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    Windows 8 to RTM in April of 2012?

    Calling it a 'not so crazy Microsoft rumor,' ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley cites a source who claims that Microsoft will release Windows 8 to manufacturing in April of 2012. Source: Yahoo! News
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    Windows 7 China urged to help in Senate counterfeit probe

    The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee urged China to allow investigators to travel to the Chinese mainland to probe reports that Chinese-made counterfeit parts are making their way into U.S. weapons systems, and other electronics, Reuters reported June 14. I have always tried to stay away...
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    HP expands voluntary battery recall for laptops bought July 2007 to May 2008

    There have been a string of voluntary battery recalls affecting HP laptops purchased between July 2007 to May 2008, with models added to the list each year since May 2009. The first recall began with Link Removed due to 404 Error and was then expanded last year in May to cover an additional...
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    Analyst: Foxconn Explosion Could Lead to iPad Shortages

    The tech world is abuzz again with worries about shortages of popular products, this time because of an explosion at a Chinese factory that killed two people. An industry analyst says Friday's horrific explosion at the Foxconn Chengdu plant will lead to shortages of Apple iPads. Foxconn...
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    Windows 7 Microsoft Campus Tours - Microsoft Hardware Model Shop

    Vince Jesus gives Clint Rutkas a tour of the Microsoft Hardware Model Shop (not to be confused with the Link Removed) where napkin doodles become working prototypes and then eventually finished products like the Link Removed. 3D Printers, C&C Machines and Paint Guns are just some of the toys...
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    [FORBES] Disaster In Japan: Tech Companies Assess The Damage

    The global electronics industry continues to assess the damage to the supply chain. Here’s a rundown on some of the company’s that issued statements on their business in Japan on Thursday. Link Removed Cabot Corp. (CBT): All employees safe; minimal facilities damage. The company, which makes...
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    Windows 7 Western Digital to buy Hitachi disk division for $4.3B

    Western Digital announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST), the disk drive arm of Hitachi Ltd., in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.3 billion. Western Digital is the leading supplier of hard disk drive...
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    Microsoft will release Windows 7 SP1 on 22 February

    THE INQUIRER PATCHER OF INSECURE SOFTWARE Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has hit the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage. Link Removed
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    Windows 7 SP1 launching on Feb 22

    Service pack already given to manufacturers Microsoft has announced that it had wrapped up work on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and would start delivering the major upgrade on February 22 through Windows Update. The company said it had reached the "release to manufacturing", or RTM milestone...
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    Windows 7 AMD TL-56 OR AMD TK-57??

    Here is the AMD tl-56: Link Removed - Invalid URL and the tk-57: Link Removed - Invalid URL I would like to know which one is better for a laptop and if the manufacturing process will make a difference in the heat? my laptop is: Link Removed due to 404 Error
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    Apple fights to ban Dutch Windows 7 iPad-like tablet

    Apple has threatened a Dutch tablet manufacturer with a lawsuit about the name nPad. The Dutch Windows 7 tablet is no longer available, and is looking for a new name. Link Removed - Invalid URL
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    Genuine white iPhone 4 spied in wild

    Want a white iPhone 4? Then find yourself a buddy at Apple's Cupertino campus. That's how one - probably the only - lucky US punter got his. The unnamed gent was spotted waving his white one around at an event in New York last night. A flabberghasted Link Removed where the heck he got it...
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    Windows 7 Viking Modular Solutions Unveils First Solid State Drive in DIMM Form-Factor

    Viking Modular's SATADIMM jacks an SSD into your memory slot -- Engadget Viking Modular Solutions, a division of Sanmina-SCI Corporation, and leading manufacturer of innovative DRAM modules and flash solutions, today announced that its SATADIMM is available for immediate customer...
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    Windows 7 AMD tapes out its Bulldozer CPU architecture

    AMD tapes out its Bulldozer CPU architecture Mass production to begin in 1H 2011 On Friday, AMD announced that it has successfully taped out its much delayed Bulldozer architecture and hopes to begin sampling working chips with customers shortly. The company's new high-end architecture...
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    Foxconn's clever idea to stop suicide jumps

    One and a half million square metres of net. One detail we somehow missed from our story yesterday about how Foxconn is prepared to increase wages at its factories by 20 per cent, in a bid to address the high rate of suicide attempts among its workers was a stunning statement by factory boss...
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    Human and Robots: Visions of the Future

    Human and Robots: Visions of the Future The future is not written yet and who knows weather robots are dangerous or not. What is for sure is that humans, being the curious beings, will develop new advanced generations of robots. Robots and other high-performance inventions have always been...
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    VIDEO AMD CPU+GPU Fusion by 2010 end

    AMD CPU+GPU Fusion by 2010 end Intel has been trying to do it since years, but they have failed in a an ugly fashion with poor graphics performance of Core i3, Core i5. Not just that, Intel has failed at even creating a decent dedicated Graphics processor. Now AMD, with years of strong...
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    Windows 7 Microsoft Office 2010 RTM Stage Reached

    Microsoft Office 2010 RTM Stage Reached Starting April 27, Volume Licence Partners will be able to download the final version of Microsoft Office 2010. The reason for this is that it’s reached the RTM stage, ie, release to manufacturing. The order of which Microsoft [MSFT] will launch the...
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    Windows 7 UK firm announces battery breakthrough

    UK firm announces battery breakthrough Silicon anode boosts Li-ion capacity By Link Removed - Invalid URL Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 12:18 A LITTLE-KNOWN BRITISH COMPANY has developed a silicon anode that it says can increase the capacity of a Lithium-ion battery by up to 30 per cent...
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    Windows 7 Japanese processors to rival US?

    Not content with the American domination of the CPU industry, seven of Japan's dominant processor designers and manufacturers have teamed up to create a revolutionary new microprocessor. The coalition is led by the NEC and Renesas merger, which makes them world's third largest chipmaker. Joining...
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