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Top-5 notebook vendors to grab over 70% global market share in 2006Dec 27, 2005 - in News
The top-five notebook vendors - Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Toshiba and Lenovo (formerly IBM) - are expected to grab a combined 70.5% share of the global notebook market in 2006, up from 60.1% in 2004.
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Intel unveils first 65nm processor Pentium D 955Dec 27, 2005 - in News
The successor of the first generation dual-core desktop processor Pentium D 800 has been in mass-production for well over three months. Today, Intel announced the flagship of the upcoming second-generation Pentium D 900, code-named Presler: The Pentium D 955 rings in the transition from a 90 to a 65 nm production process.
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A surge of entertainment PCs to up desktop PC ASP in 2006Dec 27, 2005 - in News
Buoyed by Intel's upcoming launch of its Viiv consumer PC platform, demand for entertainment PCs based on the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) OS is expected to heat up in 2006, according to sources at Taiwan PC makers.
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Compal could unseat Quanta as Dell's number one notebook supplier in 2007Dec 26, 2005 - in News
Dell has decided on its notebook allocation for 2007 and Compal Electronics stands a good chance of beating Quanta Computers to become the US PC giant's number one supplier, according to sources.
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Asus, DFI, MSI Give Mobos The Crossfire TreatmentDec 26, 2005 - in Reviews
ATI's Crossfire graphics platform is now available after NVIDIA's dual card SLI has had over a year to find its way in the channels. We look at three Crossfire ready motherboards from Asus, DFI and MSI to see whether it has been worth the wait or not.
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Nokia sees 3G handset sales doubling in 2006Dec 23, 2005 - in News
Nokia expects good growth in third generation (3G) mobile handset sales next year with global volumes set to double, Chief Financial Officer Rick Simonson said on Friday.
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Web inventor Berners-Lee starts a blogDec 23, 2005 - in News
One of the great "buzzes" that architects often long for is that of taking a stroll inside a fully constructed realization of their original 2D design.
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AMD says low-end desktop chips in short supplyDec 23, 2005 - in News
Advanced Micro Devices said it expects to solve supply issues with some of its desktop processors by the first quarter.
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FTC reports spam in declineDec 23, 2005 - in News
The US Federal Trade Commission says that the controversial CAN-SPAM Act is working. In a report on the working of the anti-spam Act, the Commission says there has been a steady decline in the amount of junk email which fills the world's inboxes.
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Aspire's LAN Party Proud X-Qpack CaseDec 23, 2005 - in Reviews
Aspire's MicroATX, X-Qpack case should do any LAN partygoer proud with three, transparent windows to show off what is under the hood. While the carrying handle is flimsy, its small, cube-shaped form factor makes the case easy to carry around as well.
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Mozilla revamps Application Suite into "SeaMonkey"Dec 22, 2005 - in News
Mozilla's suite of browser and email programs is getting a makeover. The new suite, dubbed SeaMonkey, contains an Internet browser, email program, IRC chat client and a basic web page maker. Mozilla's goal is to develop a package that is "stable enough for corporate use", while keeping the familiar look of its previous Mozilla Application Suite.
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Hackers steal 3800 customer credit card numbers from Guidance SoftwareDec 22, 2005 - in News
In an ironic twist, hackers have stolen credit card and personal data from a major computer forensic developer, Guidance Software. According to company officials the intrusion occurred in November and customers were informed last week in a letter.
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Microsoft adopts Firefox RSS iconDec 22, 2005 - in News
It all started in August, when Microsoft announced that it wanted to embrace RSS feeds. At the time, the company proposed changing the RSS logo and the name of the service within Internet Explorer (IE) 7.
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Second-tier panel makers increasing LCD TV panel shipmentsDec 22, 2005 - in News
With continued capacity ramps at their respective sixth-generation (6G) plants, Taiwan-based Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Quanta Display are seeing their TV panel shipments significantly increase this quarter, sources said.
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Albatron intros Socket-754 mobos with Nvidia's 61x0 chipsetsDec 22, 2005 - in News
Albatron Technology today launched two motherboards in its Socket-754 series, the KM51PV-754 and KM51G-754, with the former based on Nvidia's GeForce 6150 northbridge chip and nForce 430 southbridge and the latter featuring the GeForce 6100 and nForce 410.
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ATI CrossFire to be available in Radeon X1000 PCIe GPU lineDec 22, 2005 - in News
ATI Technologies announced yesterday that all of the graphics processing units (GPUs) in its Radeon X1000 PCIe family will integrate its CrossFire dual-card graphics technology, according to Edward Chou, the marketing director of ATI's Asia-Pacific division.
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New Windows Vista font not as original as Microsoft says?Dec 21, 2005 - in News
Three weeks ago, we reported that Microsoft is planning to replace the "Tahoma" font in Windows XP with the newly developed "Segoe UI," which is designed to be less "computer-y" and is more readable on LCD screens. Now it appears that Segoe UI may not be that new. According to a report in a German newspaper, it is virtually identical with the "Frutiger Next" font.
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New software lets people listen to their emails and Word documentsDec 21, 2005 - in News
Busy executives and other people on the go can now turn all of their emails and Word documents into MP3s with MagneticTime's MT1 program. The text is 'audioized' by MT1 and then read by the program's female voice "Heather". MT1 synchronizes the files to the user's mobile device and even hooks into iTunes.
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ATI's Catalyst driver adds X1800 Crossfire support, H.264 accelerationDec 21, 2005 - in News
ATI today released the download of its Catalyst driver version 5.13 - the 13th driver update for this year.
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Albatron releases AGP-based GeForce 6800GS graphics cardDec 21, 2005 - in News
Albatron released a new graphics card for users who are looking for a graphics upgrade for their AGP system.
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"Bumps" help to create scratch-less CD-RDec 21, 2005 - in News
CDs and DVDs already are tough to scratch under everyday circumstances, but just in case your your music and data CDs get damaged once in a while there is a new option that may keep your discs from getting scratched. Highlands Ranch, Col.-based Scratch-Less Disc integrates bumps and ridges onto surface of a CD to craete a "scratch-resistant" CD.
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Large-size TV panel prices to slide in JanuaryDec 21, 2005 - in News
With the hot season ending and panel supply expected to increase, DisplaySearch predicts that average prices for TFT LCD panels in January are expected to drop further.
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Intel reschedules launch of Conroe and 965-chipset to July 2006Dec 21, 2005 - in News
Intel will push up the launch of its desktop Conroe CPU and delay the debut of its 965-series chipset so that both will hit the market at the same time in July 2006 in a demand-boosting strategy, according to sources at motherboard makers in Taiwan.
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Men like their HDTVs big, while women prefer them smaller, says new surveyDec 21, 2005 - in News
Although a new survey from Panasonic reveals that one in four (about 26%) US households either owns or plans to own a HD (high definition) TV by the end of 2006, up from 15% last year, spouses are divided on what type of purchase should be made, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.
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Samsung Adds Capacity to Fast-and-Quiet T133 SeriesDec 21, 2005 - in Reviews
Samsung says high storage densities are now part of its ultra-quiet and -fast hard drive mix. With three platters in place, we see whether SATA and UltraATA drives with 300 GB of capacity pass the speed and ergonomics test.
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Commodore to return to US marketDec 20, 2005 - in News
Commodore, the brand that sold the first mass-produced home-computer in the early to late 1980s, is about to return to the US. Even before the launch, we have to crush your hopes for another revolutionary computer. Instead, the company announced that it will show three devices, aimed at three different market segments, at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show.
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Anti-virus companies gear up for mobile phone virusesDec 20, 2005 - in News
Cellular phones are no longer simple communications devices, but are usually miniature computers - Computer that could be susceptible to viruses. Traditional anti-virus companies like Symantec and McAfee already have AV products for mobile phones, and several other companies are hot on their heels.
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Industry group promotes UDI as successor of VGA graphical interfaceDec 20, 2005 - in News
11 companies, including heavy weights Apple, Intel, LG, Samsung and Nvidia announced the formation of the UDI Special Interest Group (UDI SIG), which aims to establish the Unified Display Interface (UDI) as high definition graphical interface to replace the aging VGA standard. UDI will deliver a bandwidth of 16 Gb/s in its first generation.
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IDC expects solid growth for PC industry in 2006Dec 20, 2005 - in News
Notebooks will continue to drive the growth of the PC market, analysts of market research company IDC believe. Despite fewer PC replacements and slower economic growth, the impact of portable devices may be big enough to lift the market into double-digit growth.
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ATI and Nvidia gearing up to face Intel's new Broadwater chipsetsDec 20, 2005 - in News
In order to offset the impact of Intel's planned launch of its Graphic Media Accelerator- (GMA-) integrated Broadwater chipsets by the second quarter of next year, ATI Technologies has accelerated production of its R580, an upgrade of its current 90nm flagship chip, while Nvidia is scheduled to roll out three new 90nm graphics processor units (GPUs) by the latter half of the first quarter of 2006, according to sources at Taiwan graphics card makers.
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