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Japan bids for next internet

Japan’s Communications Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced that the Japanese government wants to play a strong and decisive role in the next iteration of the internet. Hoping for a ¥7.8b slice of the fiscal 2008 budget to begin, Suga hopes to have the infrastructure in place by 2020. Add comment

DRAM/NAND prices to soar

Chu Woo-sik, chief of Samsung’s investor relations, revealed that the prices of NAND, DRAM and LCD are all set to rebound. Chasing the heels of abysmal Q2 performance for firms like Samsung and Hynix, Woo-sik hints strongly at a drastic rise in prices which will generate significant new operating profit for the company. When Samsung […] Add comment

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Security: Trojan steals personal info from people visiting job sites. Add comment

Photo database completes scenes

Powered by millions of photographs connected from the internet, the budding “Scene Completion” technology allows a user to reconstruct proper photographs from ones that were ruined by obstructions. The developers claim that while an overall picture can be vastly different from the next, the subtleties are fairly similar. To the computer, one oceanfront shot from […] Add comment

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The Interrobang combines the question and exclamation marks into a single character. How is that possible?! (via Coudal.com) Add comment

The Social Graph Problem

On Friday, Brad Fitz posted an essay on his site that talks about “the social graph”. A social graph is, very simply, a record of how people know each other. It’s the foundation of sites like Facebook and MySpace, and it’s very important to Digg, Twitter, and a host of others. What Brad is proposing […] Add comment

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First NES emulator for the iPhone has been around over a week now (via Waxy.org). Add comment

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Why did Google Answers shut down? Add comment

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Cooling roundup: Thermalright HR-05 IFX SLI Chipset, Cooler Master CM 690, CoolIT Freezone TEC Cooler Kit, and the Sunbeam Silent Whisper Cooler. Add comment

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PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W. "A massive 60A single rail and four PCI-E connectors". Add comment

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iMac: Review of the new 4th gen. Add comment

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Graphics: Memoirs Of A 2900XT CrossFire System at motherboards.org. Add comment

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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 supports AGEIA's PhysX. Could this game be enough to show the power of the PhysX PPU and drive sales? Add comment

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Case: One more review of the In Win Mountain Jade HTPC. "No case fan is needed which means better acoustic performance". Add comment

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The World of Indie Gaming over on bit-tech.net. Add comment

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Budget system: ASRock ConRoe 1333-DVI/H and Intel E2140. Expected to dip below $70, OC to ~352 FSB, quad core not supported. Add comment

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Five most anticipated games of Winter '07: World in Conflict, MOH: Airborne, UT3, Crysis, and Assassin's Creed. Add comment

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Case: Sunbeam Freezing Storm. "At $60USD, the Freezing Storm is a steal." Add comment

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CPU: Intel Xeon X3210 2.13GHz Quad. "I would pick Q6600 for the fact it has a faster clock speed and a 9x multiplier, while the X3210 has only 6x - 8x multipliers." Add comment

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China's Harry Potter knock-offs involve plot twists you might not expect. Add comment

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Rand McNally released a black and white Google Maps Street View back in 1907. Add comment