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CSIRO to launch hybrid CPU-GPU supercomputer

CSIRO to harness GPUs and CPUs for a supercomputer with the performance of an all-CPU cluster twice its size. Add comment

Amazon patents gift delivery system

Amazon has received a patent tantamount to using the phone book to deliver gifts. Add comment

Quanta Storage ordered to pay Ricoh $14.5m

A Wisconsin court has ordered Quanta Storage to compensate Ricoh $14.5 million over a patent dispute. Add comment

Dell adds Studio 17 Touch to its lineup

Dell has added a special Studio 17 model that includes a touch-sensitive LCD. Add comment

Imation ships Pro WX, wireless external HDD

Imation has announced the world's first wireless external hard disk. Add comment

Shuttle to chop prices for Black Friday

Shuttle Computer will offer up to 50% off select products on this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping sprees. Add comment

New worm ‘sploits jailbroken iPhones

A new worm for jailbroken iPhones is spreading, and this one doesn't just rickroll you--it steals your bank account. Add comment

Smokers: Think twice before you buy that Mac

There are documented reports of Apple refusing to honor warranty service to hardware owned by households that contain smokers. Say what? Add comment

Icrontic’s new design: behind the scenes

Icrontic's new design went live this past weekend. Here's how we got here and where we're going next. If you're involved in development, community management, or any web-related ventures, you're probably going to want to read this. Add comment

Windows 8 on track for 2012

A slide from Microsoft's 2009 Professional Developers Conference confirms that Windows 8 is being prepared for 2012. Add comment

Cloud Engine announces Pogoplug 2

Cloud Engine, Inc. has today announced some major revisions to its instant cloud solution known as Pogoplug. Add comment

Hynix unveils 40nm 2Gb DDR3 IC

Hynix Semiconductor announced today that it has received validation for products based on the company's new 256MB DDR3 chips built to the company's new 40nm process. Add comment

Elpida finalizes DRAM lab in Munich

Memory IC maker Elpida announced yesterday that it has transitioned its Munich DRAM R&D facility to full-scale operation. Add comment

YouTube’s new Auto-caps feature adds closed captioning

Google has announced that it has developed a new feature which allows YouTube to automatically generate closed captions for submitted videos. Add comment

Google releases official details on Chrome OS

Today at an event at held at their Mountain View, CA headquarters, Google finally dished out the details on their upcoming operating system. Add comment

Asus, Toshiba, Sony best Apple in laptop reliability

Warranty vendor SquareTrade has released a study (PDF) of 30,000 laptops over three years which reveals that Asus, Toshiba and Sony products outstrip Apple notebooks over both two and three-year cycles. Add comment

Razer DeathAdder 3500dpi mouse review

Razer sent Icrontic an updated version of the venerable DeathAdder gaming mouse. All they changed was the cord and the sensor; is it a compelling upgrade? Add comment

Microsoft gives first look at Internet Explorer 9

Microsoft revealed today during their 2009 Professional Developers Conference that the firm has begun work on Internet Explorer 9. Add comment

Matrox M9188 powers eight displays

Matrox announced last week the introduction of the M9188 graphics card, capable of supporting eight displays via Mini DisplayPort connectors. Add comment

ASUS G51J 3D brings NVIDIA 3D Vision to notebooks

NVIDIA announced today the impending release of the ASUS G51J 3D laptop, which features a 120Hz LG display to enable NVIDIA 3D Vision support. Add comment

NVIDIA shows real next-gen GeForce

Not one to let the official unveiling of the Radeon HD 5970 slip by uncontested, NVIDIA recently updated their Facebook page with a shot of a GF100 actually doing something. Add comment