Analyst: Pine Trail postponed until 2010
The Atom N270 and N280 may have a bit more life left in them still. According to a senior analyst for DigiTimes Research, Intel has decided to delay the launch of its next-generation Pine Trail platform for netbooks. Intel had working Pine Trail laptops on display at Computex last...
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Firefox 3.7 may take interface cues from IE, Chrome
Despite all of the improvements in Firefox 3.5, the browser's interface hasn't changed much, and the default Windows theme is looking more dated by the day. Good news, though: Mozilla may actually do something about it in the next release. Designer Stephen Horlander has already posted a few interface...
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Tuesday Shortbread
Tuesday iSuppli: Semiconductor inventory correction concludes -- Revenue growth begins Fudzilla reports analyst upgrades AMD TorrentFreak: DRM is ****, RIAA says RIAA spokesman denies saying 'DRM is dead' New FCC...
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Sempron line looks set for a 45nm comeback
AMD recently breathed new life into the Athlon brand, putting its latest and greatest 45nm architecture inside the new Athlon II X2 250. Now, it's the Sempron line's turn. As Fudzilla points out, a listing for an unannounced 45nm Sempron processor has appeared on a European price...
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Core 2, Pentium prices get a trim
You weren't expecting Intel to sit idly by while AMD kept unloading cheap Phenom IIs, were you? Because it totally didn't. Without fanfare yesterday, Intel updated its price list with new figures for several Core 2 Quads, plus a handful of Core 2 and Core 2-derived dual-core processors. Here's a...
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Listings show much cheaper, next-gen Intel SSDs
Despite recent strides in the consumer market, solid-state drives still cost a pretty penny—especially high-end ones from Intel. As flash memory moves to smaller process technologies, though, the cost per gigabyte inevitably follows. That's apparently what will soon happen with Intel's next-gen SSDs. Listings for unannounced Intel Potsville drives have...
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Qwest service can hit 40Mbps down, 20Mbps up
A little over a year ago, Qwest announced broadband services with speeds as high as 20Mbps. Today, the company has introduced a new tier with twice the maximum download speed and a whopping 20Mbps upstream. Or, for folks who don't work at ISPs' marketing departments, 5MB/s down and...
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''RV870'' might show up later than expected
You might have to wait another four months for AMD's next-gen DirectX 11 graphics processor. So would one think after reading an article on ATI-Forum.de, which quotes "industry-related sources" as saying AMD has delayed the RV870 GPU until November. AMD displayed a wafer of DirectX 11 GPUs at Computex...
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Monday Shortbread
Monday Microsoft deal talk, optimism overshadow results DigiTimes reports Taiwan DRAM makers aim to restore capacity in 2H09 C|Net reports AMD spinoff seeks to rival chipmaking giants and Best Buy lists well-equipped Acer laptop for $299 Engadget reports Gateway gives Intel a go with Atom N270-equipped...
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Sunday Shortbread
Sunday Tweak.dk reports starting gun fired for MSI EU MOA 2009 final and videos and results posted from MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2009 TechFlash has Microsoft earnings, a guided tour Engadget reports Intel's 34nm-based 320GB SSD creeps closer to reality and Toshiba launching Blu-ray player by...
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Saturday Shortbread
Saturday [H] Enthusiast reports VisionTek responds to rumors of bankruptcy TG Daily reports IBM sued over DRAM patents and Apple, Microsoft, other sued over touch pad products Yahoo search ad deal with Microsoft...
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Deal of the week: Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition for $210 shipped
AMD's Phenom II series has come out of the gates proving a worthy competitor, with the most recent Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition with Wings and Optional Sunroof proving more than adequate competition for Intel's Core 2 Quad Q9550 in our review. The intervening months since the review have...
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Causes and effects of input lag examined
Finally explaining why I'm always at the back of the pack in online shooters (really, I'm sure), AnandTech's Derek Wilson has posted a very thorough dissection of how input lag occurs in PC gaming. Input lag is the period of time between the input made by the user (typically movement...
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Apple disables Palm Pre's iTunes sync
In an attempt to steal some thunder from the Palm Pre, Apple has issued an iTunes update locking the Palm Pre out from syncing with iTunes. According to this report at CNET, the 8.2.1 update for iTunes "provides a number of important bug fixes and addresses an issue with verification...
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Friday Shortbread
Friday [H]ard|OCP shares unconfirmed rumors: VisionTek bankrupt, PNY selling graphics & memory business? DigiTimes reports Intel to unveil new product roadmap at IDF San Francisco MSI officially announced OC Genie technology 1-second automatic
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