Published March 23, 2004 · 0 comments

EPIACenter has some info and photos of the first cases, and some prototypes, that will take VIA’s recently announced Nano-ITX motherboard the EPIA-N. Stylish, sleek, and small; a winning combination….

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Published March 22, 2004 · 0 comments

InfoWorld brings news of competition regulators in the EU agreeing with the European Commission’s fine proposals against Microsoft. The figure and terms of the fine haven’t been released and regulators are being tight-lipped before the Commission’s final ruling is held….

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Published March 22, 2004 · 0 comments

MobileMag has some pictures and information on the Archos AV500, a PDA and an audio/video player rolled into one. They seem to have built a compact enough product which will make gadget lovers happy, the support for a wide range…

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Published March 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Beyond3D wandered around CeBit 2004’s show grounds in search of all things graphics card related. They have info on most of the major players at the show with PCI-X being the hot new interface they’ve slapped onto their offerings….

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Published March 22, 2004 · 0 comments

Intel is launching a pair of new processors both of which are Pentium 4s running at 3.4GHz but one is based on their previous generation “Northwood” core and the other their newer “Prescott” design. Both chips vary in features so…

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Published March 21, 2004 · 0 comments

CNET News has a story on how RealNetworks argued (successfully?) to the European Commission that Microsoft’s XP Embedded OS, used in cash registers and slot machines, was proof that the software giant could indeed strip Windows Media Player without crippling…

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Published March 20, 2004 · 0 comments

SimHQ deals with mostly heavily CPU intensive simulation games so who better to test AMD’s top-end consumer CPU the Athlon 64 FX-53. Very impressive scores and a viable alternative to Intel’s beast of a CPU the 3.4GHz Extreme Edition….

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Published March 20, 2004 · 0 comments

I Am Not A Geek grabbed a copy of the recently released Release Candidate 1 version of Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP and has some insight to share. Looks to be a great patch that needs to hurry…

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Published March 20, 2004 · 0 comments

There hasn’t been much web coverage of Cebit which is currently being held in Hannover, Germany. Awfully odd since previous years you could count on numerous sites posting indepth info. Well here are a pair of links, first to HardwareLuxx’s…

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Published March 20, 2004 · 0 comments

eWeek tossed a few questions at Microsoft’s Senior Vice President for their Windows Server Division Bob Muglia concerning topics such as security and on their planned release of an updated Windows Server before Longhorn, their next generation OS, ships….

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Published March 19, 2004 · 0 comments

VIA has launched one of its smallest all-in-one creations to date, the VIA EPIA N. This Nano-ITX motherboard crams onboard video, audio, ethernet, an embedded processor, and much more into a space about 4.8 inches square….

Read more Embedded for Your Convenience