Tuesday, February 24, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tom's Hardware) 24/02/2009



Microsoft Says Stolen Phone Rendered Useless
Last week we learned that a phone loaded with prototype Microsoft software was pickpocketed from the coat of an unnamed executive at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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Antitrust Chief: Google is a Monopolist Threat
Apparently President Obama’s Antitrust Chief sees internet giant Google as an monopolistic threat. Picking our jaws up off of the floor for just a moment, let’s take a look at what Christine A. Varney had to say.
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Report: Microsoft to Buy Motion Sensing Tech
Reports from last week pointed at Microsoft acquiring Israeli startup 3DV Systems for its motion-sensing camera technology.
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Creative X-Fi to Go into Your Automobile
Creative X-Fi to Go into Your AutomobileJC Hyun Systems has developed the world’s first automobile infotainment system using Creative’s highly popular Xtreme Fidelity (X-Fi) technology to enhance the overall in-car/truck audio experience for the user.
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"Hurricane Carol" Shaking up Yahoo!
Rumor has it Carol “Hurricaneâ€‌ Bartz is about to treat the Yahoo! staff to the executive shuffle. Several reports state that the newest CEO at the company will this week rejig the executive line up over at Yahoo!.
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Are 8.9-inch Netbooks on Their Way Out?
Last week Asus announced that it was discontinuing the 8.9-inch Eee PC, reports have emerged that say all netbook vendors are dropping the price of their 8.9-inch models in order to clear inventory. Is this the end of the 8.9 inch netbook?
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Dell Mini 10 Stuck With 1 GB RAM
Since its reveal at CES, we’ve figured the Dell Mini 10 to be one of the premium 10-inch netbooks.
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AMD Unveils 'Istanbul' Six-Shooter Opteron
AMD Unveils 'Istanbul' Six-Shooter OpteronAMD has shown off its first working demonstration of its counterpunch to Intel, a six-core Opteron processor code-named “Istanbulâ€‌.
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AMD Campaigning Yukon as Intel Atom Alternative
Right now, in terms of the netbook and nettop market, it’s Intel everywhere. AMD is now urging OEMs to think outside the Intel box.
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PC Gaming Roundup - February 23, 2009
There are a few chewy gaming nuggets for you this afternoon, one of which is a super secret title from Capcom that the company chose to reveal through Xbox Live...
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Dell Aims to Free "Netbook" for All
A software developer who claims the trademark on the word netbook would like us all to stop throwing the term around freely, but Dell isn’t about to comply.
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Windows 7 RC1 Shooting for April 10 Release?
Those of you who’ve been watching the rumors regarding a release date for Windows 7 RC1 will be disappointed to hear the latest, which apparently comes from a trusted source within Microsoft.
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PC Gains, Mac Falls in January 2009 Sales
While most computer companies faced hard times last year, especially in the fourth quarter of calendar 2008, Apple saw growing sales throughout the period. But things took a downturn in January 2009.
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Fixing Modern SSDs for the Enterprise
Are modern solid-state drives ready for the enterprise situations? The market is beginning to combat the high price-to-performance ratios for solid-state technology, but that doesn't mean that SSDs themselves are ready to leap into business servers.
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Turn a 3-Core AMD Phenom 2 into a 4-Core
We received word that a Korean hardware review site has managed to turn a triple-core Phenom II X3 710 into a 4 core CPU.Apparently, the quick switcheroo requires a Biostar motherboard says the site, but customers boards that have the same BIOS op
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Nvidia CEO Responds to Intel Lawsuit
Last Monday, Intel filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, which apparently stated that the chipset license agreement the two companies signed four years ago does not extend to Intel’s future generation CPUs with integrated memory controllers. While Nvidia...
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