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- DDR2 contract prices surpass
DDR3 - Have DDR2 and DDR3 prices finally reached parity?
Maybe not in stores just yet, but as DigiTimes reports, the latest
numbers from DRAMeXchange show DDR2 has eclipsed DDR3 on the contract
pricing scale for both modules and chips.
- Hundreds of thousands HD 5870 cards sold - ATI has shipped tens of thousands of HD 5870
cards
at launch, as the whole point was to launch them in last days of Q3.
Since the card was launched in September they could simply please their
investors by claiming that this was a Q3 launch not a Q4 launch. More
importantly, the HD 5870 was available in hundreds of thousands a week
after launch, but due to high demand and the fact that Dell got a
better piece of the shipment, there were still some shortages.
Naturally North America got more cards than Europe and it doesn't look
like that you will see many cards available anytime soon.
- Sony VAIO X Windows 7 Notebook - Fist Impressions
- The new X Series
is incredibly light and slim, weighing just 0.78KG (including battery).
It's hard to describe just how elegant and slim this notebook is, the
chasis measures no more than 13.9mm in width at any point across its
body. It's so light that Sony is claiming the X series is the "world's
lightest laptop." The VAIO X series notebook will be available from
November 2009 priced at £1,299 for the basic model through to
£1,899
for a 256GB SSD and 2GHz Atom Processor powered model.
- ASUS G51Vx 15.6" Gaming Notebook Tested - This
notebook supports 3D gaming surround audio in the form of EAX
Advanced 4.0 audio technology. The G51Vx is also powered by an NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 260M graphics card that features 1GB GDDR3 VRAM, which is
not wasted, as ASUS created the G51Vx with a 15.6" full HD display
screen that has a 16:9 ratio and 1920x1080 resolution.
- Windows 8 and 9 may support 128-bit architecture -
With Windows 7 still not available for everyone, news has
surfaced that Microsoft is already researching and working
on some of the architecture for Windows 8/9, which includes '128-bit
architecture compatibility with the Windows 8 kernel.'
- Windows 7 can boot more slowly than Vista - ZDNet reports that Iolo
Technlogies said its lab unit found that a new machine running Windows
7 takes one minute and 34 seconds to become usable, as compared to one
minute and six seconds for Windows Vista.
- Microsoft changes browser ballot screen, testing
begins - Microsoft have made
changes to the browser ballot screen that will prompt users
in Europe to help them make selections on which browser they would like
to use. The browser ballot screen will allow users to not only install
other browsers, 12 in total, including Internet Explorer, but be able
to uninstall Internet Explorer all together.The newly modified browser
ballot screen makes choosing what browser consumers want to use easily,
ranking the top five browsers in current use in alphabetical order,
sorted by vendor, shown on the main view with Safari, Google Chrome,
Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. Microsoft plans to push the
browser ballot screen through Windows Update to Windows 7 PCs,
including machines that go on sale on October 22.
- Most Common Hotmail Password - A
researcher who examined 10,000 Hotmail, MSN and Live.com passwords that
were recently exposed online has published an analysis of the list and found that '123456'
was the most commonly used password, appearing 64 times.
- Office 2010 Starter to supplant Microsoft Works
- Office Starter 2010 will be a free,
ad-supported version of the productivity suite, and you'll find it
bundled exclusively on pre-built PCs. The software will include special
versions of Word and Excel with the same interfaces and document
formats as their full-featured counterparts, but only "basic
functionality for creating, viewing and editing documents." Users will
be able to upgrade to full-featured editions "directly from within the
product."
- New AT&T GoPhone Plan Runs $60 for
Unlimited Talk & Text - Today AT&T announced
a
new GoPhone plan.
that provides unlimited talking and unlimited text, video and picture
messaging for $60 per month. The plan includes unlimited texting to
Canada and Mexico. The new plan will be available starting October 12.
- DOoP Multi Sensory Alarm Knows How Long You've
Slept - Strangely enough, this
alarm clock will help you sleep better.
That's weird, since most alarm clocks are the main cause of waking up.
Designer Tan Weihao Rios has created this incredibly cute-looking alarm
clock, which will allow you to wake up or catch a bit more sleep. DOoP
will help you figure out how many hours you've slept and how much sleep
you're getting, and how much you actually need. The red and green dials
on the face will remind you where you are at. They will tell you how
much sleep you need. There is also a countdown timer and a night light.
DOoP will wake you up with sound and light, engaging more of your
senses.
- Nissan Land Glider Concept (2009) - Car of the
Future! - In creating the Nissan
Land Glider concept,
planners and designers of Nissan have conceived a totally new form of
personal zero emission mobility that combines clever, new driving
experiences, all in the one compact, 4-wheeled package.
- Walk around of Toyota FT-86, Honda CR-Z ahead of
Tokyo show (video) - Although
the Tokyo Motor Show is just a week and half away, Japan's largest
automakers have already previewed their biggest debuts (save one) to
their hometown media. So until we can lay eyes on the Toyota
FT-86 "Concept," Honda CR-Z Hybrid "Concept" and Mitsubishi PX-MiEV 'ute,
we'll have to make do with this brief video walk around.
- LCROSS Impact (video) - Here's
a little video for those of you that thought NASA crashing a
satellite into the moon at more than five thousand miles per hour would
be exciting.
- '2012' Trailer Without Special Effects (video) - Here's
what happens when you take out all the
'2012' special effects
and just focus on the movie's quality writing and acting. Is it just
me, or does your average crank posting an Arnold Schwarzenegger parody
on YouTube do a more credible impression of the California governor
than the one in this $200 million movie?
- Second Official Trailer for Lee Daniels' Precious
- Lionsgate has debuted a
second 'internet only' trailer for Lee Daniels' Precious:
Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.
- Hilarious (?) commercial: Powermat wireless
charging! - But saying ***** a lot does not
make a funny commercial....
- 1 million fps Slow Motion video of bullet impacts
- Check it out!
- President Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
- President Obama, who has pledged to place
diplomacy ahead of
confrontation and reached out to a skeptical world with offers of
mutual understanding, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
for what the committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen
international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
- Rachel Stevens - Beauty in Cosmopolitan Magazine
- Rachel
Stevens - her fashion & beauty rules!
- Scarlett Johansson in Mango Magazine - Super
celeb Scarlett Johansson
was featured in the latest edition of Mango magazine. And, of course,
the 24 year old actress looks good in this very stylish photoshoot!
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