IT News HeadLines (Tech Report) 21/09/2010

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Eight is Enough AMD introduces new 6-core processor and expanded desktop processor lineup (Click Read more... to read reviews) X-bit labs: Intel becomes the world's 7th most expensive brand hp and Oracle reaffirm commitment to long-term strategic partnership Ars Technica reports bill would give Justice Department power to...
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AMD freshens up CPU family with new Phenom IIs, Athlon IIs
As exciting as Bulldozer, Llano, and Bobcat are, those products are all a ways off. You won't see them in stores before next year. To take care of its more immediate need for new blood, AMD has just added nine fresh CPUs to its desktop processor lineup. Here are the...
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A quick primer on Sandy Bridge
After a lackluster IDF keynote, Intel exposed many of Sandy Bridge's architectural details during tech sessions last week. We had the good fortune to attend some of them.
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Ubuntu designer shows user-tracking UI
Could your PC serve you better by knowing its position relative to you? Ubuntu interface designer Christian Giordano experimented with the concept last week, and he has an interesting video to show for it: Giordano says his colleagues at Canonical thought of several ways to...
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Report: HTC prepping Android tablet with Tegra 2, 720p display
According to this story over at DigiTimes, Asus spin-off Pegatron will manufacture an Android-based tablet PC for handset maker HTC. The report hasn't been confirmed by Pegatron, but DigiTimes' sources are usually pretty reliable. So, what might this HTC tablet entail? According to the report, it'll offer a...
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