Monday, February 23, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 23/02/2009

Site claims to unlock fourth core in Phenom II X3
If you read our reviews (or just pay a little attention) you'll probably know AMD doesn't technically make triple-core chips—it just disables a core on its quad-core parts to create Phenom X3s and Phenom II X3s. Well, folks at Korean tech site Playwares claim to have successfully unlocked the...
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Windows 7 could hit release candidate stage on April 10
As we wrote not long ago, Microsoft plans to hurry Windows 7's development along and skip straight to the release candidate stage for its next public build. Now, the guys at Neowin have gotten some dirt on Microsoft's Windows 7 RC schedule from a "trusted source:" they say the...
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The TR Podcast 36: AMD's gimpy goodness, Microsoft retail, and the Athlon Neo
Our podcast covers a lot of ground this week, from netbooks and processors (including AMD's six-core Istanbul CPUs) to lawsuits and future Microsoft retail stores. Listen in for all the goodies.
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Saturday science subject: Going to Europa
Probes from NASA and ESA may head to Europa in a little while. According to the New Scientist, the two space agencies have picked the icy Jupiter moon for a joint mission that would see two probes launch in 2020. The probes would arrive at their destination in 2026...
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