2008 isn't even halfway over, but VIA is making long-term plans around its new Isaiah architecture. By 2009, the company plans to transition Isaiah to a dual-core design on a 45nm process.Read More...
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$6,800 gets you thicker, heavier MacBook plus XO donation
http://arstechnica.comWhen is a MacBook worth $6,800? When you buy one that is uglified tricked out by a European company that also promises to donate an XO laptop in your honor to undisclosed "governmentally sponsored education programs." Read More...
Read more »OLPC and Microsoft will make Windows available on XO
http://arstechnica.comThe OLPC project has announced plans to make Microsoft's Windows XP operating system available to government buyers of the XO laptop. This desperate last minute change will do little to help the project, which suffers from deployment problems and hardware failures.Read More...
Read more »Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X Video Card Review
http://www.legitreviews.comBig on performance and easy on the wallet, the Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X video card offers unheard of graphics processing power at a wallet friendly price point. Finally you can enjoy decent frame rates in the latest DirectX 10 games at resolutions that gamers actually want to use. Read on as we take a look at the Albatron GeForce 9600GT-512X and how it does when we game on it and then overclock it to the max.
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64GB SSD on the Desktop: Samsung and OCZ go mainstream
http://www.anandtech.comWe provide a desktop oriented review of the new mainstream 64GB Solid State Drive from Samsung and its fraternal twin from OCZ Technology.
Read more »Verizon picks Linux—but not Android—for mobile platform
http://arstechnica.comVerizon has joined the Linux Mobile Foundation and has announced plans to ship phones with the open source operating system next year. Read More...
Read more »Former security director blasts OLPC, suggests new strategy
http://arstechnica.comFormer OLPC security directory Ivan Krstic has written a lengthy essay attacking the project, exposing what he considers its most serious failures, and providing some recommendations for a new strategy that might just bail out the failing endeavor. Read More...
Read more »Why Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sales milestone isn’t so impressive
http://arstechnica.comMicrosoft is boasting that the Xbox 360 is the first current-gen system to hit 10 million units sold in the US. These numbers leave out the year-long head start the Xbox 360 enjoyed, as well as the Wii's worldwide dominance. Read More...
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