Computers
NVIDIA Promises Powerful, Sub-$45 Processing Platform to Counter Intel
by Brandon Hill - DailyTech.com
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NVIDA looks to VIA for help with a new low-cost processing platform.
When it comes to new opportunities for growth in the PC industry, the common trend appears to be going downward instead of up. We first saw this with ASUS’ Eee PC notebook which starts at […]
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Yahoo lukewarm on Microsoft bid
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Internet search engine Yahoo says it is “not opposed” to Microsoft’s takeover bid, but wants a better price.
The letter from Yahoo’s board was a swift response to a deadline issued at the weekend by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for Yahoo to agree to the deal.
Microsoft warned if […]
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Thin Intel Netbook to vie with MacBook Air?
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by Brooke Crothers
During a keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, an Intel executive brandished a Netbook that looked Air-thin. Will inexpensive Linux Netbooks be a poor man’s MacBook Air?
Most of the photos to date of upcoming Netbooks are ho-hum designs, engineered to be inexpensive yet practical for users such […]
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Details of AMD’s Manufacturing Plans Around the Corner
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by Tom Krazit
CNet.com - AMD could finally be getting ready to explain how it intends to build chips in the future, almost a year after dropping hints that it would revamp its manufacturing strategy.
Hans Mosesmann, an analyst with Raymond James, believes AMD is about to reveal a new manufacturing strategy that […]
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MacBook Air hacked in security contest
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by Tom Krazit
CNet.com - A team of security researchers has won $10,000 for hacking a MacBook Air in two minutes using an undisclosed Safari vulnerability.
IDG News Service is camped out at CanSecWest in lovely Vancouver, Canada, and has chronicled the exploits (gotta love security puns) of Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff, and […]
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Intel to Answer AMD’s Fusion?
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by Andy Patrizio
InternetNews - A future Nehalem processor would combine Intel’s graphics technology with a dual-core CPU. Intel is reportedly preparing its own product to compete against AMD’s “Fusion” processor, a combined CPU/GPU, for an early 2009 release, according to published reports.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has made no secret of plans to […]
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ASUS Reveals Eee PC Desktop Variant
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by Brandon Hill
DailyTech - The Asus Eee PC lineup expands to include a desktop model. DailyTech reported in late January that ASUS was hard at work on a desktop variant of its popular Eee PC sub-notebook. The original Eee PC turned out to be the surprise hit of 2007 and the company […]
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