Monday, April 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 06/04/2009

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Morning, all. I know some of you are wondering where our review of the Radeon HD 4980 and GeForce GTX 275 might be. I'm working on it and hoped to have it for this morning, but the writing just wasn't flowing last night. Should be finished before...
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New Microsoft ad: Macs are about looks, PCs provide more choice
Lauren has a boyfriend! Well, not really, but Microsoft has released a second ad based on the same formula: show a 20-something person shopping for a laptop, turning down the Mac option, and walking away from a brick-and-mortar retailer with an HP system. This time, the ad shows "technically savvy" shopper...
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IBM said to have withdrawn Sun takeover offer
Well, it looks like IBM might not end up purchasing Sun after all. We recently heard that the two companies could announce a merger last Friday. Now, we know why they stayed silent: the Wall Street Journal reports that Sun's board rejected a "formal acquisition offer" by IBM,...
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Opening Day Shortbread
Opening Day Engadget reports Dell notebook roadmap leaks out, get ready for the Mini 11 Microsoft allows hp to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010 IBM, Sun Micro talks collapse over price: source ...
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The TR Podcast 40: The GPGPU tax, three strikes you're out, and the end of netbooks
One of our longest episodes to date is also very diverse as we cover GPGPU computing, Intel's new Xeons, Mini-ITX motherboards, netbooks, bandwidth quotas, and more.
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