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Friday, October 12th, 2007A number of readers made sure we are aware that the 2007 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grunberg for simultaneously and independently discovering giant magnetoresistance. This property has allowed the explosion of disk-space growth and is cited as being one of the first nanotechnology breakthroughs. From the announcement: [...]
Seagate Releases Hybrid Hard Drive
Friday, October 12th, 2007An anonymous reader writes to tell us Seagate has released a new hybrid hard drive. This new drive adds the speed of a solid state drive to the conventional hard drive. Originally designed for laptops this new drive comes in 80, 120, and 160 GB flavors and features 256MB of flash memory.
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Man Claims iPod Set His Pants Aflame
Friday, October 12th, 2007alphadogg writes to mention that an Atlanta man is claiming an iPod Nano actually caught fire in his pants creating flames that lasted 15 seconds and reached up as far as his chest. Apple hasn’t responded to the claims yet other than sending him a packet to return the iPod.
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Everex StepNote VA2001T Review
Friday, October 12th, 2007Image Courtesy Everex
Budget notebooks seem to becoming more and more affordable every year. They are even getting close to the range of budget desktop systems. Everex seems to be one…
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Intel’s 45nm process, a true mark of innovation?
Friday, October 12th, 2007With all the attention focused on AMD we seem to forget that Intel recently switched to the 45nm process, which is no small feat by any standard.
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HP/Compaq’s PC Support
Friday, October 12th, 2007HP is one of the largest computer companies. Large enough that they keep trading places with Dell as the largest seller of PCs. Most consumers are probably more familiar with…
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Dell Inspiron 1520 Review
Friday, October 12th, 2007Image Courtesy Dell Inc.
One thing that can easily be said about most low cost notebook computers is that they lack much in terms of style. Dell is trying to break…
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Compaq Presario V6620US
Friday, October 12th, 2007Image Courtesy HP Inc.
HP continues to sell computers under the Compaq Presario product line years after the purchase. The main focus of these systems has been on the budget oriented…
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Besides money, is AMD hemorrhaging employees as well?
Friday, October 12th, 2007With the resignation of AMD’s executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer Henri Richard, does it seem that AMD executives are leaving a sinking ship?
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When stuff breaks days after the warranty expired?
Friday, October 12th, 2007Computers, or computer parts, breaking right after their warranty expired. PC myths or a dark art mastered by a mere few manufacturers?
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