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1. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... performance in a multi-GPU computing environment. Lucid spokesperson Kimberly Stowe told TG Daily that Hydra 200-based motherboards were expected to reach consumers by Q1 2010. AMD powered Jaguar wins ...

2. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Hybrid approach wins out ATI has revealed a critical engineering decision that led to the successful production of its Radeon HD 5970 graphics card. "When we were first designing the 5970, we came to ...

3. Auto roti maker wins Intel prize

   (Sustainability/Sustainability Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   And the biodegradable bone The Intel+Berkeley cooperative attempt to promote fresh ideas has announced the three winners of its entrepreneurial push. But we'll start with the third prizewinner as that ...

4. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... help keep it in the lead and ahead of the competition."

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5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. Churchill, Hemingway and Golding were failures

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   Computer unimpressed with style A new computerized exam system in the UK has ranked texts written by Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway and William Golding as 'below average'.  If the trio were sitting ...

8. Carly Fiorina to run for Senate

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Wednesday, 04 November 2009

   Winsome ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina is running for the US Senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer of California. Winsome ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina is running for the US Senate seat currently held by Barbara ...

9. Facebook wins $711 million against spammer

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 30 October 2009

   Facebook has won $711.2 million in damages from internet marketer Sanford Wallace. Facebook has won $711.2 million in damages from internet marketer Sanford Wallace. The company filed an anti-spamming ...

10. Steve Jobs is more popular than Oprah

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 13 October 2009

    ... Winfrey (25 percent) Tony Hawk (16 percent) Mark Zuckerberg (10 percent) The Olsen twins (seven percent) Kimora Lee Simmons (four percent) Jack Kosakowski, president of Junior Achievement ...

11. DivX CEO: We've still a lot of streaming to do

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    ... market has moved to video streaming. We've had a couple of big misses but we've had a few big wins." DivX has been downloaded half a billion times, said Hell. DivX has an opportunity to go to mobile ...

12. Intel accidentally previews Larrabee, Gulftown

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... transcripts of Maloney's keynote from this afternoon's session of IDF in the pigeon holes of the Press Room, several hours before Stomping Sean was due to take the stage. Rupert Goodwins of ZdNet UK ...

13. Intel shows off 22 nanometer, optimistic about future

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 September 2009

    ... with a connection to Asus app store. Acer is doing a similar thing. Intel has 460 embedded wins with Atom and the CPUs will proliferate at hotel bedsides and slot machines, across many segments. In-vehicle ...

14. Intel's talking about my g-g-g-generation

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 20 September 2009

    ... missing from this IDF though - Rupert Goodwins and I were chatting about this last night over a couple of the biggest Margaritas in the world, available opposite the W Hotel and the Fire Station. The ...

15. Allman Brothers tie record company to the whipping post

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 16 September 2009

    ... and former member Dickey Betts - denying a motion to dismiss the case filed by defendant UMG Recordings. If the band wins the legal tussle it could have a knock-on effect for other musicians with back ...

16. LG to launch first Android mobile in Q4

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 14 September 2009

    ... to appeal to people 'who use their handsets for email and social networking, keeping them connected to their work or personal communities'. The phone joins the growing list of Android wins, including Motorola's ...

17. Microsoft wins appeal against $358 million fine

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 11 September 2009

    The federal appeals court has ruled that while Microsoft did infringe an Alcatel-Lucent patent, a fine of $358 million imposed on it was too stiff.The federal appeals court has ruled that while Microsoft ...

18. i4i challenges Microsoft's 'weak defenses'

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 09 September 2009

    ... i4i v. Microsoft is scheduled to be heard by the United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. on September 23, 2009. See also Microsoft wins temporary stay of Word injunction HP ...

19. TiVo wins $200 million in patent infringement suit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 07 September 2009

    A US district court has ordered Dish Network Corp and sister company EchoStar to pay TiVo $200 million in damages for violating a permanent injunction banning the unauthorized use of the latter's "time ...

20. Microsoft wins temporary stay of Word injunction

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 03 September 2009

    The US Court of Appeals has accepted Microsoft's request to postpone a controversial injunction that would have barred sales of its popular Word application. The injunction - imposed by a Texas-based ...

21. SanDisk wins partial review of patent ruling

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 25 August 2009

    SanDisk has persuaded the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to review its April ruling on patent infringement.Washington, DC - SanDisk has persuaded the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to ...

22. Finjan wins extra damages against Secure

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 20 August 2009

    Web security firm Finjan has won increased damages and a permanent injunction against Secure Computing - owned by McAfee - for infringing patents found in its WebWasher and TSP Products. Wilmington, ...

23. AMD takes lead in discrete mobile graphics

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 17 August 2009

    ... more units sold quarter-over-quarter in the first six months of 2009. According to AMD, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 and ATI Mobility Radeon 4670 have scored over 200 design wins including the HP ...

24. Global Foundries has a fighting chance

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    ... Dresden, Germany. It has expertise in areas that can't be matched by TSMC, UMC, or Chartered - in the very important X86 business. We think it really has got a chance, and other design wins will follow ...

25. Night warfare: moths jam bats' sonar

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 17 July 2009

    There's nothing new under the sun. Biologists have discovered that one type of moth jams the sonar of bats with bursts of its own ultrasound. Winston-Salem, NC - There's nothing new under the sun. Biologists ...

26. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... $500 one time charge. Includes 30-days of access to the Ninja2Ninja Mentoring Network. SocialMediaNinja-ONLINE QUICK WINS Learn your online strengths and weaknesses and prepare to strike the competition. ...

27. Pirate Party wins European Parliament seat

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 08 June 2009

    Sweden's Pirate Party, created to lobby for free internet content, has won a seat in the European elections. Stockholm, Sweden - Sweden's Pirate Party, created to lobby for free internet content, has ...

28. Twelve year old names next Mars rover

    (Space/Space Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    ... sixth-grade student at the Sunflower Elementary school in Lenexa, Kansas, submitted the winning entry and wins a trip to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, where she will sign her name directly ...

29. Microsoft, Intel put squeeze on Via

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 25 May 2009

    ... to vendors wanting to produce systems running Windows 7. Via has just won a Computex award for its "Nano" microprocessor but Intel's Atom has more wins than the Taiwanese company. The jury is still ...

30. Apple may start to sell netbooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 21 May 2009

    ... a serious commitment to design and engineering. Currently Intel now dominates the market for netbooks with its Atom family, with plenty of design wins. Is it necessary to re-invent the mouse trap? This, ...

31. Tessera wins semi case against Moto, ATI et al

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    Technology firm Tessera has won a case with the International Trade Commission (ITC) which will limit a number of companies from infringing its patents. Technology firm Tessera has won a case with the ...

32. Rambus liberated by the Feds

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    ... obscure memory IP firm has finally come to an end. The FTC has decided to drop any further litigation against Rambus, a company that was once so close to Intel that they were considered twins by some. ...

33. Intel positions artillery to fight $1.45 billion EU fine

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 13 May 2009

    ... said. When accused of unfair pricing, he referred to the explanation of general volume discounts. AMD and Intel are bidding for business and if that is the case, “there is always one who wins and one who ...

34. Oracle-Sun: A glass half full

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    ... and may also signal the death knell for the Sparc processor (to the benefit of Intel and AMD). So the winner in this event is clearly Oracle, but Sun wins as well since it would have floundered without ...

35. The Pirate Bay: Piracy not dead by a longshot

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Monday, 20 April 2009

    ... online if the process was a little friendlier. It won’t be long before more Pirate Bay-like cases make their way through the courts. Whoever wins or loses is almost irrelevant. While lawyers get rich, ...

36. Study finds brain speed linked to intelligence

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ... conveyances actually signal faster in smarter people. To keep the test as unbiased as possible, the researchers took 92 people (46 sets of twins -- some identical and some fraternal) through a normal ...

37. Internet Protocol TV World Forum coming later this month

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 16 March 2009

    ... for the same monthly charge. Samantha Rose Hunt, on the other hand, believes the opposite. She believes it will be quality which wins out over flexibility, such that we will pay a premium for our at-home ...

38. IE8 beats Chrome and Firefox, says Microsoft

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 March 2009

    ... twelve of the 25 largest websites faster than Chrome or Firefox, while Chrome wins in nine and Firefox in four. The comparison, however, did not include Firefox 3.1 Beta, but rather the upcoming 3.05, ...

39. Microsoft patches critical image file flaw

    (Security/Security Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in Windows DNS server and Windows WINS server. Microsoft said that these issues may cause Windows computers to be redirected on the Internet and affect user authentication. ...

40. Security whiz spells Safari's doom in upcoming hacking contest

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    ... under Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio P machine. Contestants will be also invited to break into Safari and Firefox running under OS X Leopard on MacBook Air. Whoever wins gets to walk home with $5,000 in the ...

41. Intel wins TSMC support to gear up for historic battle with ARM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    A chip maker's business model is relatively simple at its core:  Sell more chips every year. Intel has now found a niche with its Atom processor, a niche that appears to be growing into a gigantic opportunity ...

42. UPDATED: Verizon Wireless to welcome iPhone on its network?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Monday, 23 February 2009

    ... 'em Everyone wins. Both Apple and AT&T cash in more on the new phone, while customers get the cheaper hardware (although they end up paying way more for the two-year service). Some industry watchers think ...

43. Linus Torvalds' old company now officially dead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

    ... long and there were not many design wins for the chip – the most significant may have been the integration of Crusoe in a silver-purple Sony Vaio sub-notebook, which this writer can remember all ...

44. Acer Aspire Predator desktop PC wins WinHEC 2008 award

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    Chicago (IL) - During the recently concluded WinHEC 2008, the futuristic looking Acer Aspire Predator G7000 series desktop PC was chosen for a WinHEC 2008 award based on its distinctive industrial design, ...