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10:41
David Kanter over at RealWorldTech has cooked up another of his exquisitely detailed expositions of a CPU microarchitecture, this time focusing on AMD's upcoming Bulldozer architecture. Kanter offers an introduction to the philosophy behind Bulldozer, and then he dives right into the nuts and bolts. There's information...
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10:58
According to the official Gmail blog, Google is in the process of introducing a powerful new tool to deal with the deluge of e-mail users face on a daily basis. The feature, called Priority Inbox, goes beyond filtering out spam (which is a real shame, since I now make...
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12:43
Add Toshiba to the growing list of flash memory providers who have upgraded to the next generation of fabrication technologies. The company has kicked off mass production of 24-nm MLC NAND. According to the official press release, the first chips rolling off the production line have two...
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14:47
While the PC's keyboard and mouse are an ideal combo for first-person shooters, gamepads are much better for some other genres. Microsoft's Xbox 360 controller has arguably been the best gamepad on the market for some time, which is an impressive feat considering its directional pad is universally reviled....
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17:01
The Bobcat core could mean big things for cheap, low-power computing. We've taken a quick look at its prospects and architecture.
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7:00
Systems based on Intel's 2010 Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage platform are beginning to trickle out, and at least in the case of HP's new dm3, they look positively tempting. Announced just after the stroke of midnight today, the 13.3-inch Pavilion dm3 boasts a magnesium-aluminum alloy chassis and a Nehalem-based Pentium...
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8:25
Eight is Enough
TUAW reports Apple to stream video of today's event (Event livestream is Mac and iOS only)
Obama administration: "Piracy is flat, unadulterated theft"
StatCounter: Windows 7 jumps ahead of Vista globally for first time
Gartner says worldwide semiconductor revenue to grow 31.5% in...
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10:32
If those recent leaked numbers we saw on Monday are any indication, AMD's upcoming Radeon HD 6800 graphics cards will perform quite impressively. Now, a fresh report by Turkish site DonanimHaber hints that the Radeon HD 6700 series could also leap past cards in the same price range...
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12:26
Today's latest smart phones can surf the web, run a multitude of applications, take surprisingly good pictures and video, and even play games with real 3D graphics. Unfortunately, these portable pieces of high technology are also quite fragile. Few will survive more than a couple of falls to...
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13:03
Most people know HP best for its well-established printers and consumer PCs, but the firm has some intriguing memory technology coming down the pike, as well—technology that's finally on the verge of entering the mass market.
HP has teamed up with Hynix to manufacture memory resistors, or memristors for short, a...
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15:00
Many were expecting Apple to announce a revamped iPod lineup at its "music event" this morning. However, before tending to the MP3 players that arguably propelled the company to greatness, Apple decided to address its current cash cow, the iPhone 4. Engadget was at the event, and it...
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15:19
That Unreal Engine tech demo for the iPhone wasn't just a showpiece for His Steveness' latest keynote. It's available now on the App Store as a free, 82MB download... and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Check out these screenshots freshly gathered from my iPhone 4:
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16:05
Forgive today's deluge of Apple posts, but the company introduced quite a lot of interesting new products in the span of a couple of hours. I've been refreshing Engadget's live coverage all morning, and new additions to the iPod line immediately caught my eye. In addition to...
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16:07
Toshiba's Satellite T235D notebook has received a healthy price cut at Newegg, dropping from $599.99 to $499.99. The system is based on AMD's new Nile ultra-thin platform, and we published our review of it just yesterday.
Cyril found a lot to like in...
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17:03
As has become tradition, Apple guru Steve Jobs had one more thing to announce at today's iPod event. This time, it was a new version of Apple TV that has its head decidedly in the clouds. The new home-theater accessory lacks local storage and is clearly optimized for...
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3:33
Eight is Enough
C|Net reports IBM ships 5.2GHz chip, its fastest yet
How GlobalFoundries' "major announcements" today impact AMD
PC Perspective: AMD Llano APU displayed at GlobalFoundries Technology Conference
X-bit labs: AMD displays die-shot of upcoming 8-core "Orochi" processor for the first time
and graphics chips to...
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7:00
Backed by a steady stream of cash from Abu Dhabi, GlobalFoundries is quickly establishing itself as a leader in the independent foundry business. Yesterday, the company revealed its roadmap for 22- and 20-nm fabrication processes, and it also announced plans for a "High Performance Plus" version of its 28-nm...
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10:35
We wrote yesterday about the new Apple TV, which lets users rent TV episodes for 99 cents a pop. That might sound like a pretty sweet deal, but it appears Amazon already has Apple beaten there. As Engadget reports, the online retailer now lets users buy TV episodes...
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12:10
Almost a week has passed since we kicked off our latest contest, in which we're giving our loyal readers a chance to win one of six Metro 2033 licenses or the grand prize, an MSI Big Bang Xpower motherboard worth about $300. We'll stop taking entries at 2:00 PM...
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14:35
Yesterday, the rumor mill over at DigiTimes kicked out an intriguing item: a story claiming Nvidia is preparing a new chipset, one that combines a GPU with a south bridge, intended for use with Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors. That's a little bit surprising, since Nvidia has admitted...
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15:21
GlobalFoundries wasn't the only firm with interesting news at the Global Technology Conference. AMD was also present, and for the first time, it publicly displayed a die shot of a Bulldozer-based processor: Orochi, the chipmaker's 2011 flagship processor. PC Perspective's Ryan Shrout was on the scene and managed...
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16:35
Asus is celebrating a birthday. The company's line of Xonar sound cards turns three this year, and to commemorate the occasion, Asus is introducing a high-end Xonar Xense sound card bundled with a Sennheiser gaming headset. Like the Xonar Essense STX, the Xense has a built-in...
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0:01
At long last, Nvidia has a top-to-bottom lineup of DirectX 11 mobile graphics processors. The company has just introduced seven new GeForce 400M-series graphics processors, which will complement the company's existing, GF100-based GeForce GTX 480M. This is interesting timing for Nvidia, since the firm still hasn't introduced corresponding low-end...
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4:43
Eight is Enough
InsideHW shares AMD Ontario first impressions at IFA 2010
X-bit labs: GlobalFoundries tapes out industry's first 28nm chip and
Nvidia solidifies positions in the professional graphics market segment - JPR
Nvidia expects to take top position with new Fermi-based graphics cards, says notebook GM
SemiAccurate:...
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10:26
If you've read our reviews, chances are you've seen us complain about laptop stickers—or praise certain PC vendors for using fewer than their counterparts. The New York Times' David Pogue seems to share the same view; his latest column denounces laptop stickers for being tasteless and hard to peel...
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13:34
Those recent rumors about Gearbox taking over Duke Nukem Forever development were true. According to Shacknews, 2K Games has officially revealed that the long-awaited shooter is "currently in development" at Gearbox Software. A story by the Wall Street Journal explains that Gearbox has taken over development where...
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17:03
We've got a trio of deals for you this week. First, while scouting for parts for the next edition of our TR system guide, we stumbled upon a Zotac GeForce GTX 460 768MB graphics card currently on sale at Newegg for $189.99 with free shipping.
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17:24
Google announced yesterday that its latest Chrome release, version 6.0, is now available. Hard to believe only two years have passed since Google first launched the browser.
This latest release purportedly boasts 3x better JavaScript performance than the original version of Chrome, though Google is less forthcoming about comparisons...
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19:10
Eight is Enough
Evolving the AMD brand portfolio (on dropping the ATI brand name)
[H]ard|OCP reports BFG Tech goes the way of Diamond and Best Data
AMD developing 8-core Bulldozer-based CPU for 2011 release
Hardware-Infos has AMD Zacate (APU) specs, pics, and many more (in German)
VR-Zone: AMD...
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2:39
Eight is Enough
Techdirt reports huge push in Brazil to legalize file sharing
VR-Zone shares rumor: "Blackcomb" is AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6000 series flagship
Engadget reports Sony shows off Google TV (or a video of it, anyway) at IFA 2010
and iOS 4.1 confirmed for September...
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