AMD Phenom X2 GE-Series Details Unveiled
AMD plans to cut power
consumption of its mainstream
Phenom X2 processors with the
Phenom X2 GE-series, according
to the companys latest
roadmap. The Phenom X2
GE-series joins the Phenom X2
GS-series in late Q12008,
after the Phenom X2 GS-series
makes its debuts. AMD has
three Phenom X2 GS-series in
the pipeline with launches
beginning in Q42007 and more
models added in Q12008.
The new Phenom X2
GE-series match the recently
released Athlon X2 BE-series
in terms of thermal design
power, or TDP, at 45-watts.
AMD Phenom X2 GS-series
processors have 65-watt and
89-watt TDP ratings.The low
power Phenom X2 GE-series will
have three models “ the
GE-6600, GE-6500 and GE-6400.
AMDs Phenom X2
GE-6600 clocks in at 2.3 GHz,
coincidentally, the Intel Core
2 Duo E6600 clocks in at 2.4
GHz. The middle of the Phenom
X2 GE-series consists of the
2.1 GHz Phenom X2 GE-6500
while the 1.9 GHz Phenom X2
GE-6400 occupies the bottom of
the lineup. ..
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03.07.2007GE shows 500GB holographic storage prototype
General Electric on Monday announced it is working on a holographic storage medium that resembles
a typical optical disc and allows it to store the equivalent of 100 DVDs, the
NY Times reported this weekend. Holography, used for the three-dimensional images on some older credit cards for security, can also store
binary data in the form of 1s and 0s. The next step involves GE making the technology usable in hardware that can be mass-produced at affordable
prices.
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27.04.2009AMD Quietly Starts to Sell Dual-Core Phenom Microprocessors
Advanced Micro Devices has quietly started to sell dual-core microprocessors featuring the latest K10 micro-architecture in Europe, at least, based on
the results from a search engine. If the information is correct and AMD is shipping its Phenom X2 parts for revenue, then the chipmaker may attract
additional attention to its microprocessor line among price-conscious buyers looking for modern tech.
According to a screenshot taken on
Geizhalz.at price search engine in Europe and published by Hardware-Infos web-site, AMD has started shipping AMD Phenom X2 GE-6400 (1.90GHz, 1MB of L2
cache <512KB per core>, 2MB L3 cache), GE-6500 (2.10GHz, 1MB of L2 cache <512KB per core>, 2MB L3 cache) and GE-6600 (2.30GHz, 1MB of L2 cache <512KB
per core>, 2MB L3 cache) microprocessors to channel customers.
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27.08.2008Data loss could affect 650,000 store credit card users
Credit card company GE Money said a computer tape has disappeared which contained personal information of consumers who hold JC Penney credit cards...
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18.01.2008Microsoft should seek internal CIO candidate
Stuart Scott had a stellar reputation when Microsoft recruited him in 2005 to be its CIO.
Scott had survived-and thrived-for 17
years inside GE, a company known for forced ranking even its best managers out of the organization to make room for fresh blood, and for its
associations with management discipline and Six Sigma quality process improvements. Scott himself is a Six Sigma black belt and a graduate of GE's
prestigious leadership development program. He was so well respected in the company that GE CIO Gary Reiner welcomed Scott back to the company after
his brief stint with Webvan ended with the online grocer's bankruptcy.
That's why Reynold Lewke, an executive recruiter with
Egon Zehnder International, was shocked when he heard that
Microsoft had fired Scott. Lewke says he doesn't remember ever seeing a statement about an executive termination from Microsoft
like the one the company released about Scott.
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09.11.2007New NBC Universal Chief Takes Hard Line on YouTube
The day of his coronation as
the new CEO of NBC Universal,
replacing long-time executive
and GE appointee Robert
Wright, Jeff Zucker wasted no
time taking a stand against
YouTube, taking the video
sharing site and NBCU partner
to task for failing to
implement copyright
protections...
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07.02.2007Quark Appoints New CEO
Quark has announced its new
CEO, former GE executive
Raymond Schiavone. Schiavone
has joined Quark as its
president and CEO. Acting
president Lind Chase has
chosen to stay with the
company as its senior vice
president of enterprise
products.
Quark
chairman, Farah 'Sasha'
Ebrahimi said: "This
important change signals a new
era for Quark. We are excited
to bring in professional
management of the calibre of
Ray Schiavone. He has exactly
what we need to aggressively
take Quark to the next level.
His in-depth experience
growing global software
companies will benefit our
customers, our partners and
our employees."
Before TPN Register,
Schiavone had a successful
career as an executive at GE,
holding senior positions
across the US and Europe
across 14-years. He holds a
Masters of Business
Administration from the
University of Maryland and a
bachelor of science degree
from Syracuse University.
Schiavone is also a board
member of the University of
Maryland Engineering
School.
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01.11.2006Happy 40th Birthday Unix!
This August, Unix is celebrating it's 40th birthday, and it's worth noting that an operating system that old, has been used every decade of
it's existence - and still is. In fact, Unix is gathering more and more attention as the years go by. Unix was conceived at Bell Labs after AT&T,
MIT and GE stopped production on a major project that was an attempt to create an operating system called Multics. Unixs' purpose was to make
better use of mainframe computers and to have them serve many PC's at one time.
Read full story.....
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25.08.2009NVIDIA Launches GeForce 100M Series
NVIDIA just announced three new mobile GPUs based off the 100M series, the G105M, G110M, and the GT 130M. Each GPU offers a significant performance
increase over the older chipset it is replacing, with the G105M being quoted as 55% faster than the 9200M GE, the G110M being 35% faster than the
9300M GS and the GT 130M being 17% faster than the 9600M GT before it. The new 100M series with NVIDIA CUDA technology will also support number of
applications that make use of the multiple processor cores for more than just 3D graphics, in areas such as game physics and accelerated video
conversion.
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09.01.2009For a limited time - Alienware Bare Bones
Alienware “ a leading manufacturer of
high-performance desktop,
notebook and professional
systems “ is now giving PC
enthusiasts a limited-time
opportunity to purchase an
Alienware barebones kit
featuring the company's
highly popular P2 desktop
chassis. The barebones kit
comes in response to the large
number of Alienware customers
who have expressed a desire to
obtain the innovative chassis
by itself.
"After
listening closely to their
feedback, we are giving our
customers the flexibility of
owning the sleek and stylish
Alienware desktop chassis
either separately or as part
of a complete Alienware
desktop system, ensuring that
the needs of all are met,
said Marc Diana, desktop
product marketing manager for
Alienware.
"Alienware's
award-winning style has built
up a legion of fans who
appreciate bold, eye-catching
case designs that are a stark
contrast to the uninspiring
industry norm...
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20.06.2007Google Earth Flight Simulator
Some time last week, Google expanded
Google Earth with
Google Sky. As fascinating as Google Sky is, that's not the focus of this
post. Along with the latest update comes a hidden feature of which I cannot seem to find any other information about. It's not in the release notes
and a search on Google produces no results. Seems Google have done one of their unpublicised updates they're becoming well-known for.
What I'm talking about is a flight simulator embedded within GE. Sounds awesome, doesn't it? If the thought amazes you as much as it did
me, then you might have run off and tried it for yourself. But there's a problem. Remember what I said above - it's a hidden feature!
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01.09.2007Zune tattoo guy gets Microsoft's attention
The man so devoted to all
things Zune that he got not
one but two Zune tattoos looks
to have finally drawn the
attention of Microsoft itself,
which has decided to fly its
biggest fan out to Redmond and
give him the star treatment.
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22.06.2007Neowin.net Widget for Opera by RM
Well, a Neowin.net Widget for
Opera by RM is developed.
It's not so good as the
toolbar, but it's my first
widget.
An RSS Reader
with some extra tools. Just
press the options button and
you will have some extra
features.
What can
I do with this Widget?
Well, you
can...
- Access the
Premium and Free webchat (
Many people don't see that
this chat feature includes so
many options. Audio and Video,
IM, Games in IM, Private call
chat, ... Included in
toolbar)
- Write your
notes (JS-based)
- Have
your own calendar
(JS-based)
- Scan for
threats
- IRC
- Ge
t the news from the "All
news in one feed"
RSS
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19.12.2006Apple May Need to Play Better with Others
If this year's Macworld Conference & Expo follows form, Apple (AAPL) Chief Executive Steve Jobs will pull the curtain back on a new device or two
that will capture the consuming public's fancy. Early word, for example, is that he'll announce a slick new sub-notebook that, if successful, could
help make mainstream a product that until now has occupied only a niche. That's what Apple did for digital music players with the iPod and for
smartphones with the iPhone.
But for Apple to make the most of its peerless products, experts say it will need to improve
relations with the folks who create the content to run on them, especially after the series of spats that marked 2007. Recall the refusal by Universal
Music Group, the world's largest record label, to re-up its long-term contract to supply music to Apple's iTunes Store, or the move by General
Electric's (GE) NBC Universal to pull its TV shows from iTunes.
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14.01.2008Unsplit, Microsoft would be worth about $8,928 a share
Q: What would the price of Microsoft
(MSFT)
stock be today if it had never split?
A: Readers have been asking a lot of questions like this one. For some reason, some
investors want to see what many stocks' prices would be had the companies not split their shares.
First some background. A stock
split occurs when a company cuts its share price by issuing additional shares. Stock splits change the number of shares you own, but they don't have
any direct effect on the company's market value or the total value of your holdings. You can
read more about stock splits
here.
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12.11.2007Mail merge feature added to Google Apps
Just weeks after unveiling
offline capabilities to its
Google Apps collection of
services, the company Monday
added a
mail migration feature that
lets corporate users transfer
existing mail to the online
platform.
The mail
merge feature is available for
the Google Apps' Premier and
Education editions. Google has
developed a self-service
wizard that lets
administrators securely
transfer into their Google
Apps account e-mail from any
e-mail server that supports
IMAP.
The two
most-used corporate e-mail
servers -- Microsoft Exchange
and Lotus Notes -- support
IMAP interfaces.
Google officials said the
mail merge capabilities will
support Exchange 2003, but
that Notes is yet to be tested
with the software.
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26.06.2007Intel has worlds fastest Si-Ge Photo detector
On the morning of Day Zero at IDF Mario Paniccia, an Intel Fellow and Director of the Photonics Technology Lab, told attendees that Intel has
developed a silicon- and germanium-based photo detector that can detect laser light signals at speeds of over 40 Gbits/sec.
At
this speed, the company claims that it is the worlds best performing Silicon Germanium photo detector.
Photo detection, or fibre
optic communication as many of you will know it as, involves the process of converting optical data into electrical data. In the past though, fibre
optics got a reputation for being an expensive and specialised solution to the problem.
This prompted Intel to start researching
silicon photonics, which involves manufacturing fibre optic components from silicon. While silicon is opaque in the visible spectrum of light, its
transparent at infrared wavelengths, meaning it can guide light. However, silicon cannot absorb light, which presents a problem.
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18.09.2007Whats next on Microsofts search agenda?
Its been three months since
Satya Nadella took over as
Corporate Vice President in
charge of Microsofts Search &
Advertising Platform Group.
Whats he been up to?
œIve been focusing on
learning, said Nadella, with
whom I had chance to chat on
July 27 at his office on the
Redmond campus. œI had been
with MBS (Microsoft Business
Solutions) for a while and had
forgotten what it means to
change groups here. But Ive
been focused on building the
team with a focus on
collaboration.
Nadella, who was named as
the head of Microsofts
combined Search and Ad
Platform Group in March 2007,
also is shepherding his team
through a planned fall Search
update, as well as an upcoming
Spring search refresh. Nadella
said his goal is to do a major
search refresh twice a year,
once in the spring and once in
the fall, for the foreseeable
future. In between these
updates, Microsoft will
continue to roll out
incremental search
improvements, such as the
new
facial-detection search
functionality it recently
added to its Live Image
Search.
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01.08.2007Google to enter China online music sector
Google Inc plans to enter the online music market in China for the first time, as it steps up its battle with local incumbent Baidu.com Inc, media
reported on Thursday. Google is expected to announce a joint venture with Top100.cn, to allow users to listen to and download licensed music files for
free, major portal Sina.com said, citing local newspaper reports based on sources close to the U.S. firm.
The joint venture expects to
generate revenue through online advertisements on the music search pages, Sina added.
A spokeswoman for Google in China said she did not
comment on rumours or speculation. Top 100 was set up with initial capital of 20 million yuan ($2.78 million) by Chinese basketball star Yao Ming,
Yao's agent Zhang Mingji, and industry professional Ge Chen, Sina said.
Chinese Internet firms such as Baidu have built up their
popularity by providing search services for and access to music files, or mp3s, many of which are pirated. This has drawn the ire of international
music industry heavyweights.
Read full
story.....
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14.02.2008OEMs None Too Happy with 'Vista Effect'
It's a challenge to find
signs that anyone other than
Redmond will say that the
uptake of Windows Vista is
going gangbusters. A couple of
weeks ago, computer maker
Acer
took the opportunity to
directly bash Vista when it
had to lower profit
forecasts. Customers just
weren't interested.
Today,
Tom's
Hardware reports that a
poll of resellers found a
serious lack of enthusiasm for
the operating systems effect
on business since the
enterprise launch in November.
All segments of buyers, the
OEMs say, want to wait.
Problems with drivers and
software compatibility, not to
mention necessary hardware
upgrades, have put the kibosh
on a rush to roll out the
operating system. In fact,
tellingly enough, if theyre
not ordering XP-loaded
machines (or cant for some
reason), theyre sometimes
rebuilding Vista machines with
an XP machine. Now thats
rejection.
And a
NotebookReview.com piece says
you can see that this
rejection is real by looking
at a few other details.
Dell and HP offer XP and
Linux systems to both consumer
and enterprise markets
because theyre selling.
Actually, theyre not just
selling, theyre first being
requested by customers, so its
a trend that doesnt show signs
of slowing...
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