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What is more than dual core but less than quad core? Triple core CPUs coming from AMD.

November 30, 2007 by

According to spys at some motherboard makers AMD has recently notified its partners that it plans to launch two triple-core CPUs (Toliman) in February 2008. In computing we are so used to things going up in 2s. 256Mb of memory, [...]

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4TB hard drive on the way (but not until 2009)

October 16, 2007 by

Hitachi has developed a hard drive read/write head that’s half the size of the heads found in today’s hard disks. Hitachi say this is an important if not crucial step, to delivering a 4TB desktop drive. Unfortunately such hard drives [...]

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The CD is 25 years old today, but when will we switch to sticks

August 17, 2007 by

The ever faithful CD is 25 years old today. On the 7 August 1982, the world’s first CD pressing plant punched out its very first disc, Abba’s The Visitors. Now 25 years later the Compact Disc is a disposable commodity. [...]

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