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WiGig: Wireless Gigabit Specifications Completed

December 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Spec offers up to 7Gbps of wireless bandwidth
Wireless networking has changed the way we are able to access data in our homes and offices. Today we can move around the home while downloading documents and file without interrupting access to the internet. In the past, an internet connection meant using wires.
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New virus on mobile phone targeting Facebook?

October 3rd, 2009 · 55 Comments

I noticed something fishy on Facebook a couple minutes ago. A few of my friends posted this message on their profile update on Facebook, via their mobile phone.
I’m 8 1/2 pounds lighter thanks to the FREE trial pack of this new colon cleanser that I got! visit ExpressColon.net to get yours! efO
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The top 25 Biggest Tech Flops of the Decade

July 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Looking through the list, some of these gadgets brought back bitter-sweet memories. Remember those days when it was unbearably funny to see your friends talking on their cool “N-Gage”? No doubt the concept of a portable gaming mobile phone was plausabile but what’s with placing the phone’s microphone at the side of the device? What […]

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MontaVista Boots-up in ONE second!

July 16th, 2009 · No Comments

The race to fast boot times is on, with MontaVista making the latest headlines. The embedded Linux vendor announced in the United States Tuesday its latest system is able to boot in one second, and released a video demonstrating a vehicle dashboard system going from cold boot into a “fully operational” state in that time.
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Apple Rumors of a $800 Tablet Might be Due in October

July 14th, 2009 · No Comments

 The rumors may be getting closer to the truth, or vice versa, as a report surfaced from Taiwan today that Apple plans to releases its much discussed tablet computer this October. Guesstimated pricing: $800.
The Taiwanese site InfoTimes reports (in Chinese) that the device will have a 9.7-inch touchscreen, making it a tad smaller than most […]

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AMD’s “Istanbul” Opteron CPUs Out Soon

June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

AMD beat its time to market estimates for “Istanbul”
The sluggish global economy has meant that not only were consumer computer sales down, but sales in the enterprise computing space for servers and data center computers were down significantly as well. The only thing for chipmakers like AMD and Intel to move ahead with new processors […]

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Intel’s Next Generation Atom Platform revealed

May 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Intel has released some details of the next-generation Atom platform, code-named Pine Trail.
 
One of the most interesting revelation (apart from the late 2009 launch date) is that Intel is packing more into the CPU (code-named Pineview). The Pineview CPU will incorporate both the GPU and memory controller onto the CPU, which means that the number […]

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Samsung Launching 32GB Embedded Memory Card Built with 30nm-class NAND

May 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Smaller transistors mean lower prices are coming
Samsung Electronics has announced that it is shipping its 32GB moviNAND embedded memory card, built using a 30nm-class NAND manufacturing process. High density embedded memory cards are used to improve the performance of high-end multimedia phones and other mobile consumer electronics, especially when processing and storing large amounts of multimedia […]

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Facebook Now Works in Windows Mobile 6.1 Devices

May 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Prior to this application, there were several attempts at making WM 6.1 to work with Facebook. Sadly, most applications break and were highly unstable causing lots of frustrations. Therefore, users had to rely on opera to access mobile Facebook webpages which have very limited functionality.
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Wolfram Alpha: The Next “Google” killer or Skynet in the making?

March 12th, 2009 · No Comments

A new paradigm for using web applications has emerged. The landing page looks similar to Google, with a simple layout and that familiar search box. But what lies beneath this new search engine is something powerful and breath-taking. Meet Wolfram Alpha - Brings search engines to a whole new level. The algorithm sounds extremely smart […]

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