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Napster 2.0 gets a double scoop of disappointment
Before there was Kazaa or The Pirate Bay, or the slew of other P2P and torrent services in existence today, there was Napster which made P2P a household name. Napster in many respects wrote the history book for P2P. While it was not the first [...]

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While using an AMD Barcelona (quad-core Opteron) server to create a portable benchmarking kit for InfoWorld’s Test Center, I discovered something unexpected: I could incur variances in some benchmark tests ranging from 10 to 60 per cent through combined manipulation of the server’s BIOS settings, BIOS version, compiler flags, and OS release.
I attempted to document [...]

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Advent 4211 Netbook @ Trusted ReviewsDailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Thursday
Desktops
YoYoTech Intel Nova XT Gaming System @ CPU3D

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NVIDIA brushes aside the latest reports of its chipset demise
NVIDIA has been making the news quite a bit in the past few days. Earlier this week, there was speculation that NVIDIA could be in a prime position to provide chipsets for Apple’s next generation MacBook notebooks.

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Dell expands its “Studio” family
When it comes to designer PCs, Apple’s offerings tend to rank near the top. For all of the complaints about high prices or a lack of features, products like the MacBook Air and Mac Mini are often acclaimed for their minimalistic designs.

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A strange team up looks to fuel cloud computing efforts, challenge Google
Cloud computing is a hot buzz word in the IT industry today. The basic idea behind cloud computing is that dedicated hardware and software at home locations and workstations are not cost effective and that a “cloud” of servers with hardware [...]

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There was a time when Taiwan made cheap bicycles. That was four decades ago, when it was one of the country’s main exports. Today, Taiwan takes in more than US$16 billion in revenue from bicycles and it is the home to Giant Bicycle, one of the world’s leading bicycle makers.
Taiwan is better known for being [...]

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Hewlett-Packard has merged its Voodoo PC business unit with its consumer business, the company said Wednesday.
Voodoo’s laptops and desktops will now be sold alongside HP’s consumer Compaq Presario and Pavilion PC lines, said Ann Finnie, an HP spokeswoman. “It is just the next step of integration into the business units that deliver Compaq Presario and [...]

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ASUS Trinity Tri-GPU Graphics Prototype @ HotHardwareDailyTech’s roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Saturday
Notebooks

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