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TG Daily Video: The Nintendo Line and Via's UMPCMay 14, 2006 - in News
We published several videos over the past few days to offer you a first hand hand impression from the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Here are two more videos that slipped through our busy schedule initially: Via demonstrates it's Ultra Mobile PC and if you have not made it to E3 in person, you'll see what you have missed at the Nintendo booth.
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TG Daily Video: Game technology trains soldiers on missiles, remote gunMay 12, 2006 - in News
While much of the games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo are played for fun, the U.S. Army has adapted game technology to help train soldiers. The engine from the America's Army video came has been integrated into the Javelin missile training system and the Common Remotely Operated Weapons System (CROWS), which a remote controlled gun being installed on newer Humvees. You can see the Javelin Missile trainer and the CROWS trainer in action in our video.
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Infineon unveils 65nm handset chipMay 12, 2006 - in News
Infineon Technologies today unveiled handset chips equipped with its 65nm CMOS process technology and said that products with this new technology are expected to be market-ready towards the end of 2006.
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MD RPTV of 60" and above three times cheaper than PDP TVs in USMay 12, 2006 - in News
The ASP (average selling price) of 60" and above microdisplay-based (MD-based) rear-projection TVs (RPTVs) fell below $3500 for the first time and was almost three times less expensive than that of similar-sized PDP (plasma display panel) TVs in the US, according to market research firm Quixel Research.
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Lite-On IT to produce Blu-ray Disc drives based on technology from PhilipsMay 12, 2006 - in News
Lite-On IT plans to start volume production in July of this year of half-height (H/H) Blu-ray Disc (BD) optical disc drives (ODDs) based on technology from Royal Philips Electronics as a result of the company taking over BenQ's ODD unit, according to industry sources.
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ATI Graphics Card Buyer's Guide 2006, Part IIMay 11, 2006 - in Reviews
Part 2 deals with graphics cards from HIS, Powercolor, Sapphire and Xpert Vision. Read on for a comparison of their software bundles, thermals, performance and overclocking potential.
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Thursday E3 Show FloorMay 11, 2006 - in Picture Story
Just one side of the line extending outside the Nintendo Wii exhibit, where some attendees they had already waited over 4 1/2 hours.
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Nintendo steals Sony's, Microsoft's thunder at E3May 11, 2006 - in News
On the second day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), it becomes clear that Nintendo's upcoming Wii console grabs the attention of show attendees at a much faster pace that the Playstation 3 or Xbox 360.
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TG Daily Video: eFocus Part 2May 11, 2006 - in News
Plantronics, Seagate, Toshiba, Ubicom and Viewsonic show off their wares in part 2 of our eFocus video series.
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Intel claims 40% performance gain with new Core 2 Extreme processorMay 11, 2006 - in Reviews
Intel uses E3 to show off its next generation gaming processor, Core 2 Extreme, and highlight its performance capability: In an interview with TG Daily, Intel claims that the CPU will be 40% faster than its predecessor and that new enthusiast PCs will outrun Sony's PS3 in graphics performance. And this advantage may even increase with the introduction of quad-core processors.
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Mobo makers confirm May launch for Turion64 X2 and Socket AM2May 11, 2006 - in News
The availability of AMD's next-generation CPUs - the Turion 64 X2 mobile and Socket-AM2 processors - will still follow the chip vendor's May schedule, according to unnamed motherboard makers that have recently received this confirmation from AMD, in response to speculation, on the part of some PC makers, that the schedule had been put back to June, on insufficient utilization and capacity concerns.
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CMC to produce 30 GB dual layer HD DVD-R discs in Q3May 11, 2006 - in News
Already having started production of HD DVD-R discs in May, CMC Magnetics stated it is preparing for volume production of 30 GB single-sided dual-layer HD DVD-R discs in the third quarter, according to the company.
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Micronas introduces dual-tuner DVB-T ExpressCard 54 reference designMay 11, 2006 - in News
Micronas, a supplier of application-specific IC system solutions for consumer electronics, has announced the launch of the MicMamba 2D-XC, a dual-tuner DVB-T ExpressCard 54 reference design for PCI-Express-based notebook computers.
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Intel Santa Rosa SFF platform to shape future design for the desktopMay 11, 2006 - in News
Scheduled to debut in the first quarter of 2007, Intel's Santa Rosa platform will utilize the Core2 Duo mobile processor, previously code-named Merom, for small-form-factor (SFF) implementations for the desktop.
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Google introduces Desktop 4May 10, 2006 - in News
At its annual press day, Google today assured analysts and journalists that the firm is still very much about improving search features.
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Sandisk increases capacity of Memory Stick Pro Duo to 4 GBMay 10, 2006 - in News
Sandisk announced a new Memory Stick Pro Duo storage card specifically aimed at owners of Playstation Portable (PSP) handheld gaming systems.
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Microsoft: Xbox Live "way ahead of Sony"May 10, 2006 - in News
Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president at Microsoft's Xbox and Gaming Platform Group, is one of the more influential figures within software giant's growing gaming business. Inside Microsoft's mammoth booth at E3's exhibit floor, Holmdahl spoke with TwitchGuru about the next generation console and its competition.
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Wednesday E3 Show FloorMay 10, 2006 - in Picture Story
The site of Microsoft's E3 gala: Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where Microsoft just couldn't catch a break.
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Dell Event PicturesMay 10, 2006 - in Picture Story
Unveiling of the next generation XPS gaming computer
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Dell introduces 13.5 TB storage systemMay 10, 2006 - in News
Dell announced a new version of its Power Vault direct attached storage (DAS) enclosure. The new model MD1000 is compatible with 3.5" SAS hard drives, which the company claims, provide a 30% increase in data throughput and twice the storage capacity of 2.5" SAS drives.
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Pioneer introduces 5.1 surround sound system for Xbox 360May 10, 2006 - in News
Pioneer Electronics has unveiled a 5.1 surround sound system with all the trimmings, officially licensed for the Xbox 360.
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E3 2006: Nintendo blows a big chance as Sony proves PS3 games do existMay 10, 2006 - in News
Reporters eager to see the Wii during Wednesday's early morning preview session for the media, were astounded to learn the Wii display was being kept under wraps until the general attendess were let in.
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Taiwan leading motherboard makers see weaker shipments in AprilMay 10, 2006 - in News
Taiwan's four leading motherboard makers - Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) - collectively shipped 8.53 million motherboards in April, up only 9.6% on year.
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Roundup: The three different strategies of the console makersMay 10, 2006 - in News
Preceding the official Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) tradeshow, the big three console makers used their keynote strategies to create appetite for their next-generation consoles by trying to differentiate themselves from each other and painting a near-term business strategy onto the wall.
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Monitor panel prices stabilizing, but inventory issues may trigger more price dropsMay 10, 2006 - in News
Prices for monitor panels are stabilizing this month, as makers put the brakes on fierce pricing, but high inventory levels within the monitor market are likely to push prices down again soon, industry sources commented.
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Epson starts volume production of D5 HTPS panels for data projectorsMay 10, 2006 - in News
Seiko Epson on May 10 announced that it has begun volume production of high-temperature polysilicon (HTPS) liquid crystal panels for its 3LCD data front projectors.
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50" share in US PDP TV market continues to climbMay 10, 2006 - in News
American consumers desire larger TVs and that was evident in the plasma (PDP) TV category during the first quarter of 2006, according to research firm Quixel Research. According to Quixel, the 50" to 60" unit share of the PDP TV market in the US grew 20% from the previous quarter and represented 30% of the total PDP TV market there in the first quarter of 2006.
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STMicroelectronics sensors to be used in Nintendo's WiiMay 10, 2006 - in News
STMicroelectronics on May 9 announced that its three-axis acceleration sensors will be used to provide a motion-activated user interface for Nintendo's new home console, Wii.
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