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- 27 February 2012
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News: Quad-core smartphones could have price, battery issues
Smartphones with quad-core processors that are able to deliver PC-like performance have finally been announced, but high prices and battery issues could potentially stymie adoption, analysts said on Monday.
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News: Intel Ivy Bridge Processors Delayed, but Don't Panic
Intel's Ivy Bridge microprocessors will arrive later than expected, apparently due to delays in the manufacturing process.
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News: Dell releases next-gen 10GbE storage arrays
Dell EqualLogic today unveiled the next generation of its mid-range storage arrays, which use 10GbE ports to create iSCSI storage networks using existing copper or fiber infrastructures.
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News: Intel presents new smartphone chips, partnership with ZTE
Intel Monday announced smartphone chips and said that ZTE and Orange will both build devices based on its Atom microprocessor.
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Feature: PNY wins PC Advisor's Best Graphics Card of 2012 award
If you don’t want to spend a fortune, but still want a GPU upgrade that’s going to make mincemeat out of any game you may throw at it for a few years, PNY’s £250 GeForce GTX 570 Performance Edition is a relatively affordable upgrade that doesn’t compromise on performance.
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How-Tos: Overclock Your Graphics Card
Many PC gamers eagerly await the release of next-generation graphics cards, hoping that the new hardware will boost frame rates and enhance eye candy in the latest games. However, while a graphics card upgrade is almost always a good way to increase game performance or improve image quality, new cards tend to be expensive--and they aren’t always necessary.
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News: Elpida, world's third-largest DRAM maker, files for bankruptcy
Elpida Memory, the world's third-largest DRAM maker, filed for bankruptcy Monday in a Tokyo court, saying it had accumulated debts of 448 billion yen (US$5.5 billion) through March of last year.
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News: Orange to release Intel-based Santa Clara smartphone
Mobile operator Orange has joined the companies backing Intel's move into smartphones, and will start to ship the Android-based "Santa Clara" during the summer, it said on Monday.
- 26 February 2012
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News: IBM's molecular images may help nanoscale circuits
IBM researchers for the first time have succeeded in imaging how charge is distributed inside a single molecule, which is a fundamental research breakthrough as scientists try to miniaturize circuitry to the nanometer scale.
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News: Freescale puts base station on single chipset, may help improve coverage
Freescale has launched a system on a chip that includes a full base station, which will allow vendors to build smaller, greener and cheaper units while maintaining performance for 3G and 4G networks, the company said on Monday at Mobile World Congress.
- 24 February 2012
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News: Wall Street Beat: Software results temper bad news on PC front
Disappointing earnings reports this week from Hewlett-Packard and Dell were offset by more encouraging results from software makers, confirming forecasts for general trends in IT spending this year.
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News: Quad-core smartphones and tablets will soon get LTE
Nvidia has partnered with modem chip makers GCT Semiconductor and Renesas Mobile to make it easier to build LTE (Long-Term Evolution) smartphones and tablets using its quad-core Tegra 3 processor, the company said on Thursday.
- 23 February 2012
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How-Tos: How to build a compact, energy-efficient PC
We show you how to put together a space-saving, energy-efficient PC for home or office use - UPDATED: 23rd Feb 2012
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News: LG launches Optimus 4X HD with quad-core processor
LG Electronics has launched the Optimus 4X HD smartphone, which is powered by a quad-core processor from Nvidia and runs Android 4.0, the company said on Thursday.
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News: Toshiba and SanDisk shrink 128Gbit memory chips
Toshiba said Thursday it has shrunk the size of its 128Gbit NAND flash memory chips, in the race to bring more and tinier storage to products like USB storage and memory cards.
- 22 February 2012
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Opinion: View Your Hard Disk's Hidden Hoards With TreeSize Free
Getting a new computer is a bit like moving into a new house: At first, there's plenty of room for everything. Then, a few months or years go by, and you find yourself surrounded by random clutter, wondering where all that free space went. I may not have much advice on de-cluttering your house, but if it's your hard drive space you're looking to reclaim, TreeSize Free can provide you with the answers you need.
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News: Price of DRAM plunges to all-time low of around $1
Prices of DDR3 DRAM memory used in laptops and desktops have dipped to an all-time low of around US$1, and will continue to fall, which could help PC makers pack more memory into computers, analysts said.
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News: Huddle launches intelligent Sync tool to rival Sharepoint
British cloud-based content collaboration firm Huddle has launched a new intelligent file synchronisation tool, which the company describes as a Dropbox for the enterprise.
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Opinion: How to Share an External Drive Between a Mac and a PC
Looking to share an external hard drive between a Mac and PC? The best way to do it is with a drive formatted as FAT32. Though this format has some limitations, it enjoys nearly universal support from active platforms, including Mac and Windows operating systems, and many gaming and Linux OSs.
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News: AppSense DataLocker app makes Dropbox suitable for the enterprise
Virtualisation provider AppSense is making its first move into cloud-based data storage with the launch of a new product called DataLocker, which enables users to encrypt sensitive information in their Dropbox account.
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New Xbox One release date, specs, features and price in UK
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Microsoft Windows 8 review
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