EARLIER THIS YEAR some AMD partners believed that a September date for the Athlon64 was too optimistic, prompting some of them to suggest it might be pushed into the first quarter of next year.
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Companies seeking a smooth transition to 64-bit volume servers will need to evaluate contrasting approaches from Intel and AMD, after the chip manufacturers detailed product plans last week.
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One of the prize plums in the intellectual property market quietly vanished last week, when Sonicblue's ten-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel and a corresponding bus license were unable to be sold at auction.
The ten-year patent cross-license agreement was unable to be transferred, sources at both companies said. Neither company officially acknowledged the license had dissolved, although a Sonicblue spokeswoman said two weeks ago that Sonicblue felt that the license was not legally transferable to another company.
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The ten-year patent cross-license agreement was unable to be transferred, sources at both companies said. Neither company officially acknowledged the license had dissolved, although a Sonicblue spokeswoman said two weeks ago that Sonicblue felt that the license was not legally transferable to another company.
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Dan's Data has posted issue 20 of their I/O letters column
Tuesday morning at an event in Manhattan, AMD launched its long-awaited Opteron processor, a chip for servers and workstations that marks the debut of the company's 64-bit instruction set, AMD64. The three CPUs currently available are designed for dual-processor machines. Additional flavors for one- and eight-way systems will go on sale before the middle of the year. Though all are designed for use with a new breed of 64-bit software, they can also run existing 32-bit applications.
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NeoWin has posted a follow up on the troubles with Q811493 patch for Windows XP
Adrian's Rojak Pot has posted an article on AMD Barton Compatibility In ABIT Motherboards
Worried about Barton support in ABIT motherboards? Well, there's no need to listen to all the rumours! We will dispel all those rumours in our editorial on Barton Compatibility In ABIT Motherboards!Read more
DWPG has posted some information on Intel Canterwood (875P) and Corsair RAM
After discovering an anomaly in its latest 3.0GHz Pentium 4 processor, Intel has delayed shipping the new processor. This CPU was slated to be Intel's first to support the 875P (Canterwood) chipset, and an 800MHz frontside bus.
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HotHardware has posted some details on the Abit IC7-G motherboard
Adobe Systems Inc. this year will extend the capabilities of three core software applications for creative professionals, sources said.
Major new versions of Adobe's Photoshop image editor, Illustrator vector-based drawing program and InDesign page-layout application will pack innovative features and enhancements. All three are slated to ship by the fourth quarter, sources said.
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Major new versions of Adobe's Photoshop image editor, Illustrator vector-based drawing program and InDesign page-layout application will pack innovative features and enhancements. All three are slated to ship by the fourth quarter, sources said.
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From Mozillazine.org:
Asa Dotzler writes: "After months of discussion and further months of legal investigation, we're finally comfortable moving forward with new names. The new name for the Phoenix browser is 'Firebird'. The documentation and product strings will be updated soon. In addition to securing Firebird, we've also got the OK from those contributing legal resources to use the name 'Thunderbird' for a mail client. Hopefully this will be the end of naming legal issues for a while."
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Asa Dotzler writes: "After months of discussion and further months of legal investigation, we're finally comfortable moving forward with new names. The new name for the Phoenix browser is 'Firebird'. The documentation and product strings will be updated soon. In addition to securing Firebird, we've also got the OK from those contributing legal resources to use the name 'Thunderbird' for a mail client. Hopefully this will be the end of naming legal issues for a while."
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DesignTechnica has posted an article: Merging home theater and computers; where is the benefit?
What's holding up the arrival of blue lasers to the optical-storage market? Storage Supersite Editor David Morgenstern blames delays to this excellent technology on competing consortia with clashing agendas.
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Thanks John for this one:
The RTM versions of Windows 2003 server and Visual Studio 2003 are now available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads.
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The RTM versions of Windows 2003 server and Visual Studio 2003 are now available on MSDN Subscriber Downloads.
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NewsWare has posted some info on Intel's Mobile Internet PC 2004 Vision
Dan's Data has posted more letters.
As expected, Intel and a host of other wireless companies said they would more heavily promote the 802.16 metropolitan wireless standard through the WiMax industry group.
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Sony has announced development of a blue-laser-based optical disc system for data storage and says it should be available by the end of this year. The system, which has yet to be named, is technically similar to the Blu-ray Disc format that was developed by a consortium of nine companies led by Sony, although it is incompatible. The data storage technology was announced Tuesday by Sony and is on display at the AIIM storage and content management conference in New York this week.
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