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 On Tuesday, at the Computex electronics show, Micro-Star International (MSI) launched the Wind mini-desktop PC and the Wind mini-laptop.When comparing the Wind desktop to a traditional PC, the former stands out with two major advantages: size and power consumption. Its dimensions are 300mm by 260mm by 65mm and, for running at full...
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 On Monday, Nvidia Corp launched its new Tegra chip designed for small devices such as laptops or netbooks. According to Mike Rayfield, general manager of Nvidia's mobile and handheld division, the Tegra architecture, with its 193 sq. mm, is about a tenth of the Menlow platform’s size. The Tegra chip was designed to minimize power; 720p...
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 On Tuesday, Intel Corp. officials announced that the company would delay the launch of its "Montevina" Centrino 2 chips. The reasons for the push-back were said to be "technical and certification problems." Although the world’s leader on the microprocessor market was supposed to launch the new technology in either May...
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 On Friday, FBI officials announced that following an investigation (code-named Operation Cisco Raider) regarding counterfeit network components produced in China, that were bought by the U.S. government, $3.5 million worth of fake devices were recovered. The main concern with this entire situation was the posibility that the counterfeit...
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 On Monday, microprocessor giant Intel Corp has signed a multi-year contract with supercomputer maker Cray Inc.; the goal of this collaboration is to develop a new range of HPC systems and technologies. A specific launch date hasn’t been officially made public yet, but the first Intel-Cray supercomputers are expected to be ready around...
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 On Monday, Apple finally announced the powering up of its iMac line with new Intel Core 2 Duo processors. This new iMac comes in three versions. The first, a 20-inch 2.4-GHz, featuring an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT (with 128-MB memory), will be made available for the price of $1,199. The second ($1,499), a 20-inch 2.66-GHz, will feature an...
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 On Monday, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the launch of Blu-ray player’s fourth generation, which is expected to be made available for sale sometime this summer, and Blu-ray home theater’s second generation. According to Dongsoo Jun, chief of Digital AV Business Division at Samsung Electronics, the overall Blu-ray market should...
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 On Wednesday, Samsung Electronics America announced the
launch of its new line of desktop monitors, called "Touch Of Color" (TOC).
The new monitors come in the following sizes: 19-inch (T190), 22-inch (T220), 24-inch
(T240) and 26-inch (T260); the response time for the smaller models is of 2ms
and for the larger ones is of...
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 On Tuesday (Earth Day), at the Fortune Brainstorm conference in Pasadena, California, Dell announced "the company's smallest and most environmentally-responsible consumer desktop PC."This comes after the announcement made by the company on World Environment Day last year, when the idea of a partnership between Dell and...
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 The final specifications and prices of newcomer Asus Eee PC 900 in the UK have been made public, including the operating systems the laptop supports, namely Linux or Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP Home. On Tuesday Asustek Computer Inc. unveiled the new 900 that comes with an 8.9-inch display running at a resolution of 1,024 by 600 pixels,...
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