Fw: Record 1080p Videos With JVC's New Everio

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=69cb32692415fcad77f1174aadc91959
JVC announced two new Everio camcorders, both of which are capable to
record videos in 1080p resolution at 60 frames per second.

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Fw: Venda de notebooks cresceu 183% em 2007, diz Abinee

URL:
http://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online/folha/informatica/rss091/*http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/informatica/ult124u368528.shtml
O mercado brasileiro de computadores comercializou, em 2007, cerca de
10 milhões de unidades, o que representa um crescimento de 21,4% em
relação a 2006. O maior crescimento foi o dos laptops, reforçando a
busca do consumidor por maior mobilidade. De acordo com dados
divulgados pela Abinee (Associação Brasileira da Indústria Elétrica e
Eletrônica), as vendas de desktops atingiram cerca de 8 milhões de
unidades e as de notebooks, 1,9 milhões. No entanto, os computadores de
mesa tiveram crescimento de vendas de 7%, enquanto as vendas de
notebooks subiram 183%. Segundo a pesquisa da IT Data, contratada pela
Abinee, o comércio ilegal de computadores encerrou o ano ocupando 35%
do mercado total. Os desktops ilegais tiveram 29,1% do mercado total, e
os notebooks ilegais fecharam 2007 respondendo por 37% de seu setor.
Leia mais (31/01/2008 - 10h58)

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Fw: Blu-ray And HD DVD Support Demystified

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c83c69b5fe9f8edf59aa82190d72704a
Analysis - If you had to choose between Blu-ray and HD DVD today, what
would you buy? Based on recent media coverage we guess likely you would
go with Blu-ray. But has the market already made its decision? Which
companies support which format? We spent some time examining the
current market and compiled a list of hardware vendors, retail stores
and publishers and their support for the HD age.

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Fw: Gateway Retail Desktops Dump Intel Quads In Favor Of Phenom CPUs

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=1e96d2f2ee855738180b655cff88639b
Gateway officially announced its new high-end retail desktop PC
offering. And if you haven't seen these PCs in your local Best Buy
already, there's a surprise: At least for now, the company has stopped
offering Intel quad-core processors in its retail configurations and is
using AMD quad-core Phenom 9500 and 9600 processors instead.

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Fw: Hacking Asus EEE

URL:
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/225993979/article.pl An
anonymous reader writes "Torsten Lyngaas has published a set of
instructions with photographs on his personal wiki that describe the
steps he took to install $450 worth of extra hardware, including a GPS
receiver, an FM transmitter, Bluetooth, extra USB ports, 802.11n, and
an extra 4GB flash storage drive."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Fw: ASUS Extends Eee Branding to Desktops, AIOs, LCD TVs

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10518
E-DT, E-TV, and E-Monitor coming in 2008 - touchscreen Eee put on
hold...

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Fw: HDMI, Displayport Quickly Replacing DVI

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=23cb077b40b155df8ac1b407a28c2a45
The DVI interface will is headed for retirement, as HDMI and
Displayport are establishing themselves as successors for the interface.

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Fw: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2: 2 GPUs 1 Card, A Return to the High End

URL: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3209
AMD finally makes a return to the high end GPU market with its latest
single-card, multi-GPU video card. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 manages to
outperform NVIDIA's single-card solutions at a very competitive price
point. The High End GPU wars of 2008 have just begun.

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Fw: In-Depth Review of the MacBook Air With Photos

URL:
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/223494549/article.pl
Engadget has the first really in-depth review of the MacBook Air that I
have seen with plenty of great photos and specifics. They do a great
job of highlighting the highs and the lows with plenty of concrete
examples to back their claims up. It seems that while the MacBook Air
is a great step towards ultra-portable computing, overall the
pricepoint is just too high. Which is not surprising from a new Apple
gadget I guess.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Fw: Sony Develops Smaller, Cheaper Blu-ray Disc Laser Unit

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10469
New 3mm laser helps pave way for more compact, 9.5mm ...

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Fw: AMD: No Compatibility Problems with PCI Express 2.0

URL:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/chipsets/display/20080124231055_AMD_No_Compatibility_Problems_with_PCI_Express_2_0.html
AMD Says It's Graphics Cards Have No PCI Express 2.0 Compatibility
Issues

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Fw: AMD To Showcase Upcoming Phenom CPUs At CeBIT 2008

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=2db3f730340a87a8bfb0522dbe355a83
Due to the TLB (translation lookaside buffer) bug, AMD has postponed
the launch of its upcoming quad-core Phenom 9700 CPU to the second
quarter of 2008, however the company is planning to showcase the CPU at
CeBIT 2008 in March along with 9900 and 9100e models, according to
sources at motherboard makers.

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Fw: HD DVD Boss: The Format War is Far From Over

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10478
HD DVD still believes that there is still much territory to be
claimed...

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Fw: A look at VIA's next-gen Isaiah x86 CPU architecture

URL: http://techreport.com/articles.x/13996
A brand-new x86 processor microarchitecture doesn't come along every
day, but today, we have just that. We visited the offices of Centaur
Technology yesterday to learn about its new architecture. Remarkably,
Glenn Henry and his team of less than 100 people have created a
thoroughly modern x86 processor microarchitecture...

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Fw: Report: IBM Could Make a Move for AMD, Analysts Doubtful

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10456
Newest Reuters wire claims IBM is considering a purchase of struggling
AMD...

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Fw: DDR3 Price Premium Over DDR2 To Shrink To 10% In H2

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=53231428952d3e370c362e99b42098cd
Amid Intel's aggressive push to supporting DDR3-powered platform, DRAM
makers are working with the processor giant to advance their volume
production schedules in the hope that the joint effort will result in a
less than 10% price gap between DDR3 and DDR2 in the second half of
2008.

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Fw: Blu-ray Disc Takes 93 Percent of Hardware Sales During Week 2

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10452
Blu-ray Disc charges ahead in sales charts following Warner Bros.
announcement...

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Fw: Seagate Plans New Generation of Hybrid Hard Drives

URL:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/200801222230716_Seagate_Plans_New_Generation_of_Hybrid_Hard_Drives.html
Seagate Reaffirms Necessity to Redevelop Hybrid Hard Drives

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Fw: Crossfire meets PCI Express 2.0 - More Lanes, More Frames?

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=16f04972c49b807bacecebbd5f0a2290
How much of a performance advantage does PCI Express 2.0 offer over
PCIe 1.0a? How much performance do you lose on an x4 or x8 connector?
How much faster is a Crossfire setup with two full x16 connectors? Read
on for the answers!

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Fw: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 - Fastest Yet!

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=42fb59b09806927a0e8283370232c195
AMD has taken back the crown for the most powerful graphics card. Read
on to see how the company did it and how the HD 3879 X2 performs on a
variety of benchmarks.

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Fw: "Save HD DVD" Petition Garners Thousands Of Signatures

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e21c87b18ebcdbe30b55eadaf236599b
Over 13,000 signatures have endorsed a "save HD DVD" petition less than
three weeks after it was first put online.

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Fw: Noise Cancelling Headphones

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=782a60022d02ffa16b9c2c07fd34f6fd
Noise canceling headphones usually claim that they sample the ambient
noise spectrum, via a microphone, and generate opposite phase sound to
cancel out the external sounds.

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Fw: Another Intel Dual-core Celeron In Q2 08

URL: http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=842e050d154a694ff5e35a6ed8df007f
Having recently launching its first dual-core Celeron E1000 series CPU,
E1200, Intel is ready to launch another family member with a faster
core frequency in the second quarter of 2008, according to sources at
motherboard makers.

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Fw: USB 3.0's New Jacks and Sockets

URL:
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/214047699/article.pl
The Register has a brief look posted (with photos and diagrams) of "USB
3.0, the upcoming version of the universal add-on standard
re-engineered for the HD era, made a small appearance at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES)." The posting explains that USB 3.0 "wasn't
demonstrated in operation, but we did get to see what the new
connectors look like." How does it handle backward compatibility? The
extra pins needed for USB 3.0 "are placed behind the USB 1.1/2.0 ones.
USB 3.0 connectors and receptacles will be deeper than the current
ones."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Fw: Intel Responds to EU Charges With Demands of Its Own

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10238
Intel insists its innocence as it responds to antitrust allegations
from the European Union...

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Fw: Meet Intel Wolfdale: Core 2 Duo E8500, E8400 and E8200 Processors Review

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-wolfdale.html
These days Intel refreshes their dual-core Core 2 Duo processor lineup.
The new CPUs manufactured with 45nm process boast a lot of advantages
compared to their predecessors. We would like to offer you our
extensive write-up about them...

Conclusion

Well, everything seems pretty clear. Summing up everything we have just
said, we can state that new dual-core Core 2 Duo E8500, E8400 and E8200
processors on 45nm cores are great from all stand points. They are
faster than their predecessors working at the same clock speeds.
Besides, their working frequencies are initially higher than those of
previous Core 2 Duo CPUs. And taking into account that Intel is going
to sell the new solutions for the price of Core 2 Duo E6850, E6750 and
E6550, we can all get "free" performance improvement of 10-15% on new
Intel dual-core CPUs.

Moreover, Core 2 Duo's transition to new manufacturing technology
provides additional bonuses to the users. First, they will support of
the promising SSE4.1 instructions that will show their best in the
future. Second, Wolfdale CPUs are extremely economical. Third, they
overclock brilliantly and hence will become overclockers' choice.

In other words, the second reincarnation of dual-core processors on
Core micro-architecture turned out a definite success. The only
upsetting thing about it is that the sales of these processors will
definitely shake AMD's positions in the market even more, because they
cannot offer anything of the same performance level at the time. All
dual-core processors from AMD are slower than the new Core 2 Duo E8000
series, which automatically ousts them from the $150+ price segment,
where Intel's dual-core solutions will now become the only player.

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Fw: PCI Express 2.0: Scalable Interconnect Technology, TNG

URL: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3192
We look at the technology behind PCI Express 2.0 and the innovations
that drive the changes.

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Fw: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (rev. 1.0) Mainboard Review

URL:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ga-p35-ds3l.html
Our today's review will be devoted to an inexpensive Gigabyte
GA-P35-DS3L mainboard based on Intel P35 Express chipset that sells at
a little over $100 these days. We were very pleased with Gigabyte
GA-P35-DS3L mainboard: smart PCB design, pretty rich set of connectors,
features and functions. We admired easy and quick processor
overclocking procedure. Read more in our review!

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Foxconn Electronics May Become World's Largest Maker of Mainboards

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20080102124109_Foxconn_Electronics_to_Become_World_s_Largest_Maker_of_Mainboards.html
With Asustek Split Into Three, Foxconn May Become the No.1 Mainboard Maker

Fujitsu, Hitachi Believe that Miniature Hard Drives Have No Future

URL: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/storage/display/20080102093706_Fujitsu_Hitachi_Believe_that_Miniature_Hard_Drives_Have_No_Future.html
Fujitsu Cancels Miniature HDD Plans, Hitachi Withdraws from Market

The Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 - Redefining the High End?

URL: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3190
This is a preview of the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 providing detailed benchmarking and overclocking results at a variety of settings. However, the board may need a few more weeks before it's fully cooked.

High Definition Drive Market in PC to be Worth $2 Billion by 2012

URL: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10192
A full 2/3 of the high definition market will be universal players by 2012...