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Matsushita makes strides in reducing PDP power consumptionNov 28, 2005 - in News
Although PDP (plasma display panel) makers have been making strides in reducing the high power consumption of PDP technology (as compared to LCD technology), the most energy efficient flat panel TV system in the Japanese market remains an LCD TV (Sharp Aquos LC-37AD5), according to research on the 37" flat panel TV market by Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun.
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HDD DVD recorder prices still high due to lack of supply of key componentsNov 28, 2005 - in News
Production costs for HDD (hard disk drive) DVD recorders remain high and difficult to drop due to few back-end LSI (large scale integration) ICs and no locally produced HDDs for leading Taiwanese makers, according to local industry sources.
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A key LCD component market may be opening upNov 28, 2005 - in News
With 3M seeing some of its patents for LCD brightness-enhancement film (BEF) technology expiring, international companies such as GE and Kodak and Taiwan-based companies have begun to target the segment.
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Tom's Hardware Guide presents the 2005 Readers' Choice AwardsNov 25, 2005 - in News
11 months of 2005 have passed by, which means that it is not only time that you slowly but surely have figure out your Christmas shopping list, but as a reader of Tom's Hardware Guide you have a pretty good idea which companies brought out the best products this year. Our Tom's Hardware Guide "Readers' Choice Awards" not only gives you a chance to reward those firms with our annual prize, but also to win a speedy notebook.
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PCMCIA: Broad acceptance of ExpressCard likely in H2 2007Nov 25, 2005 - in News
Originally codenamed Newcard (introduced under this name in February 2003 at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose), ExpressCard technology represents the new generation of hot-pluggable I/O expansion cards that the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) is positioning to replace CardBus as the preferred solution for notebooks and desktop computers.
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Lite-On IT likely to become world's largest maker of DVD burnersNov 25, 2005 - in News
Lite-On IT has reportedly obtained OEM orders for half-height (H/H) DVD burners from NEC through its strategic-alliance partner Sony, according to industry sources.
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Intel adds follow-up series to 915 chipset familyNov 25, 2005 - in News
Intel has added the 946 series, recognized as a follow-up to its 915-chipset family for the entry-level segment.
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U-Tech Media to produce HD-DVD and Blu-ray discsNov 25, 2005 - in News
U-Tech Media, the largest producer of pre-recorded discs in Taiwan, is preparing to produce, both HD-DVD and Blu-ray movie discs, with volume production to begin in the first half of next year, according to the company.
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Tyan eyes March launch for its personal supercomputer product lineNov 25, 2005 - in News
Taiwan motherboard specialist Tyan Computer, which concentrates on server and workstation products, is currently developing a concept which the company calls "the personal supercomputer."
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Intel to source PBGA substrates from TaiwanNov 25, 2005 - in News
Intel is currently seeking PBGA (plastic ball-grid array) substrate suppliers in Taiwan through its domestic IC packaging and testing contract makers.
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ATI to introduce new flagship chip and enhance entry-level GPU line in Q1 06Nov 25, 2005 - in News
ATI Technologies is currently in the final stage of testing its R580 graphics processor units (GPUs) with customers, sources at Taiwan graphics card makers indicated, adding that the graphics chip vendor expects to launch the flagship chip in early 2006.
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Can Xbox 360 succeed as a mainstream consumer electronics gadget?Nov 24, 2005 - in Reviews
After its first day as a genuine consumer electronics gadget for sale commercially, the Xbox 360 picked up some negative vibes, leaving at least as many unsatisfied customers without their games as satisfied ones. Did Microsoft just fumble on its first possession in a major platform play for the home media center?
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Lacie introduces Lego harddrivesNov 23, 2005 - in News
Lacie's new "Brick" harddrives do not look like your average external drive. Resembling Lego blocks, the drives can be stacked and they come in red, white and blue colors. The drives are available in desktop sizes of up to 500 GBytes in capacity. In addition, smaller bus-powered drives will be sold to laptop users.
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New Sober variant an efficient worm, but infections already dying downNov 23, 2005 - in News
The latest Sober variant is spreading around the world and has infected millions of computers. The new worm disguises itself as an official email from the FBI, CIA or Bundeskriminalamt (Germany's federal police) and asks people to open an attachment - apparently convincing enough for many users to do so. The attachment scans for email addresses and sends copies to other computers. In addition, the worm disables Microsoft's anti-malware tool.
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Microsoft makes RSS a two-way streetNov 23, 2005 - in News
Microsoft is extending the popular RSS 2.0 Web syndication format to make it "multidirectional," allowing it to be used for synchronizing information such as contacts and calendar entries across different applications, the company says.
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Black Friday promises good deals for those who want to wait in lineNov 23, 2005 - in News
Black Friday store ads have been leaked to the public and scans are already showing up on websites such as bfads.net. In an ongoing holiday tradition, stores offer highly discounted merchandise for people who are willing to line up for early Friday morning openings. Large chains such as Best Buy, CompUSA and Walmart hope that the increased foot traffic will make up for the little or no profit made on the sale items.
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PC Interfaces 101Nov 23, 2005 - in Reviews
You, of course, have a flawless understanding of SATA, AGP, IDE and PCI-E or any other PC interface. But for those of you who are afraid to admit even minor lapses in your standards knowledge base, THG details which connectors go where and what they do.
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PCI Express Battles PCI-XNov 23, 2005 - in Reviews
After comparing the latest SATA II RAID cards, we wanted to know whether PCI Express can actually outperform PCI-X. We used HighPoint's RocketRAID 2220 and 2320 models to help us find out.
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DRAM contract price drop picks up speedNov 23, 2005 - in News
DRAM contract prices dropped about 6 percent on average for the second half of November.
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Gigabyte's second motherboard brand Axper adopts SiS chipsetNov 23, 2005 - in News
SiS recently announced that Axper, a motherboard brand established by Gigabyte Technology to target the entry-level segment, will utilize the SiS761GX northbridge and SiS964 southbridge chipsets for its upcoming AMD Sempron-based XP-M8S761GX motherboard.
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Hackers change tactics to crack open computersNov 22, 2005 - in News
A major change in the methods used by hackers to break into computers has been revealed in a report issued by an influential research institute on Tuesday.
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Xbox 360 fetching up to $5000 on eBayNov 22, 2005 - in News
As big box retailers quickly sell out of the Xbox 360, some lucky buyers are seeing a nice turnaround on their investment. And more and more are seeing an obscenely profitable one.
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FBI Warns of Sober Worm E-MailNov 22, 2005 - in News
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about e-mail that appears to be sent from the FBI but instead comes from hackers attempting to spread the Sober worm.
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Fujitsu debuts energy saving large capacity drivesNov 22, 2005 - in News
Fujitsu has recently announced a new line of Fibre Channel drives for their Eternus storage units. The drives top out at 500 GByte each and have a "Eco-Mode" that pauses the spinning platters when the drives are inactive.
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Panasonic develops DVD and CD compatible Blu-ray recorder chipNov 22, 2005 - in News
Matushita, best know for its Pansonic consumer brand, claims it has developed the first chipset that enables future optical drives to playback and record Blu-ray media (BD) as well as common DVD and CD formats.
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Via signs up for the dual-graphics gameNov 22, 2005 - in News
Via's S3 graphics unit is not quite the first destination when gamers are looking for a performance graphics card. But with dual-graphics solutions quickly moving into the mainstream segment, it was not a question if but rather when Via would enter this increasingly lucrative opportunity to grow its graphics chip sales. The firm now announced it has begun sampling the K8T900 chipset, which supports the firm's dual-graphics card technology Multichrome.
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Preventing stolen trucks the hi-tech wayNov 22, 2005 - in Reviews
Mark Eppley has been around the PC business almost since day one, when he invented a special cable to enable two computers to transfer data between them. Laplink went on to be one of the longest-selling brands in PC history, eventually selling more than 30 million copies, and Eppley became a fixture at industry conferences and events. Now the venerable pitchman is running a new business called SC-Integrity that has nothing to do with laptops, cables, or computers - directly. Call it LoJack for finding lost tractor trailer freight loads.
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Low cost widescreen front projectors push home theater sales in Q3Nov 22, 2005 - in News
Quixel Research' front projector market review for the third quarter 2005 reveals that the low cost 16:9 front projector segment was the driver behind the market increase in the third quarter.
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Microsoft to open standard behind OfficeNov 21, 2005 - in News
Microsoft took a step towards creating an open standard of technology behind Word and Excel in a move to appease governments and ensure data in documents and accounts can be accessed in decades to come.
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Search engines dominating use of the InternetNov 21, 2005 - in News
Search engines are dominating our use of the Internet, according to research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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