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Apple's New iMacs House A Few Secrets After All

Though Apple's taken a pretty conservative line with the hardware refresh for its iMac desktop PCs, it turns out that the guts of the machines harbor some juicy secrets.READ»

PC Industry Is Apple's Plaything

Apple has some hot products on sale, and its designs are pushing many an envelope. But are its decisions skewing the PC industry somewhat? The answer is a very probable "yes."READ»

Sony's PSP2 Is a Game-Changer--But You Can't Have It for Months

Sony revealed its PSP2 handheld games console this morning, and among the incredible innovations is the secret to its success--a chipset that beats almost everything else out there this year. The problem is, you can't get your hands on it until late this year.READ»

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iFive: Intel-Nvidia Deal, Jobs to Intro "The Daily," Xoom Tablet's Barometer, Amazon Boosts Kindle Apps, Google Goggles Amazes

Coffee's a colorful liquid known for its accelerative effects on carbon-based life forms--it's perfect for perking you up before a day of work. But iFive, with its handy summary of the early tech news, is even better:READ»

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AMD's Chip Architect Brad Burgess on Mobile Computing's Future

AMD's Brad Burgess is the chief architect behind the company's future low-power/portable device Bobcat CPUs. We spoke to him about them, but also about the future. READ»

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Intel's New Atoms: For Tablets Not Netbooks

Intel's just pulled the covers off its next-generation low-power Atom chips. They're smaller and more power efficient but not necessarily more powerful. Will they revitalize the netbook phenomenon? Nope. They're going in ...READ»

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Will a $1.25B Antitrust Settlement From Intel and New Fusion Chips Save AMD?

In a culimation of talks that began in spring '08, Intel has just agreed to pay $1.25 billion (cash, due in 30 days) to its biggest rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and agreed to a set of "business practice ...READ»

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Lenovo's S12 Netbook Gets Big-Screen, Big Graphics Power from Nvidia

Lenovo's pulled the wraps off its S12, which is far more than a ho-hum addition to its long list of netbook PCs. It's got a 12-inch screen, and is the first netbook to use Nvidia's powerful Ion platform. The S12 is further ...READ»

Intel Won't Require Graphics Chip Bundle For Atom

Last week Nvidia made some news with its Ion chipset for netbooks, which bundles an Atom processor together with an integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics chip. Machines with this bundle inside would be both cheap and powerful ...READ»