Intel cuts quad-core price by 50 percent |
Apr 22, 2008 "Intel posted price cuts on Sunday that included reductions of 50 percent on select quad-core processors. The chipmaker also introduced new Celeron and Core 2 Duo processor models.
The price of the Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz) fell 50 percent from $530 to $266, while the quad-core Xeon X3230 (2.66GHz) saw an identical cut: from $530 to $266. "
Full article here:
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-99...ml?tag=nefd.top
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Sex, Crime & Videogames |
Jul 22, 2007 "An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social network.
After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for $8,000. And yes, the story gets even better."
Full story here:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sex,-cri...date-280966.php
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AMD considering getting out of fabrication business |
Jun 20, 2007 "2007 has not been kind to AMD. The company saw its workstation market share slip, has taken on $2 billion of new debt, lost almost $1.2 billion over the past two quarters, has been unable to close the gap with Intel when it comes to CPU performance, and has been the subject of recent rumors that Barcelona will be delayed. AMD has been in cost-cutting mode for the past several months and, according to IDG News Service, is considering getting out of the fabrication business. "
Full Story Here:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...n-business.html
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AMD's well may be running dry |
Mar 12, 2007 "The high-flying Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of 2006 has given way to a company in financial peril, saddled with debt and bleeding from a brutal price battle with its larger and suddenly resurgent Silicon Valley archrival, Intel Corp.
Its shares have plunged more than 60 percent over the past year on fears about the company's ability to continue gaining share without hurting profit margins. Meanwhile, Intel's stock is down just 4 percent."
Full story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311...iO 2pl.sfMWM0F
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Unreal Tournament improves your vision |
Feb 07, 2007 For all the "nay-sayers" out there that tell you there is no redeeming value to playing video games, show them this! 
"Video games that contain high levels of action, such as Unreal Tournament, can actually improve your vision.
Researchers at the University of Rochester have shown that people who played action video games for a few hours a day over the course of a month improved by about 20 percent in their ability to identify letters presented in clutter—a visual acuity test similar to ones used in regular ophthalmology clinics.
In essence, playing video game improves your bottom line on a standard eye chart. "
Full story here:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_relea...r-avg020507.php
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Microsoft: Windows Vista is done - Nov 09, 2006
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AMD Planning Combined Processor-Graphics Chip - Oct 25, 2006
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iTunes copy protection 'cracked' - Oct 25, 2006
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Battlefield 2142 comes with spyware - Oct 20, 2006
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Final Version of Internet Explorer 7 Now Available - Oct 18, 2006
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Vista gaming will be 10 to 15 % slower than XP - Oct 09, 2006
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Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista - Oct 04, 2006
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