Asus AM3 boards gain Bulldozer support
If you stuck by AMD's side during the great Intel onslaught of 2010, when Core i7 processors savagely beat their Phenom II rivals, you might be in for a belated treat. Asus has announced that five of its current Socket AM3 motherboards will be able to accommodate AMD's upcoming...
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Samsung reveals ultra-thin Series 9 laptops
Samsung has revealed a pair of ultra-thin laptops, each with different parentage. These Series 9 systems include the 11.6" NP900X1A, which is priced at around $1199, and the 13.3" NP900X3A, which has a $1649 asking price. Samsung says both will be available in mid-April. Strangely, Samsung has decided...
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Nazis, dinosaurs collide in Dino D-Day multiplayer shooter
Sometimes, I get the feeling that modern games take themselves too seriously. While browsing Shacknews this morning, I noticed one that definitely doesn't: Dino D-Day. The game started as a mod for Half-Life 2 and will be released as a standalone title on April 8. You...
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Doug Church joins Valve software
If you've ever heard about Deus Ex, System Shock, and Thief, odds are it was from an old-school gamer who wouldn't shut up about how awesome those titles wereأ¢آ€آ”and probably how today's games don't even begin to compare. I have to admit, all three were pretty innovative and exceptional...
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Completed Firefox 4 to be released March 22
By now, you probably already know that Internet Explorer 9 beat Firefox 4 to the finish line. Microsoft released the latest version of its browser with great fanfare two days ago. The Mozilla folks aren't far behind, though. A posting in the mozilla.dev.planning mailing list reveals that they're
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Report: Asus, Intel prepping a $200-250 netbook
Atom-powered netbooks have never faced such stern competition. With affordable Fusion ultraportables pushing from one side and tablets exerting pressure from the other, the only way left may be downأ¢آ€آ”down the pricing scale, that is. DigiTimes reports that Asus and Intel are planning to unleash a netbook that...
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St. Patrick's Day Shortbread
Eight is Enough Donanim Haber shares rumor: AMD's Bulldozer to be released on June 11th (in Turkish) DigiTimes: PC supply chains still has up to 3 months of inventory, says Acer Taiwan president Ars Technica reports Obama administration endorses new privacy regs, Do Not Track Bloomberg: Apple
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Nearly 50% of 2011 PCs to have processors with on-die graphics
With Intel's Sandy Bridge and AMD's Zacate already out—not to mention Llano on the way—2011 looks set to be the year of processors with on-die graphics logic. As a matter of fact, a new report by IHS iSuppli forecasts that nearly half of all PCs and desktops shipped this...
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ONFI 3.0 flash spec boasts 400MB/s NAND interface
Yesterday, the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) Working Group (wow, that's a mouthful) released a new 3.0 standard for its NAND interface. The updated standard offers higher speeds in addition to features that should allow SSD makers to build drives more cheaply. By far the biggest improvement is the...
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