13-inch Vaio S packs Sandy Bridge, discrete Radeons, and USB 3.0
Want an ultraportable Sandy Bridge system but don't like the look of the new MacBooks or Lenovo's ThinkPad X220? Perhaps Sony's latest Vaio S will strike your fancy. This 13.3" system weighs less than four pounds and is under an inch thick, yet it packs a...
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New Samsung hard drive sports 1TB per platter
Samsung is showing off new high-density platters at the CeBIT show in Germany. According to Heise, the Spinpoint maker has managed to create a 2TB hard drive using only two discs. Do the math, and that's one terabyte per platterأ¢آ€آ”a hefty increase over the 750GB media lurking...
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Lost Apple business could hurt Nvidia's market share
When Apple unveiled its refreshed MacBook Pro lineup last month, everyone focused on the Sandy Bridge processors within and the new Thunderbolt port. Apple did make another very notable change, however: it ditched Nvidia across the board, offering users either Sandy Bridge's built-in graphics component (in the 13" MacBook...
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Report: AMD to ship Zambezi, Llano early this summer
AMD's two-pronged attack on Sandy Bridge may come as a single onslaught. According to an X-bit labs story that cites anonymous "industrial sources," AMD will start shipping its high-end Zambezi desktop processors on the week of June 20, with Llano APUs to follow on the week of July 4. X-bit...
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Eight is Enough AMD extends graphics performance lead, launches world's fastest graphics card... again (Click Read more... to read reviews of AMD's Radeon HD 6990) X-bit labs: AMD finalizes shipment dates for next-gen chips Donanim Haber has official specs of AMD Llano processors and 2012 Fusion roadmap (in...
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AMD's Radeon HD 6990 graphics card
The Radeon HD 6000 series finally has its flagship: a dual-GPU graphics card with formidable performance potential. How does it fare against conventional multi-GPU solutions?
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Sandy Bridge headed to new Dell ultra-thin laptop
The Adamo is dead—long live the Adamo? Dell retired its premium ultraportable laptop about a month ago, but judging by a post on the company's official blog, we might soon see a de-facto Adamo successor boasting one of Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors. Here's what the post says: ...
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Could Best Buy suffer the same fate as Circuit City?
Rather than a lucky break for Best Buy, could Circuit City's bankruptcy have been an omen? That's the analysis of a Wall Street Journal piece, which says the worst times "are likely to come" for Best Buy—unless some type of new technology pulls consumers off e-tail sites like Amazon...
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New Alice videos show gameplay footage
Please don't dawdle, Alice. I've been waiting more than a decade for your return to madness, and the more I see your new world take shape, the more I yearn once again to wield your butcher's knife. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has come upon a new trailer for...
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ThinkPad spec sheet teases IPS display, USB 3.0, dual-drive storage
A spec sheet for Lenovo's next-gen ThinkPad X220 notebook has popped up online, and the new system looks very sweet indeed. Let's start with the biggest surprise: a 12.5" display with a 1366x768 resolution and the option to upgrade to a "Premium HD" IPS panel. TN panels are almost...
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WD to acquire Hitachi's hard-drive business
Consolidation is afoot in the hard-drive business! This morning, Western Digital announced its imminent purchase of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Hitachi's mechanical storage subsidiary. The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter, will see WD cough up $3.5 billion in cash and 25 million of its...
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