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- Super Talent unveils USB 3.0 flash drive
Now that both Asus and Gigabyte have USB 3.0-compatible motherboards on the way, the next step is devices. Super Talent hasn't skipped a beat, announcing a trio of USB 3.0 flash drives with hefty capacities and impressive top transfer speeds. The new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive series includes...
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Last by spanky1off at 9:10 PM on 11/05/09 - Firefox beats Internet Explorer 6 in popularity
Web developers rejoice: more people are now browsing the web using Firefox than Internet Explorer 6, according to Net Applications figures quoted by Ars Technica. The data show Firefox commanded 24.1% of the market last month, compared to 23.3% for IE6. (In September, the same two browsers had 23.8%...
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Last by Palek at 12:53 AM on 11/06/09 - NY Attorney General slaps Intel with antitrust suit
It ain't over yet for Intel. After receiving a $1.45 billion fine from the European Commission for antitrust violations, Intel has now gotten sued by New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo for similar transgressions. According to the New York Times, this latest lawsuit accuses Intel of "abusing its...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 7:42 AM on 11/06/09 - Report: New AMD desktop platforms coming in May
AMD may no longer have the high-end power-efficiency crown, but it's nevertheless cooking up a pair of new desktop platforms. So writes DigiTimes, basing its story on tips from insiders at motherboard manufacturers. These platforms will include Leo at the high end and Dorado for the mainstream. Leo should...
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Last by Rza79 at 7:43 PM on 11/04/09 - Etc.
Those of you who don't visit every day will want to check the site more frequently over the next little while. We're hitting a significant milestone and celebrating it with substantial goodness. Couldn't be more vague, could I? Yet it's all true, whatever it is. You'll have to check back...
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Last by MadManOriginal at 11:14 AM on 11/05/09 - Nvidia x86 processor rumors resurface
The rumor mill is at it again. According to EE Times, an equity research firm has revived last year's speculation by claiming Nvidia is covertly developing an x86 processor to compete with AMD and Intel. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman says in his report, "We believe that Nvidia has...
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Last by StuG at 1:14 PM on 11/06/09 - Wednesday Shortbread
Wednesday Ars Technica: Are new rumors of an Nvidia x86 CPU plausible? DigiTimes reports AMD readies 2 desktop platforms for May 2010 Fudzilla reports Nanya predicts DRAM boom Bing U.S. market share stabilizes but Yahoo! continues to fall Yahoo teams with OneRiot on real-time search Microsoft to...
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Last by Krogoth at 4:01 PM on 11/04/09 - Left 4 Dead 2 demo now available to all PC users
After a brief bout of pre-order exclusivity last week, Valve has now made its Left 4 Dead 2 demo available to the general public. As Shacknews reports, the PC demo is a free download on Steam, and console users with Xbox Live Gold subscriptions can grab the 360...
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Last by PainIs4ThaWeak at 9:25 AM on 11/06/09 - Spy shots show tiny ThinkPad with chiclet keyboard
Lenovo hasn't toyed too much with the ThinkPad formula since acquiring IBM's consumer PC business in 2005. Oh, sure, new ThinkPads have wide-screen displays and Windows keys, but they've held on to that 1990s utilitarian look some folks go crazy for. That might change soon, though. Engadget has spotted multiple...
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Last by LoneWolf15 at 12:36 PM on 11/05/09 - Quadro, Tesla users get free ray-tracing engine
Ever since Intel started talking about Larrabee, the concept of accelerating ray-tracing on graphics hardware has generated an increasing amount of buzz. Today, after six months of beta testing, Nvidia has introduced a free ray-tracing engine for workstation and servers with Quadro and Tesla GPUs. The engine is called...
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Last by Shining Arcanine at 5:40 PM on 11/05/09 - MSI gives Congo some love with 12.1'' Wind 12 laptop
AMD's new Congo mobile platform has found its latest host. This time, the system is an MSI ultraportable that delivers a 12.1" display, a dual-core processor, and Windows 7 Home Premium into a compact little package weighing in at...
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Last by mattthemuppet at 12:35 PM on 11/04/09 - Kingston, Paramount offer movies on flash drives
Is this the beginning of the end for DVDs and Blu-ray? Only time will tell, but today's news still seems like a step in that direction: Kingston and Paramount Digital Entertainment have partnered up to distribute movies on USB and SD flash products. The agreement covers "full-length motion picture feature films,"...
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Last by KoolAidMan at 9:56 PM on 11/04/09 - WD gets into the Serial Attached SCSI business
Look out, Hitachi, Seagate, and Toshiba. Western Digital has amped up its enterprise product line by introducing the S25, its very first hard drive with a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface, 10,000-RPM spindle speed, and 2.5" form factor. A look...
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Last by UberGerbil at 2:08 AM on 11/04/09 - Etc.
Every year at this time for the past few, we've had a strangely ample ladybug bloom. The things gather all over the sides of our house, and many of them manage to slip inside through open doors or cracks. Today, while I was making breakfast, I spotted one...
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Last by Flying Fox at 10:42 PM on 11/03/09 - Via launches faster, more power-efficient Nano CPUs
The Nano is growing up. Earlier this morning, Via announced six new Nano 3000-series processors, which purportedly deliver "up to 20% higher performance using up to 20% less power" than their Nano 1000- and 2000-series predecessors. Here's what the new lineup looks like:
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Last by btb at 12:04 PM on 11/04/09 - Tuesday Shortbread
Tuesday Nvidia CEO: We don't make money cannon like Intel Comcast, NBC deal almost complete DailyTech reports speech is the next touch according to Microsoft DigiTimes reports Intel CEO promotes Larrabee privately during China visit NordicHardware reports hexa-core Thuban debuts at 2.8GHz PC World reports Acer hints...
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Last by Arag0n at 5:38 AM on 11/04/09 - iPhones not playing nice with Win7, P55 systems
Being an early adopter isn't always all sunshine and kittens. Some folks have found that out the hard way after trying to sync their iPhones on brand-new Lynnfield PCs running Windows 7. As The Register reports, those users have piled complaints into a six-page thread on Apple's discussion...
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Last by OneArmedScissor at 7:32 PM on 11/03/09 - New BitTorrent protocol supports throttling
With network neutrality hot on the U.S. government's agenda, the last thing you'd expect is for BitTorrent developers to extend an olive branch to Internet service providers. Yet according to TorrentFreak, that's just what's happening. BitTorrent Inc is developing a new, smarter version of the BitTorrent protocol it has...
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Last by Krogoth at 3:56 PM on 11/04/09
