News: Hardware

• Report: Dell in talks to sell PC factories
  Martyn Williams
  Sep 05 2008
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  • Hardware

  Computer-maker Dell is attempting to off-load its computer manufacturing plants around the world, The Wall Street Journal reported in its Friday edition. The company has approached contract...

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• Rumor: Microsoft says "goodbye to laser" and launches "Blue Track" mouse
  Jordan Golson
  Sep 02 2008
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  • Hardware

  Microsoft is promoting what some gadget sites think is a new type of mouse tracking technology. The tagline "Say Goodbye to Laser" appeared on Microsoft's hardware site with a previously...

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• Whipping the Apple TV into shape
  Christopher Breen
  Aug 26 2008
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  • Hardware

  Those who follow this space and the words that fill it know that I have a love/hate relationship with my Apple TV. I love it because it's just such a clever and convenient way to deliver iTunes Store...

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• AMD sells digital TV business to Broadcom
  Grant Gross
  Aug 25 2008
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  • Hardware

  Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to sell its digital television business to Broadcom for US $192.8 million, as the chip maker fights to return to profitability, the companies announced...

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• QTV brings streaming video via an unlikely platform: The PS2
  Chris Tompkins
  Aug 07 2008
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  • Hardware

  This week’s Digital Hollywood Conference in San Jose was awash with expensive digital media set-top boxes for streaming content to the living room. Most were uninspired Microsoft Media Center or...

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• Intel keeps number of Larrabee cores under wraps
  Sumner Lemon and Agam Shah
  Aug 04 2008
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  • Hardware

  Intel plans to detail the architecture of its upcoming Larrabee chip at the SIGGRAPH conference on Aug. 12, but the company will keep one important aspect of the chip under wraps: the number of cores...

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• Despite iPhone 3G, Palm hits Centro sales target months ahead of schedule
  Chris Tompkins
  Jul 31 2008
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  • Hardware

  Palm announced this week that it had sold its two millionth Centro phone, ahead of its own target to reach that number by the end of 2008.  In June, I assumed that Palm’s conservative sales...

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• Virginia Tech building another Mac-based supercomputer
  Jordan Golson
  Jul 25 2008
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  • Hardware

  In 2003, Virginia Tech built an 1100-node cluster out of Apple G5 Xserves which was, at the time, the third-fastest supercomputer in the world. Now, the school is building a new supercomputer, this...

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• Methanol fuel-cell laptop on its way?
  Cyndy Aleo-Carreira
  Jul 23 2008
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  • Hardware

  greenUPGRADER brings us news of a possible greener laptop that could potentially be available within the next two or three years. The laptop from PolyFuel is a prototype Lenovo T40 that uses a direct...

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• Dispelled Intel rumor may disappoint gamers
  Dan Nystedt
  Jul 21 2008
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  • Hardware

  Intel announced prices for some of its latest, most powerful chips that might disappoint digital gaming enthusiasts because they're more expensive than reports had speculated. The latest Intel...

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