Dell has announced plans to start shipping Ubuntu 8.04 on its Linux-based desktop and laptop systems. The new version will ship with licensed media codecs for popular audio and video formats.
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Dell begins rolling out Ubuntu 8.04, adds media codecs
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New flash technology promises millions of writes, centuries of use
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A Japanese team has developed a Ferroelectric flash memory technology which they claim will allow flash to last hundreds of years and endure millions of writes. It's unknown how fast and how cheap it will be, but we may well find out in the next few years, as the industry may be forced to transition by failure of older technology to scale down.
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Ridata launches SSD line akin to OCZ Core
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Ridata announced Tuesday a new line of SSDs in every way comparable to the OCZ Core line. How long will it be until these see wide adoption? How long until the market shakes down to fewer manufacturers?
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Lenovo offers SSD on more laptops, Dell readies 128GB SSD
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Both Lenovo and Dell have made announcements regarding offering SSD on more laptops and at a better price point. The future for SSD shines all the brighter as OEMs start to offer it more and more.
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Apple, Dell big winners as PC market shows healthy growth
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Market analyst firm Gartner, Inc. has released worldwide PC sales data for the second quarter of 2008, and the news is mostly good—especially if you're Apple or Dell. The worldwide market grew significantly over the past three months, but prices did decline somewhat as vendors slashed prices in an attempt to drive volume.
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NVIDIA denies rumors of faulty chips, mass GPU failures
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NVIDIA is taking a $200 million hit in the second quarter for costs related to laptop GPU failures, but some websites have claimed the company is hiding the true extent of the issue. The company tells Ars that only a "very small percentage" of its chips are "potentially affected."
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Intel launches Centrino 2 with host of chipset improvements
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Intel's Centrino 2 platform hit the market today, bringing with it new processors, a new chipset, and a variety of OEM design wins. Manufacturers will undoubtedly be rolling out Centrino 2 products in the near future, especially with back-to-school approaching, but is Centrino 2 worth the wait?
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Intel posts record-breaking Q2 earnings
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Intel has announced its second quarter earnings, and the results have set new company records. Thus far, Intel has dodged fears that the high price of oil and lower consumer spending would hurt its performance, and predicts a third quarter that's even better than what was originally expected.
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OCZ releases much cheaper, slightly faster SSDs
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OCZ's new core line slashes cost on 2.5" SSDs while maintaining a relatively strong speed. The company claims that the new devices are reliable, despite using MLC flash.
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iFixit flies halfway around world to disassemble iPhone 3G
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How far would you go to get an iPhone 3G 25 hours earlier than the rest of us? And would the first thing you did with it be to take it apart? iFixit did.
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Intel replaces AMD as the leading lady of SKG Dreamworks
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Animated films may launch bright flights of fancy for children and adults alike, but the process of shaping and creating the movie itself requires cold, hard, CPU grunt work—and lots of it. For the past three years, AMD has been the CPU manufacturer of choice for Dreamworks SKG, but the studio will now become an Intel shop.
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First Look: OpenMoko's Linux-based open smartphone platform
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OpenMoko aims to redefine the smartphone experience with its new Linux-based FreeRunner handset. Ars takes a close look at the OpenMoko software platform to see if it delivers on its promise of developer freedom and user empowerment.
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On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble
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Do you think you know how this story ends? You’re probably guessing that because it involves “do no evil” Google, Fortune magazine’s “Best Company to Work For” the past two years, this is a heart-warming tale of a good company reversing a dumb decision.
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MacBook Air SSD purchase price drops by $500
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Apple dropped the price of the highest-end MacBook Air this week by $500—$400 from the SSD drive and $100 from the 1.8GHz processor. The machine is still a little pricey, but $500 is no small change.
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AMD narrows market share gap with Intel, revenue gap grows
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A recent iSuppli report estimates that Intel took market share from AMD in the first quarter of this year, but the smaller CPU manufacturer is still moving in the right direction compared to its disastrous 2007. Shanghai may still be at least six months away, but AMD isn't just marking time.
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AMD bumps up Phenom's frequency, launches low-power variants
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It's a busy day for AMD, with three new processors launching in a single day. Phenom's high-end frequency gets a tap, moving up to 2.6GHz, while new energy efficient 1.8GHz and 2GHz processors slot into the company's current line up. We've tested the new 9350e's power consumption—details inside.
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Not strictly for the headstrong: overclocking your Mac Pro
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ZDNet Clock is a new software tool that can overclock your Mac Pro or Intel-based Xserve, no soldering required.
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Psystar now offering Xserve clone
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The company that everyone wanted so badly to write off is at it again, and this time it has brought an Xserve clone to the table. Will Apple finally respond?
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Week in Storage: Blu-ray burners, media, and notebook drives hit new highs
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It's been a busy week in storage, with new high capacity notebook drives, enterprise-class HDD announcements, and new 6x recordable Blu-ray media on its way from Panasonic. Ars checks out the events of the week.
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AMD may be planning its own CPU to compete with Nano, Atom
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A recently surfaced diagram may provide evidence that AMD will soon hop on the netbook bandwagon—or it could be the work of a Photoshopper with some time on his hands. Ars investigates.
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