Nvidia touts $99 platform for handhelds
Poor financial results or not, Nvidia is still pushing ahead into the cell phone arena. The graphics company has announced a platform based on its Tegra system-on-chip products. This platform will let device manufacturers "quickly build and bring to market" mobile devices with high-definition video decoding capabilities, "days" of...
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12-inch netbook could be on its way from Lenovo
With the exception of Dell's Inspiron Mini 12, the vast majority of netbooks stick to 10" and 8.9" form factors right now. DigiTimes says there's a good reason for that: Intel offers preferential pricing to companies that use those display sizes. However, the site also reports that Lenovo is...
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Rumor: GeForce GTS 240 to be more than a renamed 9800 GT
Perhaps Nvidia won't blindly rename some of its current graphics cards as some rumor sites predicted recently. If the guys at Expreview have their latest batch of facts straight, the upcoming "GeForce GTS 240" will actually have much higher clock speeds than the current GeForce 9800 GT. The 9800...
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LG, Intel to team up on Moorestown smart phone
Intel seems to have been priming its Moorestown platform for smart phones from the start, and now, it's found a launch partner: LG. The Korean firm has announced plans for a next-gen, Moorestown-based mobile Internet device that will have 3G wireless connectivity and run Intel's Moblin 2.0 Linux-based operating...
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It's official: Toshiba will take on Fujitsu's storage division
Confirming last month's rumors, Toshiba and Fujitsu say they've now reached an agreement to bring their hard drive operations under the same roof. As part of the agreement, Fujitsu will spin off its hard drive-related businesses into a separate company, and Toshiba will acquire approximately an 80% stake...
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Microsoft sued over XP downgrade prices
A miffed user has sued Microsoft because of the fee required to downgrade to Windows XP on a new Lenovo computer, according to InternetNews.com. Emma Alvarado from Los Angeles County filed the suit last week in Seattle, and she's seeking class action status. Alvarado, who had to pay $59.25 to...
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AMD's Socket AM3 Phenom II processors
The latest processors from AMD add support for DDR3 memory and come in more affordable triple- and quad-core flavors. We like one of them quite well. Which one? And how does DDR3 memory affect performance? Keep reading for the answers.
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Look out for new Radeons in April, May
AMD has a couple of new graphics processors lined up for the second quarter, according to VR-Zone. The Singapore-based tech site has posted two reports forecasting both a high-end Radeon HD 4890 and a pair of more affordable Radeon HD 4700 cards. The cooler on this Radeon HD 4890...
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