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AMD targets Nvidia with dual-GPU graphics card

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Advanced Micro Devices has thrown down the gauntlet to graphics rival Nvidia, unveiling a graphics card that runs two graphics chips.
AMD Tuesday unveiled the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, which uses two smaller chips - the 4870 graphics processing units (GPUs) — rather than one big chip. The dual GPU technology, said AMD spokesman Matt [...]

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Dell dives into entertainment market with mini-desktop

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Dell is going small - really small.
The computer maker today unveiled a mini desktop PC that is 80 percent smaller than the average desktop minitower and uses 70 percent less energy. The Dell Studio Hybrid runs Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor and Microsoft’s Windows Vista.
“Our goal was to design a desktop that fits in the [...]

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Dell Goes “Chic” With Studio Hybrid PCs

August 4th, 2008 · No Comments

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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AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.
The chip will compete with Intel’s Atom processor and potentially supplant AMD’s low-power Geode x86 system-on-chip, which is included in One Laptop Per Child’s XO laptop. Based on the [...]

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Eee PC 1000H arrives with Windows XP, not Linux

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

ASUS’ latest addition to the Eee PC family, the 10-inch 1000H, is now available in Australia sans the Linux operating system than made it famous.
The 1000H is the third-generation Eee PC and differentiates itself from its predecessors with a 10-inch display and a 80GB hard drive, and about an additional 450 grams of weight at [...]

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Nvidia reports problem with laptop chips

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Nvidia has uncovered a problem with some older graphics chips that shipped in “significant quantities” of laptop PCs, the company said Wednesday.
Nvidia hasn’t determined the exact cause of the problem but said it relates to a packaging material used with some of its chips, as well as the thermal design of some laptops. Modern processors [...]

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ASUS Complicates Eee Family Further With 903, 904/905, and 904 HD Models

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

ASUS Eee PC 904/904HD/905

ASUS Eee MonitorASUS’ Eee PC family continues to grow
It seems as though “too much of a good thing” is not something that crossed ASUS’ mind following the success of

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Former HP VP charged with stealing IBM trade secrets

July 4th, 2008 · No Comments

A former Hewlett-Packard vice president was indicted by a US federal grand jury last week for allegedly stealing trade secrets from his former employer, IBM.
Atul Malhotra is charged with allegedly e-mailing “confidential” IBM information to two senior vice presidents at HP. HP terminated Malhotra, who worked at the company for four months, and reported the [...]

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Dell Lets Loose With Studio 15, Studio 17 Notebooks

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments


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Mittoni gambles on ATI market with GeCube

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

PC hardware distributor, Mittoni, has brought ATI chipset vendor, GeCube, on-board.
Mittoni CEO, Louis Mittoni, said the period of consolidation following AMD’s purchase of ATI in late 2006 was drawing to a close and he expected a shift in market share back towards the vendor.
“GeCube has been an ATI partner for a long time and has [...]

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