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Intel Presler CPU Slated For Q1 Next Year

The Inquirer said it has seen roadmaps that show Intel is steadily adding different components to its desktop microprocessors, in a bid to combat AMD and wrench back its performance crown. Add comment

Xbox 2 To Come Late This Year

A leaked press release from Electronic Arts has let slip that Xbox 2 will be hitting late this year, just in time for the next versions of Burnout and Need For Speed. Add comment

Western Digital To Offer 6 GByte 1-Inch Harddrive

Western Digital (WD) announced today that the company will join the market for miniature hard drives with a family of 1-inch drives for handheld consumer devices such as digital cameras, PDAs and portable media players. Add comment

Wi-Fi Surpasses Ethernet For Home Networking

A new report released Wednesday suggests that the number of households using Wi-Fi wireless technology for home networking outpaced the number using Ethernet. More than half of the 17 million networked homes in the US already use Wi-Fi, market research firm Parks Associates said. Add comment

Intel Announces New Pentium M Processors, Mobile 915 Chipsets

Centrino gets an extreme makeover: Intel today launched seven new Pentium M processors with speeds up to 2.13 GHz, three mobile PCI Express chipsets, faster graphics and updated Wi-Fi chips. Add comment

Gmail Includes POP3

It has been reported that Google's Gmail service can now be accessed using your e-mail client of choice, via POP3. Add comment

AMD reports disappointing profits

After dropping a bombshell on investors last Monday that its fourth quarter of 2004 would be a disappointment, AMD formally announced the numbers today. Add comment

FBI Tosses Carnivore To The Dogs

The FBI has effectively abandoned its custom-built internet surveillance technology, once known as Carnivore, designed to read e-mails and other online communications among suspected criminals, terrorists and spies, according to bureau oversight reports submitted to Congress. Add comment

Intel’s Dual-Core CPUs To Set New Record High In Power Consumption

Intel's upcoming dual-core processors once again will test the limits of power consumption. According to documents seen by Tom's Hardware Guide, the Smithfield CPUs are rated at a thermal design power of 130 watts, an increase of 13 percent from today's Prescott processors. Add comment

Sony Warns Against PSP Update

Sony Computer Entertainment has cautioned users of its recently-launched PlayStation Portable (PSP) against installing a software file currently available on some enthusiast Web sites. The file at first glance appears to add several new features to the handheld gaming device when installed but the result is quite different. Add comment

ThrottleWatch 2.0 Released

Panopsys has released version 2 of their popular monitoring utility. Add comment

Microsoft Reverses Plan, Will Patch Media Player

Microsoft will patch its Windows Media Player after all. Add comment

Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.6

A new version of the popular [i]Nero Burning Rom[/i] has been made available for download. Add comment

Intel Creates 5 New Divisions

Intel has announced a company reorganization that will result in five new divisions. The divisions will be the Mobility Group, Digital Enterprise Group and Digital Home Group. The remaining two new divisions will focus on digital health care and its distribution channel. Add comment

ATi Releases Catalyst 5.1 Drivers

ATi has made available for download new catalyst 5.1 drivers for WinXP. Add comment

Free Linux Phone Software Posted

An open source group has posted free PBX software that lets businesses create their own phone switches from standard Linux servers - but drawing business customers to the technology could be an uphill effort. Add comment

Nvidia Announces GeForce 6200 AGP

Nvidia today announced an AGP version of its 6200 graphics processor. The new product aims a entry level PCs and comes with features of its PCIe sibling. Add comment

Advanced Micro Devices May Not Bring DDR2 Support In 2005

Leading chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices may not adopt DDR2 SDRAM this year, according to a report from a web-site. While some expected AMD to introduce microprocessors which memory controllers would support DDR2 in 2005, the firm is likely to put the introduction forward when, as the company says, it will make sense. Add comment

Probe Sends Pictures Of Titan

The international Cassini-Huygens space mission to Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is officially a success. Scientists got their first image from the Huygens probe Friday afternoon. Add comment

Experts Warn Of IE Download Flaw

A computer security researcher and an antivirus company are warning Microsoft customers about an unpatched hole in the company's Internet Explorer Web browser that could allow a remote attacker to bypass security warnings and download malicious content onto vulnerable systems. Add comment

Internet2 Consortium Sets New Internet Speed Record

A team sent a multiple stream data transmission with a transfer rate of 7.21 gigabits per second over more than half the circumference of the earth. Add comment