Sony deixará de fabricar aparelhos de TV nos EUA em 2009

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A gigante japonesa Sony deixará de fabricar aparelhos de TV nos Estados Unidos em fevereiro de 2009, como parte de seu plano de reformas contra os efeitos negativos da crise econômica global, informa o jornal "Daily Yomiuri". A Sony confirmou que encerrará a produção de televisores em sua fábrica de Pittsburg (EUA) no final de fevereiro, fazendo com que a fábrica do México seja a única a produzir aparelhos de TV na América do Norte. Na fábrica americana, onde trabalham atualmente 560 pessoas, a Sony produz televisões de alta definição de 46 e 52 polegadas de cristal líquido (LCD) para a linha Bravia. Leia mais (12/12/2008 - 03h19)

Positivo pode mudar seu estatuto para fechar venda

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da Folha de S.Paulo As negociações entre a Positivo Informática e a Lenovo, que já duram um ano, avançaram com uma proposta formal da gigante chinesa pela compra da maior fabricante de computadores e notebooks do Brasil. A americana Dell também está no páreo, mas, até o momento, as ofertas não avançaram por uma questão de cifras. Leia mais (11/12/2008 - 09h33)

Fusion-io's ioDrive tested: world's fastest storage confirmed

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See all those little Samsung squares? That's NAND flash memory, 80 gigabytes worth on Fusion-io's ioDrive. Tweaktown got an exclusive look at the PCIe storage card and came away mightily impressed by its "near nonexistent latency." It's faster than the best SATA II SSD or fastest 15,000RPM drive loaded in an 8 drive RAID config. Put simply, it's the fastest storage device they've ever tested. Tweaktown was so impressed that they proclaim, "Fusion-io has raised the bar so high that once adopted, traditional solutions will be considered legacy products." Mind you, this is enterprise class storage designed for data center servers requiring ultra-fast IO. Still, the only thing preventing you from installing it inside your own 64-bit OS (only) gaming rig is the price: the 80GB ioDrive lists for about $3,000 on up to $14,400 for the 320GB model. Yeah, expensive, but not for your CIO. Eveyone else will have to wait for the consumer model said to be in the works. Hit the read link for all the benchmarks.

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Fusion-io's ioDrive tested: world's fastest storage confirmed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OCZ Launches Vertex Series SSDs

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Vertex SSDs are available with up to 250Gb of storage and 64MB of cache...

Sales of Blu-Ray Disc Recorders Leave Behind Sales of DVD Recorders in Japan

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Japanese Consumers Now Prefer Blu-Ray Recorders over DVD

Sony's 240Hz BRAVIA KDL-52XBR7 HDTV reviewed: extra Hz not worth the $

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Here it is, the review you've been waiting for. Are all those Hz worth all those dollars? If you believe CNET, the answer is "sadly, no." The 52-inch KDL-52XBR7 was all the rage upon its arrival, promising slick visuals and a dejudder processor that would wow, stun and awe. Unfortunately, it seems the set hasn't exactly lived up to expectations, as the deep black levels, accurate color temperature and color decoding, comprehensive complement of inputs and beautiful body weren't enough to overcome the breathtaking $4,200 price tag. Furthermore, the 240Hz refresh rate was found to offer "only minor improvements to picture quality," proving our fears of it being more about marketing than performance absolutely correct. Bottom line? Take your dollars elsewhere -- chances are, you won't miss the Hz.

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Sony's 240Hz BRAVIA KDL-52XBR7 HDTV reviewed: extra Hz not worth the $ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel's 32nm chips ready for MIDs and netbooks in 2009

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In 2005 Intel revealed its 65-nm manufacturing process, then 45-nm in 2007. Today, in keeping with its "tick-tock" strategy, Intel is announcing a further shrinkage to its manufacturing process as it ends the development phase for 32-nm chip circuitry. That puts the chips on a production schedule for Q4 2009 -- interesting as Intel's rumored 32-nm Medfield chip wasn't expected until the first half of 2010. According to Intel, the new chips incorporate second-generation high-k + metal gate technology with transistors that switch 22% faster than its current 45-nm Penryn chips. Why should you care? Well, the smaller chips are cheaper to manufacture which should translate to consumer savings. They also require less power than Intel's notoriously power-friendly Atom-class chips. As an interesting side note, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Intel has also disclosed a variant of its 45-nm process (the Lincroft-based Pineview we presume) "that is tailored to create chips for portable computing devices that require low power consumption." Uh, those wouldn't be targeting ARM by any chance would they Intel? Wink wink, nudge nudge.

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Intel's 32nm chips ready for MIDs and netbooks in 2009 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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