Archive for October 2009
AMD Announces new CPUs including Tri-Core Athlon II
AMD has bumped up it’s line of desktop microprocessors with the introduction of a new set of Athlon II processors, including the first Athlon triple-cores. Triple-core processors, obviously, fill the gap between dual-core and quad-core versions. The new processors include Athlon II X2s in 2.7GHz and 2.8 GHz, four Athlon II X3s ranging from 2.2…
Read MoreDell SX2210T: 22” 1080p monitor with multitouch
Windows 7 is being released tomorrow and one of its selling points ahs been the ability to handle multitouch but the problem is devices that can handle it have been limited to all in ones such as the Dell XPS One. This is set to change with the Dell SX2210T which is a 1920 x…
Read MoreDell enters health-care IT industry.
Looking at reducing the reliance on PC manufacturing Michael Dell has announced the takeover of Perot Systems for a princely sum of $3.9 billion. Perot Systems is an information technology services provider based in Plano, Texas that primarily serves clients in healthcare, government, manufacturing, banking, and insurance. Michael Dell has also announced that he is…
Read MoreDell forced to repay millions in state aid
Dell has been told that it will have to pay back millions in sweeteners and tax concessions after bailing out of a US factory plan. The North Carolina Governor, Beverly Perdue, is less than pleased with Dell after it closed its plant in the State. The plant had been built with huge amounts of grants…
Read MoreWindows 8 may have a 128-bit version
The successor to Windows 7 is already in development and there are rumours that Microsoft maybe developing a 128-bit version of the next version of Windows. The clues came from a LinkedIn profile for one, Robert Morgan, a senior developer at Microsoft. In his profile, Morgan stated he was working on, “projects including 128bit architecture…
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