| Source: Wired |
by maximum3d on Tue Jul 23 2002 |
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,53998,00.html
AMD Answers the 64-Bit Question - AMD, on the other hand, has a 64-bit chip called Opteron, due early next year, and it will be completely backwards compatible with the Athlon line, which is x86-compatible to begin with. Opteron will be in servers, desktops and laptops. The panel, which included an AMD engineer, felt this was the way to go. "You wouldn't buy a DVD player that wouldn't play your CDs, would you?" said Jerry Huck, chief architect at Hewlett-Packard.
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| Source: c|net |
by maximum3d on Tue Jul 23 2002 |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-945684.html?tag=fd_top
Intel pushes faster for new Pentium 4 - The chipmaker is advancing its release schedule of new 2.8GHz and 3GHz Pentium 4 chips in an effort to speed ahead of rival AMD.
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| Source: The Register |
by maximum3d on Tue Jul 23 2002 |
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http://www.theregus.com/content/5/25691.html
Microsoft's Canary phone - the first pics - It's based on Texas Instruments OMAP 720, weighs 95g and is a triband GSM/GPRS device. Delays in getting Microsoft's GPRS stack to stay up long enough to salute have contributed to delays in shipping Stinkers so far, as Microsoft itself has acknowledged. HTC claims the device allows 3 hours talktime or 100 hours of standby. There's USB and MMC support. The Canary boasts a 176x220 64,000 colour display.
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| Source: Virtual Zone Hardware |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.vr-zone.com/#2531
Creative 3DBlaster 5 RX9000 Pro First Look - Creative Technology Ltd. today introduced the Creative 3D Blaster 5 RX9000 Pro (more pics), which ships this week at an estimated street price of US$129. Creative 3D Blaster 5 RX9000 Pro drives hours of intensive 3D gaming by coupling ATI's new RADEON 9000 PRO Graphics Processing Unit - featuring 4 parallel rendering pipelines running at 275MHz core clock - with 64MB of ultra-fast 3.3ns DDR memory.
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| Source: OCTools |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=articles/raid/rocketraid_1.html
The RocketRAID 404 is a great consumer level card for the price. It is a high quality, cost-effective solution for your mass storage needs. It's got a few extra features (hot spare, hot swap) that you don't get on your average controller, and 4 Channels are always handy.
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| Source: � the inquirer |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4532
845G gives games players headaches - Project IGI, Quake III Arena, Rollcage, The Sims, Small Soldiers, Sorry, Spec Ops 2: Green Berets, Spider Man The Movie, Starship Troopers, Thief, and others all have more or less serious problems with the 845G.
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| Source: JadeTec |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.jadetec.co.uk/products/micropc/
The Jadetec MicroPC is the world's smallest PC, it's the size of a CD-ROM with full working functionality of a desktop computer. Specifications cater for Intel Pentium III CPU, 256 Mb RAM, 30Gb Hard Drive, CD/DVD/ CDRW it features onboard 56k V90 Fax/Modem &,10/100 Base-T Ethernet, 2 USB Ports, Serial & Parallel connections and it's IrDA compliant. It's ready to run Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP or Linux.
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| Source: Tyan |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.tyan.com/html/whats_new.html
Tachyon G9000 Pro - Based on the new ATI RADEON 9000 PRO visual processing engine (VPU), Tyan's Tachyon G9000 Pro graphics card provides amazing performance and an exceptional feature set - all at a truly affordable price. Gamers, digital content creators, streaming video users, and PC enthusiasts will experience 2D/3D graphics and video like never before. Tachyon G9000 Pro users get the best of both worlds - incredible VPU performance from ATI, along with Tyan's long-standing reputation for innovation and reliability.
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| Source: Debian |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released - The Debian Project is pleased to announce the release of Debian GNU/Linux version 3.0. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, which now supports a total of eleven processor architectures, includes KDE and GNOME desktop environments, features cryptographic software, is compatible with the FHS v2.2 and supports software developed for the LSB
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| Source: Anandtech |
by maximum3d on Sun Jul 21 2002 |
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http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=1657
Buyer's Guide: Value Gaming - July 2002 - AnandTech has posted the second installment of the AnandTech buyer's guide.
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