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24/05/2006 - Una nuova serie di processori Xeon - In attesa del debutto delle architetture Woodcrest, Intel presenta una nuova famiglia di processori Xeon dual core |
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24/05/2006 - Square Enix non smentisce il remake di Final Fantasy VII - Diverse indiscrezioni fanno riferimento allo sviluppo di un remake di Final Fantasy VII destinato alle console di nuova generazione. |
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24/05/2006 - Olidata, nuovi prodotti in arrivo - Olidata presenta nuove linee di prodotto, fra cui spiccano alcune soluzioni davvero interessanti che avremo modo di provare molto presto |
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24/05/2006 - SiN Episodes approda sulle console di nuova generazione - Ritual Entertainment svela i suoi piani per portare l'appena rilasciato SiN Episodes anche sulle console di nuova generazione. |
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24/05/2006 - Apple e Nike: iPod come personal trainer - Un nuovo accordo tra due colossi americani: iPod diventa personal trainer per le calzature Nike+, con la possibilità di registrare statistiche e informazioni |
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24/05/2006 - Veterani di Lionhead Studios formano Media Molecule - Continua la serie di abbandoni eccellenti all'interno di Lionhead Studios. Stavolta, si tratta di Alex Evans e David Smith. |
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24/05/2006 - La tecnologia CSI anche in cpu desktop di Intel - Non solo Itanium per la nuova tecnologia CSI di Intel, che migliora le connessioni tra processori in sistemi multi cpu |
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24/05/2006 - Arriva il co-op in Battlefield 2 con la patch 1.3 - Electronic Arts e Digital Illusions CE, come promesso, hanno reso disponibile l'attesissima patch 1.3 per Battlefield 2. |
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24/05/2006 - OLPC: arrivano i primi prototipi funzionanti - Compaiono in rete le prime foto di prototipi funzionanti del notebook da 100 dollari proposto e ideato dal MIT per le aree in via di sviluppo |
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24/05/2006 - Nuove memorie DDR2-800 ad elevate prestazioni - Corsair presenta i primi moduli DDR2-800 con timings di accesso pari a 3-4-3-9, dotati di supporto alla tecnologia EPP |
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24/05/2006 - Ancel rivela nuovi dettagli sulla versione Wii del nuovo Rayman - Rayman Raving Rabbids sfrutterà al massimo delle potenzialità il controller di Nintendo Wii, parola di Michel Ancel. |
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24/05/2006 - Problema sicurezza: Word il colpevole - Rilevata una vulnerabilità in Mirosoft Word: il pericolo è una backdoor con caratteristiche da rootkit |
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24/05/2006 - Nuovi driver NVIDIA per schede video e chipset - NVIDIA rilascia versioni aggiornate dei propri driver per schede video della famiglia GeForce, oltre che per le schede madri nForce serie 500 |
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24/05/2006 - Memorie EPP: anche OCZ è del lotto - Il produttore americano, specializzato in soluzioni per overclocking, annuncia la prossima disponibilità di memorie dotate di tecnologia EPP |
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23/05/2006 - Falla pericolosa in Skype - Disponibili nuove versioni aggiornate per Skype. Scoperta una falla potenzialmente pericolosa |
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23/05/2006 - Halo 3 già in beta test - Sul sito di Bungie si comunica che già sono iniziati i test per la modalità multiplayer dell'appena annunciato Halo 3. |
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23/05/2006 - Amazon, in vendita titoli Blu-ray e HD-DVD - Blu-ray e HD-DVD, iniziata la guerra dei prezzi |
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23/05/2006 - Da Samsung un notebook con memoria flash - Samsung sta sviluppando un notebook e un UMPC equipaggiati con memoria allo stato solido NAND flash |
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23/05/2006 - GameCube mascherati da Wii allo scorso E3? - Continua la polemica che sostiene che allo scorso E3 non era ancora presente l'hardware definitivo di Nintendo Wii. |
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23/05/2006 - Niente limitazioni di risoluzione per i primi supporti High Definition? - Nell'ottica di rendere il mercato pienamente compatibile con le nuove specifiche, le major di Hollywood potrebbero non abilitare le limitazioni di risoluzione almeno per alcuni anni nei propri film HD |
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23/05/2006 - Chiusura di Darwin: Apple precisa la propria posizione - La paventata chiusura di Darwin è solo frutto di ipotesi: Apple conferma che non sono ancora state prese decisioni in merito |
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23/05/2006 - Dal 2007 dual-core per tutti i notebook - Intel vuole incrementare le consegne di processori dual core per completare la transizione nel corso del prossimo anno |
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23/05/2006 - La prima scheda AM2 Crossfire è di EPoX - Il produttore taiwanese è il primo a presentare una soluzione basata su chipset RD580 di ATI, dotata di supporto alle nuove cpu Socket AM2. |
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23/05/2006 - Lost: dalla TV ai monitor - Ubisoft svela di essere al lavoro su un progetto inedito ispirato dalla conosciutissima serie televisiva. |
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25/05/2006 - Traffico sequestrato, i Monopoli non mollano - Non e' bastato il procedimento del Tribunale: i Monopoli non solo continuano ad impedire agli utenti italiani di accedere al sito del bookmaker maltese, ma accusano quella societa' di voler ottenere privilegi |
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25/05/2006 - La parola al Partito dei Pirati - In un'intervista il fondatore dell'ormai celeberrimo movimento politico svedese spiega le ragioni di una battaglia che mette al centro il ridimensionamento del diritto d'autore. P2P? Consentire l'uso personale |
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25/05/2006 - Da Redmond tre Beta caldissime - Microsoft ha distribuito le nuove versioni beta dei prossimi pilastri delle proprie piattaforme server e desktop: Windows Vista, Office 2007 e Longhorn Server. Gli utenti possono gia' scaricare la beta di Office |
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25/05/2006 - Samsung: al notebook l'hard disk non serve - Il gigante coreano e' in procinto di lanciare due computer mobili basati esclusivamente su di un disco a stato solido, che sostituisce completamente il disco rigido tradizionale |
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25/05/2006 - Laptop da 100 dollari, ecco il prototipo - I progettisti dell'iniziativa One Laptop Per Child hanno realizzato un prototipo funzionante di portatile a manovella, quello voluto da Negroponte per i paesi poveri. Assemblati in Cina ed equipaggiati con Linux |
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25/05/2006 - Pronti i primi chipset AM2 - Tre fra i maggiori produttori di chipset per schede madri, Nvidia, ATI e VIA, hanno svelato le loro prime soluzioni dedicate al nuovo socket AM2 di AMD. ATI e Nvidia corteggiano soprattutto agli hardcore gamer |
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25/05/2006 - Honda: questa e` l'interfaccia neurale - Il gigante giapponese parla di successo eclatante per i suoi esperimenti: la nuova interfaccia collega cervello e macchina. Funziona misurando l'irrorazione sanguigna delle aree cerebrali |
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25/05/2006 - Hardware, le brevi della settimana - Volante Logitech per Xbox 360 - TomTom Rider salta su moto e scooter - Doppio obiettivo per la Kodak EasyShare V610 - PhysX P1, l'acceleratore grafico per il 3D - Masterizzatore esterno Sony DRX-820UL - Tutta la TV in un pen drive |
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25/05/2006 - Scaricabile il primo album web di plagi - I promotori del singolare progetto italiano, che rivendica il plagio come strumento principe della diffusione della conoscenza e creazione di nuove arti, presentano la loro prima release collaborativa |
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25/05/2006 - WiMax e` una realta`. In Pakistan - Sara' Motorola a sviluppare la prima rete WiMax mobile a copertura nazionale nel paese mediorientale. Internet e VoIP viaggeranno senza fili |
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25/05/2006 - La cabina telefonica nomadica - Il telefonino mina la privacy? Ecco una cabina telefonica pronta in pochi secondi per la riservatezza di tutte le conversazioni. Antipioggia e facilmente trasportabile |
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25/05/2006 - USA, studenti sempre piu` sotto controllo - Una scuola superiore costringe gli alunni a firmare una delibera: le attivita' via Internet saranno monitorate e potranno essere usate per motivare provvedimenti didattici o disciplinari |
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25/05/2006 - I creatori di Morpheus denunciano eBay - StreamCast Networks, la societa' dietro il celebre software P2P, si scaglia contro il colosso delle aste online. L'accusa: Skype, acquistato da eBay, abusa di tecnologie P2P brevettate da StremCast |
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25/05/2006 - Berners-Lee: la neutralita` e` fondamentale - Il padre del World Wide Web ammonisce gli ISP statunitensi e ribadisce l'importanza di una Rete neutrale: la neutralita' e' la condizione necessaria per l'evoluzione di Internet. Le telco? Hanno troppo potere |
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25/05/2006 - PA e open source, partono le rilevazioni - Il progetto EROSS riguarda l'Emilia Romagna e punta a verificare quanto e in che modo le soluzioni aperte siano utilizzate dalle amministrazioni locali. Ma serve la collaborazione dei comuni |
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25/05/2006 - Se il candidato lo sospinge la rete - Due aspiranti consiglieri comunali di Milano accettano una singolare sfida web. Se otterranno piu' di mille voti, porranno la diffusione di Internet e la promozione dell'ICT in testa alle priorita' |
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25/05/2006 - Presentazione di Welcome Italia Network - Annuncio |
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24/05/2006 - Ballmer: Vista Launch Could Slip Further - The launch of the consumer version of Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system, could be pushed back past the stated January launch date, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said today.
The operating system was due to be launched this year but in March the company said it wouldn't get broad release until January 2007. Ballmer said Wednesday that the planned January launch may slip further based on feedback from a beta release program and the product road-maps of hardware vendors.
"We think we are on track for shipping early in the year. We've talked about the month, but we get a chance to critically assess all of the feedback we'll get from this beta release then confirm or move [the launch date] a few weeks," he said at a news conference in Tokyo.
As Neowin reported at the start of the month, research group Gartner predicted something similar to this was going to happen based on Microsoft's past performance with Windows release dates.
 News source: Yahoo News
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24/05/2006 - Windows Vista Beta 2: Aftermath - Shortly after Microsoft released Vista Beta 2, the big hardware vendors released updated drivers for the general public to install on their test machines. NVidia has released nForce drivers (nForce 4 or greater) and Forceware drivers for their chipsets/video cards and ATI has just posted updated Catalyst drivers for their Radeon products.
Screenshot/video galleries are starting to hit the web as well:
If you missed the keynote addresses from this morning, Microsoft is providing on-demand access to them over here. Office 2007 Beta 2 can be downloaded using a nifty new software delivery manager over here. We've also got several staff members on the floor of WinHEC this year blogging live from the show. Our very own Creamhackered gave his preliminary rundown on Vista Beta 2 earlier today:
"Vista seems a little more responsive and stable from 5381. Nothing really different from that build but if youÂ’ve been waiting to run Vista on your main machine then you may want to wait a little longer until RC0, as this release still isnÂ’t at the stage where you could rely on it every day, especially on a mid-range PC."
Stay up to date with all the happenings from the floor of WinHEC over on our blog
 View: Neowin WinHEC 2006 Blog
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23/05/2006 - Windows Vista & Office 2007 Beta 2 Released - Microsoft announced today that both Windows Vista Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2 are released as public betas today.
Windows Vista Beta 2 carries the tag - 5384.4-060518-1455 and Office 2007 Beta 2 is build 12.0.4017.1006
Both are available for download from connect/MSDN and Office is available publically. We are told that Vista should be available publically shortly.
 Download: Office 2007 Beta 2 Download
View: Windows Vista Beta 2
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23/05/2006 - NVIDIA Rolls Out nForce 500 Chipsets - NVIDIA has announced its new nForce 500 series core logic chipsets, sporting a wide array of new features and goodies for mainstream and enthusiast users alike. After appearing on roadmaps in months past as MCE55, the new chipsets are officially known as the 590, 570, and 550.
The new 590 SLI is NVIDIA's new high-end chipset, supporting dual x16 PCI-Express lanes and six 3.0Gbps SATA ports without the need of an additional third party controller. Also featured are dual Gigabit Ethernet controllers making use of a new feature known as
DualNet, which can essentially team the controllers to function as a single 2Gbps controller. Further networking improvements include hardware TCP/IP acceleration which takes load off the CPU, and FirstPacket technology which allows users to prioritize packets to their preference. For example, a gamer may choose to push his game's packets through first to keep pings down while simultaneously uploading to an FTP server.
Further extending its list of features are Max Overclocking and LinkBoost technology, which are sure to excite enthusiasts always in search of new toys to tinker with. LinkBoost allows for a 25% increase in bandwidth over the x16 PCI-E lanes by linking one lane each to the nForce 590 SLI SPP and MCP, which are themselves connected by a 5x HTT, 10GB/sec link. Expect boards featuring this solution from the familiar names such as Asus, MSI, Abit, and others.
Next is the 570, which appears in both SLI and Ultra versions. The SLI version will run SLI setups in a 2x8 configuration much like standard nForce 4 SLI chipsets on Socket 939 and 754 platforms. With the exception of LinkBoost and Max Overclocking, the 570 series includes all the new features mentioned above at a lower price tag.
Last we have the 550, which is essentially the standard nForce 4 chipset with the addition of 3.0Gbps SATA support. Therefore this chipset does not have any of the extras included with the 590 and 570 series. This low-end chipset will handle the mainstream market, but still requires a discrete graphics card.
View: NVIDIA nForce 500 Series
 News source: DailyTech
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23/05/2006 - AMD Announces Availability of Socket AM2 CPUs - AMD today announced the immediate availability of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 dual-core processor and the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+dual-core processor compatible with AMD's new Socket AM2 platform. Socket AM2 from AMD is designed to enable next-generation platform innovations such as AMD Virtualization and high-performance, unbuffered DDR2 memory to the AMD64 architecture, according to the company.
For prosumers and digital enthusiasts who are looking to run sophisticated, multiple processor-intense applications simultaneously, AMD has transitioned the entire lineup of AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors over to the new Socket AM2 while adding the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and 4000+ dual-core processors.
News source: DigiTimes
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23/05/2006 - PowerUser.TV Episode 42: Childcare Robot, Vista & More - This week on the show Brad makes a triumphant return (i.e., he found his way out of the parking lot and back to our facility). The team updates us on Blue Security, discuss a robot that can take care of your children and Apple launching the MacBook. The team also talks about two lawsuits: Creative is suing Apple over a patent infringement and record labels are suing XM over a piece of hardware. We also get an update from Brad on what's going on with Vista and his thoughts on the future of OS software.
In gaming news Joel tells us about a stock scam involving an ex-Infinium executive, a planned World of Warcraft movie and a new study that reveals that gamers are getting older. Plus we hear about another game, 'Fear Effect' being made into a movie and the cool game that is kicking Joel's butt this week.
Check it out!
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23/05/2006 - WinHEC 2006 Coverage - Neowin will be covering Microsoft's WinHEC 2006 event in full including keynote presentations, interviews, photos and videos.
Keep an eye on our WinHEC 2006 Blog this week
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23/05/2006 - WinHEC 2006: Bill Gates Keynote - The annual WinHEC conference is kicking off in Seattle this morning with a keynote address by Microsoft boss Bill Gates:
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will focus on how key technology investments are paving the way for innovative market opportunities and a shift to a new platform. Gates will also discuss the impact of the upcoming introductions of Microsoft Windows Vista, 2007 Office System, and Windows Server "Longhorn.”
Look for Gates to reveal additional details concerning the Beta 2 release of both Office 2007 and Windows Vista. Screenshots of Vista build 5384.2 have been spotted on several sites this morning, namely WinFuture.
The keynote address is scheduled to begin at 9AM PST. (Click here for time zone conversion) Traditionally the live web streams with their catchy 'while you wait' piano pieces are available well in advance.
Neowin is covering the WinHEC event in full here
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23/05/2006 - Detaching printers for non-PC users - Presto Services plans to emerge from hiding on Tuesday and preview its new service at the D: All Things Digital conference next week. The service provides a photo printer made by Hewlett-Packard to the "lightly connected," and hooks them up to an online service managed by more connected relatives looking to share photos, said Joe Beninato, founder and chief executive officer of the new company.
The idea behind Presto comes from Beninato's attempts to set his mother up with a PC. "I bought her a PC with AOL, and she can't quite figure it out." E-mail messages bearing family photos often got lost among spam and other messages, and Beninato's mother wound up simply leaving the PC to collect dust, he said. So Presto has developed what it calls a "printing mailbox," basically a simple HP photo printer that users plug into a phone jack and a wall socket, Beninato said. That printer contains software that accesses an online mailbox set up by a more tech-savvy relative or friend. New snapshots can be e-mailed to the mailbox, and the service will take those photos and send them to the printer every so often.
No Internet service is required on behalf of the printer user, and Beninato promises that the device doesn't need any configuration. The company plans to announce pricing later this year when it launches the service, but users will have to purchase the printer and pay a monthly or annual service fee. Presto has received $10 million in funding from venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Clearstone Venture Partners.
News source: CNET News
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22/05/2006 - Microsoft Tries Pay-As-You-Go Approach For Windows PCs - While Microsoft's Windows operating system and software is popular worldwide, its relatively high price puts it out of the financial reach of many in the developing world. As a result, pirated copies of Windows and Office are endemic in some parts of the world, with the percentage of PCs running pirated software approaching 90 percent in some countries.
Microsoft is trying a novel approach to deal with the problem of affordability: a pay-as-you-go model. Dubbed FlexGo, the plan operates much like a prepaid cellular phone. Consumers buy a FlexGo computer running Windows XP Home at a reduced price from a retailer, along with some prepaid access cards.
Under the FlexGo model, usage is timed. As PC usage reaches a predefined limit, the computer goes into a limited-access state until more time is added. Users can add more time by purchasing scratch-off prepaid cards and entering the numeric code contained on the card onto the PC. The process repeats until the PC's owner has purchased a predefined amount of time on the PC. Once that occurs, all usage restrictions are lifted as the user now owns the PC outright.
News source: arstechnica
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