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Phenom IIs, Core I7-920 Win Out In Value Analysis 214

Posted by kdawson on Friday March 20, 2009 @10:49AM from the computes-per-buck dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We've all seen processor benchmarks, but how do today's enthusiast CPUs look when you account for performance per dollar? Using a smorgasbord of charts, scatter plots, and performance tests, The Tech Report attempted to single out the highest-value offerings out of 16 popular Intel and AMD processors. The results might surprise you: AMD's 45nm Phenom IIs (both triple- and quad-core) prove to be strikingly competitive with Intel's Core 2 Quads. And, on the high end, Intel's $266 Core i7-920 turns out to be a compelling step up despite the higher costs of Core i7 platforms in general."

Comment Open up Korean internet for real now? (Score 1) 386

by canithappenhere on Monday February 02, 2009 @08:19PM (#26702247) Attached to: All Korea To Have 1Gbps Broadband By 2012?

If Korea used this opportunity to take some steps toward a truly open Internet where installing a buggy ActiveX control isn't a requirement for everything from banking to shopping to government services, then they'd really be getting somewhere. http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/07/activex-law-in-korea.html

Google's PageRank Predicts Nobel Prize Winners 101

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @12:31PM from the that's-a-little-strange dept.

KentuckyFC writes "The pattern of citations between scientific papers forms a network that has remarkable similarities to the network formed by the web. So why not use Google's PageRank, the world's most effective search algorithm to rank these papers in the same way it ranks websites? That's exactly what a couple of US researchers have done for physics papers published by the American Physical Society since 1893 (abstract). The results make interesting reading because almost all of the top ten papers resulted in (or were linked to) Nobel Prizes for their authors. Which means that studying the up-and-coming entries on the list ought to be a good way of predicting future winners. Better get your bets in before the bookies get wind of this."

Apple Disclosures About Jobs To Face SEC Review 187

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @11:48AM from the they-really-hate-turtlenecks dept.

suraj.sun writes "US regulators are examining Apple Inc.'s disclosures about Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs's health problems to ensure investors weren't misled, a person familiar with the matter said. The Securities and Exchange Commission's review doesn't mean investigators have seen evidence of wrongdoing, the person said, declining to be identified because the inquiry isn't public. Bloomberg News reported last week that Jobs is considering a liver transplant as a result of complications after treatment for cancer, according to people who are monitoring his illness."

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