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Submission + - Via Unveils 1-Watt x86 CPU

Submitted by __aajbyc7391 on Thursday August 23, 2007 @10:51PM

__aajbyc7391 writes: Taiwanese chip and board vendor Via Technologies has introduced a new ultra-low voltage (ULV) processor aimed at industrial, commercial, and ultra-mobile applications. Touted as the world's most power-efficient x86-compatible CPU, the 500MHz 'Eden ULV 500' processor debuted at an Embedded Systems Conference in Taipei this week. Via says its chip draws a minimum of 0.1 Watts, when idle, and a maximum of 1 Watt, making it a great candidate for consumer electronics devices such as UMPCs, PVRs, and such.

Submission + - One Laptop Per Child and Intel "join forces

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dan the person

on Friday July 13, 2007 @11:58AM

dan the person writes: "This short on detail item from the bbc tells us the two groups have put their bickering behind them and joined forces to ensure"the maximum number of laptops will reach children". Does this mean AMD gets the boot, or is intel going to be promoting an AMD powered machine?"

Submission + - Orson Scott Card reveals truth behind IPCC numbers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 22, 2007 @12:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: The numbers behind the now famous IPCC report on global warming, apparently, are faked, and on purpose. The numbers have been cooked from the word go. From the article:

All in a Good Cause

Here's a story you haven't heard, and you should have.
An intelligence source, working for a government agency. He's not a spy, he's an analyst. He uses computers to crunch numbers and at the end of his work, out pops the truth that was hiding in the original data. Let's call him "Mann."
The trouble with Mann is, he has an ideology. He knows what he wants his results to be. And the original numbers aren't giving him that data. So the agency he works for won't be able to persuade people to fight the war he wants to fight.
Well, that's not acceptable.

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