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ATI's Catalyst 6.1 driver availableJan 19, 2006 - in News
ATI released the first driver update for 2006. Version 6.1 does not offer feature enhancements, but focuses on bugfixes instead.
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Google still dominates search experience, Yahoo catching up - studyJan 19, 2006 - in News
Google features and performance allow the search engine to remain the favorite search engine of Internet users, Keynote Systems reports. The analysis firm, which is known mainly for measuring the responsiveness of websites, draws this conclusion from a two-week survey and study that included 2000 users.
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iTunes users like to drive Volkswagen - NielsenJan 19, 2006 - in News
According to research released today by Nielsen Netratings, traffic on Apple's iTunes store continues to increase at a fast pace: The mount of visitors has surged 241% from 6.1 million users in December 2004 to 20.7 million in December 2005. The company also released an unusual profiling of the average iTunes user
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iMac cost estimated at $898Jan 19, 2006 - in News
It's no secret that owning an Apple product is synonym to paying a premium price. But we also know that Apple heavily invests into product design and the components it builds into its devices. And if we believe iSuppli's most recent teardown analysis, this trend continues with the Intel-Macs - the new iMac's production is everything else than cheap.
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Transcend: 8Gb NAND flash chip prices to drop 45% this yearJan 19, 2006 - in News
Leading Taiwan memory module maker Transcend Information predicts that the price of NAND flash will drop dramatically amid an anticipated mass increase in supply from Samsung Electronics, according to company chairman Peter Su.
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Samsung scraps plan to produce DRAM using 70nm process at 300 mm fabJan 19, 2006 - in News
Samsung Electronics has backed off a plan to ramp up its DRAM capacity using a 70nm process at one of its 12" fabs starting in the second or third quarter of this year, according to sources at Taiwan DRAM module makers close to Samsung.
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Toshiba 1.8" hard disk density to reach 80 GB by year-endJan 19, 2006 - in News
Toshiba plans to increase the density of its 1.8" microdrives to 80 GB by year-end, up from the current 60 GB. Notebooks with 1.8" microdrives are expected to hit the Taiwan market next quarter.
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Dell XPS 600 desktop to hit store shelves this quarterJan 19, 2006 - in News
Dell is expected to release its XPS 600 DT series worldwide by the first quarter of 2006, whereas the availability of the XPS 600 notebook line that comes with a 20" panel display has not been revealed, market sources said.
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Fairchild intros video filter to drive video images from handsets to TVsJan 19, 2006 - in News
Fairchild Semiconductor has introduced what it claims to be the smallest video filter/driver on the market for driving video images from handsets to televisions, computer monitors or other larger display products.
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PSC to triple DDR2 output in Q2 06Jan 19, 2006 - in News
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) general manager Brian Shieh expects the company to triple its output of DDR2 in the second quarter, with its proportion of production climbing to 50-60% in late second quarter.
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Panasonic to phase out analog TV developmentJan 19, 2006 - in News
Panasonic will halt its development of analog TV systems and focus on the production of digital TV, starting from next month.
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Researchers develop brighter blue PLEDsJan 19, 2006 - in News
A team of researchers from two of Taiwan's top universities has unveiled a new technology that they say can produce blue PLEDs (polymer light-emitting diodes) five times brighter than current ones, according to the Chinese-language Economic Daily News .
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Apple addresses iTunes privacy concernsJan 18, 2006 - in News
Apple on Wednesday responded to claims that its new iTunes 'MiniStore' feature is akin to spyware by remotely disabling the feature on all installed copies of the latest digital jukebox software.
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SoCal Linux Expo preview: ODF, KDE4, Asterisk on the agendaJan 18, 2006 - in News
In February, Linux enthusiasts and newbies will flock to the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) for free CDs, technical talks and a conference on the OpenDocument format. The small show, run by an all volunteer staff, will offer end-user education and several classes devoted to businesses.
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Apple: Design and software, not hardware, distinguish Macs from Intel-based PCsJan 18, 2006 - in News
With 1.25 million Macintosh computers shipped in the holiday quarter, the Macintosh resurgence appears real. What distinguishes an Intel-based Mac from an Intel-based PC? Apple's senior director of desktops tells us it's nothing in the hardware, specifically - in fact, hardware isn't even really that important. Intel might be interested to know that.
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Million dollar website attacked by zombie computersJan 18, 2006 - in News
Alex Tew the creator of the milliondollarhomepage.com now has an almost million dollar headache. By selling advertisements in one-pixel increments, Tew quickly made one million dollars in about four months, but criminals are now taking notice. Last week hackers sent an email asking for $5,000 for them not to launch a denial of service attack.
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Cable broadband prices riseJan 18, 2006 - in News
The average price of cable modem services rose in the last quarter of 2005 according to Point Topic's latest Broadband Tariff Benchmarks.
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Microsoft releases Vista programming tool betasJan 18, 2006 - in News
Microsoft today released updated beta versions of its programming tools for building Web services and workflow-enabled applications on Windows.
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Nvidia announces 7300 GS GPUJan 18, 2006 - in News
Nvidia today announced a new graphics processor for the mainstream market.
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Abundant availability of Intel 945 chipsets fuels demand for DDR2Jan 18, 2006 - in News
The supply of Intel's 945 chipsets has recently increased to a level that is sufficient enough to drive up demand as well as prices for DDR2 memory, according to sources at Taiwan DRAM makers.
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LCD oversupply to peak in 3Q, says market research firmJan 18, 2006 - in News
Oversupply of large size TFT LCD panels will likely surpass 10% in 2006 amid aggressive capacity ramps from Korean and Taiwanese LCD panel makers, according to a DisplayBank press release.
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Fears raised over digital rightsJan 17, 2006 - in News
A UK consumer watchdog has called for new laws to protect users' rights to use digital music and movies.
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Novell to continue using OpenDocument in upcoming distributionsJan 17, 2006 - in News
Novell has announced that it will continue to use the OpenDocument format (ODF) in future distributions of SUSE Linux. Short for OASIS Open Document Format, ODF is a standard XML file formation for office application programs.
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Windows XP Service Pack 3 due in H2 2007Jan 17, 2006 - in News
Microsoft has gone public with a tentative date for its third service pack for Windows XP.
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BellSouth CEO wants to charge Internet transit feesJan 17, 2006 - in News
BellSouth's CTO Bill Smith plays with the idea of charging Internet companies extra fees to transit through his company's network.
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Via releases 1.5 GHz Eden processor for fanless computersJan 17, 2006 - in News
Via today announced new low-power versions of its Eden processor family. The new CPU's, a ULV 1 GHz chip and a 1.5 GHz part, will consume only 3.5 and 7.5 watts, respectively, and allow system builders to create fanless embedded computer designs.
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University of Michigan develops quantum processorJan 17, 2006 - in News
It's much too early for AMD or Intel to start looking over their shoulder, but the University of Michigan has developed a quantum chip that contains one cadmium ion. The ion, which is suspended in electrical fields, can exist in many possible states which collapse into one when viewed by an outsider. Quantum computing has been touted as great leap in computing, but still faces many challenges.
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Corel gives WordPerfect Office one more roundJan 17, 2006 - in News
Once the trusted brand of tens of millions of word processor users, WordPerfect has never quite regained its footing since Novell, by most observers' accounts, ruined the product. Now Corel is giving the brand one more try, this time by touting simplicity and compatibility.
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Nvidia expands nForce chipset lineup for Intel systemsJan 17, 2006 - in News
Nvidia continues its strategy to drive its products into the high-volume mainstream and entry-level segment. The company today announced two new nForce4 variants that compete with Intel's 945P and 975X chipsets and aim at motherboards that are priced below $100.
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Microsoft clarifies Blu-Ray compatibility commentsJan 17, 2006 - in News
In response to recent comments from Microsoft's VP of marketing, Peter Moore, the company has issued a formal statement clarifying its position on next-generation DVD support for the Xbox 360 console.
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