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Toshiba and NEC develop new fast, high density MRAMFeb 7, 2006 - in News
Toshiba and NEC today announced that they have developed a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) that combines the highest density with the fastest read and write speed yet achieved.
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DDR2 contract prices soar in H1 FebruaryFeb 7, 2006 - in News
Contract prices for mainstream DRAMs shot up in the first half of February, with DDR2 pricing rocketing up 18% from the second half of January, according to figures posted by DRAMeXchange.
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Maryland lawmakers considering legislation to ban internet huntingFeb 7, 2006 - in News
Maryland is moving to ban internet hunting as legislation goes before lawmakers this week. The practice of hunting via the internet is a relatively new one which has attracted a lot of fire (excusing the pun) from those on both sides of the hunting divide.
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Nvidia accused of seeding forums with marketing postersFeb 7, 2006 - in News
Graphic chip firm Nvidia has come under the public microscope for allegedly seeding public forums with "guerrilla marketers" whose job it was to become regular posters and then subtly promote Nvidia products.
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Prices for 17" LCD monitor panels continue slidingFeb 7, 2006 - in News
Prices for 17" LCD monitor panels have continued to reach record lows in the first half of this month, with the ASP (average selling price) falling to $145, down from $149 in the second half of last month, according to WitsView Technology.
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Disappointment with quality and cost limits usage of camera phonesFeb 7, 2006 - in News
A camera is considered to be one of the most desirable features in mobile phones, yet, evidence suggests that only a tiny percentage of camera phones are used regularly to transmit pictures or to store for later use, reports In-Stat.
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Mitac aims to ship 4-5 million GPS devices in 2006Feb 7, 2006 - in News
Mitac International expects its shipments of GPS-enabled devices, including PDA phones, to top 4-5 million units in 2006, up from the 2.8 million units it shipped in 2005, company president Billy Ho said yesterday
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5 Power Supplies Get the Full Juice TreatmentFeb 7, 2006 - in Reviews
We give five new power supply units the full juice treatment after our previous stress tests laid many supposedly high-end units to rest in the scrap heap. Did vendors take heed of the hard lessons they learned during our past tests?
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WD intros 120 GB portable Passport hard driveFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Western Digital (WD) today announced a 120 GB version of its portable "Passport" hard drive series.
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Primera announces Blu-ray disc publishing systemFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Primera today said that it will be shipping a Blu-ray enabled disc publishing system in April of this year. The "Bravo XR-Blu Disc Publisher" integrates Pioneer's BDR-101A Blu-ray Disc/DVD Recorder and can be loaded with up to 50 single- or dual-layer discs at a time.
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Sony releases 8 GB MicroVault USB drive in EuropeFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Users in Europe will be able to buy a new 8 GB version of Sony's MicroVault Pro USB hard-drives this month. Sporting a one-inch hard-drive, the new MicroVault connects to the computer via a 180 degree swiveling USB 2.0 connector.
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Micron Technology introduces two megapixel cameraphone sensorFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Micron Technology has released a quarter-inch 2.2 megapixel sensor to mobile phone manufacturers. The new sensor has both a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) standards serial interface and a parallel interface which give phone makers flexibility with traditional designs and future models that require high bandwidth.
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Adobe patches Photoshop, Illustrator flawsFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Web and print publishing software maker Adobe Systems has pushed out security patches to cover a potentially serious code execution flaw in the Adobe Creative Suite 2 platform.
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Nanomemory market volume to reach $7 billion by 2010Feb 6, 2006 - in News
According to NanoMarkets, a Glen Allen Virginia-based market research firm, the nano memory market will grow to $7 billion in 2010. The firm believes the processor and memory industry is reaching the limits of current technology, namely electrical leakage issues at the 65 nanometer level and future 45 nanometer chips.
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AOL's and Yahoo's spam filters: Whom do they serve?Feb 6, 2006 - in News
As the New York Times broke this morning, Yahoo and AOL are planning to impose a sort of "postage fee" on mail senders who seek to bypass the companies' spam filters. Senders who intend to reach mass audience can only send mail to AOL- or Yahoo-based addresses, says the Times , when they are willing to pay between 0.25¢ and 1¢ ($0.01) per message.
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Microsoft to "encourage" use of ECC memory for VistaFeb 6, 2006 - in Reviews
Microsoft confirmed that it will "encourage" its partners to use Error Checking and Correction (ECC) memory modules for Vista computers - rather than the standard DDR devices common in desktop and notebook computers today. Currently, ECC is mainly used in servers and workstations and will not be a Vista requirement, but the technology will increase the stability of the OS, the firm said.
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CD emulators may utilize rootkit-like stealth to circumvent DRMFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Mark Russinovich, the security software engineer who discovered the presence of stealth techniques to mask the presence of digital rights management drivers in Sony BMG audio CDs, announced this morning he has discovered rootkit-like stealth in two popular brands of CD emulator software.
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WD1500AD Raptor X-Tends Performance LeadFeb 6, 2006 - in Reviews
In its new 10,000 RPM Raptor drive, Western Digital improved the technology, doubled the capacity to 150 GB, and added a clear cover option. It hammers single drive competitors, of course, but can it stand up to a RAID 0 setup consisting of two 7,200 RPM drives?
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Opera to integrate widgets, BitTorrent search in next browserFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Opera Software today announced that the next version 9 of its Opera browser will integrate a new extension that can access the BitTorrent search engine and can handle P2P downloads via its "Transfer Manager". A technical preview to be released on Tuesday will offer a first look on the BitTorrent integration.
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French cops ditch IEFeb 6, 2006 - in News
The French police force plans to ditch Microsoft's Internet Explorer as its preferred browser software and replace it with Firefox by the end of the year.
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Hitachi develops smallest IC chipFeb 6, 2006 - in News
Japanese electronics maker Hitachi has announced it has developed the world's smallest integrated circuit chip.
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LSI Logic announces low profile SATA II 3 Gb/s MegaRAID adapterFeb 6, 2006 - in News
LSI Logic announced availability of its low-profile, SATA II 3Gb/s MegaRAID adapter.
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VMware releases free beta of virtualization softwareFeb 4, 2006 - in News
Shrugging off challenges from rival upstarts touting better technology, virtualization leader VMware today released a free beta version of its software for creating multiple operating systems on a single machine.
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German BMW banned from GoogleFeb 4, 2006 - in News
From what it looks like, the German websites of car maker BMW have been kicked out of the Google index.
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Nintendo applies for voice to text software patentFeb 4, 2006 - in News
Nintendo of America filed for a patent to cover voice to text chat conversion. Patent application 20060025214 was filed in July 29, 2004 with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but has only appeared on the agency's website recently. Nintendo believes that voice to text conversion could enhance online games by altering color and font size of text depending on the tone and amplitude of the speaker's voice.
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Virus forces Russian stock exchange offlineFeb 3, 2006 - in News
The entire computer network of the Russian stock exchange was shut down on Thursday as IT administrators tried to contain a virus outbreak. A computer that was connected to the Internet was infected and then started launching a denial of service attack against other machines on the network.
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Intel to launch Napa successor "Santa Rosa" in Q1 2007 - reportFeb 3, 2006 - in News
According to a report published on Germany's WinFuture.de, Intel's successor of the current mobile "Napa" platform is developed under the code name "Santa Rosa."
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New Firefox kills bugsFeb 3, 2006 - in News
The first new Mozilla Firefox point release of the year is now out addressing a number of bug and security issues. Overall, Danish security firm Secunia rates the aggregate of all the security issues "highly critical."
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US govt. intelligence reform initiative endangered by resignationFeb 3, 2006 - in News
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