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1. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... - delivers more current than the board draws at default settings. Japanese 47 μF pure ceramic capacitors - ensures ultra-clean power delivery to the GPUs. Massive vapor-chamber - pulls up to 400W worth ...

2. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... technology - which allows multiple graphics processors to accelerate FPS in more than 20 titles when using Eyefinity." He added that the 5970 was designed to target the graphic industry's "sweet spot" ...

3. Phenom II overclockers shatter 7GHz barrier

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 16 November 2009

   ... and there are many more memorable and magical moments to experience." See Also AMD powered Jaguar wins supercomputer race Intel claims it's driving supercomputers. Not AMD AMD says Fusion will knock ...

4. Churchill, Hemingway and Golding were failures

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... line-up. Hemingway was told by the computer that he should write with more care and detail and he should also be more careful about cleaning his shotgun. Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange was ranked ...

5. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... I know the bee's knees is supposed to be Photoshop, but Paint Shop Pro does everything I need. I'm browser agnostic. If it works, be it IE or Firefox or Safari, I'm more than happy.  ...

6. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   ... no other site does this. Here's why. You may wish to have a dictionary to hand for some of the more challenging words. Opinion: A few months back, we took the brave - some might say daft - decision to ...

7. Daylight Saving is a waste of time

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Sunday, 25 October 2009

   ... bottle of cold tea won't be much use in keeping the cold at bay. How much better would it be if we could somehow move time so it was daylight all the time? We could get more plowing done if it wasn't so ...

8. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 25 October 2009

   ... efficiency, about 10x more than Intel's Nehalem processor. Tilera also delivers significantly better performance per watt than Sun's SPARC architecture." He added that the world was "shifting away" from ...

9. Brain is capable of ultra-precise time recognition

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   ... any given time point with remarkable precision - less than 50 milliseconds. More work is needed to establish how the brain produces this time code, and how it is used to control behavior and learning. ...

10. Windows, users, guns and stupidity

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 12 October 2009

    ... seems more likely – the people who have genuinely lost data are morons who have no clue what they’re doing. The truth is, as ever, more mundane. The readers posting replies involving Windows crashing ...

11. Windows 7 boots fast enough for normal people

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 11 October 2009

    ... goes off when they close the door. iolo promises yet more shock revelations about Windows 7’s startup and shutdown times later today. Did we mention that iolo is a company that want you to buy products ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 October 2009

    ... about the potential threat posed by Sun's SPARC processor. In May, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison insisted that SPARC processors were "much more energy efficient" than Intel chips. The claim prompted an official ...

13. AMD aims at simplicity for the tech generation

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... dual and quad cores, and tech jargon for tech jargon’s sake. We took time out yesterday to interview Leslie Sobon, VP of worldwide product marketing and who was more than happy to range far and wide ...

14. Pump it up: the computer that runs on air

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    ... the required vacuum can be generated by a hand pump means it may be useful in developing countries. Read more in Lab on a Chip.  ...

15. Samsung debuts 1GHz "iPhone" processor

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 27 July 2009

    ... faster gaming, and a longer battery life. Meeting these conflicting demands typically means building a new processor implementation from scratch. That can take as long as two or more years and hundreds ...

16. Intel roadmap details sneak out under the radar

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    More details on future chip plans have slipped through Intel's famously-tight grasp.Santa Clara (CA) - More details on future chip plans have slipped through Intel's famously-tight grasp. In early August, ...

17. AMD releases a processor you can’t buy

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 30 June 2009

    ... and apparently are the best processors AMD currently yields from its production, allowing much more clock speed than the average Phenom processors you can buy on store shelves. The CPUs, described as ...

18. End the iPhone exclusivity

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Monday, 29 June 2009

    Analyst Opinion - I live in the Great White North, which typically means I can buy new technology six months after it is first released in the U.S. I’ll also pay more for the privilege thanks to a weak ...

19. Rambus showcases 7.2Gbps XDR memory system

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 23 June 2009

    ... memory controller is up to 3.5 times more power efficient than a GDDR5 controller, while the total memory system provides approximately twice the bandwith than GDDR5 at equivalent power. "Future graphics ...

20. Browser wars: When will the madness end?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Monday, 15 June 2009

    ... performance in terms of raw megahertz was a complete waste of time. Countless other factors had a more serious impact on overall performance and normal users simply wouldn't know or care how fast their ...

21. The clock is ticking for Apple’s next big thing

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    ... make consumers and business alike more likely to hold on to what they’ve got for a little while longer. But the long-term trend was already in play even before the bottom fell out of the economy. That’s ...

22. Intel vs. AMD 6-core CPUs: Speed vs. power?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 01 June 2009

    ... that, in terms of pure performance, Istanbul gets smoked at this time. A 2.66 GHz X7460 Dunnington system turned in a value of 291. And the performance gap is even more obvious if we are looking at the ...

23. AMD stifling competition? Did Palit screw AMD?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    ... engineering ideas and marketing to stay alive, much more so than other industries. And it seems that Palit had a seemingly ingenious idea to cut a bunch of dollars off their bill of materials (BOM) for ...

24. Intel delays Lynnfield launch

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 25 May 2009

    ... in late August, says the report. Intel is concerned that the global economic downturn is slowing market demand and hopes the delay will allow more time for 4-series stocks to clear the shelves. Three ...

25. CE3100: Intel squeezes yet another chip out of the old Dothan core

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 25 May 2009

    ... This time, Intel focuses much more on its core strength than before and in fact tries to learn from the CE industry, rather than trying to change it.Santa Clara (CA) – During my most recent visit to ...

26. Obama discusses top NASA job with ex-astronaut today

    (Space/Space Features)

    Tuesday, 19 May 2009

    ... I. More recently, he was on the board of directors of Gencorp, parent company of Aerojet, which has a contract to build engines for the Orion capsule that is to ride on top of the Ares I rocket. While ...

27. Via claims Dell server win

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 18 May 2009

    ... Although in performance terms the Nano is a bit of a lightweight, clocked at a derisory 1.6GHz, the power consumption numbers could give it a boost in companies more interested in appearing to be green ...

28. AMD pushes Phenom II to 3.2 GHz, you can push it further

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

    ... have taken the chip to 3.8 GHz, and with some luck, you may get more. First reviews from Tom;’s Hardware or Anandtech, for example, indicate that it is a formidable gaming CPU, but it can’t touch Intel’s ...

29. Should Google dump YouTube?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    ... toward a more Hulu-esque future, but as long as they’re buried in a sea of self-produced, low-quality content, advertisers will continue to shun Google’s video subsidiary. As hugely popular as it is, ...

30. Intel shows off next-gen Atom processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 08 April 2009

    ... more focused and could turn into an interesting competitor to ARM processors. Intel also launched two new Atom processors with Silverthorne core. The Z550 is positioned on the very high-end with a clock ...

31. Sparkle announces 2 GB consumer graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 07 April 2009

    ... of 1476 MHz. Sparkle promises that the 2 GB card will deliver up to 30% more performance in some games than “competing single GPU graphic card solutions.” Pricing was not announced.  ...

32. Nintendo DSi on sale in United States

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Saturday, 04 April 2009

    ... $170 for a model in either blue (cyan) or black. The DSi includes front-facing 3.0 Megapixel and rear-facing 0.3 Megapixel cameras, two slightly larger screens, more memory, an SD card slot, and is backward ...

33. Intel posts Xeon 5500 pricing, adds new mobile CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... of the Xeon 5500 (and more than four weeks after Apple’s decision to introduce the CPU), the new processors have made it into Intel’s public price list. Previously called Nehalem-EP, the twelve different ...

34. UPDATE: Intel attacked over Xeon 5500's power-efficiency

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... come down to the way power-efficiency is defined. Is it an overall substantial drop in power consumption or is it simply more processing power that can be squeezed from the same amount of energy? In Intel’s ...

35. Intel unleashes Nehalem-EP server CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    ... look “cool” again.   In some way, Intel’s Nehalem-EP CPU launch, which is now called the Xeon 5500 series (succeeding the Penryn-based Xeon 5400 series), isn’t new anymore. Apple jumped the gun ...

36. Fennec Beta 1 review: The future of mobile browsing is here

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    ... also test versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux desktop that mimic the mobile environment. There will be at least two more betas and one release candidate before Fennec ships sometime in 2009. Here's ...

37. More iPhone OS 3.0 features emerge: Video record, Internet tethering, Find My iPhone

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    ... for recorded videos and then sharing them via MMS -- just like what the new Voice Memos app does for audio recordings. Apple's 358-page iPhone patent holds more cues to video recording capabilities. It's ...

38. Surfboard: VIA releases new platform for mini-notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ... Today, they can compete but typically use more power. VIA's C7-M comes with several power saving modes and the ability to change clock frequency on-the-fly in a single clock cycle (Intel CPUs take 2,000 ...

39. The second Android cellphone arrives by Easter

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    T-Mobile's G1 Android will soon be joined be three more Android-powered cellphones. Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC) will first release Magic, debuting in April, with two more devices arriving ...

40. Apple tax on the latest Mac gear: 40 percent

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    ... This ComputerWorld report cited IDC analyst Richard Shim who observes that despite hardware refresh Apple's $599 Mac mini still costs up to 40 percent more than comparably outfitted Windows PCs. Many ...

41. Apple tweaks MacBooks, Time Capsule, AirPort Extreme and keyboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 March 2009

    ... 1 MB per second. This compares to conventional hard drives which typically access data in excess of 10 MB per second on average, with bursts up to 40 MB per second or more. Hard drive access will also ...

42. Italian priest asks youth to give up Facebook, iPods and texting for Lent

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 04 March 2009

    ... to Archbishop Benito Cocchi, this modern alternative to the more conventional traditions of fasting will help Italy's youth "cleanse themselves from the virtual world and get back into touch with themselves."Under ...

43. Apple updates Mac mini, should you buy it?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... The system also comes with more memory and storage, along with cool extras, like an additional USB port, a speedier FireWire 800 interface for transferring digital video, dual display support and both ...

44. LG Versa: Unboxing the "iPhone Beater"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... Daily. Having bought more than 18 cellphone over the last two years, some might consider her a cellphone addict, but others, like us, believe that she can compare the value of a cellphone to the user much ...

45. Apple refreshes iMacs, adds a new top-of-the-line model to the family

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... to the company, new iMacs exceed current Energy Star 4.0 requirements while "leading the industry" as early adopters of the more stringent Energy Star 5.0 requirements which will become effective later ...

46. ATI releases new 40nm 4800-series Mobile GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... support (GDDR5 more than doubles graphics memory bandwidth over GDDR3). The GPUs sport 640 stream processors in a die size that is nearly the same size as the previous mobile near high-end 4670 chip, which ...

47. Next-gen Mac mini spyshots and specs leak online

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 20 February 2009

    ... the next-gen Mac mini will feature both the Mini DisplayPort and Mini DVI monitor ports, FireWire 800 and one more USB port to enable greater native expandability. Clock speed for the system's Intel Core ...

48. UPDATED: NASA to launch orbiting carbon observatory to study CO2

    (Space/Space Features)

    Thursday, 19 February 2009

    ... more reliable forecasts on future changes in the abundance and distribution of CO2 in the atmosphere, as well as the effect these changes may have on the Earth's long-term climate. According to NASA, ...

49. UPDATED: Intel's 8-core CPUs will have 2.3 billion transistors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 09 February 2009

    ... in parallel. This week at ISSCC 2009, Intel will be providing more detailed information about the Nehalem processor lineup. According to the conference program, 45 nm Nehalem processors are on the way ...

50. Intel steps up Harpertown, Wolfdale and Core i7 920, not mobile chipsets

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 30 January 2009

    ... throughout a product's life cycle. They are introduced to fix errata, update packaging, internally revamp the CPU's wiring so it is more efficient, clocks faster, runs cooler or for any other advantageous ...