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youtube.com — Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos, and more. http://buzz.google.com... (more) Google Buzz (video)
Google Buzz API
code.google.com — Google Buzz API ( Labs ) Home Docs FAQ Blog Group Terms How do I start? Join... the conversation at buzz.google.com Share your Buzz updates Connect sites to Buzz Featured Video Introducing Google Buzz: What is Google Buzz? Google Buzz is a new way to ... (more) Google Buzz API
Breaking: Google Announces Twitter Killer--Google Buzz
maximumpc.com — Google has just announced their Twitter competitor, named Google Buzz. The twist--this service is completely integrated into... Google's Gmail service. It's basically a new way to connect to your existing contacts in Gmail. Google lists 5 unique features of Buzz: 1. Auto-following. Google Buzz ... (more) Breaking: Google Announces Twitter Killer--Google Buzz
Google makes biggest gain in smartphone market share
arstechnica.com — US mobile users are increasingly getting into text messaging, Internet browsing, and social networks as they continue... to shift to more capable devices. Additionally, Apple's and Google's share of the smartphone market is inching up while other leaders—namely RIM—are slowly being ... (more) Google makes biggest gain in smartphone market share
Google intros Buzz, a social media app for Gmail
Google intros Buzz, a social media app for Gmail
techspot.com — As previously speculated, Google has introduced a new social feature for Gmail. Called Buzz, the service is... a continuation of Google's attempt to "find relevance in the noise" that congests services like Twitter. Not long back, Google introduced real-time search, Social Search, and Wave, and ... (more) Google intros Buzz, a social media app for Gmail
Texas Instruments delivers industry's first quad-radio single chip
multivu.prnewswire.com — Texas Instruments delivers industry's first quad-radio single chip TI raises the bar with WiLink 7.0 solution, integrating... WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth and FM transmit/receive technologies on a true single-chip DALLAS (February 9, 2010) /PRNewswire/ ... (more) Texas Instruments delivers industry's first quad-radio ...
WiLink 7.0 packs WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth, and FM transmit/receive in one chip
WiLink 7.0 packs WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth, and FM transmit/receive in one chip
techspot.com — Texas Instruments has unveiled the industry's first single quad-radio package, incorporating WLAN 802.11n, GPS, FM transmit/receive, and... Bluetooth technologies in one 65nm chip. The WiLink 7.0 boasts several benefits, including a 30% cost reduction, it requires 50% less space, and superior ... (more) WiLink 7.0 packs WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth, and FM ...
AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power Gating, 4-cores, Turbo?
AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power Gating, 4-cores, Turbo?
anandtech.com — AMD shared some more details with us about Llano. The 32nm processor will feature power gating and... a host of other power optimizations that lead us to believe we'll see CPU & graphics turbo in AMD's first APU.... (more) AMD Reveals More Llano Details at ISSCC: 32nm, Power ...
AMD Talks-Up “Llano” x86 Innovation at ISSCC
AMD Talks-Up “Llano” x86 Innovation at ISSCC
blogs.amd.com — Welcome to our first blog solely dedicated to regular contibutions on Fusion. Here we plan to both... define the larger Fusion strategy as it pertains to AMD’s overall engagement in the industry, as well provide regular updates on the hardware and ... (more) AMD Talks-Up “Llano” x86 Innovation at ISSCC
AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops
AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops
arstechnica.com — SAN FRANCISCO—The "Llano" processor that AMD described today in an ISSCC session is not a CPU, and... it's not a GPU—instead, it's a hybrid design that the chipmaker is calling an "application processor unit," or APU. Whatever you call it, it could well give Intel a ... (more) AMD reveals Fusion CPU+GPU, to challege Intel in laptops
ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review
ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review
techspot.com — It's self-evident how AMD has kept us busy over the last few months, showing us new generation... GPUs aiming at all possible price points. From the performance-oriented HD 5850 / 5870 , to the mainstream HD 5770 and the extreme dual-GPU powered HD 5970 ... (more) ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review
AMD talks up its first Fusion chip, the Llano APU
AMD talks up its first Fusion chip, the Llano APU
techspot.com — AMD has been talking up its Fusion microprocessor plans for quite some time, ever since it acquired... ATI for $5.4 billion in 2006, but for the most part the company has abstained from discussing its upcoming GPU/CPU hybrid in detail. Having missed its original May 2009 launch timeframe, and with ... (more) AMD talks up its first Fusion chip, the Llano APU
ATI Radeon HD 5570: Affordable DX11 GPU
ATI Radeon HD 5570: Affordable DX11 GPU
hothardware.com — "This is like déjà vu all over again." That quote from the ever-so-quotable former New York Yankee... Yogi Berra is particularly suitable for today's launch of the ATI Radeon HD 5570. Just last week, we brought you our coverage of the Radeon HD 5450 ... (more) ATI Radeon HD 5570: Affordable DX11 GPU
NVIDIA Optimus Technology Delivers Perfect Balance Of Notebook Performance And Battery Life
NVIDIA Optimus Technology Delivers Perfect Balance Of Notebook Performance And Battery Life
nvidia.com — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Feb. 9, 2010— NVIDIA Corp., today announced NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology, a breakthrough for notebook PCs... that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically routes the workload to either an ... (more) NVIDIA Optimus Technology Delivers Perfect Balance Of ...
NVIDIA Optimus Technology: Performance and Battery Life for your Notebook
pcper.com — We have been playing with NVIDIA Optimus Technology for a couple of weeks now and I have... been nothing but impressed by this new mobility offering that promises the performance of discrete graphics solutions with the battery life of integrated graphics. Can NVIDIA really pull it off? We think ... (more) NVIDIA Optimus Technology: Performance and Battery Life ...
Optimus Technology
Optimus Technology
nvidia.com — NVIDIA Optimus Technology Key Benefits: GeForce G210M compared to Intel Integrated GM45... (more) Optimus Technology
Royalty-free codec still needed despite no-cost h264 license
Royalty-free codec still needed despite no-cost h264 license
arstechnica.com — MPEG LA has announced plans to extend the duration of no-cost h264 licensing for free Internet video... until 2016. This move lifts some of the immediate ambiguity about h264 licensing and will allow the codec to continue to gain broad traction on the Internet. The patents that ... (more) Royalty-free codec still needed despite no-cost h264 license
25 New Ads to Introduce Xfinity to the Masses [PhotoshopContest]
25 New Ads to Introduce Xfinity to the Masses [PhotoshopContest]
gizmodo.com — Have you heard the exciting news?! Comcast is rebranding as Xfinity! We decided to help them out... by calling on our lovely readers to create the first Xfinity ads, and I think they did a bang-up job. First Place —Jeffer Mitchell Second Place —Alexander Deluca Third Place ... (more) 25 New Ads to Introduce Xfinity to the Masses ...
Lenovo shows new budget workstation, ThinkStation E20
Lenovo shows new budget workstation, ThinkStation E20
techspot.com — Lenovo has added a new budget workstation PC to its ThinkStation lineup. Donning the same goofy handle... as its elder brethren, the ThinkStation E20 starts at $599 and offers a selection of Intel Pentium, Core i3, Core i5 or Xeon 3400-series processors, up to 16GB of DDR3 1333MHz RAM spread across ... (more) Lenovo shows new budget workstation, ThinkStation E20
Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest
Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest
arstechnica.com — Biofuel production in the US has met with fairly mixed success, as the cost and fossil fuel... use of corn-based ethanol has severely cut into the benefits provided by avoiding the use of fossil fuels. It's been a somewhat different story in Brazil, which has embraced ethanol ... (more) Biofuel expansion would send cattle into the rain forest
ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review: Reasonable Gaming Performance For $80? [Tomshardware]
ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review: Reasonable Gaming Performance For $80? [Tomshardware]
gizmodo.com — You might not be a big graphics card PC buff, but in the under $100 sector, the... new ATI Radeon HD 5570 is definitely a product to know. Tom's Hardware shares their excellent, extremely thorough review of the product here. In September of 2008—almost a year and a half ago—ATI ... (more) ATI Radeon HD 5570 Review: Reasonable Gaming Performance ...
Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review
Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review
legitreviews.com — It has only been five days since ATI released the ATI Radeon HD 5450 video card, but... they are back at it today with the announcement of the Radeon HD 5570 video card. This card was designed to be an energy efficient, low-profile DirectX 11 card ... (more) Sapphire Radeon HD 5570 1GB CrossFire Video Card Review
Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail
online.wsj.com — Article Excerpt Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook BY JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Google Inc. is taking a... swipe at Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by ... (more) Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail
Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Case Review
Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Case Review
thinkcomputers.org — We all know who the big case manufacturers out there are and we turn to them when... it’s time to get a new case or purchase a case for a build. Not often a new company comes along and blows things out of the water. Well the case we are talking a look ... (more) Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Case Review
Australia's Internet: nonneutral and proud of it
Australia's Internet: nonneutral and proud of it
arstechnica.com — Last week, an Australian federal judge issued a major ruling —the first of its kind worldwide—saying that... ISPs aren't required to take action against subscribers after receiving letters alleging copyright infringement. But lost in most of the discussion of the ruling ... (more) Australia's Internet: nonneutral and proud of it
Motherboard maker ASRock sees 2009 profits rise 65%
Motherboard maker ASRock sees 2009 profits rise 65%
digitimes.com — Second-tier motherboard maker ASRock has reported net profits of NT$1.12 billion (US$34.8 million) on consolidated revenues of... NT$9.62 billion for 2009, with both figures showing growth of 62.7% in sales and 65.2% in profits. The earnings translated ... (more) Motherboard maker ASRock sees 2009 profits rise 65%