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May 31
- ATI to showcase physics GPUs at Computex
- Dell lines up new quad-SLI gaming PC, portable desktop
- Microsoft takes OneCare security suite live
- Sales of home media servers at reach 50 million units by 2010, says Parks Associates
- Agere Systems introduces 1394B chipset that doubles speed of data transport
- AMD launches Live! entertainment PC platform
May 30
- Spyware blackmails victims
- Gossip: Microsoft interested in Ebay?
- Via, Intel graphics chipsets to run Vista Aero Glass interface
- Triple-play services to supercharge cable firms' revenue streams
- Microsoft to ship its first Mac-only keyboard and mouse
- HP launches thin client based on AMD Geode CPU
- CMC to hike CD-R disc prices by 5-10% in June
May 29
- Demand for monitor panels to pick up in H2
- More than 10% of LCD TVs to use 40- and 42" panels in 2006
- Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 at Computex
May 28
- The Movies: Stunts & Effects
May 27
- Intel to launch next-gen desktop processor Conroe on 23 July
May 26
- Week in Review: Next-gen CPUs and Microsoft's idea how to sell more software
- Symantec confirms vulnerability in antivirus software
- Symantec's antivirus software vulnerable to worms - security firm
- Office 2007 downloads top 200,000
- Adobe discloses some Apollo details
- Gaming heaven for Southern California residents - Howie's Game Shack
- LED backlighting for TVs coming faster than anticipated
- Osram: Efficiency of LED-BLUs to approach that of CCFL starting in 2007
- TG Daily's Week in Review: May 22-26 2006
- Howie's Game Shack
May 25
- Microsoft tries to unseat JPEG with Windows Media Photo specification
- Abit releases new Fatality motherboard for AMD AM2 processors
- Matrox ships TripleHead2Go
- Brain waves make robot move
- Interactive display system knows users by touch
- Kingston, OCZ launch new gaming memory
- Pac-Man World 3, Spore, FlatOut 2 and Rumble Roses XX
- Nintendo Wii Image Gallery
May 24
- Microsoft intros update for Windows Live Local
- Image gallery: Jet Propulsion Labs
- Samsung, Sony lead LCD-TV price declines - report
- 40" LCD TV segment takes lead, but battle will continue
- Via announces AMD chipset support for Socket AM2
- Gigabyte and MSI launch motherboards for AM2 platform
- Tyan launches Intel Xeon 5000-series based server lineup
- Quark launches QuarkXPress 7
- Nvidia posts Vista beta driver
- Emergence, Civilization IV: Warlords, God of War II and Genji 2
- Rise of Nations: Rise of LegendsDungeon Siege II: Broken WorldMarvel: Ultimate Alliance
May 23
- Nike takes Apple's Ipod for a run
- ATI releases graphics driver for Vista Beta 2
- ATI releases two chipsets for AMD AM2 processors
- Microsoft announces Beta 2 of Vista, Office 2007 and Server
- Nvidia rolls out nForce 590 SLI chipset
- Intel releases Woodcrest benchmark results, claims series of records
- AMD to reveal roadmap details on 1 June
- Samung may use LEDs in LCD monitor
- Prices for 32" panels may approach $400 in Q3
- Mainstream notebook production to migrate rapidly to dual-core models
- Nvidia Quadro FX 3500 graphics standard in new Dell Precision workstation
- Biostar unveils Nvidia nForce 500 series motherboards for AM2 platform
- AMD unleashes AM2 processor series
- AMDs New Socket AM2 Processors
- Sony to develop Walkman brand cellphone
- Jet Propulsion Labs Open House
May 22
- Trojan attacks via unpatched vulnerability in Word
- Joint Strike Fighter cockpit display system to run Linux apps?
- Nanya bullish about DDR price trend through July
- America's Army: Rise of a Soldier, Phantasy Star Universe and The Ship
May 20
- Bot controls 34,000 zombie computers in advertising fraud
- Microsoft power drain bug fix may only benefit Core Duo notebooks
- Star Trek: Legacy
May 19
- 8-megapixel mini-cameras coming
- Northbridge migration from PBGA to FC packages on hold until cost drops
- Sony to produce BD-ROM discs
- Intel to introduce Celeron M 410 series for embedded applications
- TG Daily Week in Review (May 15-19)
- Final Fantasy VII, Call of Juarez, LMA Manager and Irish Enterprise North
May 18
- Apple releases Final Cut Express HD 3.5
- Vint Cerf helps Google digitize books
- SEMI: Semiconductor equipment billings in Q1 reach $9.58 billion
- PC OEMs secure long-term supply agreement with DRAM makers
- NAND Flash contract prices see first upside in 2006
- ATI notebook chipsets to support AMD Turion 64 X2
- HP notebook lines adopt Nvidia integrated GPUs
- Swiftech freezes graphics processor
- Image processing flaw found in Firefox
- Samsung's Hybrid hard-disk drive
May 17
- UPDATE: Samsung to ship hybrid hard disk drive in January 2007
- TG Daily Video: Intel demonstrates Core 2 Duo performance gains
- ATI introduces Xpress 1100 chipset for Turion 64 X2 notebooks
- PQI introduces U510 16 GB card drive
- AMD announces dual-core Turion 64 X2 processor
- The Da Vinci Code, Dead Rising and A400M Airlifter
- World in Conflict
- AMD mobile CPUs: Turion 64, Turion 64 X2 and Mobile Athlon 64
May 16
- Apple debuts entry-level 13" MacBook at $1099
- Intel: 40% performance claim applies to Core 2 Duo, not yet to Extreme
- Intel to launch 65 nm Celeron D on 28 May
- 100 million pixels of virtual reality
- MySpace to sell TV episodes
- IBM announces data storage breakthrough
- AMD challenges Intel with 35W, 65W desktop processors
- Crysis Image Gallery
May 15
- George W. Bush and Madonna most popular people on the web
- Intel's next-gen mobile platform "Santa Rosa" up and running
- Kaspersky adds firewall, anti-spam features
- ARM's launches Cortex-R4 cellphone processor
- TG Daily Video: Crytek's new Crysis first person shooter
- IBM demonstrates OpenDocument capability in next Lotus Notes
- Nintendo's Wii to be equipped with PixArt's multi-object tracking technology
- Asustek claims world's first PhysX add-in card, but it's probably #2
- Biostar introduces faster GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards
- Hitachi launches 160 GB perpendicular mobile hard drive
- Buyers Guide, Part III: All Graphics Cards!
- Battlefield 2: Armoured Fury, Miami Vice and Night Watch
- Perpendicular Hard Drives
May 14
- TG Daily Video: The Nintendo Line and Via's UMPC
May 12
- TG Daily Video: Game technology trains soldiers on missiles, remote gun
- Infineon unveils 65nm handset chip
- MD RPTV of 60" and above three times cheaper than PDP TVs in US
- Lite-On IT to produce Blu-ray Disc drives based on technology from Philips
- Crysis Gallery
- Heavenly Sword Image Gallery
- Thursday E3 Show Floor
May 11
- Nintendo steals Sony's, Microsoft's thunder at E3
- TG Daily Video: eFocus Part 2
- Mobo makers confirm May launch for Turion64 X2 and Socket AM2
- CMC to produce 30 GB dual layer HD DVD-R discs in Q3
- Micronas introduces dual-tuner DVB-T ExpressCard 54 reference design
- Intel Santa Rosa SFF platform to shape future design for the desktop
- Sandisk increases capacity of Memory Stick Pro Duo to 4 GB
- Google introduces Desktop 4
- Wednesday E3 Show Floor
- Microsoft: Xbox Live "way ahead of Sony"
- Dell Event Pictures
May 10
- Dell introduces 13.5 TB storage system
- Pioneer introduces 5.1 surround sound system for Xbox 360
- E3 2006: Nintendo blows a big chance as Sony proves PS3 games do exist
- Roundup: The three different strategies of the console makers
- Monitor panel prices stabilizing, but inventory issues may trigger more price drops
- 50" share in US PDP TV market continues to climb
- Epson starts volume production of D5 HTPS panels for data projectors
- STMicroelectronics sensors to be used in Nintendo's Wii
- Taiwan leading motherboard makers see weaker shipments in April
- TG Daily Video: eFocus Part 1
- E3 Keynote impressions: Nintendo outshines Sony with Wii presentation
- Alienware announces SLI Notebooks
May 9
- Lights, camera, Orc: World of Warcraft movie in development
- For a bigger computer hard drive, just add water
- Windows Live Messenger 8 enters public beta
- Warner Bros. to distribute movies, TV shows via BitTorrent
- SiS SiS741CX chipset adopted by Samsung in multi-function monitors
- Marvell joins 'One Laptop Per Child' initiative
- GeCube begins shipping X1900GT 256 MB graphics card
- Playstation 3 to launch on 17 Nov for $500
- E3 2006
May 8
- Windows Vista to dent the $3.6 billion security aftermarket - report
- MS plans Windows Live answer service
- Asustek introduces 20.1" widescreen monitor with built-in megapixel webcam
- SMIC and Aurora Systems in volume production of LCOS panel chips
- Tul introduces PowerColor X1900 GT graphics card
May 7
- Intel's Conroe, Merom get a name: Core 2 Duo
May 5
- ATI launches X1900GT graphics processor
- Microsoft launches celebrity tracking website
- Japanese gadgets get converted for American consumers
- Sony ships Blu-ray discs
- DRAM module makers bidding high to secure DDR2 long term supply
- NOR flash prices may rise in Q2
- Panel prices to stabilize in Q2
- Entry-level desktops with SiS662 northbridge chipsets to debut in June
- BFG to launch Ageia physics cards on 9 May
May 4
- TG Daily Video: ABS demos triple monitor solution for quad-SLI
- Open Document Format gets ISO approval
- CBS to launch broadband channel
- Nanya to start sampling DDR3 in H2 2006
- Altera and Genesys Logic deliver PCI-SIG-compliant x4 PCIe solution
- IDC: Digital camera shipments to reach 111 million in 2008
- EU to make battery recycling obligatory
May 3
- Bots to take on urban driving: DARPA Grand Challenge 3 announced
- Nvidia offers Gelato GPU-accelerated renderer for free
May 2
- Chinese citizen purchases MiG-21f fighter jet on eBay