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Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the shipment of 80 nm-based 2 Gigabit DDR2 SDRAM samples. These samples are among the first 80 nm-based devices in the world to be shipped for customer evaluation, and the devices are expected to be used first in high-density memory modules for high performance servers.
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HP today announced it will support the HD-DVD high-definition DVD format, in addition to the Blu-ray Disc format, and join the HD-DVD Promotions Group.
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A growing legal quarrel over patent rights could lead to a shutdown of BlackBerry service to millions of subscribers in the United States.
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Sony Corp. Friday unveiled an upgrade of its humanoid robot QRIO, which can now recognize boxes and play with them like building blocks.
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With the cost of high-definition camcorders and HDTVs quickly coming down, consumers are becoming more and more creative in how they use their video cameras. Companies like Ulead Systems Inc. and Pinnacle Systems Inc. are bringing HD editing to the masses with low-cost HD editing solutions like Pinnacle Studio 10 HD and Video Studio 9, which includes an HD plug-in. Both solutions give consumers the capability to edit in native HD for less than $100.
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A Japanese watchmaker said Thursday it had created the world's first flexible digital clock which is as thin as camera film and can be bent around the curve of a wall.
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Nortel announced Wednesday that it has become a corporate member of the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) initiative.
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it is mass producing the fastest graphics memory device in the world - a 900 MHz Graphics Double Data Rate 3 (GDDR3) chip. The device - already being used in graphics cards for PCs, workstations and notebooks - is 50 percent faster than the previous computer memory chip produced in large volume.
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It used to be that in order to have a GPS system, you had to shell out big dollars on luxury vehicles. Thanks to improvements in technology, feature-rich navigation systems have become smaller, more portable, and most importantly more cost effective.
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Japan's celebrity robot, ASIMO, shifted from curiosity value to practical use with the world's first walking humanoid set to make its office debut next year as a receptionist.
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