Nvidia Eager to Transit Majority of New Chips to 40nm Process Technology in 2009 - Rumours

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20081229135936_Nvidia_Eager_to_Transit_Majority_of_New_Chips_to_40nm_Process_Technology_in_2009__Rumours.html

Nvidia Expected to Aggressively Utilize 40nm Process Technology

Jasper Xbox 360 Pro acquired: the photograph is proof

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/1w7mhoFPd1U/

So yeah, finding an Xbox 360 Jasper in Arcade form isn't all that difficult these days, but we certainly haven't seen a glut of Pro models shipping out with the supposedly cooler, smoother and altogether more melancholy Jasper hardware within. A lucky soul over at PDAToday has acquired one such unit, and while he may just be incredibly fortunate, we'd say it's about time you to-be Pro owners start looking out for a few telltale signs. As you can see in the closeups in the read link, there here FDOU team Pro -- which was ordered from Amazon on December 22nd -- boasts a 12.1 amp rating and the unmistakable Jasper power port. Of note, it did come bundled with a Falcon revision (175-watt) power supply just like Ben Heck's Jasper Arcade, though we suspect Microsoft is just clearing out excess inventory given that the older PSU won't damage the Jasper machines. Any others out there run into any holiday luck? Let us know!

[Thanks, Bill]

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Jasper Xbox 360 Pro acquired: the photograph is proof originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is this the VAIO P?

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/0zJ9ab8VWOQ/

Sony isn't being too coy with the VAIO P, is it? In addition to that teaser image, oh-so-beautiful FCC shot, and mistakenly-posted specs page, CNET's uncovered this pic of the rectangular netbook with its lid open. We can't really tell if the machine pictured has that crazy 8-inch 1600 x 768 display we'd heard about, but there's a lot of the VAIO TT in those lines -- so much so we're wondering if it's a 'shop, albeit a super-hot one. Of course, there's no word on pricing, but we're hoping it's somewhere close to reasonable -- we'll find out in just a couple weeks at CES.

Update: We knew it looked a little too much like the TT -- it's a 'shop. Oh well, at least we can dream.

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Is this the VAIO P? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rumor: ultraportátil da Sony divulgado antes da hora? - Autor(João Brunelli Moreno)

URL: http://uoltecnologia.blog.uol.com.br/arch2008-12-21_2008-12-27.html#2008_12-26_12_33_07-133915325-27

 

Desde o início dessa semana, um teaser no site da Sony Japão Leia mais...

NVIDIA reportedly urging customers to buy new problem-free GPUs

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/1m6vYEtUPi4/

NVIDIA has yet to step in and confirm this publicly, but a purported leaked memo from the outfit has been posted over at VR-Zone. What's it say, you ask? Only that the company "strongly recommends that customers transition to the latest revision of the NB8E-SET GPUs as soon as possible." Said revision taps a new Hitachi underfill packaging material that "improves product quality and enhances operating life by improved thermal cycling reliability." If you'll recall, certain PC vendors such as Dell issued their own firmware updates to combat the weak packaging set in the chip maker's faulty GPUs earlier this year, but it appears that NVIDIA's solution is to just let bygones be bygones and get on with the new and improved.

[Via Electronista]

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NVIDIA reportedly urging customers to buy new problem-free GPUs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AMD's Phenom II CPU goes on sale online in a curious, quiet fashion

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Uh, AMD? We know most of your staffers are probably throwing back a glass of Egg Nog right about now, but you might want to get out something akin to a simple press release acknowledging the release of your dual-core Phenom II processor. For those keeping track, we've now seen the CPU announced via an outlet other than AMD, purchased by a normal citizen without access to AMD's labs and now, for sale on the world wide web. Word has it that the units will start shipping on December 27th, which will probably be prior to an actual confession of their existence in the retail channel by AMD. Not that we're complaining about the distinctly different than usual approach here, but our heads are certainly spinning.

[Via PC World]

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AMD's Phenom II CPU goes on sale online in a curious, quiet fashion originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ATI Prepares to Update Mainstream GPU Family As It Tapes Out New Chip

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20081224064045_ATI_Prepares_to_Update_Mainstream_GPU_Family_As_It_Tapes_Out_New_Chip.html

AMD May Update Mainstream ATI Radeon Lineup with 40nm GPU in Late Q1 2009

Report: Sony Loses $50 for Each PS3 Sold Today

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13777

iSuppli teardown report shows PS3 is much cheaper to build today than in 2006...

AMD Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, coveted

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/cjQuFrrnMqc/

AMD, a company not exactly known for meeting its own deadlines, seemed to be trying to avoid news of painful delays for the Phenom II by simply not letting anyone say when the thing would be available. Now the chip is apparently in the hands of one lucky gamer at the HardOCP forums, Table21, who was kind enough to run it through its paces. The Phenom II 940 running at 3GHz scored a 4,091 on 3DMark06 and, once OC'd up to 3.85GHz, delivered a score of 5,086. It's rather too early to draw any conclusions from these numbers, and we don't know what he paid for the thing, but that performance does fall well behind Intel's Core i7 Extreme that was similarly benchmarked last month, scoring 6,608 at the same clock speed. That's quite a gap -- but nothing a little liquid nitrogen won't fix.

[Via PC Perspective]

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AMD Phenom II processor bought, benchmarked, coveted originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony teaser site says "revolutionary new VAIO" coming January 9th

URL: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/iwT-JaHltGE/

Look, we're not going to speculate on what Sony has coming on January 9th. Let's just say that it wouldn't be totally surprising to see some weird, long netbook. Okay? Okay.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Filed under: Laptops

Sony teaser site says "revolutionary new VAIO" coming January 9th originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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First Blu-ray Disc / DVD hybrid announced in Japan

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It sure took long enough to happen, but one of HD DVD's biggest benefits has finally made it over to the Blu-ray side. Yep, we're talking about a Blu-ray / DVD hybrid disc, with a single-layer of Blu on one side and a standard DVD on the very same side (as in, not a "flipper" disc). Not surprisingly, the action's going down first in Japan, with Code Blue emergency helicopter doctor Blu-ray BOX (yes, seriously) as the first hybrid title. There's no word on when (or if) this technology will make it to US soil, but the sooner the better -- nothing like a little inbuilt backwards compatibility to ease the mind.

[Via CDRInfo]

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First Blu-ray Disc / DVD hybrid announced in Japan originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IE Mobile 6 cooked into custom ROM for HTC Touch HD

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While Microsoft won't be handing it out as an update for your WinMo 6 device, ROM cookers are making Internet Explorer Mobile 6 available now. Paul over at MoDaCo has built a custom ROM for the HTC Touch HD that includes IE Mobile 6 -- that's "6 on 6" as they say. Unfortunately, it's only available as a ROM update, not as an invdividual application installer. If you recall, Microsoft said that IE Mobile 6 won't be offered for download, because "the rich media experiences that IE Mobile 6 enables require more powerful, advanced devices." Perhaps in salty salute, Paul's ROM also sets the default explorer search engine to Google. Instructions and tales of caution just beyond the read link.

[Via GadgetMix]

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IE Mobile 6 cooked into custom ROM for HTC Touch HD originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AMD Preps New Life for AMD Athlon Brand with Triple and Quad-Core Chips

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20081218173921_AMD_Preps_New_Life_for_AMD_Athlon_Brand_with_Triple_and_Quad_Core_Chips.html

Quad-Core and Triple-Core Athlon Processors Enroute

AMD, IBM and Toshiba Invent World's Smallest SRAM Cell

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20081218153537_AMD_IBM_and_Toshiba_Invent_World_s_Smallest_SRAM_Cell.html

Processors by AMD, IBM and Toshiba to Feature Larger Caches, Thanks to New Invention

Dell 2408WFP Monitor Review

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/monitors/display/dell-2408wfp.html

Dell 2408WFP is not just an S-PVA matrix with excellent viewing angles, but also great color reproduction, extended color gamut and a large selection of interfaces including HDMI and even DisplayPort. Read more in our review!

Toshiba First to Announce 512GB Solid State Drive, Promises to Launch in Q2 2009

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20081217195853_Toshiba_First_to_Announce_512GB_Solid_State_Drive_Promises_to_Launch_in_Q2_2009.html

512GB Solid State Drive Becomes Reality

Abit's Death Date Reportedly Set: 31st of December, 2008

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20081217051651_Abit_s_Death_Date_Reportedly_Set_31st_of_December_2008.html

Abit to Close Its Doors Forever on the Last Day of the Year

Seagate Reduces Certain Hard Disk Drive Warranties to Three Years

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20081216231516_Seagate_Reduces_Certain_Hard_Disk_Drive_Warranties_to_Three_Years.html

Seagate Cuts Warranties on HDDs for Distributors

Documents suggest Microsoft knew Xbox 360 could damage discs all along

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Microsoft long ago fessed up that the Xbox 360 was capable of scratching discs, and it even offered a (somewhat limited) exchange program for damaged games, but some recently unsealed documents from an ongoing lawsuit now suggest that the company was well aware of the issue for about as long as the console has been around. According to The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft first discovered the problem in September or October of 2005, and it even went so far as to send a "team of engineers" to stores across the US to determine the best course of action. Apparently, they came up with three options, two of which proved to be impractical, and one of which (installing small bumpers in each and every console) proved to be too expensive, leading Microsoft to offer the disc exchange instead. What's more, the documents apparently also revealed that some Microsoft employees thought that the warning labels on the console were insufficient, and that the company has received complaints about the problem from more than 55,000 customers as of April 30th of this year. No word on any movement just yet in the lawsuits themselves just yet but one of them, filed back in July of 2007, is seeking class-action status on behalf of everyone that's bought an Xbox 360.

[Thanks, Lyons]

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Documents suggest Microsoft knew Xbox 360 could damage discs all along originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xbox 360 Sales Double PS3 Sales as Sony Remains Blind to Reality

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13677

Sony proclaims they have "momentum" as the PS3 and PSP finish last in sales...

BD+ Successfully Resealed

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/efWonk7ZGcs/article.pl

IamTheRealMike writes "A month on from the story that BD+ had been completely broken, it appears a new generation of BD+ programs has re-secured the system. A SlySoft developer now estimates February 2009 until support is available. There's a list of unrippable movies on the SlySoft forums; currently there are 16. Meanwhile, one of the open source VM developers seems to have given up on direct emulation attacks, and is now attempting to break the RSA algorithm itself. Back in March SlySoft confidently proclaimed BD+ was finished and said the worst case scenario was 3 months work: apparently they underestimated the BD+ developers."

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XFX Plans to Start Selling ATI Radeon Graphics Cards

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20081212113918_XFX_Plans_to_Start_Selling_ATI_Radeon_Graphics_Cards.html

XFX Drops Exclusive Support of Nvidia

Five PC Power Myths Debunked

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/M_0RlvJv3u4/article.pl

snydeq writes "Turning off PCs during periods of inactivity can save companies between $25 and $75 per PC per year, according to Energy Star, savings that can add up quickly for large organizations. Yet most organizations remain behind the times on PC power management, in large part due to common misperceptions about PC power, writes InfoWorld's Ted Samson, who outlines five PC power myths debunked in a recent report from Forrester, ranging from the energy savings of screen savers, to the energy draw of powering up, to the difficulties of issuing patches to systems in lower-power states."

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