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Toshiba to Launch First SDXC Memory Card
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of the world's first 64GB SDXC Memory Card with the world's fastest data transfer rate compliant with the new SD Memory Standard Ver. 3.00, UHS 104.
Apple to unveil tablet computer: reports
Jul 27, 2009 |
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What's next from Apple? According to various reports, the California-based company plans to come out later this year with a portable tablet-sized computer that can surf the Web and may also serve as an electronic book reader.
New supercomputer to reel in answers to some of Earth's problems (w/ Video)
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The newest supercomputer in town is almost 15 times faster than its predecessor and ready to take on problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry. The $21.4 million Chinook ...
Kingston Unveils the World’s First 256GB USB Flash Drive
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive, the Kingston Technology DataTraveler 300. It allows users to carry around ...
Intel Delivers Industry's First 34-Nanometer NAND Flash Solid-State Drives
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Intel is moving to a more advanced, 34- nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products, which are an alternative to a computer's hard drive. The move to 34nm will ...
Netgear to help Internet subscribers measure use
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- How many gigabytes do you consume per month? Not many people can answer that question, complicating the efforts of Internet service providers to get their subscribers to stay below a certain amount of data per month. ...
Toshiba launches Blu-ray after DVD setback: report
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Japan's Toshiba Corp. will enter the Blu-ray DVD market, more than a year after it gave up on its own next-generation format that failed to gain industry support, a report said.
Computer battery life sparks highly charged debate
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Benny Villanueva recalls being in a Starbucks rushing to finish a college paper that was due when his laptop battery, which he'd been led to believe would last hours, conked out after only about 30 minutes.
HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor
Jul 01, 2009 |
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HP today announced the integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series processor into its family workstations.
Samsung Introduces New 45nm Application Processor
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics announced today the latest in its popular, ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung’s advanced 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 offers ...
Organic light-emitting diode screens ready to go mainstream
Jun 24, 2009 |
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It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight.
IBM and ETH Zurich unveil plan to build new kind of water-cooled supercomputer
Jun 23, 2009 |
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In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM today announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly ...
Multi-core ARM Chips Slated For Smartphones Next Year
Jun 16, 2009 |
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ARM is the chip design company that makes processors for smartphones like the Palm Pre and Apple iPhone 3G. By next year we can expect to see dual-core processors in smartphones, with quad-core to follow sometime ...
Nvidia Adds Five New GPU's to Their Mobile Line
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Nvidia adds five new GPU's to their mobile GeForce lineup. These new chips have up to twice the performance and half the power consumption of previous chips.
Review: New Intel chips power skinny laptops
Jun 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tiny, cheap laptops known as netbooks have been a big success. But not everyone likes their small screens and keyboards, and their processors aren't powerful enough for some common tasks, like playing ...
