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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... supercomputer race The AMD-powered "Jaguar" system was dubbed the world's "supreme supercomputer" by the TOP500 organization. 

The upgraded Cray XT5 - which is based in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

2. AOL will axe 2,500 jobs

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   Volunteer or you're for the chop A third of the workforce at AOL will lose their jobs before the company spins off from Time Warner. The process will work like this, according to a memo written by CEO ...

3. Apple tablet delayed. The rumors continue PR drip

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... $1,500 and $1,700. For a machine that allegedly doesn't yet exist, there sure does seem to be a lot of information about them, here.  ...

4. AMD to use Intel cash to pay off debt

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... notes' due in 2012 and all outstanding 7.75 percent senior notes due at the same time. The company also plans to offer $500m worth of new senior notes to finance its recovery plan. $1.25 billion is a ...

5. Nvidia showcases Fermi-based Tesla GPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... calls and recursive functions. The Tesla C2050 and C2070 GPUs (520GFlops - 630 GFlops) are expected to retail for $2,500 and $4,000, while the Tesla S2050 and S2070 (2.1 TFlops - 2.5 TFlops) will have ...

6. Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... has fired out a statement claiming that 402 systems on the Top 500 list use Intel microprocessors. And, it said, three of those are in the top 10 systems. It's using this call to announce a High Performance ...

7. Michael Arrington resurrects enigmatic CrunchPad tablet

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... you might even be able to pick up a touchscreen tablet style netbook in the $400 range. You can already get the Eee PC T91/T91MT for around $500 to $550." UMPCPortal's "Chippy" expressed similar sentiments. ...

8. AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   2.3 petaflops of peak performance The AMD-powered "Jaguar" system has been dubbed the world's "supreme supercomputer" by the TOP500 organization.  The upgraded Cray XT5 - which is based in the Oak Ridge ...

9. Bill Gates says people get paid too much

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... problem to solve", questioning whether government initiatives to sert salary caps of $500,000 was counterproductive. The restriction would be bypassed by giving the executives share options instead.  ...

10. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... It is also offering eight desktops priced under $500.  ...

11. 'eBay for billionaires' launched

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 10 November 2009

    ... It wants to know whether you have an American Express Centurion card, or a VISA Black Card. It also wants to know your net worth - and, boy, it must be so embarrassing to have to check the 'below $500K' ...

12. AMD culls Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... only the Phenom II X4 900 series which has been axed. AMD will also stop taking orders for several Phenom II X4 800, X3 700, X2 500, Athlon II X4 600, X3 400 series CPUs next year. This will leave the ...

13. Apple iPhone released in China at high price tag

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 30 October 2009

    ... $500 more than a similar package in the USA. The price tag is likely to make the iPhone popular only with the super rich - there are many smartphones available in China which cost considerably less.  ...

14. Sony, Philips get wrists slapped very lightly over storage monopoly

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 October 2009

    ... a not very severe ticking off for behaving monopolistically in the recordable media market.Sony got fined NT$1 million ($30,739), Philips NT3.5 million ($107,586.37) and Japanese firm Taiyo Yuden NT$500,000 ...

15. WiMAX far from dead in Taiwan

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Sunday, 25 October 2009

    ... used international roaming on the net.Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum, said: "Roaming is important to operators today, as there are more than 500 WiMAX deployments in more than 145 ...

16. Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... memory and a 320GB hard drive. Finally, Apple introduced a $1,000 Mac Mini that is specially configured with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server and two 500GB hard drives. Mac Book The Mac Book received ...

17. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... and entertainment performance in comparison to the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500. Barry also noted that AMD was "well positioned" for the official debut of Windows 7. "It was important for AMD to get in front ...

18. The Delusions of IT Startups

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... information about companies that are, in most cases still in or barely out of beta with their products (or features). In fact, its own product is still in beta. Most helpful is its YouNoodle 500 list, ...

19. Gartner veep outlines Windows 7 migration costs

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 7 assume that a 2,500 user organization where users have admin access to their PCs would have about 250 apps that need to be tested. If we assume an average of 10 apps per PC and that 15 percent need to ...

20. Can the Palm Pre knock the iPhone off its perch?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... 500 texts and unlimited wi-fi for £34.26. Eighteen-month tariffs are also available, with the 8GB Pre priced at £96.89 for breaking off the relationship early. Not too far off the iPhone 3G deals, but ...

21. 'World's biggest crater' discovered

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... Shiva's outer rim forms a rough, faulted ring some 500km across, encircling a central peak, known as the Bombay High - about three miles tall from the ocean floor. Most of the crater lies submerged on ...

22. "We're through the recession," says Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... 30 percent of the total, up seven percent on last year. The company has been tightening its belt over the last two quarters, cutting its headcount by about 500. As a result, profits for the quarter ...

23. Win a $500 Nokia N97

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    Omio is holding a Halloween competition and all you have to do is enter your scariest video or picture to win the prize.Omio is holding a Halloween competition and all you have to do is enter your scariest ...

24. Mac users cast into outer darkness

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... to the Bible was made, but it has to be about 1,500 years ago, so don’t hold your breath for the next one. Glo is a snip at just $89.99 and launches today. But only in the US. And only in English. Mac ...

25. Atom microarchitecture buoys Intel revenue

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... "ideas" would utilize advanced NAND Flash and SSD technology. See Also Intel reverses semiconductor recession Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines" Is Intel's Atom really the future? ARM ...

26. Sun and Fujitsu upgrade SPARC processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... Oracle is "committed" to SPARC architecture Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"  ...

27. Poke lands Facebook user in court

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... and will produce them in court. Jackson could face a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500 if she is found guilty. She'll appear in court later this month.    ...

28. Radio waves used to see through walls

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... a moving person or object. The devices transmit radio waves at powers 500 times less than a typical cell phone. In their experiments, the team obtained radio signal strength measurements from all the ...

29. European VCs bin majority of entrepreneurs' business plans

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... he received 1,500 business plans a year but they're all consigned to the trashcan. He said these business plans were full of "bullsh*t" and were a "complete waste of time". He said: "I don't care if we ...

30. Free Software Foundation goes mad

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... a letter to the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies including that most open and unmonopolistic of them all, Apple, which was no doubt received with as much amusement and derision as it was when it landed ...

31. Gateway takes on Apple's iMac

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... X4500HD Graphics4GB DDR2 dual channel memory (800MHz)750GB SATA hard drive 8x DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti optical drive Multi-in-one digital media card readerIntegrated 802.11 b/g/DRAFT-N Wi-Fi10/100/1000 (Gigabit) ...

32. Cisco expands management from 10 to 2,500 people

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    Mohsen Moazami, VP of Cisco's internet business solutions group, told the Etre conference today that it has devolved its management from 10 top stars 10 years ago to 2,500 to 3,000 people now.Mohsen Moazami, ...

33. Intel: Xeon 5500 servers are "cash machines"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    Former Intel CTO Pat Gelsinger once predicted that Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 servers would act as "cash machines" for the IT industry. Although Pat recently left the company to pursue other opportunities ...

34. Top 13 reader comments revealed

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... bones in the earth 3000 years ago. How else could they have been put there? Did the Buddha put them in there 500 years before Jesus? Where the heck was Vishnu and Shiva at this time?11. [Bonus item] SCREW ...

35. Fat used to generate stem cells for heart conditions

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... using a person's bone marrow to obtain stem cells. Coronary artery disease is the biggest killer worldwide - and over 500,000 people in the USA have heart bypass surgery each year. ...

36. World’s largest windfarm breezes into Texas

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... and Siemens. "Completing the world's biggest wind farm took more than a billion dollar investment, coordination with more than 300 landowners and management of more than 500 workers," North American ...

37. Microsoft finally gets anti-malware right

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... is a 500MHz CPU and 1GB of RAM, while under Windows 7, the memory footprint is a commendably-compact 4MB A glance at the screenshots shows the UI is pretty uncluttered and elegant while offering excellent ...

38. Apocalypse anytime you want

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... the fact that boasts no fewer than six contra-rotating rotors. The X6 isn't by any stretch of the imagination cheap, however. An entry-level system will set you back around £12,500 courtesy of Air2air which ...