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June 30
- NEC adds 20" widescreen monitor to MultiSync lineup
- Notebooks, graphics cards pushing DRAM market higher, says Samsung
- Gateway drops price of 21" widescreen LCD
- GPS can help give early warning of tsunamis
- ATI delays physics functions
- Cell phone talking worse than driving drunk - study
- Qimonda ships samples of DDR3 notebook memory
- SiS tweaks chipset roadmap, AMD platform gets priority
- Intel to launch dual-core Itanium 2 CPUs on 18 July
- Prey Goes Live:
June 29
- Tyan Personal Super Computer arrives to market
- FBI says data on stolen VA laptop was not accessed
- Gateway throws out PCs with single-core processors
- Intel postpones launch of new desktop CPUs to 27 July
- ADSL routers with built-in WLAN modules to account for 60% of global shipments in 2006
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ to be priced in range of $139-160
- Intel to launch Xeon 3000 CPU for uni-processor servers
- Sex Sells: Tech's dirty little secret
- Google is for girls?
- Glory of the Roman Empire and Saint's Row
- Signing up for Google Checkout
June 28
- Gadget sorts nanotubes by size
- McBlare, a robotic bagpipe player
- It's a 'three-peat' for IBM's BlueGene/L in the Top 500 Supercomputers list
- Google set to launch Ebay challenge with Gbuy
- How to get motivated for work
- Update: TG Daily's Computex video coverage
- Danni's Hard Drive (Danni.com) Gallery
- Intel quad-core processors may see spike in power - sources
June 27
- Samsung first to develop 60 nm Flash chip
- Microsoft introduces 360-degree conferencing camera as part of VoIP strategy
- iBuypower shows off nearly indestructible computer case
- Clearspeed updates 50 GFlops accelerator board
- Finally, there are password-protected bullets
- RFID tags spy on bartenders
- Microsoft ships first post-beta 2 build of Vista
- USB drives pose insider threat
- Intel blocks Nvidia from running SLI on Conroe platforms?
- Clearspeed Advance Accelerator Board
- 20" LCD Monitors: XXL Displays
June 26
- ATI releases Catalyst 6.6 driver package
- 150 OEMs shipping Intel Woodcrest systems
- Woodcrest launches Intel into a new era
- Samsung, LG Philips pushing widescreen monitor panels
- Liquid crystals being tweaked to improve notebook panel performance
- Prices of 50" HD PDP modules to drop below $1,000 by year-end, DisplayBank says
- PDP TV makers eye 50" segment
- Heat concerns slow high-power LED adoption
- CMC, Ritek to produce 30 GB HD-DVD-R DL discs in Q4
- DarkStar One, Ninety-Nine Nights and Taxi Driver
- Xeon Woodcrest
June 24
- Woodcrest outperforms Opteron in speed and power consumption - analyst
- AMD's quad-core CPU to consume dual-core power
- Lego Star Wars II and Made Man
- Apple's "Phenomenon" due out in 2008?
June 23
- Parental controls get a boost with Windows Vista - UPDATE - Video added
- TSMC and UMC eyeing 45nm production
- TSMC: Semiconductor industry won't see stunning killer applications in next 5-10 years
- A-Data to begin mass production of 2 GB FB-DIMMs in July
- Lightscribe DVD burner prices fall due to stagnant sales
- Neurons self-organise to make brain chips
- Wrist-worn Linux PC demoed at military tech conference
- Need for Speed Carbon
June 22
- ABI: More than half a billion mobile TV subscribers by 2011
- Altera launches Stratix II FPGA security solution for IP protection
- Global LCD-TV panel inventory to reach 15 million units in 2006
- Global notebook shipment to fall 10% in Q2, say Taiwan makers
- New Yahoo Messenger supports plug-ins and more contacts
June 21
- Nvidia promises 35% performance increase with new developer tools
- Job posting confirms Microsoft is working on DirectX physics
- Microsoft not likely to dethrone Ipod - analyst
- Samsung to consider "dual Blu-ray/HD DVD player"
- Epson develops super-slim color TFT panel driver IC for mobile phones
- AUO: 19" widescreen to account for 10% of monitor market in 2006
- Taiwan LCD TV brands gaining share in North America
- Asus selects Silicon Image's SteelVine storage processor for new motherboard
- Cree shows off super-bright white LED
- Intervideo Ulead receives Blu-ray certification
- World Of Warcraft Goes Midsummer And Archlord Provides Original MMORPG Races
June 20
- Intel sees standardized components as key to higher notebook sales
- Microsoft unveils Windows for robots
- Apple cuts price of movie effects software Shake from $3000 to $500
- Elpida 90nm DDR2 qualified at SMIC
- Prices for 32" TV panels fall below $400
- Opera 9 joins the party
- Intel to continue shipping 865-series chipsets in Q1 2007
- Nvidia to launch AGP version of GeForce 7600 graphics chip in Q3
- IBM accelerates silicon to more than 500 GHz
- Microsoft releases new Windows Live IM service
- Updates to PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Outlook for Office 2007
- Dell Latitude D420
- 'Silicon Velcro' could make sticky chips
- Xandros gets Windows personality via Versora
- Microsoft's Live.com updates with new themes and templates
- Sun joins AJAX standards groups
- IEEE in wireless wrangle
- Blu-Ray Players For 2006
June 19
- McAfee: Microsoft's OneCare is "incomplete"
- PayPal tackles phishing trap
- ATI to begin 80nm production at UMC later this year
- More inside Office 2007 Professional
June 17
- Paypal flaw allows identity theft
June 16
- SCADA industry debates flaw disclosure
- Vulnerability found in Microsoft Excel
- A closer look at Microsoft Office 2007
- McAfee answers Microsoft's OneCare challenge
- TechEd 2006: Longhorn's Terminal Services to run Office, Windows
- HSDPA mobile broadband expected to take off in 2008
- Lite-On IT to produce 18x DVD burners in July, 20x models in Q4
- ATI: No delay in 80nm production
- Images From The Office 2007 Presentation at TechEd 2006
June 15
- Gateway launches $300 19" widescreen LCD
- Dell readies AMD-powered desktop?
- Google unveils U.S. Government Search
- Dell site offering AMD processors
- Cinevision 2006: 5000 x 2000 pixels create high-def for movie theaters
- TechEd 2006: New Windows Server minimum installation fits on USB key
- Microsoft details performance of Vista's SuperFetch, ReadyDrive
- Toshiba to volume produce 2 GB MCP NAND with SD controller in August
- Semiconductor inventory levels still manageable
- Everlight delays volume shipment of white LEDs
- Ritek: oversupply of DVD+R/-R discs to ease in Q4
- MSI expects AMD-based mobos to play major role in H2
- Cinevision 2006: HDTV in 5000 x 2000 pixel
- BlackAngel.B worm spreading via Microsoft's MSN Messenger
- Microsoft demonstrates SuperFetch technology
June 14
- Intel's Robson flash technology is impressive, when it works
- TechEd 2006: Microsoft demonstrates first PowerShell release candidate
- TechEd 2006: Microsoft's Sharepoint team 'LoBI's' for changes to Office 2007
- Chicago Cubs bullpen goes wireless
- MSN to webcast Dixie Chicks concert
- RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing 'contained'
- MS June update fixes dangerous Word flaw
- TechEd 2006: Lonely? Spend some time with Microsoft's bots.
- GSM users to reach two billion mark
- Panel makers brace for price cuts, as LG.Philips cuts shipment goals
- Falling LCD TV prices to spur demand in second half of year - panel makers
- Mobo and chipset makers upbeat about a price war between Intel and AMD
- TechEd 2006: Vista will recover applications from shutdown, crashes
- Intel to launch "Core" on 26 June
June 13
- Gibbs shows amphibian ATV prototype
- Google Earth gets a boost in high-res image data
- Backdoor trojans a "significant threat" to Windows users - Microsoft
- TechEd 2006: Windows Live team unveils new SDK, demos 'mashups'
- Texas Instruments: 45-nm chip making process doubles output per wafer
- A-Data: DRAM outlook healthy on NAND flash capacity adjustment
- SiS to begin producing DDR3 chipsets in late 2007
- TechEd 2006 Day 1 Slideshow: New features for Office 2007, flash acceleration for Vista
- Microsoft's Line of Business Interoperability
- Gibbs Quadski and Aquada
- Google Earth 4
June 12
- Desktop LCD market moves rapidly towards widescreen displays - reports
- TechEd 2006: Microsoft preps flash-based "performance accelerators" for Vista
- TechEd 2006: Hybrid hard drives to become Vista Premium requirement
- Intel accelerates shipment date of its Opteron beater "Tulsa"
- TechEd 2006: Microsoft's high-end Office 2007 gets customization tools
- PQI to roll out 512 MB microSD card in July
- Epson develops A6-size e-paper
- LG.Philips LCD lowers shipment forecast, predicts sharper price decrease
- Computex attracts more buyers from emerging markets
- TechEd 2006: Microsoft creates "Forefront" brand for security software
- Intel considers 3D transistors for 32 nm processors
- Day 1 Impressions From The 2006 TechEd Conference
- TechEd 2006: Office 2007 "ribbon" UI extensibility demonstrated
- Intel's Tri-Gate Transistor Technology
June 10
- Microsoft's power drain bug patch: Does it work?
June 9
- 'Net neutrality' provision to block Internet fast lane defeated in US House
- Microsoft releases mainstream cluster software to production
- Next-generation Bluetooth technology may hit market in 2007
- ATI to offer 965-equivalent chipsets
- Number of websites grows at record pace
- AMD imagines on-board physics processors, 8-core gaming platforms
June 8
- Sony develops origami gadgets
- Cruising on a hydrogen-powered boat
- Researchers eye machines to analyze malware
- Chicago hotel offers hope to CrackBerry addicts
- Albatron introduces new AMD and Intel motherboards at Computex
- Biostar unveils Intel P965 motherboard
- P965 Express outpaces JEDEC on road to DDR2-800
- Enermax Readies Modular 1000 W Power Supply
- Vission Iceman Outdoor PC Dares The Elements
- Nvidia announces SLI for Intel's Core 2 Duo processor
- What appears to be a 1080p TV, may actually not be a 1080p TV
June 7
- iSuppli's LCD sales data points to the final swan song for CRTs
- Microsoft anti-malware suite ready to go
- Philips announces Blu-ray burner
- DDR3 promotes bragging rights, provokes curiosity
- DVD+RW Alliance: 8cm DVD+R/+RW DL discs to be volume produced in Q4
- Gigabyte showcases new server product lines
- Foxconn officially launches graphics card line
- ATI enters 2D graphics card market
- Benq introduces full-HD LCD monitor
- PQI to ship 64 GB 2.5" SATA flash disk in August
- Seagate to offer hybrid hard drives for Vista notebooks
- Need To Access Your Data At Crush Depth? Talk To Patriot!
- Samsung squeezes 640x480 pixels on 1.98" display
- Sinox gives us locks galore to protect against dodgy hacks
- ATI goes physics gaga
- Computex Slideshow Update: Gadgets Galore
- Seagate's new hard drives for 2006 and early 2007
June 6
- Gigabyte introduces "quad-core ready" motherboard
- NEC, Samsung show advanced 3.5" display technologies at SID
- SiS expands into server business with Opteron chipsets
- ATI to use third graphics card to run physics processing
- High-definition is Nvidia's buzzword at Computex 2006
- Smart choices emerge from the USB Flash arena
- A-Data targets overclockers with Vitesta Extreme Edition modules
- Micron intros managed NAND with embedded MMC controller
- Aopen reduces PC running costs through energy conservation
- Elsa introduces ATI FireGL V7350 graphics card
- ATI updates Theater TV tuner chip
- Intel announces P965 Core 2 Duo chipset, sub-1 watt processor
- Mozilla fixes 12 flaws in Firefox browser
- Apple U2 Ipod
- Samsung ramps up its hard drive capacity to 400 GB
- Computex walk around: Nvidia, Toshiba, Zalman, Asus
June 5
- Tclink demonstrates car-radiator based cooling system
- First Geforce 7950 GX2 cards set $600 entry mark
- Ultra-wideband USB hubs make waves at Computex
- Asus announces P5B motherboards for Core 2 Duo processor
- Toshiba fires up 200 GB perpendicular notebook hard drive
- Nvidia intros dual-GPU card Geforce 7950 GX2
- 18x DVD burner sales expected to catch up with 16x in 2007
- Concord offers FB-DIMM modules with a promised 6.4 GB/s throughput
- Computex Pre-Show Impressions, Monday June 5
- Nvidia 7950 GX2 graphics card
- Computex Impressions, Sunday June 4, 2006
- Your DIY Gaming Rig For $720
June 3
- TG Daily's Week in Review: Processor wars heating up
June 2
- $100 laptop gets price increase
- Microsoft, Toshiba, DoCoMo, Victor to develop Japan Ipod rival
- Microsoft adds bells to business Exchange
- Q&A with AMD VP Randy Allen: How Torrenza will open up the CPU
- Via launches low-power Epia Mini-ITX motherboard
- Intel's LaGrande security platform to arrive in H2 2007
- NEC to introduce LCD module with wide aspect ratio at SID 2006
- SiS keeps its edge in entry-level and mid-range chipset market
- TG Daily's Week in Review: May 30 - June 2
- Dell Unveils New XPS Computers
- Draft 802.11n Revealed: Part 1
- Microsoft unveils Visual Studio Team Edition
- OpenGL Workstation Graphics
June 1
- AMD HyperTransport innovation opens up CPU sockets to OEMs
- OCZ intros memory with enhanced performance profiles
- AMD counters Intel's Conroe with dual-socket gaming platform
- A closer look at Dell's XPS M2010 portable desktop
- DDR stabilizes on supply concerns, no positive feedback for DDR2
- Desktop-PC vendors anticipate rising demand from emerging markets
- Trend Micro delivers security solution for beta version of Vista
- Intel Core 2 Extreme demonstrated with 3.5 GHz
- Indiana Jones 2007, Company of Heroes and Tabula Rasa
- Red Steel, Just Cause, Age of Empires III and Sid Meier's Railroads
- Dell XPS launch event
- AMD64 Live! and Intel Viiv
- Chromehounds, F-117A Stealth Fighter and RF Online
- Taking Windows Vista through a 500-hour test
- 500 Hour Test of Tomorrow's Windows "Vista"