A quick podcast schedule announcement
Howdy all. Today is Good Friday, so we're not publishing our full slate of news throughout the day. That's why it's a little quiet around here. I did want to take a second, though, to make an announcement. Normally, right about now, we'd be gearing up to record...
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Good Friday Shortbread
Good Friday Bright Side of News reports ATI partners can and will make a Radeon HD 4890 X2 The Inquirer reports Nvidia GT300 tapeout soon C|Net: In new Microsoft ad, it takes a long time to buy a PC Microsoft revisits 'Apple tax' ahead of Tax Day DSL...
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LCD prices are on the rise, says iSuppli
The global economic downturn has led to price drops in some parts of the computer hardware market. However, you probably shouldn't count on finding too many LCD monitor bargains out there—assuming iSuppli's numbers are accurate, that is. The research firm's latest report says LCD monitor panel prices are on...
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iTunes, other services now charge more for some songs
Music downloads may have just gotten a little more expensive. The Associated Press reports that Apple has updated the pricing structure of its iTunes music store, concluding a series of changes that have seen the company move away from copy-protected songs toward a service free of digital rights...
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Holy Thursday Shortbread
Holy Thursday Migrating server storage to SSDs: Analysis of tradeoffs (PDF) Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) condemns Time Warner Internet cap; will take lead role in opposition DailyTech reports Newegg discusses Canadian operations, expansion plans ComputerWorld reports Intel debuts new processor code-named Jasper Forest DigiTimes reports Nvidia Ion
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New Acer laptops are thin, light, will start at $699
The AspireRevo might have been the centerpiece of Acer's press event yesterday evening, but the Taiwanese PC maker also showed some interesting new thin-and-light laptops based on low-power Core 2 processors. Dubbed Aspire Timeline, the new mobile systems occupy the same gray area between netbooks and proper laptops...
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Catalyst 9.4 graphics drivers bring bug fixes, OverDrive app
Another month, another Catalyst driver release from AMD. Like previous versions, these new 9.4 Catalysts are available from the AMD Game website in Windows Vista and XP flavors for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. The Windows 7 beta is supported, too. So, what's new? AMD says it has added a...
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512GB Super Talent SSD now availableآ—for $1,500
Toshiba and A-Data have both announced 512GB solid-state drives in recent months. In an odd turn of events, however, Super Talent now claims to be the first with a 512GB SSD that's actually shipping and available. A...
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2GHz Atom unveiled at IDF Beijing
To celebrate the first anniversary of the Atom processor launch, Intel released its highest-clocked version of the mobile processor yet at IDF Beijing early this morning. The company took the opportunity to show a live demo of Atom's system-on-chip successor and talk about other upcoming products, as well. The new...
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Wednesday Shortbread
Wednesday IDF: 1-year Intel Atom processor anniversary brings new chips, demonstration of next-generation device Server CPU upgrade: "Barcelona" to "Shanghai" (video) Time Warner COO: Metered billing is what customers want Google is good for newspapers: executive MSNBC reports Blockbuster says it may not be able to continue Taiwan's...
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Ion takes flight with Acer AspireRevo nettop
Are you ready? No, Nvidia isn't kicking off another awkward PR campaign. Rather, the first PC based on its Ion platform has finally launched—and "over 40" systems like it are on track to follow this quarter and the next. Soon, Nvidia says the market will be swarming with...
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Intel reveals new CPU logos, star rating system
Picking out a new Intel processorآ—whether on a retail shelf or inside a computerآ—may soon become a little easier for consumers. As CNet News reports, Intel has unveiled a batch of freshened-up processor logos hand in hand with a novel star-rating system. The new, wider logos provide a glimpse at...
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AMD offers Opteron upgrade discount
Now that Intel's 5500-series Xeons are out, some folks with AMD servers are probably thinking of making the jump. That's perhaps why AMD has announced its Opteron Upgrade Program, which allows customers to get potentially meaty discounts on upgrades to current and future Opteron processors. The program covers 2000-...
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