The Tech Report ran a barrage of tests against three motherboards which are all capable of running dual AMD Opteron 64-bit processors. The two Tyan boards, Thunder K8W and Tiger K8W, come in sporting AMD chipsets while MSI chose to…
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X-bit labs has hit up the rumor mills again, this time they’ve stirred up some info on a possible 8-way AMD Opteron processor based server being launched this week. There’s no mention of what company is launching such a machine…
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Yahoo News has some information on CompUSA’s new kiosk-like machines which it is introducing into its stores that will allow customers to search for and order software which will be burned onto media for the customer in the store. It…
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eMachines is prepping new models of its PCs for the spring quarter according to CNET News. They mostly target the budget conscious with their products but they do have a line of notebooks featuring the AMD Athlon 64 which is…
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Short-Media has a Q&A format article going on with some common questions regarding just what 64-bit processors are and what they can do. There has been quite a bit of talk about it lately so it’s good to clear the…
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The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle has the story of work by researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology which could lead to smaller and faster chips. The article is a bit lite on details but it sounds a lot like…
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University of San Francisco researchers attempted to use the flash mob technique to try and pull together enough processing power to create a supercomputer that would rank on the Top 500 supercomputer list. Unfortunately they did not reach their goal…
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Microsoft is planning on shipping out a sizable lot of “limited edition” Xbox consoles bundled with their hit video game Halo and featuring a translucent green machine case. 1up has the rest of the details and pricing on this rather…
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Lieberman Inc. is working on a dual processor laptop computer according to the folks at X-bit labs. There is no mention of what processors will be going into the product precisely but a high price tag and short battery life…
Read more Dual Processor Notebook in the Works
Hexus.net has a comparative review between two Shuttle Small Form Factor PCs; the SB75G2 and the ST62K Zen. Both offer lots of modern day features with the ST62K Zen sporting onboard video in the form of an ATI Radeon 9100…
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New Hampshire U.S. Senator John Sununu is planning on introducing a bill next week that would exempt most Voice over Internet Protocol services from regulation and taxes according to InfoWorld. This would, of course, make companies such as Vonage and…
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