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Sharp unveils ultra-sensitive touch-screen LCD
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Japan's Sharp Corp, a leading producer of liquid crystal displays, on Friday unveiled a new LCD system equipped with an ultra-sensitive touch screen.
Intel Develops Tera-Scale Research Chips
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Intel Corporation today described the significant technical challenges that need to be addressed if computing, from personal devices to giant data centers, is to keep up with increasing demand by consumers ...
Japanese Researchers Develop Portable 3D Display System
Sep 29, 2006 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has co-developed a portable, seven-inch 3D display system with Associate Professor Yasuhiro Takagi of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Both still images and video can ...
Standardized battery wants to appeal to all gadgets
Feb 29, 2008 |
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All plug-in electronics use the same power cord, and all battery-operated devices use one of a few standard sizes. Even computer accessories mostly all have USB capabilities. So why not standardize rechargeable ...
Samsung Introduces the Next Generation of Nonvolatile Memory - PRAM
Sep 12, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics announced that it has completed the first working prototype of what is expected to be the main memory device to replace high density NOR flash within the next decade - a Phase-change Random ...
ASUS Rampage II Extreme Motherboard Set i7 Overclocking Record
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the release of the Intel Core i7, there is excitement every where about overclocking records being broken. The ASUS Rampage II Extreme motherboard supports the newest Intel platform and ...
Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to ...
Intel Launches Core i7 -- Fastest Processor on the Planet
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Intel Corporation introduced its most advanced desktop processor ever, the Intel Core i7 processor. The Core i7 processor is the first member of a new family of Nehalem processor designs and is the most sophisticated ...
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 ...
NVIDIA Reveals First Next-Generation GeForce 9 Series GPU
Feb 21, 2008 |
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NVIDIA Corporation has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) of its next-generation GeForce 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the Company’s history. Introduced ...
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.
Mitsubishi’s new Blu-ray converts your movies into 3D
Aug 28, 2007 |
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Mitsubishi recently revealed a new Blu-ray player that can convert existing 2D movies into 3D in real time. The company showed off the technology to a few tech journalists at the Barclay’s PGA Tour at Westchester Country ...
Samsung Develops World’s Slimmest Mobile LCD Screen
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world’s largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels announced today that it has developed the thinnest reported LCD panel, one no thicker ...
Memjet Customers, Roadmap Start Taking Shape
Mar 27, 2007 |
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PC OEMs and camera makers could be among the customers for Memjet's revolutionary inkjet printers that were first disclosed last week. Meanwhile, the company has already started talking about taking the Silverbrook technolog ...
Intel Ships Enterprise-Class Solid-State Drives
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Intel Corp. has begun shipping its highest- performing solid-state drive (SSD), the Intel X-25E Extreme SATA Solid-State Drive, aimed at server, workstation and storage systems. Unlike mechanical drives, the ...
