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Scott Wasson / techreport.com:
Intel's Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors — Conroe at last — INTEL'S DESKTOP PROCESSORS HAVE NOT been in a good place for the past two and a half years. Pentium 4 and Pentium D CPUs have run at relatively high clock speeds but delivered relatively low performance compared to their competition from AMD.
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Mark Hachman / PC Magazine:
AMD To Counter Conroe With '4x4', Power Programs — AMD executives say they remain "supremely confident" in the strength of their own architecture, even though the launch of Intel's Core 2 Duo or "Conroe" processor steals several pages from AMD's own book. — For all the details on Conroe …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Here they come: Intel unveils Core 2 Duo processors — The reign of Core Duo has dominated 2006, but now is the time for a line of desktop processors to take the stand for justice. Or something like that. Announced in June, Intel's Core 2 Duo is officially "out" today …
ExtremeTech:
The Core 2: Intel Goes for the Jugular — It's been a long time coming. — Over the past year, the hype machine has been beating the drum for Intel's new processor architecture. Dubbed Core, the new architecture is a radical shift for a company that was once the chief proponent of ramping up CPU frequency.
Jim Courtney / Skype Journal:
Skype's Opportunity for IM Federation Leadership — It's been a busy week: — The previously announced (eight months ago) MSN/Yahoo IM federation became real. Yawn. — Phil Wolff and Alec Saunders have commented on the Skype code cracking by a Chinese engineering team.
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Bink / Bink.nu:
Microsoft Windows XP Fundamentals for Legacy PCs Screenshots — I have been playing around with "Microsoft Windows XP Fundamentals for Legacy PCs". The result can be seen in screenshots posted on my gallery. — Microsoft Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP) …
Jessie Seyfer / Mercury News:
Mtn. View WiFi net being tested by 100 users — GOOGLE SAYS ENTIRE CITY COULD GO ONLINE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS — More than 100 people are test-driving Google's free, wireless Internet network throughout the city of Mountain View, officials from the search giant said at a community meeting Wednesday evening.
David Berlind / Between the Lines:
Time, space put Eventful at the intersection of, .. well, of everything — This week, at Mashup Camp at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, I had the opportunity to sit down with Eventful.com's API Developer Chris Radcliff. The interview is available for download …
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Broadband Video is overrated too ! — No i dont hate technology. I just prefer a little realism with my technology planning. Broadband Video is smoking hot right now. Why ? Because thats where the money is. Advertisers have gone bonkers over it. For good reason. Its a great use of the net for advertisers.
BBC:
Apple gives up on hunt for moles — Apple has ended its legal fight to make bloggers reveal who leaked secret information about its new products. — Legal action began in 2004 after details of an audio breakout box, code-named Asteroid, appeared online. — Apple won the first round …
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Todd Woodward / symantec.com:
Mac OS X: Viruses and Security — Researchers and engineers who are working in the security field must have strong constitutions—especially when it comes to weathering negative backlash and tired conspiracy theories whenever security and Mac OS X are mentioned in the same breath.
netomer.de:
flickrInspector 0.1.1.2 — About flickrInspector — what is flickrInspector — flickrInspector is a non-commercial website, that displays publicly available data about single flickr users. flickr itself is probably the most amazing photo sharing site. this is by no means an official tool …
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Orli Yakuel / Go2web2:
Turn your Flickr into a Photoshop with Preloadr! — Preloadr is a free image tool (web based), that connects you with your flickr account and lets you design your photos before or after you upload them to your flickr account. — The service is very easy and simple to use.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The "river" versus "folder" RSS approach — Dave Winer has been talking about RSS aggregators again. I don't use a River of News style aggregator. I use NewsGator which comes into Outlook. It is NOT a river of news style aggregator. But, I don't delete either. I just read each folder and mark all as read.
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Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google Spreadsheets getting Charts soon? — To quench my curiosity, I had to take a closer look at the source code for Google Spreadsheets after it was updated yesterday. To my surprise (or not), it shows clearly that Google has definitely been working on a "Chart Create" feature that many users have been waiting for.
Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter:
Vaudeville — This media showdown is getting really interesting. In no particular order, some comments about some of the players: — Mike Arrington — Why on Earth is he keeping Marshall Kirkpatrick in such a visible position. Nothing against the guy, he's a good writer and a competent reviewer …
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Richard MacManus / Web 2.0 Explorer:
As Firefox infiltrates the enterprise, its market share will increase — As a follow-up to my previous post about Firefox market share increasing, note that the XiTi website has some interesting stats and graphics showing that Firefox take-up is much higher in parts of Europe and Oceania than in the US …
Nat / O'Reilly Radar:
A Week in the Valley: GData — I spent the week before Where 2.0 visiting companies between San Francisco and San Jose. I've already written about my trips to Ning and Meebo. Next is an account of a meeting with Mark Lucovsky, who was architect of the HailStorm web services product from Microsoft.
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
$10,000 says Windows Vista won't ship on time — Earlier this week Bill Gates said there was an 80 percent chance Windows Vista would ship in January 2007 as scheduled. At the time I said "I wouldn't make any bets with odds like that," and neither would Mac developer Wil Shipley …
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Wil Shipley / Call Me Fishmeal:Note to Bill Gates: I'll take your bet, for $10,000.
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