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Hitachi,Toshiba,Fujitsu To Form New HDD Company
2008-01-13 02:49:00
CNET News reports Hitachi , the Japanese conglomerate, is talking to Toshiba and Fujitsu about forming a new company dedicated to hard drives and storage systems.The new company would combine the limping hard drive divisions of Hitachi and Toshiba as well as some of the storage systems technology from Fujitsu. Each would own a third.The three-way deal is being proposed as an alternative to a private equity buyout. Hitachi has been in discussions with equity firm Silver Lake and others about spinning off its money-losing hard drive group, according to sources and news reports. Those talks, however, have not gone smoothly, sources familiar with the discussions said. If a deal occurs, it will likely occur by April 1, the beginning of the new business year in Japan. In December, Hitachi said that it wants to improve its hard drive business, but has not decided to sell it. It has not formally commented since. Toshiba and Fujitsu have yet to return requests for comment.
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Cowon's iAudio U5 Heads to America
2008-01-13 02:47:00
Don't feel bad if the iAudio U5 hasn't creeped into your mind since it "debuted" at IFA last September -- it's not like Cowon's doled out any sort of marketing blitz to keep us intrigued. Nevertheless, this somewhat stylish little DAP is apparently making its way to the US of A for those who like to avoid the me-too crowd. Specs wise, you'll find a 1.8-inch 160 x 128 resolution LCD, up to a full day of battery life, 4GB / 8GB of internal memory, MP3 / WMA / WAV playback, a built-in FM radio and voice recorder, user adjustable five-band EQ and USB connectivity. Good enough for you? Cough up $149.99 / $109.99 to snag one in 8GB or 4GB, respectively. Source
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RBS6Nations.com:Go Get The Official
2008-01-12 16:22:00
Here's a good news for all those rugby fans who are interested to know the latest happenings from the world of European Rugby.RBS6nations.com is the official website for Europe's premier international rugby tournament which is the battle ground for the 6 nations championship.So,now you needn't have to search the web to find out latest news,fixtures,match analysis etc,as they will provide you with all sorts of official datas from the world of European rugby.Apart from all those official fixtures of the tournament they also provide some interactive rugby games and podcasts section for the fans of six nations.So,I think this is the right place for the fans to get a close look at their favourite teams and a good reason to cheer for.If you missed out any of those matches ,you can always catch it out later on their website through their Match Video Highlights.If that's not enough,check out their Online Store to get some official rugby merchandise and other products.
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ATI Catalyst 8.1 Leaked
2008-01-12 03:17:00
That time of the month is again closing in and AMD is preparing a brand new Catalyst driver for its Radeon graphics card series. But, at least Vista users, don't have to wait much as a beta version of the new Catalyst 8.1 has found its way online.Featuring the 8.452 display driver, the Catalyst 8.1 for both the 32 and 64bit version of Windows Vista comes with support for almost everything released since the days of the Radeon 9550 plus a few cards and IGPs that haven't been released - the Radeon HD 3200, 3450, 3470, 3650 and the dual-RV670 Radeon HD 3870 X2. To give the new Catalyst 8.1 a try simply download it from here.Source
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CES 2008:ATI to Launch Radeon 3670/3450 on Jan 23
2008-01-12 03:08:00
ATI will launch Radeon 3670 and 3450 on the January 23rd and again we are talking about healthy quantity.Both cards are 55 nanometre, Direct X 10.1 capable and they are suppose to replace the 2600 and 2400 series that were selling quite well at least until 3850 was launched.Both cards are DisplayPort and HDMI capable but this depends on the board design. Source
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Trade Your Gold With BullionVault.com
2008-01-11 09:30:00
Do you want to sell or buy gold online?Then BullionVault.com offers you to do so.BullionVault.com is a revolutionary way for individuals to buy and sell gold bullion online, direct to each other in a selection international vaults - in London, New York or Switzerland.They provide every individual a simple, safe and cost-effective way of buying golds, storing, and then selling them at very attractive prices.BullionVault.com is now the fastest growing way to buy gold on the Internet with nearly 5 tonnes of gold in its vaults.Individuals can buy gold bullion online at live gold prices from either of the three currencies namely dollars,euros or pounds.They not only help traders to store their gold in the safest environment but also offers both buyers and sellers to get maximum out of their gold.They help you to buy or sell gold bullions bypassing the gold dealers and thereby helping you to get the best possible gold exchange rate.So before you decide to sell or buy gold bullions be sure...
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AMD Working On New Phenom
2008-01-11 04:40:00
Fudzilla reports that AMD is working on a 1.8GHz clocked quad-core 65-watt energy efficient Phenom and we can expect it shortly.Said to be called the 9100E, the new energy efficient Phenom will feature both 2MB of L2 cache, 2MB of L3 cache and it will be based on the B-2 stepping, according to our sources. The 9100E is expected to be available late in the first quarter of 2008.Requests from AMD to comment on the upcoming existence of the 65-watt Energy Efficient Phenom were met with a firm, ?No comment? from AMD's PR.
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ATI Radeon HD 3670 aka RV635 Reviewed
2008-01-11 04:19:00
Expreview published a preview of the ATI Radeon HD 3670 256MB aka RV635.Performance wise this card is not very impressive over Radeon HD 2600 XT.The test result shows RV635 have a limited performance improvement.In almost all test subjects the card only outperform HD 2600XT less than 10% present which could be due to driver itself.Two month after RV670?s debuting, AMD brings us RV635. RV635 is only a shrink version of RV630, AMD didn?t do many changes in its architecture, just adding DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1 and DisplayPort support. So RV635, or HD 3670 is only a half gen evolution of HD 2600XT.From the roadmap of AMD, we can see HD 3600 family will take the place of HD 2600 series. The price will be about 100USD. User will ask how much is the improvement? Actually not much. The average improvement is about 3%. Let?s hope it is just a another Catalyst issue, and AMD will rise the actual performance of HD 3600 series by releasing a new version of Catalyst in the near future.Bel...

Expect More Surprises From Intel On 45nm Based CPU
2008-01-10 18:17:00
By the end of this quarter Intel should have over 30 processors built on the 45nm process released but the Silverthorne-maker is not stopping there. More 45nm goodies are now rumored to be arriving as soon as Q2 with the plan being to offer cheaper 45nm parts to better compete against AMD which already has the bulk of its offer priced at $200 and below. The new arrivals will be named Core 2 Duo E7000 series and will only be Wolfdale s with lower specs compared to the soon to be introduced E8000s. The E7000 CPUs will feature a 1066 MHz FSB (front side bus) and 'only' 3 MB of L2 cache but the rest of them will be identical to the new Wolfdales. The CPU series will debut with the release of the E7200, a dual-core processor with a TDP of 65W, clocked at 2.53 GHz and priced at $133. More E7000s are expected in Q3 and Q4 but the details are blurry at best. But it's enough to worry AMD and its forthcoming K10 dual and even tri-core CPUs. Source
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NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Benchmarked
2008-01-10 17:59:00
Expreview has published some 3D benchmarks of the NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce 9600 GT card.The site published a photo of a system with a GeForce 9600 GT 512MB graphics card. The card features a 650MHz core, 1625MHz shaders and 1800MHz memory. The below results were found on system having QX9650 (333MHz x 9) CPU, Asus Maximus Formula ROG X38 DDR3 motherboard and Geil 1GBX2 DDR2 800MHz 4-4-4-10-1T memory.They used Windows Vista Ultimate and NVIDIA ForceWare 169.25WHQL drivers. The performance of this GeForce 9600 GT is quite impressive to replace the existing GeForce 8600 GT cards but can't beat the the high-end cards.Inspite of that the result is pretty attractive and would give Radeon HD 3850/3670 a run for its money.
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ASUS Unveils Two New Variants of 8800 GS Card
2008-01-10 17:53:00
Asus has announced two versions of the 8800GS, one that works at what we think should be the reference clock for 8800GS and the other is going to be a TOP edition version, of course factory overclocked. The first one, branded EN8800 GS/HDTP/348M, works at 550MHz for the GPU and 1.6GHz for 384MB of GDDR3 memory. This card's shader clock is 1375MHz. The second one, which is far more interesting, works at 600MHz for the core and 1.8GHz for 384MB of GDDR3 memory. Its shader clock is 1700MHz which is way higher than 1375MHz on the non-overclocked version. Both of these cards use a 192-bit memory interface. Source
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LightInTheBox :Worldwide Wholesaler of Electronic Goods
2008-01-10 07:31:00
Want to order any electronic goods from other countries but not so sure how to pay and also have some concerns about the shipment.Then click in to LightInTheBox.Sounds weired.Oh! don't worry LightInTheBox is a leading worldwide wholesaler of electronic goods from China.Not only electronics they also deal with jewellery items,clothes and apparels etc. They provide more than 10 thousands of quality merchandises and big brand name products at wholesale price.They promise you to give products at very competitive price and also one of the lowest prices available on the net.They also offer free shippings on selected products.You can search almost every thing ranging from your computer hardware to mobile phones,from jewellery items to toys and clothings.Not only there product range are vast but also offer differrent well known brands. Not only their products are world class but their transaction methods and shipments also add an advantage.They have almost all the payment methods or option...
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Seagate 1TB HDD Expected In 1H'08
2008-01-10 07:24:00
HDD Firm Seagate said it is releasing purpose built hard drives aimed at the digital video recorder market with capacities of up to one terabyte (TB)- as reported by the INQUIRER.These drvies are called the Pipeline HD series and they?ve been designed with quietness and low power in mind, said Seagate.The firm will start shipping them in the first half of this year with capacities ranging between 320GB to 1TB. They will have Vista Logo certificates, if that excites you.

CES 2008:D-Link DPG-1200 Puts Streaming YouTube on your TV
2008-01-10 02:43:00
At the Consumer Electronics Show this week D-Link launched some great products ,some of which are ready to hit the stores.Among them was the D-Link 's upcoming MediaLouge DPG-1200 device.The DPG-1200's selling point is that it allows folks to display streaming Internet videos?be they from YouTube, Google Video, or other sites?on their TVs. One can network the DPG-1200 via either Wi-Fi (802.11g) or an Ethernet cable, and the device connects to TVs with either RCA or VGA inputs. Supported resolutions include 1280 x 720 for photos and 720 x 576 for video, and the DPG-1200 can behave as a mirror of the PC display or as an extension of it. As a consequence, the device can also display video content from DVDs and media files from any media player software. Source
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First Crysis Patch Released,Improves Performance
2008-01-10 02:23:00
Crytek has released the first patch for its notoriously demanding first-person shooter Crysis . The 1.1 patch includes 31 fixes, updates, and tweaks, and Crytek says it mainly addresses performance issues. Indeed, the lengthy change log for the patch lists fixes for a couple of memory leaks related to antialiasing and DirectX 10 graphics, not to mention optimizations for antialiasing and motion blur.Also listed in the change log are fixes for various bugs, crash-inducing hiccups, and several tweaks to multiplayer balance. MP tweaks include reduced rocket splash damage against infantry in the game's Power Struggle multiplayer mode, slower rockets, rocket hit detection tweaks, and a reduced radius for grenade explosions. The Crysis 1.1 patch weighs in at a hefty 139.15MB and can be downloaded from a variety of locations including FileShack, EA.com, Crymod, and Clan00.de. Nvidia recommends that users of SLI multi-GPU setups install the 169.28 beta release of its ForceWare graphics driv...
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CES 2008:After NVIDIA G100,Possibly GT200 Is The Next Gen Card
2008-01-10 02:17:00
The first time we heard about a product from Nvidia called G100 was almost a year ago. This should be one of the codenames for the next generation Nvidia card, but it might not be the only one.D8E is Geforce 9800GX2, and that is already a done deal, but after that comes a new high-end card. We know that this product is expected in the middle of this year and that Nvidia is working on it. The new codename is GT200 and we know that Dan Vivoli likes GT stuff, so we wouldn't be surprised that he came up with the name. We can also tell you that this is one big chip, but no real surprises there. Source
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CES 2008:Intel To Launch P45,G45 Chipsets In Q2'08
2008-01-09 16:10:00
With the delay of the X48 chipset and the decision to delay some of its desktop CPU due to the weak performance of AMD's Phenom range, it looks like Intel might be planning to launch these CPUs alongside the P45 and G45 chipsets sometime in April or May this year, but it might be sooner rather than later.The biggest advantage we're seeing with the P45 chipset over the current P35 chipset is the fact that it supports dual x8 PCIe slots; as with the P35 you're limited to a x16 and a x4 solution if you want to run CrossFire. The G45 is an interesting beast, as it has an upgraded graphics engine with DX10 support, full HD video decoding and built-in support for HDMI with HDCP. There is, of course, the cut down G43 model as well, and we've even heard rumors of a simpler model than this, but it hasn't been verified as yet.Our current bet is on an April launch date, as by the end of the year, we're looking at new sockets, processors and chipsets all together and Intel wants some time...
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CES 2008:DirectX 11 To Roll Out In Early 2009
2008-01-09 16:06:00
Fudzilla found out that Microsoft plans to finish up Direct X 11 in late 2008 or early 2009. This means that it will move rather quickly from DirectX 10 and 10.1, but it might take some time for hardware to go the same way.We still don?t know many things about the new API, but at least we have the rough plan that it is coming. It is clear that 2009 will be the year or DirectX 11, and the way the market works we should see some good DirectX 11 games by 2010.Seems like an eternity now, but as you might know, tempus fugit.
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First iPhone Trojan Horse Reported
2008-01-09 02:54:00
Seen more as a prank than an actual threat, a Trojan horse for the Apple iPhone, first reported on Saturday, has already come and gone reports CNET News. Still, users should be on the look out for a package called "iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep," described as something you need to install before updating to the new 1.1.3 firmware. Billed as an "important system update," the code does little more than cause annoyance. According to various sources, once the Trojan is installed it simply displays the word "shoes." However, the Trojan also overwrites several legitimate applications, including Erica's Utilities, Launcher, Doom, and OpenSSH, meaning that if you uninstall the Trojan, you will need to reinstall these applications later. This appears to be a consequence of poor programming. The risk to iPhone users is now considered negligible since the host sites have all been taken down. As antivirus vendor F-Secure concluded in its blog, "This time it was an 11-year-old kid playing with XML...
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CES 2008:No HD DVD Capability For XBOX 360
2008-01-09 02:44:00
As we have been guessing that XBOX 360 would have inbuilt HD DVD capabilities but Microsoft did not unveil any such information at CES, and has no plans to do so in the future, according to an executive in Microsoft's entertainment business."Absolutely not," said Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for interactive entertainment at Microsoft, when asked Monday if an HD DVD Xbox was in the works.Microsoft has been pushing HD DVD over Blu-ray as the format for high-definition video, but HD DVD suffered a significant setback last week when Warner Bros. said it would drop support for the format in favor of Blu-ray. Monday during an interview at CES in Las Vegas, Bell said Microsoft is taking a more agnostic view on how to serve up HD video. He said that it's up to consumers to make a choice between the two formats, not vendors. "We'll let the market decide how they're most interested in consuming entertainment," he said.Source
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Make Your Online Shopping Smarter With Wize.com
2008-01-08 16:43:00
Here's a quick tour to one of the simplest yet powerful online shopping solution called Wize.com.It gives you very simple and user friendly shopping experience.As thousands of products are lauched everyday around the globe and it becomes very difficult for normal buyers to find their products from those thousands.So Wize makes it simpler by gathering all the information and opinions about the product available on the Web and displaying it in front of you.Taking an example of their Weber Grill and Smoker range,one could easily compare between various products available.You get to know the reviews from both the experts and real users giving you a right kind of idea about the product and all that at one click.To make your task easier they give every product a rating between 1 to 100 popularly known as Wizerank.WizeRank is the first product satisfaction score based on the collective wisdom of the Web.Products having higher rank have got positive feedback from their users and so that ...
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Online Casinos Directory Provides You With Handful Resources
2008-01-08 16:18:00
Online Casinos Directory will prove handy to all online casino freaks.They provide you with all the information needed to make an educated decision on which are the best casino places to play at. They have reviewed some on the online casino sites which they think are among the best online casinos today.The online casino sites reviewed by them provides satisfactory customer service and games that will meet every expectation a player will have.Beside those reviews, Online Casinos Directory also offer a beginner's guide where every resource related to online casinos can be found out.It would prove very helpful for any user who want to try out their luck on online casinos.Just because you are new to the industry doesn?t mean that you need to be naïve, or ill prepared for the game that you are about to play. With their guide and their helpful resource you can easily mix-up yourself into the wonder that is online gambling. Apart from reviews and helpful articles they also have news from...
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NVIDIA To Launch MCP7A In April,MCP7C In August
2008-01-08 16:11:00
Sources at motherboard makers reveal NVIDIA will release the MCP7A and MCP7C in April and August , respectively. Both chipsets feature integrated graphics and are designed for the Intel platform. Two MCP7A will arrive in April in two flavors: the MCP7A-U and MCP7A-S. Both chipsets support Intel's 1333MHz FSB processors, dual-channel memory, DX10, Hybrid SLI, HDMI, DVI, HDCP and PureVideo HD. Motherboards based on the MCP7A-U will cost about $80 and boards based on the MCP7A-S will cost $70 to $75. The MCP7A series will compete against the Intel G45 chipset, which is expected in Q2 2008. In August we can expect the MCP7C, this chipset will support 1333MHz processors but will only support single-channel DDR2 800MHz memory. Motherboards based on this chipset will sell for about $60-65 and will feature HDMI, DVI, HDCP and PureVideo HD.Additionally, there's also the MCP7A-H which doesn't have integrated graphics. That chipset will have a single-channel memory controller for DDR2 800MH...
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Call Of Duty 5 Under Development
2008-01-08 16:05:00
Fudzilla have some infos regarding the 5th sequel in the series of Call of Duty.After Activision 's massive success with Call of Duty 4, it's clear that the fifth sequel is on its way. American magazine EGM reports that Call of Duty 5 is heavily under development, and the setting should once again be WWII.EGM guys made that conclusion after finding out that the game is being developed by a new software team. Instead of Infinity Ward, this time the software team behind the game will be Treyarch, the team that worked on CoD 3 XboX 360 version, and those guys just love WWII. Whether these rumors are true or not, we'll find out in the following weeks. Still, if the 5th sequel lives up to its predecessors, we won't mind blasting more Nazis.
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CES 2008: Creative Zen Stone/Plus Just Got Built-in Speakers
2008-01-08 03:28:00
The Zen Stone and Zen Stone Plus will now be equipped with built-in speakers -as announced by Creative at CES 2008 .The new models are priced relatively well, with the 2GB Zen Stone retailing for $49.99, and the Zen Stone Plus for $59.99. They'll sport new metallic colors in shades of Black, Pink, Blue, and Champagne. They will also come packaged with a silicone case with a clip. Battery life has also been doubled, from 10 hours (9.5 hours for Stone Plus) to 20 hours for both models. That's quite impressive for such a small player. The downside? It's size. The thickness of the Stone is increasing from 12.8mm's to a whopping 16mm! Source
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CES 2008:SanDisk's Sansa Clip Now Got Silvery,4GB for $80
2008-01-08 03:10:00
Here is an awesome mp3 player which is sure a value for money for music lovers on move.Presenting SanDisk 's Sansa Clip now in silver which holds upto 4GB memory and costs only 80 bucks.Isn't it great.It also have a inbuilt FM player.But the downside is its 15 hour battery life.But with 80 bucks and 4GB data space it is a great product. Website Link
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New 45nm Processors At a Glance - Pricing And Specification
2008-01-08 03:05:00
AnandTech have published a slide depicting the pricing and specifications of Intel 's new 45nm processor which were launched at the CES today.
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Wikia Launches Its First Open Source Search Engine
2008-01-08 03:00:00
Wikipedia's founder Jimma Wales today unveiled an alpha version Wikia, this project is a new opensource search engine. Wikia is working to develop and popularize a freely licensed (open source) search engine. What you see here is our first alpha release. We are aware that the quality of the search results is low...--According to Wikia.Wikia's search engine concept is that of trusted user feedback from a community of users acting together in an open, transparent, public way. Of course, before we start, we have no user feedback data. So the results are pretty bad. But we expect them to improve rapidly in coming weeks, so please bookmark the site and return often. Right now, the most important thing you can do is help with the "miniarticles" that appear at the top of popular search terms. You can try it out here.Source
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CES 2008:Sony's New Mylo (2) Now Official
2008-01-07 18:45:00
Great news for portable media player lovers.Sony has officially announced its new Mylo or better to say Mylo 2.The new Mylo have some attractive features which is certainly respectable over its former partner.Just check out:800 x 480 3.5-inch (resistive) touchscreen display!1GB internal storage, mini-USB1.3 megapixel camera, 802.11b/g, colored info-LEDsWMA / PlaysForSure DRM, MP3, AAC, ATRAC, and MPEG-4 codec supportFlash Lite 3 (capable of playing back YouTube videos, for example)Netfront-based browser, AIM / Gtalk / Yahoo IM supportSkype support, podcast and RSS aggregator (!), and an expandable widget panel with access to Google, YouTube, Facebook and other web 2.0 sitesAttachable face plates ($20) and cradle ($30) optionsFree Wayport WiFi access at your local participating McDonald's until December 31, 20105.1 x 2.5 x 0.8-inch footprint It would start shipping in this month for $300.Source
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CES 2008:NVIDIA Talks About MCP 8200 IGP
2008-01-07 18:34:00
Nvidia mentioned these two chipsets in its financial call a while ago and the time has come to reveil them to the world. The AMD 790a is an AMD chipset with integrated graphics and the Nforce 200 chip that gives the motherboard additional SLI lanes. It will support Hybrid SLI and Nvidia wants to make some noise about it and the specs looks very similar to the Nforce 780i. The MCP 8200 IGP is Nvidia first DirectX 10 IGP chipset that supports DVI, HDMI or VGA and it's a single chip chipset. At the same time it fits microATX and we will let you know more about it soon. Source
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