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Add A Monitor Using USB: Sitecom's VGA AdapterJun 8, 2005 - in Reviews
Can't see your desktop for all the icons and windows? You need more desktop space - but what if you are using a notebook? Sitecom offers an interesting solution with its USB-to-VGA adapter, which lets you easily add a second monitor to any computer with a free USB 2.0 port.
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Seagate announces first harddrive with perpendicular recording techJun 8, 2005 - in News
Seagate allowed a first look at its product line for the next three quarters. The company will introduce ten new drives for consumers, including 500 GByte desktop drives, an 8 GByte CF II-sized drive as well as a 160 GByte notebook drive that will make use of perpendicular recording.
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Large-size TVs to draw attention at FPD TaiwanJun 8, 2005 - in News
Large-size RPTVs and PDP (plasma display panel) TVs will draw attention at FPD Taiwan, with BenQ presenting its 46" LCD TV and 72" RPTV and Amtran displaying its 50" PDP TVs.
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Power shortage in eastern China to ease CD-R disc oversupplyJun 8, 2005 - in News
The shortage of power in eastern China has begun to affect the production of CD-R discs by Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers, with the reduced output expected to ease the current market oversupply, Taiwanese makers stated.
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ULi single-chip M1697 may come in JulyJun 8, 2005 - in News
ULi Electronics expects to begin volume production of its M1697 single-chip solution, which supports all Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) K8 processors, as early as July, the company stated, even though recent statements from the company indicated mass production of the M1697 will be postponed until October.
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LG Philips wins $5 billion deal for HP LCDsJun 7, 2005 - in News
LG Philips announced today that it signed an over $5 billion three-year deal to supply HP with flat panel displays.
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Samsung, Renesas gain ground on Intel in semiconductor rankingJun 7, 2005 - in News
Intel defended its position as largest chip manufacturer worldwide in the first quarter of this year. Samsung edged closer to Intel, but Renesas and Toshiba were the only large semiconductor firms to post significant sequential growth and shook up the ranking, according to market research firm iSuppli.
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10 Mammoth CPU Coolers: Size Does MatterJun 7, 2005 - in Reviews
Is the sky the limit when it comes to the size of coolers? These behemoths unleash hurricane-force winds on CPUs, but does that always mean they are effective? THG's review of 10 new coolers should be a breath of fresh air.
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Spot prices for NAND flash jump 12 percentJun 7, 2005 - in News
The spot price for 2Gbit NAND flash memory has risen 12 percent since last Friday after Chang-Gyu Hwang, president of Memory Division, Device Solution Network of Samsung Electronics, visited the company's Taiwan-based customers last Wednesday and stated that NAND flash prices will not drop further, according to sources.
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Intel Dempsey cores to clock at 3.80 GHzJun 7, 2005 - in News
Intel anticipates that when Dempsey is released in the first quarter of the next year, the Xeon will have a front side bus of 1066 MHz and start life at 3.80 GHz, with other flavours clocking at 3.60 GHz, 3.40 GHz and 3.20 GHz.
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Samsung sees NAND flash prices rebounding from JulyJun 7, 2005 - in News
Samsung Electronics has signaled that high-density NAND flash prices might rebound from as soon as July as the market enters the hot season, sources at local memory module makers stated.
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Intel chipset shortage benefits SiS, but not VIAJun 7, 2005 - in News
Taiwan-based chipset makers Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) and VIA Technologies reported different financial results for May, with an Intel chipset shortage helping SiS enjoy on-year growth of 25.7% last month, while VIA reported an on-year slide of 22.5%, sources in the Taiwan motherboard industry commented.
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ATI expects lower revenues in Q3Jun 6, 2005 - in News
Higher than expected demand "towards the lower end" of the desktop and notebook discrete (standalone) market as well yield issues caused graphics chip maker ATI to slash its revenue forecast for the current quarter.
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Maxtor preps 500 GByte harddrivesJun 6, 2005 - in News
Maxtor today announced that it will begin shipping 3.5" SATA and ATA harddrives with a capacity of 500 GByte in the third quarter of this year.
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ATI announces X800XT graphics processor for notebooksJun 6, 2005 - in News
ATI today unveiled a new flagship of its Mobility Radeon graphics processor family. The 16-pipeline chip delivers performance on par with the X800 XT PE desktop chip, the manufacturer promises.
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Finding the Best 19" LCD Monitor for Your ApplicationJun 6, 2005 - in Reviews
We selected 19" LCD monitors that heavy hitter vendors tout as some of the best they've got. With response rates ranging from 8 to 25 ms, their superlatives also remain tied to the application, whether you want to run Photoshop, office apps or watch DVDs - and don't forget about gaming.
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A New Toshiba 100 GB Notebook Drive at 5,400 RPMJun 6, 2005 - in Reviews
100 GB hard drives for notebooks have been available for a while now, but most of them only run at a leisurely 4,200 RPM. Toshiba has eliminated this shortcoming with the new MK1032GAX.
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Heat-pipe cooling solutions for AMD CPUs to surge in 2HJun 6, 2005 - in News
Heat-pipe cooling solutions will account for 50% of PC products based on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CPUs in the second half of this year, up from 10% in the first half, according to thermal solution providers Asia Vital Components (AVC).
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Capturing Videos using the Turtle Beach Video AdvantageJun 4, 2005 - in Reviews
Turtle Beach introduces a new line of video capture products: the Video Advantage series. Offering extra conveniences like a drive bay panel and FireWire controller, will the Video Advantage PCI convince you to forego analog tapes?
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Apple to Intel announcement at WWDC?Jun 4, 2005 - in News
The run up to this year's Worldwide Developer Conference has been strangely quiet in terms of rumors.
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Outlook for semiconductor industry improvesJun 3, 2005 - in News
After forecasts of stagnating or even declining revenues for the semiconductor industry in 2005, analysts now expect visible revenue growth. iSuppli believes chip manufacturers will be able to increase sales by 6.1 percent to more than $240 billion.
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Japan takes lead in OLED manufacturing equipmentJun 3, 2005 - in News
While Taiwan and Korea are expected to remaine the dominant places where current and next-generation flat panel displays will be built, Japan has positioned itself become the dominant supplier for equipment used for manufacturing Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) displays.
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Remote Control From SoundGraph Changes WinXP Into A Multimedia CenterJun 3, 2005 - in Reviews
The iMON series from SoundGraph lets you equip any computer with a simple-to-use multimedia remote control. You can enjoy all of your PC's functionality from the comfort of your sofa.
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Dual Core Stress Test: AMD vs. IntelJun 3, 2005 - in Reviews
You've likely heard and read a lot about dual core processors from AMD and Intel. We tested similarly equipped AMD's Athlon 64 X2 4800+ against Intel's Pentium 840 EE with SLI graphics cards and ran both systems under heavy loads. The results were...
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ECS goes dual platform with single-board Intel/AMD solutionJun 3, 2005 - in News
At the ongoing Computex 2005 show in Taipei, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is showcasing its PF88 Extreme Hybrid motherboard, which allows users to adapt their PC to a number of different computing platforms by adding a SIMA converter card to the motherboard.
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Mobo makers giving up networking equipment businessJun 3, 2005 - in News
Taiwan's motherboard makers have mostly exited the low-margin networking products sector that has not met their expectations for business diversification, according to industry sources.
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Gigabyte and AOpen exhibit pico-BTX solutions at ComputexJun 3, 2005 - in News
Gigabyte Technology and AOpen are exhibiting pico-BTX systems at the ongoing Computex 2005 show, with Gigabyte marketing its system for its ease of assembly, while AOpen expects the performance of its dual-core pico-BTX systems will boost its sales.
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Intel's Yonah dual-core processor to get 'Smart Cache'Jun 2, 2005 - in News
Intel provided several updates about its first mobile dual-core processor "Yonah". The chip, scheduled to enter production late in 2005, will be equipped with 2 MByte shared L2 cache, as well as a shared bus architecture.
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Infineon, Nanya ramp production of 90 nm DDR2 memoryJun 2, 2005 - in News
Infineon and Nanya have begun mass-production of DDR2 memory in a 90 nm production process. The companies believe the early introduction of the technology will offer an opportunity to catch up with market leader Samsung.
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ViewSonic VX924: The Near Future Of LCD DisplaysJun 2, 2005 - in Reviews
We'd all been waiting for the ViewSonic VX924, with its announced record low latency of 4 ms. Based on the new Overdrive technology, it represents what the near future of LCD display technology will look like. Our tests of this monitor yielded a few surprises - not all of them pleasant. Read on...
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