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Analysts: Dual-Core PowerPC G5s Due for Apple
Power Macs and PowerBooks could gain new power plants in the near future, analysts say. IBM’s chip group has been mum on details relating to its PowerPC processor line of late, but analysts expect it to deliver a dual-core PowerPC 970 and possibly a single-core sibling with less of a power appetite. Apple Computer Inc.,…
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“Video Over IP” Plugin Developed For Skype
Skype users can now download a free plug-in from Dialcom that will enable video conferencing using the Skype P2P engine, reports Faultline, in an article posted on The Register. The Spontania Video4skype, allows any users with a webcam connected to their PCs and a Skype account and broadband internet access, to make video-calls using the…
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Intel Gets Big on Mini PCs
Intel is taking a smaller view of the desktop. The chip giant, in an unusual move, is touting miniature desktops that use its Pentium M notebook processors at Computex Taipei, an enormous computer trade show taking place in Taiwan this week. There, Intel is showing off two prototype small Pentium M-based desktops. During a keynote…
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Security Tool Can ‘Frisk’ PCs
Automated IP address management has been used for years to streamline the administration of IP addresses, but one small company and a couple of its customers have discovered a new use for the tool: to create an extra layer of endpoint security and access control. MetaInfo, a spinoff of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., is…
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Build an $800 Gaming PC
Gaming on a Budget We know how you feel. Your computer is getting a little long in the tooth, and you just can’t play the latest games anymore. If you’re not below the minimum system requirements, you’re so close that you have to turn the options down to "looks like mud" mode just to get…
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Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 Breaks Apps
Microsoft Corp. is looking for a few good men … and women, and, ultimately, applications that can help the company check for compatibility between the current version of the .Net Framework and the version coming in Visual Studio 2005. The software giant is in recruiting mode, looking for independent software vendors, enterprise customers, developers, end…