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Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 February 2008 22:36 Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:02

AMD just announced that their AMD Performance Library is now available to the open-source community. The APL is a set of common routines used in popular software. When implemented, the APL is designed to hasten application development, debugging, and optimization for x86 CPUs.  AMD is dropping the proprietary library in favor of the new open-source offshoot called Framewave.

Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2008 20:27 Monday, 18 February 2008 19:52

Last Updated on Monday, 18 February 2008 12:38 Sunday, 17 February 2008 15:48

A relatively unknown player in the NAND Flash market made an announcement today about a new 128 GB 1.8" SSD. Through the company Imation, Mtron will be producing these SSDs by April of this year. This development should provide for an interesting price battle this fall. Read on for more.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 08:17 Written by Chris Hunter Saturday, 16 February 2008 01:07

Other than the death of the HD DVD format, Comcast had a rude awakening this morning. The bit-torrent protocol is evolving, which will soon nullify Comcast's filtering efforts. Anyone with a cellular home security system or any analog cellular device needs to read ars technica's article. Analog signals are going silent on Monday.

Tagan 900W Power Supply @ Techware Labs

Origen AE S21T HTPC Enclosure @ Modders-Inc

Sapphire Pure CrossFireX PC-AM2RD790 @ bit-tech

ASUS U6S Ultra portable Notebook @ Hot Hardware

ASUS Triton 77 CPU Cooler Review @ HardwareLogic

AMD: To Merge Or Not To Merge? @ tom's hardware

bGears b-Envi SFF Case Review @ Dragon Steel Mods

Ultra m998 Mid-Tower ATX Case Review @ PC Perspective

NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT 512MB G94 Tested @ TweakTown

ASRock Penryn 1600SLI-110dB - Overclocking @ AnandTech

Samsung Syncmaster 275T 27-inch Display Review @ PCSTATS

Eagle Tech ET-CS2LSU2-BK 2.5" USB Drive Enclosure @ Big Bruin

Analog cellular networks shutting down next week @ ars technica

ASUS Silent Knight, Triton 77, & Silent Square EVO @ [H]Enthusiast

Gainward Bliss 8800 GT 1024MB GS Graphics Card Review @ X-bit Labs

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2008 02:04 Friday, 15 February 2008 19:56

Linus Torvalds has had much to say down under. Looks like the Linux.conf.au shindig compelled him to talk.

Linux is getting lots of ink on mobility. Looks like they are making progress on many different fronts, and our next iPhone might run Linux instead of OSX.

Red Hat is looking to make some waves in the IT world by hitting one billion USD in revenue this year. It could be a reasonable goal, seeing as how it is outrageously popular.

Mac and PS3 users, check out the new Yellow Dog 6, and get to folding.

Phoronix has an analysis of the AMD Phenom. They look at the 32bit versus the 64bit performance. It is an interesting angle. 

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2008 03:32 Friday, 15 February 2008 10:43

Now that Warner, Best Buy, and Netflix are on board, Wal-Mart and Toshiba are abandoning the HD DVD format as well. However, Toshiba did not quit without a fight.

**update**

Confirming our rumors, NHK dropped the news today that Toshiba is dropping out of the format war. Reuters has a story on the NHK news post. 200k Video cast