Microsoft Forbidden to Sell Word in US

 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Tuesday issued a permanent injunction that “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML” due to patent infringement.

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Patriot Preps the Mac-prone KOI Series SSDs

 

Patriot has recently announced the latest 2.5″ KOI Series solid state drive, which is reportedly the perfect solution for mobile Mac platforms such as the MacBook and MacBook Pro.

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Intel Pentium E6500 Hits AKIBA in Japan

 

We’ve learned from the Japanese site AKIBA that Intel Pentium Dual-core E6500 has been made available in local market.

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OCZ Offers Most Affordable Indilinx-based SSDs

 

OCZ Technology has just unveiled the Solid 2 SATA II 2.5″ Solid State Drive (SSD) Series which make use of the proven Indilinx controller and MLC NAND memory.

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Galaxy GeForce GTX260+ OC Version Reviewed

 

Galaxy has recently released an update to its GeForce GTX 260 lineup, and the factory-overclocked model packs a new and more efficent cooler for enhanced performance.

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AMD Sempron 140 Unlocks to Dual Core

 

It’s already not something new that AMD processors can unlock disabled cores, and the company has done it again on its recently announced Sempron 140 – the Sempron 140 single-core processor can be transformed into a dual-core Athlon II X2.

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MSI Big Bang Motherboard Promises Multi-GPU Revolution

 

The Israel website IOPanel reports that MSI is now working on a revolutionary motherboard, MSI Big Bang, which enables you make practically any combination of graphics cards for performance scaling.

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Intel and Micron Announce Most Cost-effective NAND Chip

 

Intel and Micron today announced the development of a new 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc) multi-level cell (MLC) NAND technology. The chips are typically used in consumer storage devices such as flash cards and USB drives, where high density and cost-efficiency are the top priorities.

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Intel Releases Corrective Firmware for 34nm SSDs

 

Intel has today released a firmware update for the Intel X25-M/X18-M SATA SSD on 50nm (black case, G1) and 34nm (Silver case, G2) which has fixed the issue found recently.

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EVGA P55 FTW Motherboard Poses for the Camera

 

The AnandTech has recently shared some juicy pictures of EVGA’s upcoming P55 FTW motherboard which target overclockers.

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First Review of Six-core Gulftown Exposed

 

Though it would be a while before Intel’s six-core processor Gulftown is officially launched, its engineering sample has tipped up already. To whet your appetite, the Hong Kong site HKEPC has rushed out the review of this baby.

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A Simple Way to Distinguish Intel’s Core i3, i5 and i7

 

Intel is gearing up to launch three Nehalem-based processors next month: two Core i7-800 models and one Core i5-700. As we know, Core i7 targets high-end market, and Core i5 is designed for mid-range segment, while Core i3 is aimed for entry-level market.

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Galaxy Shows up GeForce GTX 295 Overclocking Edition

 

Galaxy has today announced its latest high-end graphics card, the Galaxy GeForce GTX 295 Overclocking Edition. With staggering 650MHz core clock, 2200MHz memory clock and 1400MHz shader clock, the GeForce GTX 295 Overclocking Edition is claimed to be the most powerful graphics card in the world.

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AMD Adds Dual-core Processors to Embedded BGA Client Platform

 

AMD has just announced two new dual-core, 18W TDP processors with an embedded-friendly ball grid array (BGA) package, the AMD Turion Neo X2 L625 and Athlon Neo X2 L325.

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Kingston Unveils SSDNow V+ SSDs for Enterprise Users

 

Kingston Technology today announced the latest addition to the SSDNow family of solid state drives, Kingston SSDNow V+ Series. Available in capacities of 64/128/256GB, the Kingston SSDNow V+ series are aimed at power consumers, system builders, integrators, and enterprise users.

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