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And finally back posting news, damn assignments.
Firstly we have PCSTATS Checking out Microsoft Vista's ReadyBoost technology. For instance, Microsoft Windows Vista load up times with 512MB of system memory and no ReadyBoost was ~47 seconds. When equipped with a 2GB ReadyBoost USB drive, boot time was cut down by 7 seconds. It was also quite a surprise to see that ReadyBoost boosted framerates of Doom 3 and FEAR when the system was running 512MB of memory.
Luke has sent in an article on Unlocking the iPhone in 10 Steps. Be warned however, this could cause you to brick your precious iPhone, and that wouldn't look too good.
Chinese Tech Company is seeking to take over Seagate Technology. The chief executive of Seagate Technology, the world’s largest maker of hard disk drives (HDDs), said in an interview that a Chinese technology company approached the maker of hard drives with a proposal to acquire the U.S.-based storage solutions maker. The disclosure not only emphasizes intentions of China-based manufacturers to take over high-tech companies, but also causes concerns among USA government officials.
Intel's new vPro takes two steps forward for x86, as well as for DRM and P2P? Today's launch of the latest version of Intel's vPro platform is a much bigger deal than you might think, with implications for end users that extend far beyond the enterprise arena at which vPro is initially aimed. The 2007 version of vPro represents the culmination of two of Intel's most ambitious and important plans for the PC platform: the transformation of x86 into a fully virtualizable ISA complete with virtualized I/O, and the first fully-complete implementation of all the parts of Intel's controversial contribution to "trusted computing" technology, formerlly codenamed "LaGrande" but now called Trusted Execution Technology (TXT).
Acer Inc has reached a takeover agreement with Gateway Inc, for a sum of about $710,000,000US. Taiwan's Acer Inc. said it had reached an agreement to acquire Gateway Inc. in a deal that values the U.S. company at about $710 million and pushes Acer past Lenovo Group Ltd. as the world's No. 3 vendor of personal computers.The deal appeared to mark a double blow to Lenovo, which has been the world's No. 3 PC vendor since buying the PC business of International Business Machines Corp. in 2005. Lenovo disclosed earlier this month that it is in talks to buy a stake in Packard Bell BV, a Netherlands-based PC maker. That deal was aimed at giving the Chinese company a leg up in the European consumer market, where Acer is especially strong.
DailyTech have reported that the Xbox 360 "Falcon" is to feature a 65nm CPU and a 90nm GPU. The Mercury News’ Dean Takahashi reports that the first Xbox 360 CPUs manufactured on the 65nm process are now on ships in the Pacific bound for North America. Should the consoles, which are made in China, arrive soon, then they could be on retail shelves sometime this fall.
And finally, AllofMP3 are gearing up for a comeback. Down-but-not-out Russian MP3 dealer AllofMP3.com is gearing up for a comeback, according to an official announcement on the beleaguered company’s “music news” blog. In an unexplained twist, however, the announcement is dated August 31, 2007, and is identical to a similar posting to the company’s official news blog, dated July 24.
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