Corsair launches super-high-end DDR3 kit for Phenoms
If you build an AMD system these days, budget parts are likely foremost on your mind. Nevertheless, Corsair has announced a new high-end DDR3 memory kit "designed specifically" for Socket AM3 Phenom II processors. This new Dominator GT kit is launching in a 4GB configuration with two 2GB modules, each capable...
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GlobalFoundries to make 40nm products for STMicro
Things are moving along for GlobalFoundries. Within days of breaking ground for its new fab in New York State, the foundry firm has announced its first customer other than AMD: STMicroelectronics. Headquartered in Switzerland, STMicro happens to be the world's fifth-largest semiconductor vendor in terms of revenue. GlobalFoundries...
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Nvidia PR Director steps down after 11 years
He stuck with Nvidia through thick and thin, helping the graphics firm establish its image since even before the days of the GeForce. Yesterday, however, Derek Perez announced on his Twitter feed that he had stepped down as Nvidia's Director of Public Relations. As you'd expect in light of the...
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Microsoft, Yahoo may partner up at last
Ever since the Microsoft-Yahoo merger talks fell through in May 2008, some have been suggesting a search or ad partnership as an alternative. Not even Carl Icahn's efforts seemed to push things in that direction last summer, but now, Reuters reports that a partnership will finally be...
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Wednesday Shortbread
Wednesday Microsoft, Yahoo agree on ad partnership: source Monster merger: IBM buys SPSS for approx. $1.2 billion in cash deal TG Daily reports Psystar to fight Apple with "guns blazin’" Taiwan's Foxconn agrees on...
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Report: TSMC to make some Atom chipsets for Intel
Intel already announced plans to let TSMC manufacture Atom system-on-a-chip devices all the way back in March. Today, TG Daily quotes a Taiwan Economic News report that says TSMC will also get to make matching chipsets. The Taiwanese paper purportedly claims TSMC will start manufacturing Langwell, technically an I/O...
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Creative demos Zii handheld
Three weeks ago, we came upon FCC documents detailing a new "MP4 player with touch screen" from Creative. The device featured the same Zii branding as Creative's system-on-a-chip, and according to the documents, it had Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in camera. Creative has now posted a video of the device...
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A sneak peek at a Gigabyte Micro ATX P55 motherboard
Another P55 motherboard has made its way to the Benchmarking Sweatshop, this time in Micro ATX form. We first saw Gigabyte's GA-P55M-UD4 at Computex earlier this summer. Here's a closer look: Micro ATX, but still loaded with goodies
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Few new Acer, Asus netbooks may come before 2010
We might just catch a short break from the crazed pace of new Eee PC launches, according to DigiTimes. The site quotes "industry sources" who claim that, since Intel has pushed back its Pine Trail platform to early 2010, both Asus and Acer will leave their netbook lines largely...
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AMD intros new FirePro card, CrossFire Pro tech
Close to a year on from the release of its FirePro V8700, AMD has launched a new workstation graphics card that's even more powerfulآ—and more expensive. The new FirePro V8750 looks to be based on the same architecture as its older brother, because it also has 800 stream...
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Tuesday Shortbread
Tuesday Engadget reports mom installs 98" screen in son's bedroom ceiling, deservedly garners award recognition Time Warner buys Google's stake in AOL for $283 million DSLReports: Sprint to buy Virgin Mobile USA Microsoft retail store pitch: Whither PCTV? TSMC will make chipsets for Intel: report DigiTimes: No new...
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Some Verizon users get free Wi-Fi hot spot access
Good news, Verizon customers: you might be more likely to enjoy free Wi-Fi next time you hit the road. Verizon has announced a free, country-wide Wi-Fi service for users of its FiOS and DSL services—at least, some of them. Here's the skinny, straight from the official announcement blog post: ...
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Mozilla toys with Chrome-like, tabs-on-top interface mockup
If last week's Firefox 3.7 interface mockups merely took cues from Google Chrome and Internet Explorer 8, then some of the latest Firefox 4.0 mockups espouse the Chrome look pretty much completely. Check out these two concepts from Mozilla designer Stephen Horlander:
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95W version of Phenom II X4 945 materializes
AMD's second-fastest Phenom II has gone on a diet. Well, that's one way to put it. When AMD launched the Phenom II X4 945 in April, that processor had the same 125W thermal envelope as its high-end quad-core counterparts. Now, a 95W version has appeared in AMD's CPU comparator...
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AMD looks to be back in Dell's good graces
Is AMD recovering lost ground in Dell's PC lineup? Things are looking that way, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The paper points to the Inspiron 546, which it describes as "the first mainstream desktop model featuring AMD processors that Dell has highlighted on its Web site in 18 months." A...
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