Microsoft hopes to cash in on netbook users
As you might recall, we learned last month that the cheapest Windows 7 flavor available worldwide will only support running three applications concurrently. According to Bloomberg, Microsoft will target that release at netbooksآ—even though cheap little laptops should have no trouble running higher-end editions of the operating...
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Samsung unleashes 1.5TB low-power hard drive
After over six months of being the only company shipping a 1.5TB desktop hard drive, Seagate is finally about to get some competition. Samsung has unveiled the EcoGreen F2EG, a low-power 3.5" drive with the same terabyte-and-a-half...
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Wolfram preps natural-language ''computational knowledge engine''
Many have tried and failed to outdo Google in the web search market. With the Wolfram|Alpha "computational knowledge engine," Wolfram Research won't be going head-to-head with the search behemoth. However, it might end up supplanting Google for many uses. Nova Spivack, CEO of Twine maker Radar Networks, had a two-hour chat...
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Eee Top ET1602 is in stock at Amazon, NCIX
Last Wednesday, we noticed that Asus' Eee Top ET1602 was available for pre-order from Amazon. This morning, Asus sent us an e-mail to say the all-in-one nettop is "available now through ASUS North American authorized dealers" at a suggested retail price of $599. Asus' announcement checks out: the system
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Taiwanese paper predicts Mac netbook
Apple seemed to show almost callous indifference to the economic climate last week, introducing refreshed Mac mini and iMac desktops with starting prices as steep as ever. To be fair, cheap PCs and tight margins aren't really Apple's thing. That's why we're surprised to see DigiTimes say Apple
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FirePro 2450 draws 18W, can drive four displays
Workstation graphics cards sometimes dazzle with high-end specifications and price tags in the thousands of dollars, but AMD's new FirePro 2450 is a little different. The card has a low-profile design, and AMD says it only draws about 18W of power on average. Despite the small form factor, the FirePro...
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AMD and Seagate demo 6Gbps Serial ATA
Today AMD and Seagate are teaming up to demonstrate the next-generation Serial ATA specification. Dubbed SATA 6Gbps, the new spec will offer twice the disk-to-host bandwidth of the existing 3Gbps Serial ATA standard. Although the fastest Serial ATA hard drives on the market have a rough time maintaining...
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After barebone laptops, OCZ preps a netbook
OCZ used to specialize in memory, but you might not know it by looking at the company's latest productsآ—barebone notebooks, funky game controllers, power supplies... and now, netbooks. Indeed, Expreview brings word (and photo evidence) that OCZ is about to hop right onto the netbook bandwagon. OCZ apparently...
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Enermax's Aurora Premium keyboard
What's this? A laptop-style keyboard on the desk of a TR editor, a heavy-duty typist and ostensible keyboard purist? Surely there must be some mistake.
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The TR Podcast 37: Frothing at the MacHole, not-so-new GPUs, and a trip down memory lane
This week, our largest panel ever hits all the stops including the war against sucky TV, Macs vs. PCs, Nvidia's branding controversy, and more.
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Saturday science subject: Look on the bright side of life
Could seeing your life in an optimistic light actually help prolong it? That's a question raised by a new study, which links optimism to lower risks of heart disease and longer life spans. Scientific American has more: Researchers led by Hilary Tindle, an internist at the University of Pittsburgh...
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