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Friday, July 03, 2009
The rumors for a new ultra-thin Playstation 3 game console emerge again.
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For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.
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New figures on the home entertainment market released by the British Video Association using data from the Official Charts Company reveal that Blu-ray Disc sales continue to rise despite the recession biting the sector as a whole in the first half of the year.
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Starting from today, when Bing users search for specific queries related to posts made by prominent users of Twitter,they will see their latest Tweets come up in real time on Microsoft Bing's search results.
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
YouTube announced today that the size of standard uploads has doubled from 1GB to 2GB. The increase means users can upload longer videos at a higher resolution as well as large HD files directly from their camera.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company today announced the foundry segment?s first functional 65-nanometer (nm) multi-time programmable (MTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) process technology.
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Lexar Media today announced the availability of a full line of Crucial memory products that are compliant with the country of origin requirements of the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) of 1979.
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Pioneer today unveils four A/V Receivers designed to bring enhanced detail and dynamic "quick response" from uncompressed Dolby True-HD and DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks used in Blu-ray Disc entertainment.
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Panasonic has developed a recycling technology using laser beams to separate the front panel and back part (funnel) of a cathode ray tube (CRT) used in TV sets.
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Facebook plans to simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to give users more control over the information they share, allowing them to balance their desire to control access to information with their desire to connect.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Scythe announced the availability of the new compact-size BIG Shuriken CPU Cooler.
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Bing has increased Microsoft's share of the search market by 1% in the US according to analysis for June conducted by web analytics firm StatCounter.
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Shinano Kenshi Corporation-Plextor LLC (SKC) has announced the signing of Optelec Canada Inc., to an exclusive agreement to help SKC introduce the company?s PLEXTALK brand digital talking book players (DTBP) to users in Quebec, Canada.
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Intel's largest technical conference returns to San Francisco on Sept. 22-24.
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AMD is releasing the new Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR, a special limited edition processor that support higher voltages and higher frequencies.
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Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5, a major update to its popular, free and open source Web browser. Coming one year after the launch of the Firefox 3, Firefox 3.5 introduces new features, as well as new support for a wide variety of Web standards.
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Online video startup Joost announced today that, along with Joost.com, it will focus on providing white label online video platforms for media companies, including cable and satellite providers, broadcasters and video aggregators.
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The new Skype 4.1 for Windows production version fixes lots of issues, especially ones relating to webcam detection, quoting links in an instant message and invisible cursor after switching windows when using Skype in compact view.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Gold version of Skype 3.0 for Windows Phones is now available for download.
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Micron Technology today announced mass production of new NAND flash memory products using its 34-nanometer (nm) process technology. Micron?s new 16- and 32-gigabit (Gb) NAND chips pair large capacity with performance.
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Software company Global Gaming Factory X AB said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy free file-sharing website The Pirate Bay for $7.7 million and developed a new file-sharing technology.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced the expansion of the "Official License Program" to peripheral manufacturers in Japan, Asia, North America and Europe/ PAL territories.
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Super Talent Technology today began shipping a new line of IDE flash disk modules (FDMs), primarily developed for embedded computing applications.
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NVIDIA today announced the availability of GPU-accelerated plug-in solutions for Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) users, optimized to run on a wide range of NVIDIA Quadro graphics solutions.
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Seiko Epson Corporation and Sony Corporation today announced the execution of an agreement to transfer to the Sony group certain assets of the small - and medium - sized TFT liquid crystal display (LCD) business operated by Epson Imaging Devices Corporation in the Epson group.
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Comcast, U.S' leading provider of communications products and services, launches its high-speed wireless data service tomorrow in Portland as the company kicks off its nationwide rollout of Comcast High-Speed 2go.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Asus is now providing a full range of DVD-RW and Blu-ray Combo drives packed with energy saving features.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) today announced that it has released an enhanced and more cost-effective version of its 0.13μm process.
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Patriot Memory has announced their first co-branded Gamer Series for AMD's socket AM3 processors and desktop platform technology, codenamed "Dragon."
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Corsair announced two new products in its Performance Series SSD family: the P128 and P64 high-performance solid-state drives.
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Pioneer announced today the launch of new in-dash navigation systems, including the AVIC-U310BT, AVIC-F310BT, AVIC-Z110BT, and AVIC-F10BT in the consumer markets for North America, Europe, Russia, and Australia.
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JVC?s XV-BP1 new Blu-ray disc player will be shipped in Japan next month, offering BD-Live, support for DivX and MPEG-4 video including MKV and a USB port.
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Lite-On announced the introduction of a new series external slim DVD-ROM drives, the eTDU108.
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Samsung announced today the latest in its ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung?s 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 is a cost effective solution for consumer electronic (CE) products such as personal navigation devices (PND).
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Yale University researchers have created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, taking another step toward the ultimate dream of building a quantum computer.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sony is reportedly planning to develop a new game handled with cellphone capabilities, according to Saturday report of the Nikkei business daily newspaper.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Sonic Solutions and Zip.ca today announced a partnership to provide Canadian consumers access to digital movie downloads.
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Highlights from the quarter include president Barack Obama?s major speech on cybersecurity, the huge interest in the Conficker worm and social networking Sites, as Well as growth in PDF exploits, according to F-Secure.
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Asus today announced the launch of its 15.6-inch G51 gaming notebooks.
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An IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
A Sweedish court today rejected the Pirate Bay's inquiry for a retrial after claiming that the judge of the trial earlier this year as biased.
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Microsoft today announced the start of the Windows 7 Upgrade Option program as well as pricing details for the new operating system.
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Sonic Solutions today announced that it is partnering with Fujisoft Incorporated to deliver premium entertainment to the Nintendo Wii game console.
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Microsoft today announced Microsoft Hohm, a new online application that enables consumers to better understand their energy usage, get recommendations and start saving money.
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The U.S. International Trade Comission (ITC) decided that
certain Sharp LCD TVs and and computer monitors should be banned from the U.S. because they infringe a patent owned by Samsung Electronics.
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WD today introduced its newly redesigned My Book World Edition II dual- drive network storage system in capacities of up to 4 TB.
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Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. and LG Display Co.,Ltd. have formed a strategic alliance to develop high-performance OLED displays.
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The Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, has ruled that file-hosting service Rapidshare must proactively filter certain content.
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Kaspersky Lab announced the release of Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 ? a new generation of solutions to protect home users from IT threats.
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OCZ Technology is officially extending the warranty of all Vertex Series and Summit Series SSD?s another year on top of the originally specified two year period for a total of three years.
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Asus announced that its motherboards meet the Energy Star 5.0 requirements allowing system builders to make more enviromental-friendly PCs.
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Although the iPhone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iPhone line, product's component selection has changed, according to iSuppli Corp.'s Teardown Analysis.
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Time Warner announced today that it has partnered with Comcast to develop broad principles for the TV Everywhere model to guide the distribution of its television content online.
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LG today unveiled two new ultra-slim "full LED" LCD TVs in Seoul. The new 55-inch screens- models 55LH95 and 55LH93 respectively.
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HTC Corp. will make the Android-based Hero smart phone available for sale by service providers Orange and T-Mobile of Europe in July.
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Pioneer Corporation and Sharp Corporation today signed a formal
contract for the establishment of an optical disk joint venture.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Toshiba may finally support the 'rival' Blu-ray disc format as the Japanese company has been posting losses in the latest quarters.
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SanDisk today introduced the fastest 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SDHC card on the market.
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Microsoft has officially unveiled dthe packaging for the three versions of the Windows 7.
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Asus today announces the availability of the Eee PC 1005HA Seashell in North America.
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Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of a new structure for gallium-nitride high electron-mobility transistors (GaN)(HEMT) that can minimize power loss in power supplies, thus enabling reduced power consumption of electronic equipment such as IT hardware and home electronics.
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Although the global recession will prompt a slight decline in USB-enabled device shipments this year, next-generation "SuperSpeed" technology will fuel the market over the next several years, reports In-Stat.
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Toshiba Storage Device Devision today inreoduced a new series of USB 2.0 portable hard drives, featuring complete system backup and password-protected encryption.
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Matrox Graphics today announced the availability of the Matrox M9138 and Matrox M9148 DisplayPort graphics cards.
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Gigabyte announced a luxury leather wireless mouse made with Swarovski elements.
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HP today unveiled its top-of-the-line Mini PC for on-the-go professionals, the new HP Mini 5101.
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Microsoft today released a beta version of the Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly known as Microsoft Morro) anti-malware software.
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VIZIO has unveiled details for its Fall 2009 Extreme VIZIO Technology, (XVT) series lineup, with 8 new models ranging in sizes from 32" to 55".
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Samsung and Numonyx B.V. today announced they are jointly developing market specifications for Phase Change Memory (PCM) products, a next generation memory technology for handsets, embedded systems and high-end computing devices.
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Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. today showcased a silicon demonstration of a complete XDR memory system running at data rates up to 7.2Gbps with superior power efficiency.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Further uniting the Internet with mobile phones and computers, Intel and Nokia today announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications.
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Intel will reportedly announce today an agreement to sell Nokia processors for mobile devices, a move that could give Intel a foothold in the market for mobile-phone chips.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ) today announced that it would release a "PSP (PlayStation Portable) Rookie Hunters Pack" on July 23, 2009, as a limited offer, at a recommended retail price of 21,000 yen (including tax).
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OCZ today announced the Sabre OLED multimedia keyboard for advanced gaming and customization complete with intelligent management software.
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Seagate today announced three additional BlackArmor product offerings: the BlackArmor NAS 220 storage server, the BlackArmor WS 110 external drive workstation and the BlackArmor PS 110 portable drive.
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The 33rd edition of the TOP500 list of the world?s most powerful supercomputers is still led by Roadrunner and Jaguar, but shows that two of the top 10 positions are now claimed by new systems in Germany.
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Silicon Image today introduced the SiI9387 port processor and the SiI9334 transmitter, the first semiconductor products to incorporate the latest HDMI 1.4 specification features for digital television (DTV) and home theatre applications.
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Apple today announced that it has sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.
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Samsung is now sampling a SATA-interface mini-card solid state drive (SSD) for use in the expanding netbook marketplace.
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Hewlett Packard unveiled a printer on Monday with a built-in Web connection that allows printing directly from the Internet without a PC.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Mozilla announced the Firefox 3.5 release candidate on Friday, June 19, 2009.
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T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, the follow-up to the T-Mobile G1, the world?s first Android powered device.
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Nokia Siemens Networks has taken a significant step towards strengthening its leadership in Long Term Evolution, or LTE, next generation wireless technology and expanding its market presence in North America with an agreement to acquire key assets from Nortel.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Nvidia relaesed the GeForce/ION Driver Release version 186.18, which mainly installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0428.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment today announced the launch of MovieIQ, a new Blu-ray Disc feature powered by Gracenote that offers viewers access to a real-time movie database.
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Microsoft's previously code-named 'Morro' free anti-virus software will become 'Microsoft Security Essentials' with the first beta version schedulled for release next Tuesday.
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LG and virtual desktop specialist NComputing, today announced a partnership to produce a new category of LCD monitors that can function as virtual computers and integrate NComputing's virtual desktop technology.
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Notebooks can now take advantage of optimized battery life and portability with a new line of low-voltage, high-bandwidth DDR3 memory modules introduced today by Micron Technology.
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NEC announced today the world's first development of a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) with current-induced domain wall motion using perpendicular magnetic anisotropy material.
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Sony today unveiled the VAIO NW notebook-- a new line of PCs that provide a high-definition experience while starting at $800 for the standard model and $880 equipped with Blu-ray Disc technology.
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A sneak peek of tomorrow was provided by Intel today at the company's annual Research@Intel Day. Nearly 40 futuristic projects and concepts were showcased in such areas as eco-technology, 3-D Internet, enterprise IT and wireless mobility.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
LG Electronics announced the release of a 3D version of the company's 47LH50 LCD TV.
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Corel today announced Corel Home Office, a new office suite designed specifically to address the needs of consumers and home-based businesses.
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Windows drive letter limitations are "no more" with Nexcopy's new 40 and 60 port PC based USB Duplicators and SD Duplicators.
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Apple has made available the ltest operating system for the new iPhone 3G S model. Some of the improvements include the 'shake' function that makes the iPhone shuffle to a different song as well as the support for Stereo Bluetooth.
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Super Talent Technology today launched a new line of MasterDrive SX SSDs that incorporate 128MB of DRAM cache and reach new performance levels in high performance laptops.
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Samsung announced today that it has developed the world's first 32 Gigabyte (GB) DDR3 module ? for use in server systems. The new module operates at 1.35-volts.
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Intel announced palns to repackage its Core family of microprocessors with new naming schemes - the Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 - and plans to phase out some of its brands, including the "Centrino" for PCs.
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NEC and Toshiba have extended technology development agreements with IBM to participate in the development of a 28-nanometer (nm), high-k metal gate (HKMG), low-power chip technology geared for consumer products, the companies annoucned on Thusday.
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