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AMD Delivers the World’s First 1 GHz Graphics Processor

14. May 2009

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Nine Years after Launching the World’s First 1 GHz CPU, AMD is Again First to Break the Gigahertz Barrier with the Factory Overclocked, Air-Cooled ATI Radeon™ HD 4890 GPU. Building on the success of the recently launched ATI [...]

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Intel Invests $12 Million to Create Visual Computing Research Center in Europe

13. May 2009

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Intel Corporation is investing $12 million to create a new research center that will explore advanced graphics and visual computing technologies. Opening today, the Intel® Visual Computing Institute is located at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. The investment, to be made over 5 years, represents Intel’s largest European university collaboration. Visual computing is the analysis, enhancement [...]

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Acer Joins Open Patent Alliance to Advance Mobile 4G WiMAX Innovation

13. May 2009

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Further advancing mobile WiMAX worldwide, Acer Inc. (TSE: 2353) has joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), a group dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and widespread adoption of WiMAX. The first global PC OEM board member, Acer will help the proliferation of WiMAX technology, devices and applications around the [...]

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OCZ Technology Announces the Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD for Enthusiasts with up to One Terabyte of Storage

24. April 2009

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OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled the Z-Drive, a PCI-Express based SSD solution designed to meet the stringent demands of enthusiast computing environments and high-end workstations. First debuted at Cebit 2009 in Germany, the Z-Drive is the latest premium solid state [...]

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OCZ Technology Introduces MiniPCI–Express Solid State Drives to meet the Growing Need for Mobile Storage Solutions

18. April 2009

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OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and computer components, today unveiled their first miniPCI-Express Solid State Drive (SSD) Series, the affordable flash-based storage option to significantly increase the capacity for netbooks. For on the go computing professionals and students looking for an ideal storage upgrade on [...]

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PC Power & Cooling introduces the Pro-Source UPS for Ultimate PC Power Protection

7. April 2009

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OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and PC components, today unveiled the Pro-Source 1500, the first Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) from PC Power & Cooling. Built for absolute stability and reliability from one of the most trusted names in power supplies, the Pro-Source 1500 UPS is the [...]

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AMD Opteron Processor Upgrade Program Drives Faster Time to Benefit in the Data Center

7. April 2009

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Offering partners and customers another cost-effective way to benefit from the performance and efficiency of AMD OpteronTM processor technology, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced a global AMD Opteron Upgrade Program. The program includes 2000 series and 8000 series dual- and Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors along with the upcoming six-core processor codenamed “Istanbul”. Channel partners and [...]

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AMD Catalyst 9.3 For Linux Brings OpenGL Composite Support

28. March 2009

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While the Catalyst driver for Windows was released a number of days ago, the Catalyst Linux driver was missing. It has, however, been released today. AMD’s Linux engineers ended up delaying the Catalyst 9.3 release so they could spend additional time tuning this driver, since it will be the last release that supports the R300 [...]

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Coolmax CU-700B PSU Review

28. March 2009

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With so many power supply manufacturers, choosing a power supply can be a difficult task. Today we’ll look at another offering from Coolmax, makers of a wide range of computer parts, the Coolmax CU-700B 700W Power Supply. Will this modular unit offer decent performance at a reasonable price? Read on to find out. Full story @ [...]

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Hornettek Travel Plus 2.5″ SATA to USB External Enclosure

28. March 2009

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Have a spare 2.5” hard drive floating around? I’ve got a few of them and I’ve found they make nice, large capacity portable storage devices, but you’ll need some sort of enclosure to make it usable really for portable storage. There are many on the market, I’ve reviewed several of them, but the one I’ve [...]

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