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GeekPatrol puts their new cross platform benchmarking tool to work and compares 12 machines
including the new iMacs, PowerMacs, an Athlon64, a P4c, and a Xeon. "The PowerPC G5 is still a good processor. In fact, it's still a great processor. Apple isn't switching to Intel chips because Intel chips perform better, but rather because a G5 would melt through the bottom of a laptop.
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TSMC leads growth among top 20 semiconductor suppliers in 1H 2008, says IC Insights
Recent research from IC Insights uncovered a big shakeup in its global top 20 semiconductor supplier rankings, with many of the major DRAM and flash suppliers (e.g., Qimonda, Elpida, Spansion, Powerchip, Nanya, etc.) no longer part of the top 20 ranking.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Sep 2007 12:59 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"The HTML file that contains all the text for this article is about 25000 bytes. That's less than one of the image files that was also downloaded when you selected this page.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Aug 2008 23:12 UTC
The Windows 7 craze is barely over, and yet the internet is already buzzing with the next big thing from Microsoft: a project called Midori. The SD Times claims to have seen internal Microsoft documents detailing what Midori actually is , and they say it's the clean-break from Windows many of us have been waiting for.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Aug 2008 23:12 UTC
The Windows 7 craze is barely over, and yet the internet is already buzzing with the next big thing from Microsoft: a project called Midori. The SD Times claims to have seen internal Microsoft documents detailing what Midori actually is , and they say it's the clean-break from Windows many of us have been waiting for.
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Smile Australia, you're on Google's candid camera
Google today launches its controversial Street View mapping tool in Australia amid a backlash against the feature by privacy activists around the world.
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Nanya: Heavy DRAM downside pressure in August
DRAM contract price will be exposed to heavy downside pressure in August as most PC customers seem to be reluctant to accept any adjustment, said Nanya Technology spokesperson and vice president of global sales and marketing Pei-Lin Pai.
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Big holder Capital Research wants Yahoo vote probe
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) largest and most critical shareholders, Capital Research Global Investors, said on Monday it asked for a probe of last week's shareholder vote, a move that calls into question the strong showing for Chief Executive Jerry Yang.
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Relaxed restrictions welcomed in Taiwan, but indifference remains about actually building 12-inch wafer fabs in China
Leading pure-play foundries Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), as well as DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC), have expressed indifference over a potential policy relaxing restrictions on constructing 12-inch wafer fabs in China, as all of them have a deep-rooted 12-inch wafer fab foundation in Taiwan.
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Intel reveals design for fast, efficient future chips
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Intel has revealed details of a new generation of chips designed for video game lovers, multi-taskers, and people seeking power-sipping computers adapted to increasingly mobile lifestyles.
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HTC Touch Diamond shipments to reach the one million mark this month
Unit sales of HTC Touch Diamond handsets are expected to reach the one-million mark by mid-August, less than three months after High Tech Computer (HTC) began to ship the handsets at the end of May, HTC CEO Peter Chou told reporters on August 4.
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China drops some Internet curbs ahead of Games
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Friday rolled back a few high-profile planks of its Internet censorship system in an apparent effort to defuse an embarrassing dispute over media freedom just days ahead of the Olympics.
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A-B's data loss affects more than 90,000 people
MILWAUKEE - More than 90,000 Americans have been affected by the theft of laptops with personal information about current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.
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Google puts ban on rogue websites
GOOGLE took swift action yesterday to distance itself from the online Olympics ticketing scam, removing sponsored links on its Australian search engine that directed customers to unofficial ticket websites, believed to be fakes.
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UBS optimistic about Apple's finances despite delay
UBS Investment Research ñ a financial analyst firm that recently turned its attention to Apple ñ offered its views on the iPod manufacturer, leading with statements that the company's brand "stickiness" is a boon, while also noting that there could be a delay with a new ultra-portable. According to AppleInsider, analyst Maynard Um clarified that th...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Mar 2007 13:00 UTC
The third discussion draft of GPL version 3 is scheduled for release at 7 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, Brett Smith, a licensing compliance engineer for the Free Software Foundation said in a mailing list posting Monday.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Nov 2007 19:49 UTC
Access, owners of the Palm OS now known as Garnet, have released a version of that platform for the Nokia Internet tablets N810, N800 and N770, providing access to the thousands of Palm applications still out there.
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Blancco and Sun Microsystems Partner to Deliver Secure and Flexible Data Erasure Solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Blancco Ltd., the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle solutions, today announced that Sun Microsystems will license Blancco's data erasure software.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Oct 2006 19:49 UTC
"An old adage states that a frog will jump out of boiling water, but can be boiled alive if placed in cold water that is heated at a slow pace. Apparently, the process of making amphibian soup is not entirely unlike the process of cooking up a new web standard.
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Read about Herd 5
Herd 5 of Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn has been released (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu). Improvements include VPN plugins for Network Manager, easier access to desktop effects (Compiz), and much more.
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gDesklets - Desklets for your Desktop in openSUSE
[ Thanks to susenator for this link. ] "The possibilities are really endless and they are always there to serve you whenever you need them, just one key-press away.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Aug 2008 23:12 UTC
The Windows 7 craze is barely over, and yet the internet is already buzzing with the next big thing from Microsoft: a project called Midori. The SD Times claims to have seen internal Microsoft documents detailing what Midori actually is , and they say it's the clean-break from Windows many of us have been waiting for.
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Summer Sanity: Power off for greener living
One easy way to save on energy costs is to shut down your personal computer when it's not in use. Here are a couple of tips from the U.S. Department of Energy:
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Plugging the U.S. Broadband Gap
Plugging The U.S. Broadband Gap
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Motorola: The New CEO's Real Challenge
Co-CEO Sanjay Jha has strong experience in wireless, but his most important task is dismantling the mobile-phone unit's bureaucratic culture
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