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About a week early before the processor's official launch, e-tailers are taking orders for the Core i7.

The product, officially known as Windows Server 2008 R2, is considered a "minor release," but is noteworthy for supporting more processors as well as being the first 64-bit only release.

Chipmaker comments on the processors used in the new MacBooks and Apple's use of Nvidia graphics instead of Intel's.

The headline on a Facebook-Intel announcement today is FB’s selection of Intel-based processors to beef up its infrastructure as the company expands. That’s good news for Intel.

Display manufacturer NEC has released a report on monitor size and its relationship to productivity. Surprise: There’s a positive correlation.

Big surprise: for editing tasks (text and spreadsheet) the gains can be as much as fifty percent. So What?

“Fifty percent”?

Inexpensive circuit boards can work reliably with the fastest AMD quad-core Phenom processors when modifications are made, according to a report.

This comes in the wake of mismatch issues between Phenom chips and select motherboards, as reported by Asia-based vendors.

Gigabyte AMD 780G-based motherboard

Apple dished up Monday an iMac update for users to bite on.

The new iMac update, as noted in News.Com's Tom Krazit's blog, features a faster chip and also an option for a souped-up graphics chip.

The updated iMacs are available now in stores.

AMD Phenom X3 logo

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Advanced Micro Devices will refresh its triple-core X3 processor lineup with versions that fix an outstanding bug. A number of online resellers already list the upcoming processors.

Via-based Everex gPC2

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Intel's low-cost Atom processors will be at the core of inexpensive PCs.

And inexpensive computers these days often come with Linux.

How do PC companies shave off the last hundred dollars or so to get to $299 or in some cases $199?

Easy. They ...

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If you're not making a cheap and tiny laptop to compete with the Asus Eee PC, what are you doing?