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Ati includes Avivo video converter with new Catalyst 6.3 driversMar 8, 2006 - in News
Ati has released their Catalyst 6.3 drivers that include many bug fixes and a video encoder that can cut video conversion times by up to 80%. Weighing in at almost 60 megaBytes the new drivers will solves rendering problems on popular games like Farcry, Call of Duty 2 and World of Warcraft. In fact, owners of Ati Radeon X1800 and X1900 videos cards should expect to see a 5% to 10% increase in frame-rates from the new drivers.
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Western Digital shipping "My Book" book-shaped external drivesMar 8, 2006 - in News
Cashing in on new consumer demand for high-capacity, portable storage, Western Digital is now shipping its "My Book" line of external drives that look like, you guessed it, books.
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UltraCell developing double-capacity, methanol-based laptop fuel cellMar 8, 2006 - in News
Imagine being able to power your laptop for two days on a single charge. You may not have to imagine for much longer as Ultracell is demoing a prototype fuel cell system at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco that they promise will replace convention laptop batteries.
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MIT developing carbon nanotube ultracapacitors to replace batteriesMar 8, 2006 - in News
Batteries provide power for most of our daily gadgets, but they are bulky and must be replaced often. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) are studying a new breed of "supercapacitors", which use carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Professors Joel Schindall and John Kassakian, along with Ph.D. candidate Riccardo Signorelli believe the unique properties of the CNTs could help make supercapacitors that could one day let us charge our laptops instantly.
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Analysis: Can Merom return Intel to the performance driver's seat?Mar 8, 2006 - in News
So far at IDF, we've seen a few "showdowns" and a smattering of demonstrations of the performance capabilities of the three new chips leading Intel's Core Microarchitecture (ICM) - and even those were unexpected. But does this mean Intel is ready to take back the performance trophy from AMD?
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Flash memory could slash boot time of Intel Merom computers by 50%Mar 8, 2006 - in News
In one of the more elaborate technology demonstrations of this year's Spring IDF, Intel devoted part of one of its Tuesday afternoon keynotes to premiere its "Robson" Flash cache technology, which will be used to accelerate boot times for the OS and applications.
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AMD confirms Turion 64 X2 mobile dual-core CPUs for Q2 2006Mar 8, 2006 - in News
There's a party going on outside of IDF in San Francisco...but wait! Isn't that the AMD logo? Never to be outdone, AMD once again set up shop at a nearby hotel outside the IDF festivities, to introduce Intel's various attendees to, among other things, its Turion X2 mobile dual-core processors
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Is Intel's UMPC really Origami incognito at IDF?Mar 8, 2006 - in News
No, Origami has not been announced. At least not officially. But several sources hinted that a UMPC shown at IDF would be "very similar" to the mysterious Origami device Microsoft will be unveiling on 9 March at the CeBIT tradeshow in Hanover, Germany.
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Intel's LaGrande trusted platform steers away from DRMMar 7, 2006 - in News
At IDF today, Intel announced the introduction of its first completed draft of its LaGrande Technology (LT) specifications, which represent Intel's efforts to incorporate the goals of the Trusted Computing Group. The surprise is that Intel is steering clear of the DRM issues which have gotten it in trouble in the past.
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Intel Woodcrest server leads AMD Opteron 64 server in performance testMar 7, 2006 - in News
In the first head-to-head match-up for performance supremacy between AMD and Intel processors, staged by Intel , in quite some time, an AMD Opteron 64-based Sun Fire X4200 server running at 2.4 GHz, was placed against an example of a future HP ProLiant server running Intel's Woodcrest platform.
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Sony rolling out blank Bluray discs in EuropeMar 7, 2006 - in News
Sony Europe will start shipping blank Blu-ray discs next month. Rewritable single-layer discs will be available in retail stores in mid March, while write-once discs will start selling in April. Sony also plans on selling blank dual layer discs later in the year.
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IDF keynotes: Welcome to 'Intel 3.0,' with first look at quad-core CPUsMar 7, 2006 - in News
Intel today unveiled a brand-new abbreviation, "Intel Core Microarchitecture," for us to add to our growing collection. It refers to the company's Conroe, Merom, and Woodcrest platforms, which CTO Justin Rattner gave attendees peeks at today...but only peeks, and few details other than a promise to perform better. Technologically, that is.
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ATI leads a week of graphics news with rollout of Mobility X1800, X1800 XTMar 7, 2006 - in News
This morning, ATI rolled out its latest and fastest mobile GPUs to date, the X1800 and X1800 XT, both using the company's newly perfected 90 nm fabrication process. But Microsoft, in the meantime, may be crafting performance expectations for mobile systems that even close partner ATI is hinting it may not be physically capable for it to meet.
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AOpen Releases Core Duo To The DesktopMar 7, 2006 - in Reviews
The i975Xa-YDG is the first ATX motherboard to support Intel's mobile Core Duo processor, pairing high performance and energy efficiency. It represents the kickoff for a broad Core Duo assault that could enable new PC applications based on tiny physical dimensions.
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5.46 Ghz "dream machine" computer to be shown off at CeBITMar 6, 2006 - in News
Three companies, Asetek, Kingston Technology Europe and Western Digital, have joined forces to build a fast liquid/phase-change cooled computer called the "Dream Machine". Using Asetek's phase-change coolers, along with Kingston's HyperX DDR2 RAM and Raptop X drives from Western Digital, the new computer runs at 5.46 Ghz. Quite impressive considering the Intel Pentium 4 CPU used had a stock speed of 3.8 Ghz.
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Intel: "Seamless" connectivity critical for evolution of wireless applicationsMar 6, 2006 - in News
In just the last few years, Wi-Fi has become a standard component of notebook computers. With a range of other wireless broadband technologies emerging, Intel believes it will become critical for the computer industry to bridge existing and upcoming technologies, enabling users to seamlessly access a variety of networks through notebooks and handheld devices.
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AMD CEO: Consumer CPU capacity could be traded to fuel commercial growthMar 6, 2006 - in News
The company that redefined CPU performance in the high-end desktop space, may lift its foot just a little off the gas in that market, AMD CEO Hector Ruiz said today. The reason is to start concentrating more upon the lucrative commercial business market, where quantity sales abound, and margins are a bit higher. Will this move leave an opening for Intel?
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Intel promises "100's of cores" per processor within 10 yearsMar 6, 2006 - in News
Intel today announced a new research program that aims to develop "future platforms that will develop capabilities well beyond those of today's computers."
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Dueling memory companies to roll out fast and faster DDR2 memory at CeBITMar 6, 2006 - in News
Corsair will be launching their newest and fastest RAM at the upcoming Cebit show in Germany. Intel users can purchase the Twin2x1024-8500 DDR2 RAM which runs at 1066 Mhz, while AMD fans can buy the Twinx2048-4400Pro which clocks in at 550 Mhz.
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AMD: US$100-laptop project important step into emerging marketsMar 6, 2006 - in News
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Industry players: No critical price growth expected for DDR2 this monthMar 6, 2006 - in News
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AMD launches Opteron 185, 285 and 885 processorsMar 5, 2006 - in News
AMD kicks off a week that will be largely dominated by news coming out of Intel's developer forum in San Francisco. The company today announced three new versions of its Opteron workstation and server processor - which run at 2.6 GHz and remain in the 95 watt power envelope.
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Can IDF relight Intel's fire?Mar 5, 2006 - in News
The Spring Intel Developer Forum (IDF) will open its doors on Tuesday and will give Intel an opportunity to set the stage for its next generation micro architecture. But this IDF is not just about new products - it's about an effort to regain the trust from hardware and software developers as well as analysts into the firm's products. Here's what we expect to see at the conference.
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Antivirus groups fight over Crossover sharingMar 4, 2006 - in News
This week, the Mobile Antivirus Research Association, a collection of professors, authors and security professionals, announced it had "characterized' the first program to spread from PCs to a mobile device, a virus dubbed Crossover.
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Apple employees file for wide touchpad patentMar 4, 2006 - in News
Several Apple employees have collectively filed a patent request for a wide touchpad on a noteboook computer, where the palm rest areas of the portable would formed a said touchpad.
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'Nano-skin' could create super-bendy screensMar 4, 2006 - in News
A flexible polymer infused with billions of carbon nanotubes could be used to make incredibly bendy displays and other novel electronic devices, researchers say.
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