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Comment E-books Should Be Exempt (Score 1) 375

by UNIX*DR on Saturday February 12, 2011 @02:00PM (#35187442) Attached to: Tech-Unfriendly Cafes Say No Kindles Allowed

Of course any cafe has the right to put up whatever gizmo restrictions they want, and to hope they still get enough business. What surprises me is that this establishment chose to ban books. People have been reading books in such places for generations.

Oh. Just e-books.

Yes. Well, clearly, that makes sense.

Comment Solution: Turn off WiFi when cafe is full (Score 1) 375

by UNIX*DR on Saturday February 12, 2011 @01:50PM (#35187380) Attached to: Tech-Unfriendly Cafes Say No Kindles Allowed

My favorite haunt turns off their WiFi feed when the place is packed. This seems like a reasonable compromise. They post this policy for all to see.

Samsung Develops Power-Sipping DDR4 Memory 152

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @03:11AM from the continue-to-enjoy-the-treadmill dept.

Alex writes with this excerpt from TechSpot: "Samsung Electronics has announced that it completed development of the industry's first DDR4 DRAM module last month, using 30nm class process technology, and provided 1.2V 2GB DDR4 unbuffered dual in-line memory modules (UDIMM) to a controller maker for testing. The new DDR4 DRAM module can achieve data transfer rates of 2.133Gbps at 1.2V, compared to 1.35V and 1.5V DDR3 DRAM at an equivalent 30nm-class process technology, with speeds of up to 1.6Gbps. In a notebook, the DDR4 module reduces power consumption by 40 percent compared to a 1.5V DDR3 module. The module makes use of Pseudo Open Drain (POD) technology, which allows DDR4 DRAM to consume just half the electric current of DDR3 when reading and writing data."

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