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Atom Processor To Get The 32nm Treatment In 2011
4:19AM John Herrman | Attention, people who like to maintain a complete mental taxonomy of every processor: Cedar Trail has been outed as the new Atom platform for 2011, with the name Cedarview going to the processor itself. Along with 32nm fabrication, some goodies: More »
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Steve Jobs: “If You Have Any Further Questions, Please Call Or Write”
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | Once upon a time, Apple computers didn’t come with keyboards or monitors or even cases. But they often came with a personal letter from Steve Jobs, like the one included with this Apple I, now available starting at $US50,000. More »
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Asus TS Mini NAS Windows Home Server Backs Up 10 PCs
5:39AM Jesus Diaz | Have you heard of that new service that allows you to connect to the internet at one gigabit per second to access your very own two terabytes of storage space? Me neither. That’s probably why you need the Asus TS Mini NAS. More »
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It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think A Cat
4:01AM John Herrman | Also on IBM’s cat-sized-brain-simulation materials list: 143 terabytes of RAM, miles and miles of cabling, a million watts of electricity, 6675 tons of air-conditioning equipment and an acre of floor space. More »
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ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World’s Fastest Graphics Card
6:20PM Dan Nosowitz | The ATI Radeon HD 5970 slaughters the competition in pretty much every benchmark thrown at it. It’s outrageously fast. We’re talking 5 teraflops here, people. Teraflops. More »
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Fusion-io IoXtreme SSD: Fastest Consumer SSD On The Market
4:20PM Dan Nosowitz | HotHardware took a look at this consumer-focused PCI-Express SSD from Fusion-io, and found that while it’s pretty damn expensive at $US900 for 80GB, it’s blazingly fast, hitting 700MB/s read and 300MB/s write speeds. More »
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Addonics’ Mini NAS Could Hide Teeny Weeny Torrent Server
2:40PM Rosa Golijan | I haven’t made the jump to setting up network-attached storage. But with the Addonics Mini NAS being the size of a VHS, it’s hard to resist giving up a small corner of my desk. More »
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AMD Phenom II Breaks 7GHz Barrier
12:01PM Rosa Golijan
7.08GHz. That’s the record-shattering speed an AMD Phenom II processor was overclocked to using a massive amount of liquid helium. You can watch the process in this documentary video set to a kickass soundtrack. [Crunchgear]
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Intel Deems The Dual Core Atom 330 Too Hot For Netbooks
12:15PM Rosa Golijan | We’ve been curious as to why Intel decided to keep the N330 chip out of netbooks, and now we finally know: The chips are just too damn hot. More »
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