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An international trade group representing wireless device makers is backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs

Mobile device makers want common earphone plugs

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international trade group representing wireless device makers has announced it was backing a drive to standardize audio and USB plugs for laptops and other mobile gadgets.


There's no perfect way to back up your hard drive

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 3

If there's one thing to keep in mind about computers, it's this: Hard drives fail. I relearned that lesson recently when one of my laptop's external hard drives stopped working and then my 4-year-old iPod died.


CELL REGZA 55X1

Toshiba Unveils the CELL REGZA 55X1, First LCD TV Integrating the Cell Broadband Engine

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Toshiba Corporation today unveiled the future of home entertainment, the CELL REGZA 55X1.


NVIDIA Unveils Next Generation CUDA GPU Architecture -- Codenamed 'Fermi'

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NVIDIA Corp. today introduced its next generation CUDA GPU architecture, codenamed "Fermi". An entirely new ground-up design, the "Fermi" architecture is the foundation for the world’s first computational graphics processing ...


Predictive simulation successes on Dawn supercomputer

Predictive simulation successes on Dawn supercomputer

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 500-teraFLOPS Advanced Simulation and Computing program's Sequoia Initial Delivery System (Dawn), an IBM machine of the same lineage as BlueGene/L, has immediately proved itself useful ...


NXP Introduces Intelligent Switches Supporting HDMI 1.4

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created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NXP Semiconductors today unveiled intelligent switches supporting the new HDMI 1.4 specification released in June 2009.


ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

ASUS today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed "TUF" (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i.


Intel's Atom CE4100 SoC

Intel's Atom CE 4100 SoC Will Transform Internet TV (w/ Video)

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the IDF event, in Santa Clara, California, Intel announced the debut of their newest System-on-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4100. The CE4100 SoC is designed exclusively to facilitate ...


Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever With the New Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor

Intel Unveils Fastest Laptop Chips Ever With the New Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Intel Corporation introduced its revolutionary Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor and Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor Extreme Edition today, bringing Intel’s award-winning and super-fast Nehalem microarchitecture ...


Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

Toshiba Adds 32nm mSATA And Half-Slim Solid State Drive Modules

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Toshiba today announced a series of solid state drive (SSD) modules using the latest generation Toshiba 32nm MLC NAND flash, at Intel Developers Forum 2009. The Toshiba SG2 modules are offered in two types, ...


Getting files from a failed hard drive

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created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (19) | comments 10

A friend whose iMac's hard drive had apparently died called recently, wondering how she might access the files on the failed drive.


ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC

Lenovo Adds Touch of Simplicity to New MultiTouch Screen ThinkPad PCs

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lenovo today is bringing business users a new way to work with multitouch screen technology on the versatile and portable ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC and slim and powerful ThinkPad T400s laptop. Lenovo is also ...


HP ProBook 5310m

HP Introduces ProBook 5310m and Pavilion dm3 Notebooks

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HP today introduced the world's thinnest full-performance notebook PC as well as a slim, stylish consumer notebook that delivers an optimal balance of mobility, performance and affordability.


IBM Announces Highest Performance Embedded Processor for System-on-Chip Designs

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IBM today announced the industry's highest performance, highest throughput processor for system-on-chip (SoC) product families in the communication, storage, consumer, and aerospace and defense markets.


ASUS Introduces the Designo MS Series LCD Monitors

ASUS Introduces the Designo MS Series LCD Monitors

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Asus today unveiled the brand new ultra-slim Designo MS Series LCD monitors MS246/ 236/ 227/ 226/ 202 to astound users with a perfect combination of exceptional style and picture quality.