The software behind Zune

Subject: General Tech | November 14, 2006 - 02:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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We've all seen what the Zune looks like, and at least a bit about the hardware inside, but TECHGAGE is the first to review the software.  If iTunes helped make the iPod a winner, the Zune interface could make or break Microsoft's player.

"With the Zune being launched shortly, there's no better time than now to take a quick stroll through its native software. It's pretty, but

has a lot of functionality as well."

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Intel Ignites Quad-Core Era

Subject: General Tech | November 14, 2006 - 01:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2006 — Intel Corporation today kicked off the computer industry's multi-core PC era by delivering four computing 'brains' inside a single microprocessor with the introduction of the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® 5300 and Intel Core™ 2 Extreme quad-core processor families. These products deliver immense speed and responsiveness for general purpose servers and workstations and for digital media creation, high-end gaming and other market segments that crave absolute performance.

But your honour, they needed killing

Subject: General Tech | November 14, 2006 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If the link to a news story at The Inquirer is correct you can thank just 10 people for all the \/|@GR/\ emails that greet you every morning.  All of the cries that spam will kill email and trusted email signatures and the various other ways people have tried to design to combat the problem seem out of proportion.  All we need to do is find these 10 people and their zombie hordes.

AMD INTRODUCES WORLD'S FIRST DEDICATED ENTERPRISE STREAM PROCESSOR

Subject: General Tech | November 14, 2006 - 11:42 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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TAMPA, Fla. - NOVEMBER 14, 2006 - At the Supercomputing 2006
show today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) introduced the world's first dedicated
stream processor designed to meet the specific hardware demands of
high-performance computing (HPC) applications.

AMD SIGNS ON AS CORNERSTONE SPONSOR OF OPENFPGA

Subject: General Tech | November 14, 2006 - 11:41 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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AMPA, Fla. - NOVEMBER 14, 2006 - To expand industry adoption of the AMD Torrenza initiative and an open-standards approach to innovation, AMD (NYSE:AMD) announced today at Supercomputing 2006 it will be the inaugural sponsor for OpenFPGA. OpenFPGA is a non-profit consortium focused on accelerating the adoption and incorporation of reconfigurable computing solutions in high-performance and enterprise computing.

ECS Elitegroup Unleashes PN2 SLI2+ Extreme Motherboard for PC Gamers and Overclocking Enthusiasts

Subject: General Tech | November 13, 2006 - 03:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Fremont, CA (November 13, 2006) — Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc. (ECS®), the world's leading motherboard, notebook and desktop PC manufacturer, today announced the new PN2 SLI2+ Extreme motherboard based on the latest NVIDIA® nForce® 680i SLI™ media and communication processor (MCP).

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Subject: General Tech | November 10, 2006 - 04:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Google Earth is a fun program to work with, but have

Looking at the next generation of consoles

Subject: General Tech | November 10, 2006 - 03:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Slashdot links to a prognostic article which talks about the next generation of consoles.  Not an easy thing to predict when not all of the current generation have been released yet.