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Linux Kernel Gets Multicore Muscle With Latest Upgrade

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The latest version of the Linux kernel was released on Sunday, offering not just a host of bug fixes but also new features designed for multicore environments. Most notably, tapping technology contributed by Google, Linux version 2.6.35 includes Receive Packet Steering and Receive Flow Steering features that help to spread...

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ATI's Gallium3D Driver Is Still Playing Catch-Up

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Yesterday we delivered benchmarks showing how the open-source ATI Radeon graphics driver stack in Ubuntu 10.04 is comparing to older releases of the proprietary ATI Catalyst Linux driver. Sadly, the latest open-source ATI driver still is no match even for a two or four-year-old proprietary driver f...

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More TVs Hopping Onto the Internet

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More than 25 percent of all TV sets purchased in January are now connected to the Net, either on their own or via external devices such as games consoles, says iSuppli.

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Open Source 3-D Printer Turns Designs Into Objects

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Wired.com checks out MakerBot's Cupcake CNC 3-D Printer. Using PLA, ABS, or HDPE plastic, this open source, $950 kit allows the user to fabricate small objects of virtually any shape.

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N550 - First mobile, dual-core Atom processor released

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Good news for netbook users - netbooks just got faster and battery life just got better. Intel has released its first dual-core mobile Atom processor.

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 On Linux

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NVIDIA formally introduced the GeForce 400 "Fermi" graphics card series in late March when rolling out the GeForce GTX 470 and 480. This launch was followed by the GeForce GTX 465 availability in late May and then in the middle of July there was the launch of the GeForce GTX...

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The Linux 2.6.36-rc2 Kernel Is Out With An Announcement

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The Linux 2.6.36-rc2 kernel has been released this Sunday afternoon and this time around there's an announcement of the release by Linus Torvalds (he lacked announcing 2.6.36-rc1; Phoronix was one of the few places reporting on it). The 2.6.36-rc2 kernel release brings mostly bug/regression fixes, but compared to the Linux...

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Canonical discontinues Itanium and SPARC support in Ubuntu

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Ubuntu 10.10, code-named Maverick Meerkat, will not be ported to the Itanium and SPARC platforms, because the two processor platforms have been without a dedicated maintainer for some time...

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Canonical developer decodes Apple's Magic Trackpad

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Apple's Magic Trackpad will join the other Apple multi-touch devices supported in Ubuntu 10.10...

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Green chip start-up gets $48 million in funding

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Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone seeks to use the power thriftiness of ARM processors to reduce the energy consumption at large data centers.

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Rugged box PC braces itself for global warming

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Kontron announced a fanless industrial box computer that runs on an Intel Atom N270 and can withstand temperatures of between five and 140 deg. F (-15 to 60 deg. C). The Kontron Embedded Box PC CB 752 is equipped with dual gigabit Ethernet ports and six USB 2.0 ports, plus...

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Intel Silicon to Slash the Price of Optical Links

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Intel says it has developed a prototype silicon photonics link that moves data at 50Gbps, the equivalent of an entire HD movie being transmitted every second...

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Linux-Based Hybrid Video Server Supports 40 Channels

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Exacq Technologies is shipping a line of Linux-based hybrid video surveillance appliances with Intel Atom processors...

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Via Spins Three PCs From Modular Motherboard

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Via announced three & device development kits& incorporating a previously announced Em-ITX motherboard and related expansion modules...

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AMD Debuts Low-End Opteron 4100 Processor

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Taking aim at market segments concerned with efficient power usage,...

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