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HP TouchSmart tx2, 300, 600 and 9100 get Windows 7 multitouch

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 No Comments

HP have gone touch-crazy in the run-up to Windows 7’s release, pushing out several new touch-sensitive products including a 42-inch widescreen LCD. The HP TouchSmart tx2 updates the original convertible tx2, and has a 12.1-inch capacitive touchscreen which also accepts stylus input; meanwhile there are two new TouchSmart desktop ranges, in the shape of the consumer-oriented HP TouchSmart 300 and 600 – at 20- and 23-inches respectively – and the business-centric HP TouchSmart 9100, a 23-inch model targeted at the hospitality and retail markets.

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Kohjinsha dual-display netbook: feel the width

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 8th 2009 No Comments

Kohjinsha’s dinky swivel-screened MID, the PA-series, isn’t the only unusual rotation happening on the company’s stand at CEATEC. They’re also showing off this dual-screen beast, currently in prototype form, packing twin 10.1-inch LCDs for some mobile widescreen action. SlashGear Japan stopped by to grab some live photos for us.

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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 39 2009

By Shane McGlaun on Sunday, Sep 27th 2009 No Comments

In case you missed something this week, it’s time for another week in review for you to enjoy on a lazy Sunday. Asus quietly let the Eee 1201N Ion netbook slip from the bowels of the netbook kingpin. The machine sports NVIDIA Ion power, it’s nice to see more Ion netbooks coming to market. Acer has its line of smartphones coming in Q4 according to reports early this week. The Acer F1 and the HTC Leo will hit in Q4.

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AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 launches: DirectX 11 video cards pack a punch

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 23rd 2009 No Comments

With a press conference imminent, ATI’s new DirectX 11 video cards are beginning to make their appearance on retailer shelves. Two cards – the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 and the ASUS Radeon HD 5870, each marked “Cyprus HT” and with 1GB of memory – have shown up for sale at Newegg, while over at Hexus and The Tech Report they’ve each been reviewing the new Radeon HD 5870.

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AMD Thuban hexacore CPU promised for 2010

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 No Comments

AMD have revealed that they're working on a hexacore - or six-core - processor for release in 2010. The chip, codenamed Thuban, will be manufactured using 45nm processes and have an integrated DDR3 controller; more interestingly, however, it will be backward compatible with existing AM2+ and AM3 motherboards.

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Intel anti-competition tactics revealed in exec emails

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

intel amd logo Thanks to Intel’s appeal, it looks as though the anti-competition case in which the chipmaker is accused of illegally attempting to block AMD business won’t be settled any time soon. To better illustrate just why they fined Intel a record $1.45bn, the European Commission have released a 500 page report [pdf link] complete with emails where big-name PC manufacturers discuss threats of withdrawn rebates should they adopt some of AMD’s chips.

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AMD deliver sub-$100 Athlon II X4 quad-core CPU

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 16th 2009 No Comments

amd athlon ii mainstream desktop platform In the battle for budget PCs, AMD is striking out with what they’re claiming is the first sub-$100 quad-core processor. The AMD Athlon II X4 620 has a $99 suggested retail price and, when paired with the company’s 785G chipset and ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics, is potent enough to run Windows 7’s high-definition features.

It’s all part of AMD’s Mainstream Desktop Platform, the desk-bound counterpart to the company’s Mainstream Notebook Platform announced last week. The company are promoting the platform both as economical – Blu-ray playback using less power than a 75W lightbulb – and practical.

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HP Announces ProBook 5310m, HP Pavilion dm3,HP Mini 110 and HP Mini 311

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

HP has unveiled their holiday line-up, and the standouts are obviously the flagship HP Envy 13 and Envy 15 notebooks. Along with the two new Envy models, though HP have also announced a bevy of other notebooks and netbooks, including the business-centric HP ProBook 5310m, the entry-level HP Pavilion dm3, a special edition Studio Tord Boontje HP Mini 110 netbook and the new NVIDIA Ion based 1080p-capable HP Mini 311. More details of the full ranges after the cut.

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ATI Radeon 5700 desktop & 5000 notebook GPUs tipped for Q4

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

ati radeon logo News of several graphics cards and notebook GPUs from AMD have leaked, courtesy of the usual shadowy DigiTimes sources. According to the insiders, AMD plan to launch their ATI Radeon HD 5700 series desktop GPUs in October, in the shape of the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750, followed by the Radeon 5870 X2 (R800) in November.

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AMD next-gen GPUs help OTOY put Crysis on iPhone

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

crysis on iphone Temped by Crysis on the iPhone? Even with its most recent processor and graphics boost, Apple’s 3GS smartphone isn’t quite up to that level, but OTOY have been showing off how, thanks to AMD’s next-gen GPUs, they can squirt Crysis-level HD gaming across a network to your mobile. AMD demonstrated their next-gen platform’s 2.5 teraFLOPS of floating-point power and DirectX 11 abilities this week, and OTOY were on hand to show Ars Technica just how they’re using all that power.