Asus preps Tegra-based Eee Pad, Eee PC with Ion 2
You know that Eee Pad Asus is rumored to have in the works? The folks at DigiTimes have gotten word from their many industry sources that the device will make its first public appearance at the next Computex trade show in early June. DigiTimes says its sources expect the...
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DisplayPort 1.2 spec doubles bandwidth, adds features
Ever hoped to hook up four monitors to a single, tiny display output? As soon as devices start supporting the Video Electronics Standards Association's new DisplayPort 1.2 standard, you may be able to. VESA has beefed up its royalty-free display interface by, among other things, doubling bandwidth from 10.8...
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National Cheese Lover's Day Shortbread
National Cheese Lover's Day Ars Technica reports tech world moves equipment, talent, cash to help out Haiti Betanews reports NSF study gauges American's interest in tech news at 12-year low C|Net reports evidence found of Chinese...
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Via announces first Mobile-ITX module
Fresh from the introduction of its Mobile-ITX form factor, Via Technologies has announced the first "computer module" based on that specification. The new Via EPIA-T700 measures only 6 x 6 cm, but it packs a 1GHz x86 processor and a chipset with hardware video decoding capabilities. To be more...
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Next Half-Life 2 episode might not come out this year
As Valve has concentrated its efforts on Team Fortress 2 updates and the Left 4 Dead series, fans of the company's bread-and-butter franchise have had nothing to sink their teeth into since Half-Life 2: Episode Two's October 2007 release. Shacknews now says Half-Life fans may have to wait at...
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AMD becomes number-two fabless chip firm
With its former foundry business operating as a separate company since last March, AMD has made its way into IC Insights' list of fabless semiconductor companies. And, as EE Times reports, AMD has turned into the world's second-biggest fabless player in terms of revenue. The number-one fabless firm in...
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Deal of the week, early edition: Cheap(er) SSDs
We interrupt our regularly scheduled news coverage to bring you a little heads up: Newegg is currently running a 24-hour sale on a wealth of different items, from routers and storage to motherboards and peripherals. A couple of solid-state drive deals in particular caught our eye. For starters, Intel's freshly...
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Acer founder predicts end of U.S. PC makers
Acer became the world's second-biggest PC maker in terms of units shipped last year, and apparently, it's gotten pretty cocky about it. Agence France-Presse quotes the following statement from the Taiwanese firm's founder, Stan Shih: "The trend for low-priced computers will last for the coming years. . ....
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ForceWare 196.21 drivers add SLI profiles
Here comes a new batch of drivers for Nvidia's GeForce and Ion graphics processors. You can head down to the usual download page to grab the latest update now for Windows 7, Vista, and XP in 32-bit and 64-bit variants. According to Nvidia, this 196.21 driver release adds...
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