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• 05 June 2013

• News: AMD hopes to bridge gap between Xbox, PlayStation and PCs

  Advanced Micro Devices has announced a new strategy that could lead to games that run in the future across PCs and games consoles like the Xbox and PlayStation.

• News: Dell, Oracle form strategic partnership for integrated systems

  Dell and Oracle will integrate hardware and software for customers through a strategic partnership, the companies announced on Tuesday.

• 04 June 2013

• News: SkyDrive, Complex team up for digital magazine distribution

  Microsoft's SkyDrive will host the latest digital issue of Complex magazine, in what might be an effective cost-saving solution for niche publications.

• News: Sony announces the Haswell-powered VAIO Pro and VAIO Duo Series

  If you're looking for the newest mobile gear with Intel's brand-spanking new fourth-generation processor included, Sony is bringing its stuff to the table. They have a few new mobile options that update their line of VAIO products with the VAIO Pro and VAIO Duo.

• News: Dell, Oracle form strategic partnership for integrated systems

  Dell and Oracle will integrate hardware and software for customers through a strategic partnership, the companies announced on Tuesday.

• News: Forget Haswell: Why tablet processors mean more to Intel at Computex

  Intel's Haswell processor line may have gotten all the glory at Computex this weekend, but ten years down the line, we may just remember Computex 2013 as the year that Intel's most portable CPUs were finally embraced by mobile manufacturers.

• News: Seagate shows 5mm thick Ultrathin hard drive for laptops and tablets

  Seagate has announced its thinnest ever hard drive, the 5mm thick Ultrathin HDD designed for the latest generation of slim laptops and tablets.

• News: Intel working on low-power Thunderbolt for tablets, smartphones

  A low-power Thunderbolt interconnect for smartphones and tablets is in the works, but the wired technology may not thrive if consumers prefer products using the wireless WiGig specification for data transfers.

• News: Dell's Haswell offerings include a convertible Ultrabook and a 27-inch AiO with a discrete graphics processor

  Dell is jumping on the Haswell train in a big way. The company announced at Computex a raft of new consumer and commercial notebook and desktop PCs that will be powered by Intel's fourth-generation Core processors.

• News: Acer unveils devices with Intel's brawny new Haswell processor

  Intel recently introduced the world to its powerful and efficient Haswell line of fourth-generation Core processors. While our lab found that Haswell is only five to 10 percent faster than Intel's previous generation CPU, the all-new microarchitecture crushes AMD's best consumer CPU in every test except graphics performance. Haswell processors will begin making its way to consumers over the next few months including a bevy of new toys from Acer hitting markets this month.

• News: Samsung, Intel tie up on streaming media from PCs to TVs

  Samsung TVs will be able to play movies streamed directly from PCs running Intel's latest processors by the end of this year.

• News: Nvidia shows sturdier Shield gaming device just before it ships

  Nvidia's CEO showed an updated version of the company's Shield portable gaming device at the Computex trade show Tuesday, and said it will start shipping the device later this month to customers who pre-ordered it.

• News: Intel shows first smartphone with Merrifield chip

  Intel on Tuesday showed the first smartphone based on its next Atom smartphone chip code-named Merrifield, which will provide better performance and battery life than current Atom chips.

• News: Nvidia says Tegra 4 can power a better, cheaper stylus

  Nvidia is usually trumpeting the graphics performance of its Tegra 4 chip, but at the Computex trade show on Tuesday CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed how its newest processor can be used to create a precise, affordable stylus for tablets.

• News: Chasing tablets, Intel reduces Haswell power draw even further

  Intel wants to match PC battery life with that of tablets through its new dual-core fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell.

• News: Intel jumps into cloud gaming with first Haswell server chip

  Intel is jumping into cloud gaming with the new Xeon E3-1200v3 chips, which are the company's first server processors based on the Haswell microarchitecture.

• 03 June 2013

• News: Copying grows along with data, driving attempts to rein it in

  All that new data flowing into enterprises can bring along an expensive partner: multiple copies.

• News: WD ships its slimmest 1TB laptop hard drive

  After announcing a 5mm high series of drives earlier this year, WD said it is now shipping the world's highest capacity 7mm-high laptop drive with up to 1TB of storage.

• News: ARM claims processor superiority over Intel's Silvermont

  The seesaw mobile processor battle between ARM and Intel continued at Computex, with ARM claiming it offered better performance per watt for mobile devices than Intel's upcoming chips.

• News: ARM targets $200 smartphones with new Cortex A12 processor

  ARM is targeting high-performance smartphones and tablets priced between US$200 and $350 with a new low-power Cortex-A12 processor the company announced Monday.

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