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25/05/2006 - Revision G: un Athlon AM2 dietro l'altro - Si inizia già a parlare di prossima revision di processore per le cpu Socket AM2: ecco perché tutto questo è quantomeno prematuro |
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25/05/2006 - Saranno 3 le tipologie di cpu Xeon quad core - Le prime soluzioni Xeon quad core verranno da Intel diversificate in funzione del consumo di funzionamento, e quindi anche delle prestazioni velocistiche |
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25/05/2006 - Al via il beta test di Dark Messiah of Might and Magic - Ubisoft lancia il beta test dell'atteso action/RPG Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Numero di posti per partecipare limitato. |
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25/05/2006 - Altre due cpu Socket AM2 nel segmento entry level - AMD propone anche processori Athlon 64 3.200+ e 3.000+ per le nuove piattaforme Socket AM2, benché con alcune limitazioni sulle aree dove saranno commercializzati |
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25/05/2006 - La data di Rome: Total War Alexander - SEGA e Creative Assembly definiscono la data di rilascio della seconda espansione del popolare RTS storico. |
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25/05/2006 - Windows Media Photo: nuovo formato immagine per Vista - Microsoft ha diffuso alcune informazioni e le specifiche preliminari relative al nuovo formato Windows Media Photo per file di immagini. |
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25/05/2006 - Sei milioni di Wii entro il marzo 2007 - Nintendo ha stimato che saranno commercializzati sei milioni di esemplari di Nintendo Wii entro il marzo 2007. |
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25/05/2006 - Toshiba HD-DVD, da 1080i a 1080p? - Toshiba potrebbe mettere a disposizione dei propri lettori da tavolo un aggiornamento per poter supportare il full HD 1080p |
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25/05/2006 - Memorie "per gamers" da OCZ - Nuovi annunci di memorie specificamente pensate per il pubblico dei videogiocatori; in questo caso è l'aspetto estetico a fare la differenza |
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25/05/2006 - Dettagli e nuovi screenshot per Faces of War - Sono stati resi noti diversi dettagli riguardo la struttura di gioco di Faces of War, promettente strategico prodotto da Ubisoft. |
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25/05/2006 - AMD verso il 15% del mercato notebook - La casa di Sunnyvale ha serie intenzioni per intensificare la propria presenza nel settore notebook e raggiungere la quota del 15% del mercato |
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25/05/2006 - Il meglio dell'E3 2006 - Come ogni anno, Game Critics Awards ha stabilito la lista dei migliori prodotti (tra videogiochi e hardware) visti all'E3 |
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25/05/2006 - WinFS Beta 2 il prossimo mese - Al prossimo TechEd 2006 in Boston verrà presentata la seconda beta di WinFS |
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25/05/2006 - Completata la prima delle tre espansioni di Half-Life 2 - Valve annuncia che Half-Life 2: Episode One è in fase di masterizzazione e che saranno altre due le espansioni del popolare sparatutto 3D. |
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25/05/2006 - Disponibili i nuovi driver Catalyst 6.5 - ATI presenta la versione aggiornata dei propri driver per schede video dela famiglia Radeon, introducendo alcune interessanti novità |
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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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26/05/2006 - WMPhoto, il JPEG made in Redmond - Nei progetti di Microsoft un killer da scagliare contro JPEG, uno degli standard piu' diffusi nel mondo digitale. In arrivo un nuovo formato di compressione della famiglia Windows Media che sara' parte integrante di Vista |
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26/05/2006 - MPAA denunciata per cracking - TorrentSpy, tra i piu' noti tracker pubblici utilizzati dagli utenti di BitTorrent, denuncia Hollywood: gli studios avrebbero ingaggiato cracker per violare i server di TorrentSpy e spiare le sue email |
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26/05/2006 - Download/ Living in a SandBox - Recinto digitale per far girare applicazioni in area riservata. Ed una manciata di indispensabile superfluo |
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26/05/2006 - Nokia apre il cuore del proprio browser - Il gigante dei telefonini ha rilasciato il codice sorgente alla base del proprio browserino per S60, fornendo cosi' la possibilita' agli sviluppatori di implementarne il motore di rendering in altre applicazioni |
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26/05/2006 - MPEG si fa surround - Un consorzio di aziende ha sviluppato una tecnologia audio che, abbinata ai codec MPEG4, e' in grado di comprimere flussi audio multicanale in modo assai piu' efficiente del Dolby Digital |
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26/05/2006 - OpenDocument e` lento, parola di MS - Microsoft all'attacco del formato aperto che sta conquistando mese dopo mese nuovi consensi. Secondo il big di Redmond il proprio formato Open XML e' molto piu' performante. Si accende la polemica |
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26/05/2006 - Germania: lecito bloccare i telefonini - Il Governo tedesco intende dare il via libera all'oscuramento delle frequenze usate dagli utenti mobili in una serie di casi, che comprendono stadi sportivi e prigioni. Ma c'e' chi polemizza |
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26/05/2006 - I videogiochi fan bene ai chirurghi - Lo conferma uno studio condotto presso il centro ospedaliero Beth Israel di New York: l'uso di videogiochi migliora la manualita' dei medici impegnati in interventi laparoscopici |
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26/05/2006 - Una cartella multimediale per i pazienti - La presenta il CNR secondo cui la nuova cartella sanitaria consentira' ai pazienti dimessi di conoscere al meglio le proprie patologie. Le tecnologie utilizzate hanno gia' ricevuto importanti riconoscimenti |
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26/05/2006 - USA, scatta la protesta contro le intercettazioni - ACLU lancia un appello ai cittadini statunitensi: e' partita la campagna di protesta Don't Spy On Me. Gli attivisti chiedono trasparenza sulle intercettazioni telefoniche condotte dal Governo |
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26/05/2006 - Ricattano MySpace, finiscono in manette - Due giovani cracker hanno tentato d'estorcere dobloni ai gestori di MySpace. Minacciavano di diffondere dettagli su un metodo di attacco utile a bucare i sistemi di sicurezza del celebre sito |
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26/05/2006 - Google censura Orkut in Brasile - In seguito alle numerose richieste da parte delle istituzioni brasiliane, il motore di ricerca chiudera' alcune comunita' online del suo social network |
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26/05/2006 - Niente brevetti software in Europa - Decisione a sorpresa della Commissione Europea: durante l'ultima seduta per discutere sul futuro dell'Ufficio Brevetti Europeo, ha escluso l'introduzione della brevettabilita' del software |
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26/05/2006 - Cassandra Crossing/ Mobile Trusted Computing - di Marco Calamari - Ci si concentra molto, e giustamente, sui computer che divengono trusted computer. E' bene non dimenticarsi, pero', che il concetto trusted sbarchera' entro pochi mesi anche sui cellulari |
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26/05/2006 - Hanno ucciso Aibo. E ora? - Un lettore torna su una questione che sta a cuore ai molti possessori del celebre cane-robot di Sony di cui l'azienda ha cessato lo sviluppo e che smettera' di supportare. E afferma: ci eravamo affezionati |
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26/05/2006 - I Gates contro la tubercolosi - La Foundation che fa capo alla piu' ricca coppia del mondo mette in campo 104 milioni di dollari per combattere la tubercolosi, vero flagello per i paesi piu' poveri |
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26/05/2006 - Telecom denuncera` laRepubblica - L'operatore ritiene lesa la propria reputazione e i propri diritti dopo alcuni articoli apparsi sul celebre quotidiano relativi ad un sistema di schedature che avrebbe coinvolto migliaia di utenti italiani |
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26/05/2006 - Blog e giornalismo, il convegno - a Roma |
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25/05/2006 - Shift Update, WinHEC 2006 and a Trip to ER - As most will have seen by now, we have upgraded Neowin to the new design called Shift. It is an effort by many people spanning almost a year of coding on our beta site. We addressed most if not all the requests made by members over the past 4 years. There is still work to do and we are looking into increasing the recent forum posts view to 10 but it requires a change in the design of the top area which, at the moment is under consideration.
Since the update we have made some improvements to the code by decreasing the header size. We removed defunkt meta tags and consolidated 6 javascripts into one file, that cuts the requests to our web server significantly.
We are aware of a problem with Internet Explorer displaying an 'Operation aborted' message when the main site loads. We think this has to do with an apache update that needs looking at because the message does not appear on the beta server, which is exactly the same code as here.
I am currently in Seattle for the WinHEC conference, Tom Warren is here with me which is a stroke of good luck because the update and a trip to Virginia Mason Hospital ER has cast a shadow on my visit due to illness, of which I am now on track for recovery thanks to the great help and advice of the medical staff at the hospital.
I should be fully recovered by the time I get to the next event in Amsterdam, which we'll be covering too as far as the NDA allows us.
For now i hope you enjoy the update to the site and the coverage we have done on WinHEC in our Events Blog. Thanks for all your support.
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25/05/2006 - Yahoo, eBay Join Forces - Internet powerhouses Yahoo Inc. and eBay Inc. are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leader Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Under the multi-year partnership announced Thursday, the Silicon Valley companies will draw upon each other's strengths in online advertising, payments and communications so they can connect with even more web surfers than they already do.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo operates the world's most visited website with 402 million users and ranks second in the lucrative search advertising market behind Google. B ut the deal between Yahoo and eBay seems likely to shift the competitive landscape.
Yahoo will become the exclusive provider of graphical advertising throughout eBay's website and will provide some search-generated ads, as well. Yahoo's brand and search engine will also be blended into an eBay toolbar that has been downloaded by four million users so far.
 News source: The Toronto Star
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25/05/2006 - Nintendo Wii $250 USD or Less, 6 Million Units by March 2007 - Gamesindustry has the scoop that finally gives us a clue as to how much a Nintendo Wii will set us back come later this year. At a full-year financial report given recently by Nintendo's Yoshihiro Mori, it was announced that the system will retail for $250 USD or less when it is released in the fourth quarter of this year. They also will ship out 6 million units of the system by March of 2007.
Obviously this is in stark comparison to Sony's Playstation 3 which will release around the same time for literally double the price, if not more. Nintendo is banking on the low price point and innovative software and hardware that the Wii will offer to bring in new customers. Both Microsoft and Sony admitted that the Nintendo Wii would be viable as a "2nd console" and as such Nintendo could be in a position to capture a huge market share. By not getting involved in the escalating hardware war between Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo is in a unique position and can sit by and nab up everyone else who won't shell out $599 USD for a decked out Playstation 3 or even $399 for an Xbox 360.
Now while this is great news for Nintendo fans, I must also bring up some not so hot news on the Big N front that came out of that same financial report. Nintendo's annual operating profit fell 19% and this was due in part to the continued decline in Gamecube and GameBoy Advance demand, and also because of the startup costs for the Nintendo Wii itself. But there was also good news! Nintendo saw a 12.5% rise in its net profit, mostly due to the terrific demand for the Nintendo DS handheld. Nintendo aims to sell another 16 million DS units and over 70 million software units for the handheld this year, which would equate to a 22% increase in operating profit for this fiscal year.
All in all, great news today. We get a somewhat firm price point for the Wii. At least we know it won't cost over $250 USD or €195. We also know that the Gamecube and Gameboy Advance aren't doing that well for Nintendo, and the DS is making it up for them.
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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
View: Neowin WinHEC 2006 Blog
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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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View: PowerUser.TV
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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
View: Neowin WinHEC 2006 Blog
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