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HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.The HP Pavilion dv4-2045dx offers more multitasking muscle than many of the other mainstream budget retail laptops we've recently reviewed. Helped by a 7,200rpm...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Overall IT, lid, Hewlett-Packard Co., AMD Turion II, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., keyboard, HP Pavilion

Product reviews 2009-11-24

HPGate, AMD's Global Vision, Torrenza, online banking and more...

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Tags: online banking, vision, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

News to know: Zune VideoX; Intel; AMD; Dell; Apple

sdfThe Best M4R Converter is your real assistant to convert MP3 and other audio and Video formats to M4R.

Tags: Microsoft Zune, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

ATI Radeon HD 5970 is world's fastest graphics card

AMD has just announced today their newest graphics card, the ATI Radeon HD 5970, which they are touting as "the fastest card ever created." Get ready. AMD is proclaiming many firsts with this card. Besides being the fastest, it's the one of the first...

Tags: Card, Video Card, ATI Radeon, Overclocking, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 5970, HD 5970, Video Cards, Hardware, Components, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-18

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

Chip giant AMD has announced that the Flash Player 10.1 beta released by Adobe today is to offer support for platforms powered by Vision Technology from AMD to deliver high-quality, high definition HD on Flash platform -based video and other rich Web based content and applications. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Macromedia Flash Player, ATI Technologies Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Semiconductors, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Hardware, Marketing, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-17

News to Know: AMD benchmarks, Fake Steve Jobs; iPhone

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Tags: Smart phones, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., iPhone Ringtone, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-14

From the ashes of Geode, AMD brings Bobcat with 1:1 possibilities

And, lower power consumption lowers prices across the board. Cheaper power supply, smaller cheaper batteries, less money spent on heat dissipation, and so on.Plus, you get a lighter weight computer.The sweet spot will probably be at about 11 inch screens with a close to full size keyboard.Errata: 800 Mhz...

Tags: Processors, Bobcat, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

From the ashes of Geode, AMD brings Bobcat with 1:1 possibilities

OLPC's first laptop, the XO has been both praised and criticized for many things. Perhaps most significant was its incredibly low power consumption, critical for use in areas with very limited electrical capacity. Key to this power consumption was the AMD Geode processor, an utterly anemic piece of...

Tags: Power Consumption, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-13

News to know: Microsoft; Intel and AMD; Google, Enterprise 2.0

Windows 7, security, Google Apps and the Intel and AMD settlement are among today's headliners. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Google Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Litigation, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-13

AMD/Intel announce settlement of all antitrust and IP disputes

Cue....Linux Geek ranting about MS even if there is no mention about MS in this article.right...You should switch from that M$ sponsored coffe to something else like Java.I heard it comes with some extra organic ingredients supplied by Ballmer himself.Actually...My coffee is produced by a Linux server running a process...

Tags: Linux, Litigation, Corporate law, OPEN SOURCE, IP Dispute, antitrust, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Corp., IP, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Intel and AMD said they will settle all legal disputes, including antitrust litigation, for $1.25 billion. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Litigation, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Business Operations, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-12

AMD/Intel announce settlement of all antitrust and IP disputes

AMD and Intel are friends again ... by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Antitrust, Settlement, IP, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Litigation, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-12

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap"

Roadmaps aren't AMD's problem, execution isAnyone remember Barcelona. Yikes.Here's hoping they get competitive and force Intel to keep up the pace...I'd surely wanted to have a 45nm CPU for Christmas.That is, when AMD lowers its prices of low-end processors. :)But of course, DDR2 prices just went up and DDR3 prices...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., DDR2, supercomputer

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap"

AMD's analyst's day is an opportunity to see how the company's processor roadmaps have changed over the past 12 months. This year AMD execs said things are ahead of schedule and provided new details on exactly what its new laptop and desktop platforms will offer. by John Morris

Tags: Supercomputer, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Gateway NV5207u

The Gateway NV5207u is what happens when a slow processor happens to an otherwise respectable budget-priced laptop. It's a good-looking notebook with a large screen, a decent port assortment, and a couple of extra features to sweeten the deal. But its AMD processor is a poor performer despite being dual...

Tags: Processors, Gateway Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Antitrust charges filed against Intel

Stepping backand seeing an AMD plant being built in close proximity to the capitol of New York Albany, seeing Cuomo follow in the footsteps of his Father Mario, does it surprise anyone that Cuomo is being this aggressive?It's a move which will certainly look good on his curriculum vitae when...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Antitrust charge, antitrust, processor

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?

I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...

Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05