Archive for March, 2010

  • Long Spike: The Newegg saga

    Long Spike: The Newegg saga

    Here's a little article originally written for bit-tech but never published, regarding the interesting case of Newegg accidentally sending a selection of fake Intel i7 CPUs to its customers.  Since this article was written, NewEgg has confessed that the CPUs in question were fakes, ...

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  • Long Spike: LG LED 3D TV

    Long Spike: LG LED 3D TV

    Another article saved from the bit-bin, this time about LG Electronics' latest LED-backlit 3D TV: LG Electronics has made good on its recent promises and announced the impending launch of its first LED-backlit 3D TV, the LX9500. Launching first in Korea - to be followed by ...

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  • Firefox issues on Ubuntu 10.04

    Firefox issues on Ubuntu 10.04

    Having finished my articles this morning, I figured it was time for an apt-get dist-upgrade on the laptop to ensure I was running the latest versions of everything.  A quick download and install later, and it was time to reboot. At which point Firefox broke ...

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  • The E-Paper Watch

    The E-Paper Watch

    Neat-o watch manufacturer Tokyoflash has unveiled an awesome new concept watch which uses an e-ink screen to create a wraparound inverse display. As seen over on the company's blog, the e-Paper Timing watch uses a curved e-ink screen to "show the time digitally in the ...

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  • Long Spike: Larrabee canned

    Long Spike: Larrabee canned

    The second long-spike article that I've resurrected is regarding Intel's decision to downgrade its Larrabee platform release into a Software Development Kit, written back in December. If you've been awaiting the debut of Intel's Larrabee multi-core graphics processor with bated breath, there's been a ...

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  • Long Spike: AMD/Intel settlement

    Long Spike: AMD/Intel settlement

    I've been going through some of the older stuff I wrote for bit-tech, and came across a couple of articles that never made it.  Rather than consign them to the digital dustbin, I figured - having already written them - I'd resurrect them here. The ...

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