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Phones
Samsung Pushes Mobile Devices Forward With Processors, Cameras
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Samsung introduced a mess of new components for mobile devices that we’re likely to start seeing in early 2010, including a 5MP camera capable of taking 1080p video and a couple powerful yet efficient chipsets. More »
Hardware
AMD Athlon II X4 620: Four Cores For $US99
3:20PM Danny Allen | AMD’s new Athlon II X4 chips are like a Phenom II minus the L3 cache. And they’re super-cheap: $US99 (2.6GHz-620), and $US122 (2.8GHz-630). Also looks like they hold their own against the $US150 Core 2 Quad 8200: [Maximum PC] More »
Science
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Could Last 3 Times Longer Than Ion
4:40AM Dan Nosowitz | Scientists at the University of Waterloo have designed a lithium-sulfur battery that, thanks to nanotechnology, is capable of 3 times the power of lithium-ion batteries with equal volume while remaining both lighter and cheaper to produce. Long-distance electric cars, anyone? More »
Hardware
Let’s Speculate: What Could Flexible Memory Be Used for?
8:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Researchers have developed a lightweight, mostly transparent, and quite flexible memory chip. It sounds cool, but then I think: What possible advantages could flexible memory have? Help me out, commenters. More »
Hardware
