Thomas de Maesschalck

Asians prefer regular notebooks over netbooks

A survey by IDC in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region found that most users prefer regular notebooks over netbooks: In 2009, the average household in the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region has two PCs and...

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MSI X-Slim X430 with AMD Athlon Neo X2 launched

MSI introduced the X-Slim X430, a new ultraportable laptop based on the AMD Athlon Neo X2 dual-core processors. The system has a 14" LCD display with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, AMD RS780MN + SB710 chipsets, ATI Mobility...

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How to enable L3 cache on Athlon II CPUs

Asian tech site Inpai has written an article on enabling the L3 cache on Athlon II X3 processors. This is useful if you have a chip with a broken fourth core but working L3 cache. You can check it out over here , they also...

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Ubisoft confirms Far Cry 3

Ubisoft game scenario writer Kevin Shortt revealed a team is working on the development of Far Cry 3: Speaking at a recent Avatar junket, OPM asked Ubisoft scribe Kevin Shortt if he was working on a third Far Cry title and...

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Intel Larrabee to surprise in late 1H 2010?

Bright Side of News heard Intel representatives talked to large OEMs about Larrabee. The Chip giant reportedly said Larrabee is slated for the end of the first half of 2010, and that the performance will surprise the...

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Samsung denies its planning to acquire Infineon

Samsung announced speculation that it may acquire German chipmaker Infineon is unfounded. Infineon's shares were up on takeover rumors, but Samsung said they've never studied the possibility. Samsung Electronics said market...

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AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition with Stepping C3

POSTEDON _DATESTRING _BY Thomas De Maesschalck In our first CPU review in a long while we'll take a look at the AMD Phenom 2 X4 965 Black Edition. Now the 965BE has been out for a while already, but Nov 4th AMD launched a new...

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Loewe Connect 42 Media Full HD+100 DR+ 42in LCD TV

POSTEDON _DATESTRING _BY Thomas De Maesschalck Some people might expect perfect rather than very good pictures for the best part of three grand. However, the Connect 42 as an overall package has the looks, feel, features,...

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Mars once had a vast ocean

Scientists from Northern Illinois University and Planetary Institute in Houston have generated a more detailed global map of the valley networks on Mars. Their findings suggest the planet once had rainfall and a vast ocean...

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Semiconductor revenue declined less than expected

iSuppli issued a preliminary report about the semiconductor industry in 2009, the research firm predicts global semiconductor revenue will be down 12.4 percent compared to last year. That's significantly better than...

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