPUs and Microsoft's idea how to sell more softwareMay 26, 2006 - in News
AMD, Intel and Microsoft dominated the headlines this week. AMD had a one-two punch with its new AM2 socket processors and good server numbers. Intel answered with first official - and impressive - benchmark numbers for its first processor with "Core" microarchitecture - the upcoming Xeon 5100 "Woodcrest".
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Symantec's antivirus software vulnerable to worms - security firmMay 26, 2006 - in News
Symantec today confirmed that it is investigating a "potential" vulnerability in its Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.x, which - a security firm claims - can provide malicious users with far-reaching remote system-level access to computers.
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Adobe discloses some Apollo detailsMay 26, 2006 - in News
Adobe Systems has begun to dish details of Apollo, a fruit of the company's merger with Macromedia that will allow developers to create run-time applications with Flash and Acrobat that can be used offline without a Web browser.
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Office 2007 downloads top 200,000May 26, 2006 - in News
In the first 24 hours since going live, Microsoft counted 200,000 downloads of Office 2007 Beta 2.
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Gaming heaven for Southern California residents - Howie's Game ShackMay 26, 2006 - in News
Gaming cafes have been popping up around the country, but they are often small and don't last very long. Howie's Game Shack located inside the Kaleidoscope mall in Mission Viejo, Calif. is trying to buck the trend. Despite its small sounding name, this "Shack" is actually a huge gaming center with 200 computers and 45 Xbox consoles.
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Osram: Efficiency of LED-BLUs to approach that of CCFL starting in 2007May 26, 2006 - in News
Osram anticipates the growing adoption of LEDs as a blacklight unit (BLU) light source due to an anticipated increase in LED efficiency, according to Ludwig Ploetz, application engineering manager (OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH) at Osram.
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LED backlighting for TVs coming faster than anticipatedMay 26, 2006 - in News
Conventional wisdom sees LED based backlights not making significant inroads into large screen LCD TVs until 2009 or so.
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Monarch's Hornet Pro Does the Mini-Monster Gaming MashMay 26, 2006 - in Reviews
This small form factor PC packs a punch like that of any high-end gaming system you want to compare it against. We look at how the Monarch Hornet Pro Revenge Special Edition can handle the most CPU- and graphically-intensive games available despite its compact size.
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TG Daily's Week in Review: May 22-26 2006May 25, 2006 - in Picture Story
Intel launches Woodcrest server CPU, claims computing power crown. (Click to open)
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Howie's Game ShackMay 25, 2006 - in Picture Story
Howie's has 200+ computers and 45 Xbox 360 stations
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Microsoft tries to unseat JPEG with Windows Media Photo specificationMay 25, 2006 - in News
Microsoft introduced the Windows Media Photo picture format - .WDP - that promises better quality and smaller file sizes than JPEG files. The format uses a new compression algorithm that, according to Microsoft, can compress photos to 1/25th their original size - without visible impact on image quality.
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Abit releases new Fatality motherboard for AMD AM2 processorsMay 25, 2006 - in News
Abit has released a new motherboard in its popular Fatal1ty gaming line. The AN9 32X motherboard will support AMD's new socket AM2 processors and will have two full speed X16 PCI Express lanes. Four DDR2 memory slots can support up to 8 gigabytes of RAM running at 800 Mhz. There are also two Gigabit Ethernet ports along with two Firewire ports.
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