Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has decided to kill its ATI brand name, judging that the names of its graphics chip products, such as Radeon and FirePro, in combination with the AMD brand, are familiar enough to consumers to stand on their own.
Lenovo Group, a leading maker of personal computers, is working on an eBox video game console. The console reportedly will feature certain capabilities that are similar to those, found in Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. The company hopes that the video game device will help it to grow its revenue and will also allow to initialize its own service business.
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Sony has won a temporary ban to prevent Australian distributors selling a hardware hack for the PlayStation 3 (PS3).
The PS3Jailbreak "dongle" allows gamers to play homemade and pirated games on the game's console.
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Copy protection is suppose to stop pirates from watching movies while legitimate customers are able to view their favorite movies, not the other way around. Unfortunately for some Samsung Blu-Ray player owners, that’s exactly what is happening right now.
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Publisher and hardware maker Sony is saying that it is looking for a solution similar to the Online Pass initiative introduced by Electronic Arts, designed to guide gamers towards buying more new console games, with some functionality reduced or eliminated for used games sold through networks like that of GameStop.
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, the largest provider of Windows phones around the world, is confident that the upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system would be successful.
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Are you dreaming of jailbreaking that PS3 of yours with OzMod's long-awaited USB stick? Well, we hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems as if Sony may be capable of detecting PSjb systems on its Playstation network.
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Intel has agreed to acquire McAfee Inc. for approximately $7.68 billion ($48 per share in cash), the company announced today. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the deal, which is expected to close following shareholder approval and regulatory clearances.
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Mobile ad network Millennial Media is releasing its monthly mobile mix report today. According to Nielsen, Millennial’s ads reach 63 million of a total of 77 million mobile web users in the U.S., or 81% of the U.S. mobile web.
Even though it already has its share of high-speed solid state drives on sale, G.Skill decided it would once again update its Phoenix Pro Series, this time unveiling a trio composed of a 40 GB model, one with 80 GB and one with 120 GB, all of which employ the now well-known SandForce controller.
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Re: Last one to post wins the internets
This has got to be the dumbest Administration in our entire history.
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