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Adventures in PC-Land

In which Jeff, our hero, learns everything you'll need to know about buying a new computer -- a classic tale of boy meets PC, boy loses PC, and, well, read and find out.READ»

Chips Ahoy

Yesterday, Intel announced it has produced a batch of their new processor featuring two processor cores on a single chip. This Pentium Extreme Edition will support four "threads" using Intel's Hyper-Threading. The chip is still not ...READ»

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Apple Creating Chip-Tech Brain-Tank, but Why?

When a big technology company begins gathering a specialist group of experts together, in some cases poaching them from key posts in other successful outfits, it's a strategic maneuver. In this case, it's the famously secretive ...READ»

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Apple Homogenizes its Lineup with More iMac, Mac Mini

Apple pulled the wraps off a suite of new hardware today--all upgrades to its desktop computing line, with both the iMac and Mac Mini getting some modernization. Although what Apple is doing might be better labeled ...READ»

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New iMacs and Mac Mini Today, Rumors Say

The latest grist from the Apple rumor mill comes with some believable specifications about new iMacs and Mac Minis, as well as a potential timescale: Today. The Mac Mini rumors have been going for months. And with good ...READ»

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Freescale Targets $200 Netbooks With New Chips

You probably haven't heard of Freescale--the company doesn't grab many headlines in the CPU world dominated by Intel. But the U.S. company recently announced big plans for netbooks: It wants to put its CPUs inside more of them, and ...READ»

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Asus Announces Multimedia Docking Station

In its continual quest to become a household name, computer components maker Asus (TPE: 2357) has announced a gadget they're calling the ROG XG – a “VGA and multimedia docking station” for notebooks. In what Asus describes as a ...READ»

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AMD Announces "Puma" Notebook Chips

Today AMD made official its line of "Puma" notebook processors, which are AMD Turion X2 Ultra dual-core mobile processors with ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics baked in. That's a mouthful, sure, but it translates into a ...READ»

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Snow Leopard Review: Lightened and Enlightened

OS X Snow Leopard seems to do nothing really new. And yet, it could be their most important OS since 10.0.0. Snow Leopard, as a follow up to Leopard, is almost absurdly insubstantial at first glance. The new operating system takes ...READ»

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Intel Plans to Beat Downturn by Innovating

Just a few weeks ago, Intel announced it would lay off thousands of employees due to the recession, but the company has just revealed another more positive tactic that it will use to beat the financial downturn: Innovation.  In ...READ»

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AMD's Atom-Rival Neo CPU Isn't Really For Netbooks

So AMD's nose-to-nose battle with Intel in every corner of the CPU marketspace really isn't going to happen for netbook CPUs. News about AMD's low-power Neo CPU has arrived and it's not a direct rival to Intel's suite of Atom ...READ»

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Which Chips Should You Bet On?

Which system should you get?READ»

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Mobile Quad-Core Intel Chips Coming

Laptop enthusiasts are finally getting that holy grail of processing power that only their desktop-tethered counterparts had hiterto enjoyed: quad-core processors from Intel [NASDAQ:INTC]. Intel is citing the power-managment ...READ»

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Asus Announces Multimedia Docking Station

Asus intends for gamers to use the docking station as an intermediary between their notebook and a large-screen monitor, the higher resolution of which might tax the notebook's graphics chipset.READ»

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Intel Cuts Chip Prices Dramatically

Intel is making a bold move to try to inject some life into its CPU processor revenue stream: It's slashing prices of its chips, in some cases by 40%. It's a reaction to the lower consumer gadget spending that's been caused by the ...READ»

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Servers Get Cheaper, Courtesy of Netbook Hardware

Some cost-conscious server companies are beginning to use netbook hardware inside their machines to cut costs, according to The New York Times. Intel's low-cost, low-power Atom CPU, which can be found in pretty much every netbook on ...READ»

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Asus Announces Multimedia Docking Station

Asus intends for gamers to use the docking station as an intermediary between their notebook and a large-screen monitor, the higher resolution of which might tax the notebook's graphics chipset.READ»

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InnoWed Deux: Al Gore On Innovation - Build It And They Will Come

A bit more on Current TV. One of the most intriguing elements of the Current TV trajectory thus far, is how clear Gore and Hyatt were from the start that they wanted to do something completely different. In part, it was to address ...READ»

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What's the Matter With Sun?

It's been a tough year for Sun Microsystems -- think of it as the perfect storm. With the company under siege, could it really be possible that Newt Gingrich has the solution?READ»

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On a Roll

The CPU Skateboard from Offi Co. puts even the bulkiest CPU in motion.READ»

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Have Tools, Will Travel

It's every traveler's toughest decision: What digital assistant should I carry? From mini-organizers to full-fledged notebooks, here's how to pick the one gadget that will fit your work style.READ»

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Intel Releases New Chips for Labor Day

While it's tempting to make a chip-related pun, I'll just go ahead and say that Intel [NASDAQ:INTC] announced a group of new processors this holiday week that should compete well with AMD's [NYSE:AMD] recently-revealed Phenom chips. ...READ»

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Intel v. ARM: The Battle to Run Your Smartphone and Netbook

Intel and ARM used to live in peaceful coexistence. ARM designed small chips for a litany of inexpensive devices--mobile phones, disk drives, game systems, anti-lock brakes, washing machines--while Intel's forte was ...READ»

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Apple Rumor Mill Buzzing About iPhone 2; OS 10.6

According to Mac rumor site the Unofficial Apple Weblog, Apple seems to be poised to release the successor to its Leopard operating system, aka OS 10.5, at its World Wide Developer Conference later this month. The update to 10.6 ...READ»

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Intel Inside ... More Than Computers

In the Web 2.0 world, computers aren't the only products that depend on Intel chips.READ»