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First Cell-powered computer shipsJan 10, 2006 - in News
The first product based on IBM/Toshiba/Sony's Cell processor has shipped, reports Mercury Computer Systems. Mercury's Cell Technology Evaluation System (CTES) is a 470-pound behemoth with one or two dual-Cell blades running Linux. It targets defense, medical, and industrial inspection markets.
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Google pulls away from the restJan 10, 2006 - in News
Google's share of search queries has grown to 47 %over the last three years.
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AMD Athlon FX-60's Dual-Core AssaultJan 10, 2006 - in Reviews
AMD's Athlon 64 FX-60 debut today marks AMD's answer to Intel's Pentium Extreme Edition 955's pretensions as the best retail-channel device money can buy. Building on the Athlon 64 X2 4800+, AMD's dual-core design does indeed rise to the performance challenge.
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MacWorld Expo site falters during Jobs keynoteJan 10, 2006 - in News
The official web site for the MacWorld Expo was bogged down by heavy traffic today as Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage at the Moscone Center for his annual keynote address.
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Computer users wanted in star dust huntJan 10, 2006 - in News
Computer users are being invited to join the hunt for minute grains of star dust that a NASA spacecraft should return to Earth this weekend.
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Alienware announces FX-60 dual-core systemJan 10, 2006 - in News
Alienware today announced gaming computers equipped with AMD's FX-60 processor. The company offers the CPU both in its Aurora 7500 and ALX series of systems. Prices start at around $2700 for a basic Aurora system and top $8000 for decked out ALX model.
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Email attack spoofs Yale University's nameJan 10, 2006 - in News
Computers are being infected with an email borne exploit that falsely appears to come from a non-existent Yale University professor. Readers are asked to help catch a graffiti vandal by asking them if they recognize the vandal's work. A link in the email supposedly takes the reader to a picture of the graffiti, but in fact downloads malicious code into their computers.
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Apple's Jobs and Intel's Otellini announce Intel-based iMac and MacBookJan 10, 2006 - in News
UPDATE 10 January 2006 2:30 pm ET - Not very surprisingly, Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs had a big surprise for the audience stopping by his keynote at the Macworld Conference and Expo. Six months earlier than expected, the company announced its first Intel-based products - dual-core iMacs as well as dual-core notebooks.
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Two new WMF bugs foundJan 10, 2006 - in News
Just days after Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in the way the Windows operating system renders certain types of graphics files, a hacker has published details of two new flaws that affect the same part of the operating system.
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Viiv PC ASP to go down by Q4Jan 10, 2006 - in News
The average selling price (ASP) for Viiv PCs is expected to go down by the fourth quarter of 2006, according to Charlotte Lamprecht, director of digital home brand management at Intel's sales and marketing division.
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DRAM makers look to reduce DDR2 testing timesJan 10, 2006 - in News
Since late last year, several DRAM makers have begun requesting that testing houses cut their DDR2 memory testing times by 20-40% amid cost concerns, according to sources.
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MSI launches external USB 16x DVD burnerJan 10, 2006 - in News
Motherboard maker Micro-Star International (MSI) yesterday introduced the DRE16-B, an external DVD/CD burner that supports single- and dual-layer DVD solutions as well as the DVD-RAM format.
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Asustek A8R-MVP motherboard adopts ULi M1575 southbridge solutionJan 10, 2006 - in News
ULi Electronics today announced that Asustek Computer has incorporated the ULi M1575 southbridge solution in their latest A8R-MVP motherboard series.
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Optimus LED keyboard to debut on February 1?Jan 9, 2006 - in News
The much anticipated Optimus LED keyboard may be available next month, if we are to believe the Art Lebedev Studio's website. Keys will have an LED array that can be customized to display icons like the Internet Explorer "e" or Quicktime's signature icon.
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CES 2006: Highlights of Saturday's coverage from TG DailyJan 9, 2006 - in News
The day when everyone starts flying home, and the crowds start to thin out, is when you can actually see some of the kiosks and displays and tucked-away corners that you might have missed earlier in the week. In such places, we found a WiMAX notebook and a dual-signal DV-R, among other things.
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Macworld Expo: Equal time for Apple to respond, reserved for tomorrowJan 9, 2006 - in News
As the "majority" party in Las Vegas comes to a close this week, it's time now for Apple to take the spotlight, at Macworld Expo in San Francisco, and deliver the CE equivalent of the "Democratic Response." Can Steve Jobs keep fishing groundbreaking innovations out of his sleeve? Or would a simple reassurance that things are well now with the ship of state, disappoint Apple's followers?
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MacWorld set to answer CESJan 9, 2006 - in News
The Consumer Electronics Show just ended, with nearly every major technology company showing off its latest gadgets.
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Strip Out The Fans, Add 8 Gallons of Cooking OilJan 9, 2006 - in Reviews
What happens when you seal tight a PC case, strip out the fans and add eight gallons of cooking oil? You get a totally silent and cool PC. If you don't believe us, check out our video of a working AMD Athlon FX-55 and GeForce 6800 Ultra system submerged in an oil-filled case - or should we say tank.
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CES 2006: Highlights of Friday's coverage from TG DailyJan 8, 2006 - in News
While thousands stood in line to see Google president Larry Page not announce the "Google PC," we continued to find out some very interesting news last Friday, including looking into how a simple notebook computer can not only achieve high-definition, but surround sound.
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CES 2006: TDK showcases 100 GB 2x Blu-ray discJan 7, 2006 - in News
Blu-ray media will make their ways onto store shelves in 25 and 50 GB capacities starting in the Aril and May timeframe. But next-gen media already are under development: TDK has the first 100 GB Blu-ray disc prototype on display at CES.
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CES 2006: Divx to cooperate with Google, schedules launch of video download serviceJan 7, 2006 - in News
One of the major trends at CES 2006 is the creation of partnerships between technology and content companies as well as distributors. Even Divx, with an estimated 50 million users worldwide one of the most popular video players and formats out there, adapted this strategy and announced a cooperation with Google.
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CES 2006: Seagate demos W-USB harddrive, pluggable hard drive conceptJan 7, 2006 - in News
Besides capacity increase and the upcoming introduction of mass market perpendicular recording, there is typically very little excitement that hard drive storage manufacturers can contribute to consumer electronics. Still, Seagate surprised with two interesting concepts that simply make sense.
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Microsoft provides more specific system requirements for VistaJan 6, 2006 - in News
In an email sent to vendors at the CES 2006, Microsoft for the first time outlined some system requirements for its upcoming operating system. These guidelines are a first indication of how much horsepower Windows Vista will require to be able to deliver on Microsoft's promises.
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CES 2006: Thermaltake waters down GPU heat with liquid coolerJan 6, 2006 - in News
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CES 2006: Highlights of Thursday's coverage from TG DailyJan 6, 2006 - in News
The first official day of this year's Consumer Electronics Show - which we who keep count call "Day 2" - brought the two competing high-definition videodisc formats back into the spotlight. Meanwhile, a consumer electronics giant and a microprocessor foundry both took steps to become, well, the next Napster.
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CES 2006: Toshiba announces Qosmio notebook computer with HD DVD-ROM driveJan 6, 2006 - in News
Toshiba is showing off its newest Qosmio notebook computers at CES. The 17" notebook with Centrino Duo processor looks to be the first on the block with an HD DVD-ROM drive.
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CES 2006: NVIDIA: Two-tiered Windows Vista hardware support may split product lineJan 6, 2006 - in News
A representative from NVIDIA told us at CES that the two tiers of hardware support from Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista - which are now called "Vista Standard" and "Vista Premium" - may very well result not only in different simultaneous classes of graphics cards, but also very obvious appearance differences in the Vista front-end.
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CES 2006: NVIDIA Quad-SLI-endowed Dell XPS redefines 'discretionary spending'Jan 6, 2006 - in News
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CES 2006: Sony unveils VAIO SZ notebooksJan 6, 2006 - in News
Sony is rolling out its new VAIO SZ notebooks, which will have a 13.3" screen and biometric fingerprint sensor.
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CES 2006: 500 Gb likely the end of the line for current HDD storage technologyJan 6, 2006 - in News
With literally millions of content items finding their way in the digital stream to various CE platforms over the coming months and years, there never has been a better time than today to be in the storage business.
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