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Friday, 02 December 2011 07:10
More Evidence of AMD's Move to Mobile Devices Pops Up
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Ok... remember how we told you that we had a suspicion that AMD might be working on an x86 based SoC. We have already seen several signs pointing to a major push on something new and we know that AMD…
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You knew this would happen (as it does almost every time a new CPU is ready to hit the market). In the hype leading up to the release we always start to see “leaked” slides that contain pricing, technical details…
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 20:42
Senator Al Franken says CarrierIQ "has a lot of questions to answer"
Written by Sean Kalinich
With everything going on in the world and the noise about SOPA the last thing we need is another scandal. Unfortunately that is exactly what we have with CarrierIQ, a tracking and metrics software that is reported installed on a…
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 07:08
PCIe GEN 4.0 to be released in 2014-2015, aimed at improving tablets
Written by Sean Kalinich
With PCIe 3.0 just coming on to the scene the PCI special interest group (PCI-SIG) just announced that they are planning on releasing PCIe 4.0 sometime around 2014-2015. Now that is assuming we all survive the Mayan apocalypse, but if…
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Karma is a bitch they say and there are times when that is perfectly the case. The FCC was blocked from enforcing a level of net neutrality and also in its attempts to prevent carriers and ISPs overstepping their bounds…
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 11:57
New Keyboard and Mouse Project Promises Zero Moving Parts
Written by Sean Kalinich
Have you ever seen something on the Internet and though “that is the coolest thing I have ever seen!” well yesterday while looking at the state of the industry (as seen through various news outlets) I stumbled across one of…
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The Internet is all a buzz with the news that AMD is now releasing memory that has the AMD brand on it (it is rumored that Patriot is actually making the RAM). Many seem to be surprised by this new…
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Monday, 28 November 2011 12:01
HDCP Copy Protection Broken with Man in the Middle attack
Written by Sean Kalinich
There is an old saying that says “what man can lock, man can also unlock” this is probably one of the most true statements ever made and covers more than just physical locking. Despite hundreds of thousands of hours spent…
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The race to 28nm is going to be an interesting one. Both AMD and nVidia already have working silicon models but neither are ready to start shipping parts to the market. The biggest reason for this is the fact that…
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Sunday, 27 November 2011 18:47
New Exhibit to Showcase the Patents of Steve Jobs
Written by Sean Kalinich
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a new exhibit with the help of Invent Now, Inc. The Exhibit is features the Patents of Steve Jobs; and has been designed to look like a long string of iPhones.…
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There are times when you have to wonder what people are thinking. With the SOPA act we wondered that ourselves; especially after a rash of articles came out linking the BSA (Business Software Alliance) to SOPA and by proxy to…
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Despite a good deal of negative criticism for Windows 8 Microsoft is still trying to promote it to new users. In their “Building Windows 8” Blog they are now covering the issue of installation time. This little issue is something…
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Sunday, 20 November 2011 21:20
SCADA Vulnerability used in Illinois water plant breach
Written by Sean Kalinich
Remember when we told you about the SCADA vulnerabilities (here and here)? Well back in August we talked at length about how many of these control systems not only use the default passwords but are connected to the internet. On…
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Saturday, 19 November 2011 07:25
Ivy Bridge E CPUs will be compatible with X79 Motherboards
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When the X79 motherboards hit the scene many people were not interested because they were looking forward to Ivy Bridge. As I wandered around the internet I saw multiple comments telling people not to bother with the new Sandy Bridge…
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Ok, now this is something that looks like it is going to be very cool. Today we got word about something called Cotton Candy. We know you are probably wondering what Cotton Candy is (outside of the real cotton candy).…
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At Supercomputing 2011 both Intel and AMD showed off their latest in HPC (High Performance Computing). From AMD we got a look at their new Bulldozer based. These new CPUs will ship in 8 and 16-core varieties. The 16-core flavor…
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