IE8 release candidate may arrive on Monday
Microsoft will deliver the first release candidate of its new web browser on Monday, according to "sources familiar with the company's plans" quoted by PC World. Internet Explorer 8 RC1 has been in the works ever since the release of the second IE8 beta last August. The rumor mill isn't...
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Memory maker Qimonda files for insolvency
The combination of the financial crisis and terrible memory market conditions has knocked out one of the world's top memory makers: Qimonda, which filed for insolvency today. According to Bloomberg, the German firm "sought protection from creditors after failing to secure sufficient financing following a slide in memory-chip prices...
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Report: Second Vista service pack postponed
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 may not be out until May or June, according to a new report by TechARP. As we previously related, the site said in December that a "confidential source" expected the service pack to go gold in April. Well, the latest word is that...
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Deal of the week: Cheap quad-cores aplenty
Both Intel and AMD ended up cutting prices earlier this week, so we're left with a handful of very attractively priced quad-core processorsآ—perfect for our weekly deal post. Starting with Intel, since it cut prices first, you'll find the 2.66GHz Core 2 Quad Q9400 selling for $223.50 at Mwave and...
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AMD sees the line between netbooks, notebooks blurring
During AMD's earnings conference call yesterday, AMD CEO Dirk Meyer made some interesting predictions about the future of netbooks. As CNet News reports, Meyer believes the distinction between those systems and regular laptops will "go away," and "there will be a continuum of price points and form factors" in...
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Monolith releases F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin demo
Do you like spicing up your first-person shooting with semi-cheesy horror elements? Then Monolith has a treat for you. The game studio has released a PC demo of its next big game, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. True to the original, F.E.A.R. 2 features slow-motion gunfights, that creepy little girl, and a...
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Intel to close test facilities, shut down a fab
AMD isn't the only firm having a difficult time financially. Intel has announced plans to "restructure some of its manufacturing operations and align its manufacturing capacity to current market conditions." Translation: the chipmaker will close two assembly test facilities, stop production at a 200mm chip fab, and halt wafer...
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AMD posts $1.4 billion net loss on $1.2 billion revenue
So much for AMD's plan to become profitable again in late 2008. Despite posting an operational profit in Q3, AMD has dived back into the red with a staggering net loss of $1.424 billion for the fourth quarter. Q4 revenue worked out to just $1.162 billion, down from $1.776 billion...
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Seagate releases fixed firmware fix for Barracuda 7200.11s
Good news! Barracuda 7200.11 owners can now download a new firmware fix that (hopefully) won't brick their drives. Seagate has put out yet another statement with the latest on the bricking fiasco: Seagate has isolated a potential firmware issue in limited number of Barracuda 7200.11 hard drives and related SATA...
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Etc.
Howdy all. Took me quite a bit longer than I wanted to get the first GPU review out, but the twin CPU and GPU articles I was working on over the holidays did finally see the light of day in the form of the GeForce GTX 285/295 and Phenom...
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Microsoft: We've reached the 64-bit tipping point
Over five years after the launch of the first x86-64 desktop CPU, 64-bit versions of Windows are finally poised to take over. DailyTech got the scoop from several sources inside Microsoft, one of which said over 25% of Vista installations in the U.S. were 64-bit at the end...
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MSI unveils two Socket AM3 motherboards
Socket AM3 Phenom IIs with DDR3 memory support must be getting close. MSI has announced a pair of new motherboards designed to accommodate the future chips exclusively, and it hasn't skimped on the features. MSI's flagship Socket AM3 offering looks to be the 790FX-GD70,...
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Corsair prepares to hop on the SSD bandwagon
The solid-state drive market has gotten just a little bigger. According to a listing on a British online retailer, Corsair has introduced its own line of SSDs, starting with a 2.5" model dubbed the S128. The drive is already in stock and selling for آ£326.54 ($456) at Scan. Judging...
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