Report: Larrabee is set for a comeback
Is Larrabee a sleeping beauty or a slain beast? Intel recently canned the first generation of its x86-derived graphics processor, relegating it to a development platform. Now, however, the folks at TechEye have heard from a "key member" of the team at Intel that Larrabee "will come back...
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Core i5-toting Aspire Timeline laptops on the way
Intel's Core i3 and i5 processors finally look primed to shake up the consumer ultraportable world. We recently wrote about MSI's attempt to bring forth the shakeup—the 13-inch X-Slim X360—and now, DigiTimes brings word that Acer will soon counterattack with a whole range of Timeline notebooks based on...
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St. Patrick's Day Shortbread
St. Patrick's Day Ars Technica notes survey: Macs cost notably less to support than Windows PCs Apple iPad orders drop sharply TechEye claims Intel's Larrabee to do a Lazarus DigiTimes reports Acer to globally debut Calpella Timeline notebooks March 22 and Taiwan-based industrial PC makers suffer short...
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Windows Phone 7 Series won't cut and paste
One would think that after all the flak Apple caught for taking years to add cut and paste support to the iPhone, others wouldn't make the same mistake. But one should never underestimate Microsoft. Engadget has confirmed that the new Windows Phone 7 Series won't have cut...
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Six-core Xeons supported by 25 Tyan systems and mobos
Looking for a system or motherboard to play host to one or two of Intel's swanky new Xeon 5600-series CPUs? Odds are Tyan makes something appropriate. The company has announced 25 solutions that fully support 32-nm Westmere-EP processors: 15 motherboards and 10 barebones systems. On the...
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Internet Explorer 9 'platform preview' available for download
TR reader Daniel tipped us off that Microsoft has released a "platform preview" of Internet Explorer 9. The preview isn't a full-fledged browser and shouldn't be viewed as a beta release. Instead, it's a platform designed to give web developers a peek at upcoming features and web...
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PC-exclusive Need for Speed MMO will be free to play
The very first Need for Speed got me hooked on driving games. In the 15 years since its release, the franchise has spawned 13 additional titles. Some of those have been great, while others have been quite poorly received. So, what's next for the franchise? According to...
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Apple's relationship with Google more tenuous than ever
The New York Times has an interesting article detailing Apple's once friendly but now tenuous relationship with Google. The two companies have worked together in the past, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt even served on Apple's board of directors. In fact, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey...
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Borderlands developers explain weapon creation system
Anyone who's played Borderlands knows that you're unlikely to ever come across the same gun twice. Indeed, the game has more than 16 million different weapons, each with its own unique set of attributes. Gearbox developers Matthew Armstrong and Jimmy Sieben explained how the company created so many...
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